India, Feb. 5 -- Just one-film-old in the industry, Rasha Thadani made her singing debut recently with the song Chaap Tilak from her upcoming film Laikey Laikaa co-starring Abhay Verma. And she calls the opportunity a dream come true. "Performing arts as a whole has always been something that I've loved, whether it was music, dancing, singing or acting," she says.

Having professionally trained in the art form, Rasha Thadani reflects, "I was five-years-old when I started training in Hindustani classical music with Qadir Mustafa Khan, Ghulam Mustafa Khan's son. He has trained me since I was 5 and I've also learned jazz. Music is like an escape, that one hour you have to yourself when you do your riyaaz. I always wanted to sing, it has been...