‘Early in the morning, I would start with my sa re ga ma… right from the time I would wake up to brushing my teeth to taking the shower, all the time I sang with hand movements trying to reach the highest scale and the lowest note,’ Hrithik said.
Hrithik has a musical background. His grandfather Roshan was a renowned music director in 50’s and 60’s, and also his uncle Rajesh Roshan is also a famous music director of present time. But he was a bit apprehensive about his singing skills and he revealed that he got encouragement from many people.
‘I was nervous to make my debut as a singer, considering I come from a family that is well known in the world of music, but for this very reason my chacha (Rajesh Roshan) and director Anurag Basu were most certain that I could sing,’ Hrithik said
‘My niece has learnt piano and she has this little Casio player which I borrowed. And I have the knack of finding any tune on any instrument. So I practiced on that for a week. Then I realized that it won’t work like that and I got a professional trainer.
‘I have given this song my best and honest shot but I still don’t consider myself a professional singer,’ he added.
He also shared a few things about his rehearsals. He said that he used to go in ‘meditative state’ while he was rehearsing.
‘I had fallen in love with the art of shutting your eyes from the world and going in meditative state where you just sing. But when I went to the studio, it was a totally different story.
‘I told them to just switch off all the lights of the studio because I wasn’t being able to get my best out. So they just blacked out the entire studio. I could not even see my mike because it was so dark. This blackout worked and helped me to come out of the inhibitions in the mind. That’s how I finally worked,’ he added.
When he was asked about Suzanne’s reaction on this, he very sweetly replied, ‘She is obviously completely biased. She feels I am the best singer in the world. She compares me to Elvis Presley,’
