Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai) - Brunch
Jonita Gandhi
Describe yourself in a hashtag #Cray
And your alter ego in a hashtag? #Savage
Tell us a poem or a quote that describes you best
This quote by Venus Williams resonates with me: “I don’t focus on what
I’m up against I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest”
What is your favourite Hindi word to use in a song?
May be maahi
What’s the last thing you googled? How to make an avocado ripen faster!
Who was your first celebrity crush? Shah Rukh Khan
What is the most over-the-top Bollywood thing you have done in real life?
I went on a scavenger hunt for a note left by a guy I like around the Eiffel Tower in Paris
What’s the most challenging part about playback singing?
You don’t have the final say, and there are too many cooks in the kitchen, so you have to satisfy someone else
And, the most challenging part about a live gig?
While it’s great to have a live interaction with the audience, you only have one chance to nail each song
Share your funniest memory of singing at a private event
My drummer’s drum kit never arrived, so he had to beatbox!
And the funniest memory while recording a song?
I had to yell at the top of my lungs for a recording with AR Rahman sir for a song from the film Mom Once when the studio door was left open, an engineer napping outside woke up in the biggest panic after hearing me scream It was hilarious
If you could time travel, what era you would you pick?
I’d like to travel back five years and I would like to take all the
knowledge I have now of how social media works with me
List three things that nobody knows about you My natural hair is super frizzy and wavy I can
juggle and I love hamsters
What should the title of your biography be, if you ever wrote one? Chameleon