What Arjit Singh said about Indian classical music at IFFI

Panaji: Arijit Singh, one of the most sought after playback singer of current times, has said that Indian classical music is not meant for entertainment but for transforming thoughts, for concentration and meditation.

Speaking at his masterclass organised as part of ongoing 49th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here, he said,''Indian Classical music cannot be mainstream. It is not meant for entertainment, but for transforming thoughts, for concentration and meditation. It is an internal process that equips us to deal with the external world.'' 

Masterclasses are one of the popular programmes held as part of the film festival and attract good number of audiences because of it being conducted by the celebrities and maestros of entertainment field. It was Arijit Singh at his Masterclass held at Maquinez Palace atEntertainment Society of Goa (ESG), the main venue of the festival, on Thursday.

The session, titled 'Hitting The Right Notes With Arijit Singh', saw a packed house full of fans of the versatile singer who were optimistic of hearing their favourite icon croon to some of his popular songs. And the singer did not disappoint.

The session started off with Arijit talking about his musical journey, right from the time he started learning classical music to the point where he participated in the reality show Fame Gurukul, followed by a contract with TIPS. The rest is, of course, is well known history.

The versatile singer, speaking at length about his feature film that marks his debut as a film director at IFFI 2018, said, ?We started work on the film with a lot of pride and ambition. But we made a lot of rookie mistakes. We used to wander with the DSLR shooting whatever we liked. We did this for a year and half and ended up at the processing desk with a lot of raw footage. We did our best but the end product was not upto the mark.?

''The team went back with the lessons learnt and started working on the script. ..After working for about two and half years, we can say that we are somewhat happy with the result. We have been patient and we are sure that the lessons learnt will be implemented in our next film.? However, he clarified that the team did not have a release plan for the film 'Sa'.Koyel Singh, wife of Arijit, has written story of the film which also features his son playing a pivotal role.(UNI)