I remember Naresh Iyer too was part of the chorus,” he smiles. I called back and they confirmed they wanted me. They wanted me to sing in the chorus for Guru that night. “Three days into the job, I got a call from Rahman’s office. A depressed Benny chucked his dream and joined a BPO in 2006. One music director even said he didn’t have it in him to be a playback singer. He was turned down by whomever he approached. He believed his life was set till reality struck. Bhargavi Pillai sings in Telugu films, especially for MM Kreem.” Anaitha Nair became an actor and played Aliya Bose in Chak De! Arjun Sasi is doing radio in Dubai and also sings for South films. She’s a songwriter and singer based in LA and simultaneously sings for South composers. “Suvi Suresh, went to study in California on a music scholarship. Most have continued their passion in some form or other. But he found lifelong friends in his former band mates. Sadly, the group petered out after a while. It was heady to be one of the winners.” Benny reveals their efforts to sing Tamil pop were appreciated because of the novelty factor. “The competition was held across all major South cities.
The big high came when he won a South-based singer hunt and became part of this Tamil pop band called S5. He was the campus star in Chennai, organisng youth festivals, winning intercollegiate competitions. Why limit your talent?”īenny throws a curve-ball when he says he’s studied journalism. I’ve sung in Tamil, in Malayalam, in Hindi and in English. It’s just my style.” He does sing R&B and hip hop and knows hip hop dance too. “I’m not a rapper, man - don’t categorise me just because I dress that way. But he shakes his head when you tag him so. The dapper likes to dress up like a rapper – with whiskers, over-sized glasses, jackets and funky hats. It gives you the greatest high when you see screaming fans appreciating your moves.” Most of the times it’s not lip sync but live singing.
“Thanks to my training, I dance while singing my songs. He’s apparently a big hit on the stage show circuit as a singer who can shimmy too he comes across as a complete package. He shows you videos of him dancing like greased lightning and you can only say wow.
So he likes to think of himself as a performer.
A r rahman songs hindi classical dance free#
He’s a trained Indian classical dancer and has learnt Western free form dance as well.
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