“It has been one of my best shows. My band felt the same. The sound was great and the audience was just wonderful.” That was singer Shilpa Rao gushing about her show in Thiruvananthapuram, for Cult A Way, the techno-cultural festival of Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering. She has posted a video on her social media page that shows the crowd at the packed Nishagandhi open-air auditorium singing along with her as she crooned her title track from Kalank.
Her sombre, yet soulful voice, has struck a chord with music lovers ever since she started playback singing 16 years ago. The singer’s road to fame has been her hits such as ‘Besharam rang’ (Pathan), ‘Ghunghroo’ (War), ‘Bulleya’ (Ae Dil Hain Mushkil), ‘Subanallah’ (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) and ‘Khuda jaane’ (Bachnaa Ae Haseeno), to name a few.
The interview kicked off with a mention about her Kerala connection. “My husband, Ritesh Krishnan, is from here and I love a lot of things about the State — the greenery, the monsoon, the music...” she goes on.
