back to varanasi after nearly five years the ishq wala love singer neeti mohan has some vivid memories of the city i had come to perform at a private function a few years back at that time i had gone to the ghats to see the sunrise and had stayed for a while it is peaceful and awakening at the same time as you soak in the spiritualty on the ghats watching the diyas floating and witnessing the aarti transports one to a different world altogether says the singer who was in varanasi recently for a performancetalking about her craft the jiya re singer believes that singers in india have evolved as stage performers earlier we used to say that our singers are very good but we only would want to watch beyonc perform on stage we would pay for a beyonc concert but not for those who were only playback singers over the years we as singers have evolved tremendously as performers look at the way female singers are dressing up today which was not the case earlier somebody who is going on stage is in fact presenting herself to the large audience who is there to watch her perform this certainly impacts the overall performance of the artist personally for me the singer in me is always alert whether it is live performances or recordings in studio she saysneeti mohan in varanasi bccl arvind kumar neeti mohan in varanasi bccl arvind kumar about the music industry in india neeti says music in india means mainly bollywood music since we love our films this is not something which is new to us but has been a trend since the 50s and 60s there was a phase during which bands like euphoria silk route and artists like alisha chinai had come up neeti adds even i started with a pop band and then graduated to bollywood music film music has and continues to stand large because bollywood has dominated us whether it is the actors film music singers musicians we love them a lot every kid in india wants to be an actor off late bollywood songs dont have much shelflife and that is due to the fact that we have too much of music if we had lesser music then it will stay longer nearly every day a song is releasing so it is difficult to keep a tab on it that gives an impression that there is no shelf life to bollywood songs in 70s only few films used to release consequently limited number of songs were released so we had enough time to absorb them which is not the case nowon the personal front the singer is all set to tie the knot early next with beau actor nihar pandya refusing to give any details about her forthcoming marriage she says though personally i would like to get married from my hometown it is for my parents to decide on that i am following my parents decision