Passionate is a pretty accurate way to describe singer Parthiv Gohil, who is excited about Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya. The budding singer, who made his debut with Sanjay’s Devdas, has been a winner all the way.

Parthiv, who comes from Gujarat, has been the winner of the TVS Saregama musical contest. It was there that the budding singer came in contact with Ismail Darbar and the rest is history. Though his first break came in the form of Devdas, the singer considers Saawariya his debut venture. “Actually Sanjay was working on Bajirao Mastani, but it didn’t work out and he started working on Devdas. I worked on a bandish for the background score along with Monty Sharma, the music director. It was just the beginning. I am all set for challenges now. When Ismail met me he said I will have to work hard and give 100 per cent to my performances. This was the best platform one could ever get in Bollywood. I can’t expect more than this,” says Parthiv.

According to saawariya’s singer worked hard for two years. Monty and Sanjay were hard taskmasters. They worked day and night to get the right compositions. Montyji had composed around 30 songs, but went on improvising with every take. He came down to 14 songs, but finally, 10 songs were recorded. I have rendered one solo Yoon Shabnami and one classical tarana alongwith Richa Sharma and Shail Hada, the lyrics of which are Daras Bina Nahin Chain. Work has been a training of its own. I am confident that this training will help me in my future renditions,” says Parthiv.

Parthiv shares that classical music is heart rendering and it takes him closer to God, “but playback singing takes me closer to the listeners. I am here to reign in both and do my best”. The singer is now looking forward to interesting offers. “I am working on an album with Monty. Right now, I am creating a bank of compositions and plan to launch it very soon,” he says.

His talent is not restricted to singing, he has to his credit his own fusion band named Akruti. Parthiv has done a number of stage shows in India and abroad. “My band plays a fusion of classical, folk and western music. I do the concept and designing of the music and will continue doing so,” he says.
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