Bollywood playback singers who are tuned out!

It is difficult to have a conversation about rsquo90s Bollywood music without mentioning songs such as Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam sung by Kumar Sanu and Pehla Nasha sung by Udit Narayan Sanu and Narayan belonged to a breed of playback singers who made rsquo90s music what it was a bag of melodies that sent their respective filmrsquos box office collections soaringWhich brings us to the question where have these singers gone now One reason behind their disappearance is the fact that todayrsquos music directors prefer working with a new bunch of singers culled from various talent showsNot only do these youngsters charge lower fees but their voices can also be worked upon using a slew of audio softwareshitlist catches up with these singers to give you the lowdown on whatrsquos keeping them busy nowAlka YagnikLast playback song Yeh hare kaanch ki choodiyan Film Milenge Milenge Music director Himesh ReshammiyaCurrent status ldquoA lot more avenues other than Bollywood have opened up today Besides I think that there are no melodious songs these days But with new opportunities coming up we are busier now than we used to berdquoSadhana SargamLast playback song Yun toh mera dil Film Damadamm Music director Himesh Reshammiya and Sachin GuptaCurrent status ldquoItrsquos been a while since I sung for a Bollywood film but itrsquos not that we are sitting at home and doing nothing I have been singing for regional films cutting private albums and performing at concertsrdquoUdit NarayanLast playback song Baby se baby doll hui gavaFilm Gippi Music director VishalShekharCurrent status ldquoI have completed 25 years in the industry and I continue to love my work That said the industry has seen its share of changes particularly in the past five years Now music directors have started experimenting with younger singers They are doing good work but I think the melody is lost somewhererdquoKavita KrishnamurthyLast playback song Tum hoFilm Rockstar Music director AR RahmanCurrent status ldquoI sing at several concerts across the world and throughout the year I have been performing at concerts with my husband and launching new albums As far as my disappearance from Bollywood is concerned that is a question only Bollywoodrsquos music directors can answerrdquoJaspinder NarulaLast playback song ApneFilm Apne Music director Himesh ReshammiyaCurrent status ldquoEverybody is doing something or the other Apart from singing I also teach music in college If you are a trained singer everyday is a new day and I try to learn new thingsrdquoKumar SanuLast playback song Chammak challo chael chabeliFilm Rowdy Rathore Music director SajidWajidCurrent status ldquoEarlier music was created but now itrsquos adopted We are delving into western music for inspiration and the lyrics arenrsquot getting any better either People who sing for Bollywood today have no identity In fact singers today pay music directors for bagging a song while we did it the other way around and charged a fee for our skills As a result today music directors donrsquot need singersrdquoHema SardesaiLast playback song Badal pe paon hainFilm Chak De Music director SalimSulaimanCurrent status ldquoIn the earlier days the best voices bagged all the songs I got my songs on merit and for that I am grateful to Bollywood But I am not getting any singing playback assignments now due to my noncompromising stand Today reality show singers have flooded the industry and most of them are okay with making compromises Melody has now taken a backseatrdquoBabul SupriyoLast playback song Ishhaq ki daffli baje reFilm Kamaal Dhamaal MalamaalMusic director Sajid WajidCurrent status ldquoThe biggest change in the music industry in recent years is the fact that good singers are no longer indispensable Thanks to vocal aid softwares such as Melodyne amp Antares AutoTune Sur tune is not Iswar God anymore and it turns out anyone can become a singer But you cant complain either because their songs are superhits today The doctrine lsquoYou need to practice hard to first be a good singer and only then can you aspire to be famousrsquo doesnt hold true now Sure there are exceptions like Arijit Singh Monali Thakur and Shalmali Kholghade but most famous singers today are not even singers in any sense of the termrdquoAlso missing from the scenegtgt Richa Sharmagtgt Vinod Kumar Rathodgtgt Hariharangtgt Mahalaxmi Iyergtgt Kunal Ganjawalagtgt Sudesh Bhosle