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TALKING POINT with Aditya Narayan
Aparna Chandra
After a film role and an album, you suddenly disappeared from the
scene?
I was 10 years old when I did the album. But as I approached
adolescence, my voice began to crack and I was forced to make the
choice of staying away, even though the offers continued. In fact,
the changes in my voice haven't completely set in.
So hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is a way to reintroduce
yourself?
Certainly. I am not looking at hosting as a career. The way I see
it, this stint starts me off on a fresh note where I have no other
pressures apart from the TRPs and my singing on the show. I have no
contemporaries to feel competitive with.
You had earned a reputation of being bratty and annoying.
At 20, I am still naughty. But I am a much humbler self. I feel like
I have mind of a 30-year-old now. As for the show, I want to keep
the mood casual and happy.
Did the maturity come from dealing with the very public
controversies concerning your father (Udit Narayan).
My father and I are very similar people. We love and respect each
other, but beyond a point we don't interfere in each other's lives
either. It's only human to make mistakes. Whatever the issue, it
makes no difference to me.
Does your father's judging Indian Idol 3 bring the competition home?
He hopes for my show to be a success and I hope the same for him.
But TV rivalries hardly matter to us.
You have a diploma in English contemporary music. You seem to have
more on your mind.
My secret ambition is to launch myself as an English singer. That's
why the course.
Aparna Chandra
After a film role and an album, you suddenly disappeared from the
scene?
I was 10 years old when I did the album. But as I approached
adolescence, my voice began to crack and I was forced to make the
choice of staying away, even though the offers continued. In fact,
the changes in my voice haven't completely set in.
So hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is a way to reintroduce
yourself?
Certainly. I am not looking at hosting as a career. The way I see
it, this stint starts me off on a fresh note where I have no other
pressures apart from the TRPs and my singing on the show. I have no
contemporaries to feel competitive with.
You had earned a reputation of being bratty and annoying.
At 20, I am still naughty. But I am a much humbler self. I feel like
I have mind of a 30-year-old now. As for the show, I want to keep
the mood casual and happy.
Did the maturity come from dealing with the very public
controversies concerning your father (Udit Narayan).
My father and I are very similar people. We love and respect each
other, but beyond a point we don't interfere in each other's lives
either. It's only human to make mistakes. Whatever the issue, it
makes no difference to me.
Does your father's judging Indian Idol 3 bring the competition home?
He hopes for my show to be a success and I hope the same for him.
But TV rivalries hardly matter to us.
You have a diploma in English contemporary music. You seem to have
more on your mind.
My secret ambition is to launch myself as an English singer. That's
why the course.
CID
