A couple of days ago, Kailash Kher packed his bags and set off for a two-week tour to America with his band. “It’s my wife’s birthday soon and I won’t be there. So I’ve already booked a birthday gift for her,” he laughs, when we speak to him over the phone a day before departure. But the singer and composer has a gift ready for his fans as well. Kher has earlier composed music for movies such as Dasvadaniya and Chandni Chowk to China along with his Kailasa bandmates, Naresh and Paresh Kamath. But this year, the man with a rustic voice also debuts as a music composer.

Kailesh Kher’s new album will be out next year