Interview with playback singer Bhavya Pandit

Who is your favourite actor? How has movies & musicials affected your singing styles?

At this point, I would have to say Ranveer Singh is my absolute favorite actor! He has simply everything that it takes. I’m honestly not a huge films buff I listen to the songs all the time. So film Music has definitely affected my “musicality”. I mean, as someone who’s never been in love but has to sing songs about the same all the time, it helps that I’ve heard a great deal of songs. Emoting becomes easier.

What are your future projects?

 I have a playback song coming up in “Lucky Kabootar” (starring Eijaz song). It’s a superfun Punjabi track with Mika Paaji again. I’m really excited. A couple of more songs for untitled projects, including a Hindi version of an Arabic track! I’ve got some cover songs coming up for Youtube and I also plan to produce my originals very soon. These are busy times and I’m loving them!

How important is independent music today? The scenario in India has always been people listening to more to conventional movie songs rather than independent music. With reality shows like Dewarists, Coke Studio, MTV Unplugged coming up, how has it impacted the singers & the people?

 I am so glad for this question! Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love and respect independent Musicians and I hope to be one myself in the near future. Bollywood is amazing and I’ll always keep singing for Movies as long as I’m privileged to land these songs but my career will be incomplete without an enormous dose of independent Music. I want to do so much in areas like Classical-Rock and Classical-Jazz fusion amongst others. As for shows like Unplugged and Coke Studio, they’re such a breath of fresh air. Even if I miss the telecast on TV, I catch it all later online. A special shoutout to Coke Studio Pakistan for being consistently mindblowing for so many years now.