All great artistes in the world are people who’ve come from nothing: Jubin Nautiyal
Nikita Deb
After having made a mark in the Hindi film industry, singer Jubin Nautiyal recently made his Hollywood debut as a singer and composer with a track for an English movie. The singer says that it was quite an exciting experience for him because this was the first time his fans were going to hear him sing an English song. But when it comes to the differences between the music industry in India and in the West, Nautiyal says that he felt there is much more freedom to experiment in Hollywood.
“I had a lot of freedom while working in Hollywood or composing songs there. I have not composed for Bollywood so I won’t compare. But there was a lot of freedom to express what I feel, what I want to do with my sounds when I worked for Hollywood. They are very open to new ideas and creativity. Bollywood mein risk nai lete log, paisa nahi daalte, but they were even okay with me shooting the video knowing that I had no experience in detection whatsoever prior to this,” he says.
The Humnava Mere singer was a rank newcomer when he sang his debut song for a Bollywood film in 2014. But he believes that nepotism is not something that can block someone from achieving the success he or she deserves.
“If you ask me that was my journey difficult? I would say that I did not care. I had my targets clear about what I had to do. Of course, I faced rejections and difficult times. There were many times when I ended up questioning my talent. I would wonder if I was good enough and if I was in the right line of work. But when you surpass that and don’t let such things get to you, that’s when an artiste is built. All the great artistes in the world are people who have come from nothing. These were people from small towns who had difficult journeys and their difficult journeys become their music and their art,” he concludes.
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