India, Sept. 15 -- How did music happen?

I grew up watching a lot of concerts because of my father. He has produced and directed concerts with some of the best musical artists in the country like Lataji, Ashaji, Daler Mehndi, Hariharan and AR Rahman sir to name a few. That stemmed the whole inspiration of wanting to be on stage and performing like one of them. But I decided pretty late that I wanted to be a musician and learnt guitar and piano by myself.

How was the experience of being mentored by AR Rahman?

In 2012, I did my first cover on YouTube with a brilliant singer, Suchismita Das. We happened to send the link to Rahman sir and he replied: 'You have a great voice, should study and learn music further'. I packed my bag and came t...