Arijit Singh's Wife Koyel Writes His Film Sa While His Son Plays The Title Role Of The Child Star

Jyothi Venkatesh

The focus then shifted to Maquinez Palace where the stage was set for a masterclass with one of the most sought after playback singer of current times, Arijit Singh. 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 favorite icon croon to some of his popular songs. And the singer did not disappoint. The session however 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.

When asked by one of the audience members about the possibility of Indian classical music going mainstream, Arijit was quick to dismiss the notion. Arijit 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.”The versatile singer spoke at length about his feature film that marks his debut as a film director at IFFI 2018. Arijit 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.”

Arijit said that the team went back with the lessons learnt and started working on the script. Arijit said, “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.” Arijit clarified that the team does not have a release plan for the film Sa. The story of the film has written by Arijit’s wife, Koyel Singh and also features his son playing a pivotal role.