Daler Mehndi reveals why he hardly sings for Bollywood films now

Pop icon Daler Mehndi explains why he hardly sings for Bollywood films these days

Pop sensation Daler Mehndi is a rarity in Bollywood’s music scene currently. The only number he recorded last year was Vande Mataram for ABCD 2. Now, he has lent his voice to the title track of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirzya.

Daler Mehndi

“I want to sing for Bollywood, but I can’t compromise on my respect. I am not the kind of singer who records a song that 10 others do too. I don’t like to be an option.

If a song is meant for Daler Mehndi, only then will I sing it. I can’t sing for free, pay composers or woo them with gifts to get work. I can’t sing vulgar songs,” says Mehndi.

He has been part of Mehra’s Rang De Basanti (2006) and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’s (2013) soundtracks in the past. “Rakeysh ji ke sath mera rooh ka rishta hai. We know little about each other, but whenever we meet, there’s always so much warmth. He trusts my work. He believes that I do things in a way no one else does,” says Mehndi.

“When I tried singing the alaap for the song, Gulzar saab, Shankar Mahadevan and Rakeyshji were in tears,” says Mehndi, whose upcoming projects include Dangal and Bahubali 2. “I like to take up tracks that other singers can’t even think of singing. In the last four years, so many singers have come and gone. My style of singing is my USP,” he adds.

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