Earlier this month, Bollywood composer and musician Vishal Dadlani posted a revelatory update on his Instagram account. He confessed to his nine-lakh followers that for the past few years, his singing voice had been a shadow of its former self. "I never let anyone know, but I was struggling. My range, control and tone were wobbling. Singing softly was completely impossible," he said. The main reason behind this, he added, was smoking. Dadlani had been puffing over 40 cigarettes a day for the past nine years, thus compromising his talent. But, he quit in August 2019. And in the six months that have followed, there has been a marked improvement. The musician wrote, "My clean tone has returned, my control is a lot better [not yet perfect, though] and I'm actually happy to be singing again, instead of feeling discomfort and pain."

Kicking it off

Vishal Dadlani