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What’s that one kind of song Kumar Sanu won’t sing with his daughter Shannon K?
Singer Kumar Sanu’s daughter Shannon K has followed in his footsteps and he’s naturally happy about her career choice. However, he isn’t keen on going behind the microphone to record a romantic song with his daughter.
The father-daughter duo sung a non-film song titled It’s Magical, last year. Asked if he’ll be doing more songs with her, Sanu says, “We had done It’s Magical. I had sung in Hindi and she had sung in English. I don’t want to sing romantic songs with her. We have a relationship of a father and a daughter, so it’s better we sing romantic songs with other singers.”
Talking about his daughter, who started her musical journey in the US in 2018 with the song A Long Time, Sanu adds, “She has sung with Sonu Nigam and Shaan. She also sang for a Himesh Reshammiya film and Ekta Kapoor’s film.”
While Shannon is still trying to make it big in the music industry, Sanu is a noted name in Bollywood music, especially when one talks of ‘90s music.
Sharing his views on contemporary music, the singer opines, “When it comes to melody, the basic Indian music is missing a bit. There’s an attempt to bring in a westernised flavour, and people are getting success to some extent, too.”
Not too happy about new-gen composers “playing around with” the Indian melody, he feels such songs won’t have long shelf life.
Recreations, on the other hand, is something that he gives a thumbs up to. “The new generation gets to know about a lovely song or a fun song they didn’t know about (through recreations). They got to know through Ranveer Singh about a song originally sung by Kumar Sanu. It’s good for us, too,” he says, referring to the recreated version of his 1996 hit song Aankh maarey in Simmba (2018).