Hyderabad, Jan. 27 -- "Hyderabad sheher ek mehfil hain. Poora sheher hi mehfil hain (The entire city of Hyderabad is a gathering). So, when I come to Hyderabad, and even when I am not performing, I feel like mehfil hi chal rahi hain yahan," Sameer Rahat said, reflecting on his eight years of visiting the city as a performer and sometimes audience.

Mumbai-based Bollywood composer, singer and son of popular lyricist Rahat Indori, Sameer Rahat, spoke at the "Mehfil to Microphone" roundtable on the last day of the Hyderabad Literary Festival on Monday, January 26, where he expanded on what the idea of a "mehfil" means to him.

At the session moderated by Arjuna Prasad and Hyderabad-based singer Bhuwin Khursija, Sameer said, "Har jagah mehfil...