In an age when showboating has become a necessary element of show business, singers continue to defy the trends. Composer and singer Papon is among the voices that personify the sentiment. The singer’s concert today will capture his folk roots with a touch of innovative electronica and the recognisable Bollywood signature.

Having broken through to the cinema-crazy Mumbai audience with Jiyein kyun from Dum Maaro Dum (2011), the singer has since become a name recognised for soulful, folk-based rhythms. “My pursuit of music was not for popularity, or the numbers. I pick songs or scores because I love them,” he explains.