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VERSATILE Ritika Sahni

With two Bengali, one spiritual, two pop, one Punjabi and a couple of nursery rhyme albums behind her, Ritika’s forte is surely her versatility.

“I love to explore different avenues. Sometimes I do realise I am doing too many different things but that’s the kind of person I am,” she reasons.

Her first Hindi pop album, ‘Ritika,’ came out in 2000, and it took her eight years to come out with ‘Namee,’ released by Times Music. “As the title suggests, its music and lyrics capture the tenderness of love. The songs are original and from different genres,” says Ritika, who has composed three of the songs in the album.

The eight-song album, she says, vocalises the feeling of a modern women in love. “By modern I mean those who are free with their thoughts. It can be a city-bred women or someone from the rural side,” she explains.

Despite a decent start to her filmy career, does she regret missing the big ticket? “Frankly, my hands were always full with other commitments that I couldn’t explore that medium well. Anyway, Bollywood is not my destination. It is just another, may be a more popular, avenue for me. I was singing before films came my way, and will continue after it as well,” says Ritika, a gold medallist, who holds a Masters degree in Music.

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