Singer JonitaGandhi on how her Canadian upbringing aided her in breaking into Bollywood
Bollywood singer Jonita Gandhi, who headlined Toronto’s DesiFest over the weekend, spoke with ET Canada about how growing up in a multi-cultural area near Toronto paved the path for her career in the industry.
“I think when I was really young, it kind of was that was for me, the golden standard of like where I wanted to be in music. That’s kind of all I knew growing up,” Gandhi tells Morgan Hoffman. Gandhi also shared that her dad persuaded her to rehearse more and was very supportive. She added: “People sing for these actors behind the scenes. And then and my dad comes from a bit of a musical background. He used to play in his band in college and stuff, although he’s an engineer. So once he knew I was kind of excited about music, he really pushed me to kind of rehearse and work on my skill, and I think that’s a big reason why I did.
Gandhi says she was ‘disocvered’ by Grammy and Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman. When asked what it was like getting a phone call from the legendary Indian composer, she replied: “That was weird. I think I got a text from and it sounded vaguely shady. They didn’t even sign off. They just wrote. ‘Hi. You are required for a recording in Chennai .’ And I was like, okay, But I kind of had a heads up that someone had given his office my number.
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