Singer Shaan talks about how his children are preparing to make up for the fourth generation of singers in his family
Indian singer Shaan, whose forthcoming music video is titled It’s Natural, says one needs to be original — as also adapt to change — to make a mark in the industry.
“My forthcoming video, It’s Natural, coming out during Christmas. The way I look at it, singers need to be original to be able to make a mark in the industry,” Shantanu Mukherjee aka Shaan said.
The Woh Pehli Baar singer, who has been judging reality shows, mentioned that singers like Jonita Gandhi and Armaan Mallik are doing really very well.
He also spoke about YouTube talent hunt ARRived which he is co-judging with A.R. Rahman. The show is all about finding original voices and the finale aired yesterday.
Shaan, who has been singing and composing for a long time, appreciated the digital platform as one can reach out to a larger audience. He has his own YouTube channel and Surilee was his first single on it.
“Yes it has been a very long time and change is inevitable. I am happy to be a part of all the changes,” the passionate composer, who may not have many Bollywood releases but is quite active with his singles, said.
He has lent his voice to all the big stars of Bollywood like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bacchan and many more.
Talking about competition in today, he jokingly said that the songs are good but it is just that he is not singing those. It would have been great had he done them, he added.
Shaan’s grandfather Jahar Mukherjee was a lyricist and his father Manas Mukherjee a music director.
“My father was a composer, my grandfather was a prolific classical singer. Hopefully, my children will be singing, then it will be this four generation of singers,” the soulful singer said.
However, he won’t encourage his son Shubh Mukherjee to take to singing as a profession at the moment.
“When inspiration comes in and I know that my boys could contribute in the best of their capacity to a song, then I’ll definitely want to work with them. At the moment, they are still in school and I want them to focus on learning music and, at the same time, building their personalities and balancing that between studies and sports as well,” said the fitness enthusiast.
“I don’t want them to get stuck in the profession of singing or working. I wouldn’t want them (to get) into professional singing too early. I'd like them to grow as individuals and then enter the field,” added he, who had sung a song in Ajay Devgn-starrer Himmatwala with his sons apart from other projects.
“I started singing almost at the age of four but won’t encourage my son to sing professionally at the moment. He is in his teens. His voice is changing, so he is learning classical music,” the doting father said.
Shubh Mukherjee has lent his voice to a song in the YRF web series Sex Chat with Pappu and Papa and also to the Hindi version of the title track of Disney’s Duck Tales.
His elder son Sohum Mukherjee is good with music production and is more into electronic music than Bollywood music, Shaan revealed.
Soaking in the city’s hockey frenzy, the singer revealed, “I have a hockey connection too. The school that I had studied in, St. Stanislaus High School, has produced many hockey players like Viren Rasquinha, among others.”
During his gig, he also attempted the Jai Hind, Hind India hockey anthem composed by A.R. Rahman, along with his other hits like Tanha dil, Mai aisa kyun hu and All is well.
The audience was also treated by his hit Odiya song Sei borosa sei raate mone pore (Do you remember that rainy night), that he sang around 15 years ago.