Singapore
Pop singer Mika Singh has said he is working on a film based on his life, charting his journey to becoming one of the most popular playback singers in Bollywood.
“The story is being put together,” he said. The film would be directed by Shashanka Ghosh of the 2009 comedy ‘Quick Gun Murugan’ fame.
Mika, who started as a singer 13 years ago after leaving his brother Daler Mehndi’s band as a guitarist, said the story would cover his journey to becoming a popular singer over the years.
The ‘Something Something’ hit-maker said he was also being approached to act in films but was too busy with his concerts and song recordings.
Besides singing hit Punjab and Hindi songs for Bollywood, Mika said he had also recorded songs in Telegu, Tamil, Bengali, Bhojpuri and Haryanvi. He said he was penning a song for actor Sunil Shetty’s next film.
“On an average, I would like to do two to three hit songs a year,” said Mika, who was here for his first singing event in Singapore. “The Singapore concert is a an important start to my Asian tours and I hope to host one every year in the city-state,” Mika said.
“It is the mixed community of Indians, Pakistanis and Bengalis that give me an opportunity to sing for them and entertain them,” he said, adding that he hoped to sign in as many languages as possible. Mika’s next concert would be on February 10 in Hong Kong even as he has begun planning a public concert in Pakistan in the coming months.
Mika talked about his non-governmental organisation ‘Divine Touch’ which he said had been expanded from “langar” services at gurdwaras to supporting needy women.
“We take in a batch of 300 girls and women in the age16-40 age bracket every six months and help them with basic education as well as training in arts and handicraft,” he said.
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