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Music composer Lalit Pandit, of Jatin-Lalit fame, has collaborated with KK on movies like Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (2000), Soch (2002), Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee (2007), Showbiz (2007), Horn Okay Please (2009) amongst others. Lalit shares his expertise of working with KK. He additionally talks concerning the late singer’s silken voice, and the way he by no means noticed his contemporaries as his competitors.
Listed below are excerpts from the interview:
On what made KK’s voice particular
KK charmed music composers together with his silken voice and heat character. Pandit mentioned, “He had a really god-gifted voice. He was a really tremendous singer. The readability of his excessive notes was outstanding. We don’t have singers singing like him lately. His voice had a sort of kashish. It was charming and other people have been interested in his voice. Phrases would dance on his lips. Anyone can sing, however not everyone is a gifted singer like him. The voice high quality he had was Iike no different. Hundreds of singers come and go however not many can insert feelings into the music like he did. He knew methods to give expressions by his voice. He was such a pure, that he didn’t actually need to place in a lot effort. Most of his singing sounds easy, however that doesn’t imply he didn’t work arduous. He labored very arduous, and had his justifiable share of wrestle. He didn’t sing too many songs. He by no means needed to. He would sing solely these songs that touched him in a roundabout way. His voice suited his stunning character. He had a charisma that basically labored nicely for his dwell live shows, one thing he beloved doing.”
On KK, the pure singer
Based on Lalit Pandit, KK learnt each day and bought higher with each challenge, which isn’t typical lately, as individuals are extra into the glamour of movie music than the artwork aspect of it.
He mentioned, “KK had been singing for years, and he bought higher with each music. That’s what expertise does to you. The extra you sing, the higher you get. He was additionally gifted. Nature gifted him a good looking voice and he made good use of it. His voice was very distinctive. It had a heat tone to it, and his surs have been all the time proper. Many individuals making an attempt doing it, however it isn’t all the time attainable for each singer. But it surely felt as if he did it effortlessly. It was as a result of he was a pure singer. He had his sur in place, his strategies have been excellent and he knew what songs to sing. That made him the memorable KK. You possibly can shut your eyes and you’ll hear his voice.”
On how KK was the voice of the youth
No faculty or faculty farewell social gathering is full with out KK’s “Hum Rahein ya Na Rahein Kal”. Calling KK’s youth attraction distinctive, Pandit mentioned, “He had a really youth oriented voice. Younger boys would sing his songs. Younger women would love his songs. His youth attraction was one thing else. His songs have been additionally such that the youth might relate to them. His songs have been performed at youth oriented occasions. His voice was part of this technology’s rising up years. You’d discover many individuals singing his songs.”
On KK being a buddy to all, by no means a foe
Remembering KK’s heat character and the face all the time laced with a smile, Pandit mentioned, “Earlier than he began singing for movies, he did a number of advertisements. Then when he began getting movie provides, he sang some memorable songs for Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt. Since then KK by no means appeared again. He had a really constructive profession however but he was by no means part of the rat race. He hardly stayed in Mumbai and labored very arduous. He spoke to everybody within the fraternity with such respect. No one was ever a contest for him. He beloved everybody.”
KK’s final moments
Lalit Pandit shared that KK felt discomfort on the live performance in Kolkata yesterday, and the singer was sweating profusely.
Pandit mentioned, “It was highly regarded in Kolkata yesterday. He had informed his engineer Shanker that he was a bit uncomfortable. We’ve got a chat group of music composers, that’s the place I learn it. All of us have been discussing solely this all night time. It’s a huge shock to the business that KK out of the blue simply died,”
“It was so sizzling, however he carried out with full josh. After that he was uncomfortable and was sweating so much. He then simply collapsed and was declared useless by the point he reached the hospital. Nobody might have imagined that KK would go like this, after giving such a power-packed efficiency on stage,” Pandit concluded.
