Dan Dan is my big break: Paroma P Dasgupta

Nathalia Kaur has been grabbing a lot of eyeballs ever since she featured in the "Dan dan" number from "Department". Both Nathalia's sexy moves and the song have attracted attention.
However, not too many know that the number has been sung by Kolkata's Paroma P Dasgupta. For those not in the loop, Paroma started learning Hindustani classical music from her mother, Manjushree Dasgupta."Apart from my musical training at home, I am also learning from Ustad Ghulam Niyaz Khan of the prestigious Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. He happens to be Ustad Rashid Khan's brother. I moved to Mumbai after completing my masters in English from Kolkata," says Phoolbagan-bred Paroma.
Once in Mumbai, she started singing jingles. "I have sung for promotional campaigns of Maruti, Future Group, Neslac, Whirlpool, Horlicks, Maggie, Videocon and Vicco, among others. I have also sung for television commercials in most Indian languages like Hindi, EnglishBengali, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujrati, Punjabi, Assamese and Oriya," she adds.
Paroma's big break happened when a friend who had penned a few songs for music director duo Dharam and Sandeep suggested her name for a song in Ram Gopal Verma's "Department" starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Dagubatti. "Unfortunately that song did not happen. But Dharam-Sandeep tried my voice out in another song called "Dan dan". That's my big break in Bollywood. Initially, there were suggestions of using a famous Bollywood singer but eventually everyone was convinced by my rendition and power that gave a different identity to the song. Having trained in classical music is a blessing for me. But more than anything else, what's helped is that I have a flexible temperament and don't wish to get typecast," she signs off.