Who can forget the adrenaline-pumping number Zinda.. from the 2013-hit Milkha Singh biopic Bhaag Milkha Bhaag? The music world got a powerful voice through Siddharth Mahadevan.
Siddharth who made an impressive debut through the song will soon make his Malayalam debut crooning Cherathe Cherathe... for the upcoming movie Lavender, directed by Altas T Ali. “It is a painful love song and one of the main songs in the movie,” he adds.
Son of famous singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan, Siddharth Mahadevan says he is excited though Malayalam is complete alien language. “I have always heard that Malayalam is one of the toughest language with hard to pronounce words and letters. But I was excited to learn a new language all the same,” says Siddharth, a picture of innocence with his curly mop and boyish smile.
He is all thankful to music director Deepak Dev who composed the music for the film. “Deepak Dev helped me through out the song. He explained the meaning of each word and line of the song. I could manage with the pronunciations but some of the words were tricky. He explained to me what emotions and expressions he wanted in the song,” says Siddharth for whom it took only around three hours to finish the recording. The lyrics is penned by Rafeeq Ahamed.
Besides Malayalam, Siddharth has also crooned for other South Indian languages too. He has sung the Telugu version of the famous India Waale song from the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer movie Happy New Year and a song in Vadacurry in Kollywood.
“I think singing in Malayalam became a bit easy since I had sung songs in other South Indian languages,” says Siddharth whose rendering of Malang Malang in Dhoom 3 earned him rave reviews.
Siddharth is not only into playback singing but also has composed for films like Swapna Tujhe Ni Majhe (Marathi) along with his cousin Soumil, The Perfect Girl and upcoming Marathi movie Sata Lota Pan Sagla Khota.
Ask the 21-year-old which hat he loves the most, he says, “Music as a whole is my love where I equally love singing, composing and playing drums.”
Siddharth whose singing talent was discovered by his dad Shankar Mahadevan, feels lucky to be born into a musical family.
Ask Siddharth whether he is challenged to be compared to his dad, he says, “I never bother about comparisons. I want to be original and do what I enjoy. I always strive to work harder and focus to do better.”