Atif Aslam can't sing: Sunidhi Chauhan

CANDID CROONER: Sunidhi thinks Atif Aslam is one of the most overrated singers today.

        

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Rajeev Masand: The strangest rumour you’ve heard about yourself?

Sunidhi Chauhan: That I’m going around with Anu Malik. It was everywhere. It made me laugh. I mean he's like my father's age man. Link me with some good-looking guys for God sake!

Rajeev Masand: The most overrated singer is?

Sunidhi Chauhan: Atif Aslam. I know there are many fans of Atif Aslam but I think he can't sing. Sorry.

Rajeev Masand: The one song of yours that you can't bear to listen to?

Sunidhi Chauhan: Woh Raat Kati, Woh Din Nikla from Paheli. I didn't sing it well.

Rajeev Masand: Well, you did quite well in the Rapid Fire round. You were quite honest. Now Fatima from our audience wants to know what would you have been if you were not a singer?

Sunidhi Chauhan: A singer again. Maybe a very small singer like somewhere in a train or somewhere, but I still would have been a singer.

Rajeev Masand: And Raheem wishes to know your opinion about the music reality shows?

Sunidhi Chauhan: No opinion. In fact there's hardly any reality in them.

Rajeev Masand: We can't go away without talking about your song Yeh Mera Dil from Don, the cover version of the original song. You sang it really well, however, you were very humble when you said that original is the original and that Asha Bhosle's version is better. In fact she wasn't terribly pleased that a cover version was being made.

Sunidhi Chauhan: The idea was to have fun. We're doing the remake of Don and it has to be the way it used to be before, but in a little more stylised way. I mean it should sound new and current. I was not trying to be one up with anyone. That's why I didn't sing it like the original version. The song was to be picturised in a closed room. It had to be sensuous so it was sung very softly. So there was no question of comparison. I’m glad that it still worked.

Rajeev Masand: Sunidhi, thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you so much for entertaining us. We will hope that you will always continue to entertain us like you always have.

Sunidhi Chauhan: Thank you.