When you grow up in a resonant atmosphere, it is difficult to remain untouched by it. A similar case is of Siddharth Mahadevan who admits that the choice of his career was kind of ‘natural’. Son of music composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan, 20-year old Siddharth shares his feelings with Metrolife as he enjoys the appreciation for his debut song Zinda in upcoming film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
“It is one of the most awaited movies of this year and is already a brand,” says Siddharth who could have seemingly asked for nothing better. “I consider myself lucky more so because both the songs Zinda and rock version of the title track of the movie are an important part of the film.”
While his voice has become an instant hit and the songs are topping the charts, Siddharth says, “I sang a song for Greenpeace video that Rakeysh uncle directed a couple of years ago. He extremely encouraging and pushed me and even my dad so that I try my vocals for the song Zinda... I had heard the song before they recorded my vocals and knew it was an out and out rock number and had a whole grunge to it. Since I love singing rock, I drew inspiration from my musical references and then it was all about experimenting behind the mike.”
The resultant is out on Sony Music and compels Siddharth to speak his heart out, “It’s every singers dream to get a song in such a big film. I jumped in to try my vocals when I got a call from dad from the studios and everyone liked my voice after the recording,” he recollects.
“Music is in my genes,” says the new-age singer-composer adding that since childhood, he has been inclined towards music. “I have also done mouth percussion and a lot of other things. Thanks to dad, I got exposed to the right kind of music. So when other kids were playing hide ‘n’ seek, I composed songs and engaged in singing.”
“I remember having sung a jingle for Alpenliebe’s Holi advert when I was just 10,” he recalls and quickly adds, “I also sang for Bunty aur Babli. A section of title song required the voice of a kid and I’d sung for it. It was a lot of fun since that was my first experience for a film, behind the mike,” he shares candidly singing the song.
His choice of genre, however, is nothing specific since he enjoys it all. “If you see my iPod, it has all songs from jazz to ghazal to rock and even Indian classical. I always like to try my hands at anything new,” he quips.
Having sung for the upcoming film D-Day, Siddharth has set his eyes on “composing” for a Bollywood movie. Meanwhile, “singing and composing for other things goes on.”