Kavita Seth works on her own terms in Bollywood!

Her soulful rendition of numbers like Mujhe Mat Roko in Gangster, the chart-topping Gunja Sa Koi Iktara in Wake Up Sid and Mora Piya in Raajneeti have helped Kavita Seth carve out her own niche in the film industry, but the versatile singer says that she is in no rush to say ‘yes’ to whatever film songs come her way.
“In Bollywood, I have always been very choosy and worked on my own terms.There was a three year period when I wasn’t offered any good work in Bollywood. There were people who would come and tell me that my voice was suitable only for folk songs. I remember receiving strange requests like, ‘Aap koi double-meaning Bhojpuri song gaa do’ during that phase. But I was determined to do only quality work. For me, the poetry has to be good for saying ‘yes’ to a song. I won’t be comfortable singing some vulgar lyrics and gaining popularity in the process,” says Seth.
She adds, “I have enjoyed my live performances a lot, and Sufi music albums have given me immense creative satisfaction. It’s heartening to see that Sufi songs are gaining popularity in Bollywood. I just hope that they are not diluted in any manner. A music director has to understand the subject thoroughly to do justice to such songs. There’s a certain purity associated with the form and it’s not as if merely putting in words like ‘Allah’ and ‘Maula’ will make it a good Sufi number.”
Talking of her upcoming projects, she says, “I have sung a couple of lovely songs for this Hollywood film Trishna, which has Freida Pinto playing the lead. It was nice to work with Amit Trivedi.”