im not a productthe hit parade is ongod has been really kind ive been bestowed with loads of hits in the past couple of months and thats quite encouraging do you get to watch the flicks you sing forive watched quite a few in the recent past bachna ae haseeno om shanti om and jannat it feels good to hear myself onscreenwith offers pouring by the dozens you had once said that you hardly remember the names of the films that you sing forhonestly speaking i dont theres no diary where i jot down the film names at the moment all i can tell you is that ive sung for sorry bhai raaz 2 billo barber and kites but beyond fourfive names my memory failswhy do we fail to see you on reality tvi dont like tv much i dont even watch it shaan has asked me the same question a number of times but i dont think i would be half as comfortable as he is on tv i guess kk is only to be heard apart from live shows that is now ive featured in my music videos too but what can i do if they not aired often enoughsingers can be friends thenoh yes i share a great rapport with sunidhi shaan and kunal though we dont sit in each others pockets all the time we do meet and hang around once in a while and we usually start off where we had ended off i wouldnt say theres no competition in the music industry but its healthy actorsdirectors are getting into music so is competition stiffeningour industry is like a hotel lobby you can hang around and do your thing but not everything can get you noticed the audience will only buy your music if you are worth it which song of yours do you keep humming to yourselfi dont want to sound like a narcissist but i do sing pal and kyon ajkal to my wife jyoti and kids in fact my daughter flips through radio channels to hear my songs apart from shaan uncle sunidhi aunty and me she refuses to recognise anybody elsehow different is the kolkata crowd from that in mumbaikolkatans are discerning people who are all for masti its great to sing for them and they make me reaffirm my faith in myself i hardly perform in mumbai and even when i do i come across people who tell me beta yeh gaana kya tumne gaya i know my poor pr skills are to be blamed for thisin the softwaredriven industry melody seems to have taken a backseatnot really shaans song in saawariya or my ajaab si in oso are such melodious numbers everybody is trying their best to bring melody back in fact over the years ive learnt the importance of melody i wouldnt ever sing a number which is cheap and has crass lyrics not everything can be bought with money definitely not my voice and im the last