being the child of an establisted artiste can be tough and intimidating but raahul jatin son of composer jatin pandit is proud that music runs in his family for raahul music was his first calling as he comes up with his first single he shares the role his dad has played in his musical journey and his aspirations to get into hindi film musicwhat role has your dad played in your journey as a musicianits difficult to articulate because music is a way of life in my family it is a part of our dining table conversations my whole life has revolved around it that said i must say that my parents gave me a lot of space to find my calling there has been no pushing or prodding i had an inclination for music from childhood and started training with my dad when i was five the classical base that im blessed with comes from my dad and im extremely thankful to him also because of my dads guidance the quality of my vocals have been a top priority riyaz is a must daily its a part of my life apart from music i have added on other skill sets in tandem dancing and gymnastics my dad encouraged me to take them on so that im well equipped during my live performancesyouve learnt acting as well whats your first love music or actingcertainly music its my first calling and i have worked hard for it im also starting my career with music so all my energies are focused on this right now i did my method acting program in los angeles and a few courses in filmmaking as a value addition it greatly helps me in my performances on stage and my singles method acting allows me to put the right emotions into my notes when i am singing tell us about your first singlethe song is called aankhon ke ishare i have composed and sung it and i also feature in the music video its a groovy yet melodious track kumaar penned the lyrics and eric pillai has mixed and mastered it the song in its original form was slower but i wanted to get the groove punched in i started jamming with my american programmers on the idea and the song got the punch it needed the whole process took me about four days of intensive hard worklike your father does film music interest you tooyes certainly film music is the largest chunk of music consumed in our country it is the most penetrated form of music as an artiste anybody would like his or her work to reach as many people as possible the kind of exposure you get with film music is difficult with any other form i would love to do playback singing for films im meeting a lot of people and working out a pipeline as far as film music is concerned