Musically Yours: Naresh Iyer : Bollywood News

Music I love listening toâ€¦

To be frankâ€¦I have been a very bad listener. I used to just hum some old Bollywood numbers of Kishore Kumar and Rafi saab during my school and college days. Even now I pretty much listen to the same stuff. However, I do realize that for someone who is into music, its very important to be well-versed with different genres of music. I am now beginning to listen to different kinds of music.

Whats playing on my iPod?

Recently, the song that I cant stop listening to is Rehna Tu from Delhi 6. Its a tremendous and phenomenal rendition by Rahman Sir. I also do listen to a bit of Don Mclean and MLTR. At times Carnatic classical music is also something that I like listening to when I am in a relaxed mood.

Favorite contemporary singersâ€¦

There are so many good singers in our country that I just like to listen to each of them and learn from them. Among the current lot, I love KK and Shreya Ghoshal. Ive sung a few songs with Shreya and it has been great fun. Among the senior lot, I simply adore S.P. Balasubramaniam sir and Chitra madam. And I must add that personally Ive been a big fan of Rahman Sirs singing especially his rendition of tracks such as Dil Se Re (Dil Se) and Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera (Swades)â€¦

My Future Projectsâ€¦

There is a lot of stuff happening. I am working on a few Tamil films and some Hindi films. I am right now in Chennai and have been singing quite a few songs for a lot of composers right from Rahman Sir to Harris Jeyaraj, Deva and G. V. Prakash (Rahman Sirs nephew) As far as Bollywood is concerned, I have sung a couple of songs in a film called Teenagers and for another film called Husbands. Things are happening a bit gradually on the Bollywood front but I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for some good opportunity to come my way.