Priyanka Vaidya: The upcoming singer who dreams of sharing the stage with AR Rehman

I did not have to face much difficulties in the beginning as I was selected in the year 2003 for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa directly from Kolkata. After being a runner up, I started working with Shravan ji, Pritam da, Salim Suleiman and others. I had also started doing live events and shows. Hence so far so good, the struggle has been a little less. But struggle is a constant and integral part as far as playback singing for movies is concerned.

My initial experience was very good when I came to Mumbai in 2003. I found the music industry welcoming. I had already met the music director Shravan ji, singer Shaan, Pritam ji and Salim Suleiman. Shravanji always treated me as a child. In that sense, I feel super blessed that I did not come across any unpleasant experience or people in this industry.

Personally, I really like the recent remixes because all are upgraded music. Though the old music is always great, but to reach the new generation, I think, moulding them with the music of today is really helpful. And these remixes sound awesome. so I am really liking it.

Oh, aspirations are many. I really want to perform at Sydney Opera House and I want to perform and travel with my concert in the entire world. Also I want to share the stage with AR Rahman sir soon. I will put all my efforts to record for all the production houses. These are my dreams and I’m going to work extremely hard to achieve all these things.

I like all kinds of music. I have learned classical from my childhood and when I shifted to Mumbai, I started learning Bollywood music and Ghazals. I learnt Western music from Samantha. As I said, I like all styles of music as every genre speaks in its own way. But people like me for my powerful voice which is more suitable for Sufi music and I also have found a special liking for it because you can feel the music with your soul. My last single ‘Sanson ki Mala’ is a tribute for the same.