Kailash Kher started with TV and radio ads. His big break came with "Rabba Ishq Na Hove" from Andaz. He later gained fame with songs like "Allah Ke Bande" and "Teri Deewani." Prior to his success, Kher faced many challenges in his early life, which he discusses in this podcast.
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00:00Subhanallah! Subhanallah! Subhanallah! Subhanallah!
00:16A bird was broken in such a way that it was not able to fly again.
00:23Someone robbed it in such a way that it was not able to fly again.
00:31When I came to Bombay, I was fed up of sorrows.
00:34I didn't feel that sorrows are a thing.
00:37Because, if they come, I'm happy. If they don't come, I'm happy.
00:41You don't feel the pain in the pain.
00:47When I was four years old, my parents settled in Delhi.
00:52I studied in Delhi and learned music.
00:57When I was 21-22 years old, I felt that I have spent 13-14 years in music.
01:04I have also graduated. What should I do now?
01:07One or two years pass by in a blink of an eye.
01:10Till the age of 23-24, I understood that I will have to do something in life.
01:19After that, I tried a business of export-import.
01:24It gave me a loss later.
01:26When I was in loss, I was in depression.
01:30This happens in Delhi.
01:32Because there is a lot of emotion.
01:34People get happy and sad very quickly.
01:37Because of this, I was in a bad situation.
01:42I went to Singapore for a year and settled there.
01:47I had ups and downs in life.
01:51Then I moved to Bombay.
01:55I came to Bombay in 2001.
01:58Since 2001, it has been an interesting journey.
02:04In 2002, I got my first break.
02:07It was an ad for a TV commercial.
02:12I sang in that.
02:14After that, our jingles became famous.
02:19Then I got a song for a film.
02:22My first solo song was Allah Ke Bande.
02:25The film is also like that.
02:27Vishal Dadlani wrote it.
02:29Vishal and Shekhar composed it.
02:32Tata toota ek parinda aise toota
02:36Ke phir jhud na paaya
02:39Ho loota loota kisne usko aise loota
02:44Ke phir udna paaya
02:47Girta hua wo asma se aakar gira zameen par
02:52Khaabon me phir bhi baadal hi the wo kehta raha magar
02:57When you get a prestigious award in the industry,
03:00the whole industry knows you.
03:03The benefit of knowing the whole industry is that
03:06your work increases.
03:08That's how it happened with us.
03:10Till now, we have sung in more than 500 ad films.
03:14Till now, we have sung in 200-300 films.
03:18100-150 have come out.
03:20At least 50-60 songs have become hits.
03:23Rang dini rang dini
03:25Rang dini rang dini
03:27Rang dini rang dini
03:29Rang dini rang dini
03:31Rang dini rang dini
03:33Rang dini rang dini
03:37Piya ke rang rang dini odhni
03:41Piya ke rang rang dini odhni
03:45I was very sad.
03:47In the beginning, I didn't have a place to stay.
03:50I didn't have money to eat.
03:52I didn't have anyone to know.
03:54I didn't have anyone to call my brother,
03:58godfather, godbrother, godmother.
04:01There are many now.
04:03But the world is different now.
04:05When a cow is milked,
04:07it can have 20 owners.
04:10But those who don't have milk,
04:13other than the butcher,
04:15they have no right.
04:17Since childhood, I have seen
04:20so many hardships in life.
04:23When I came to Bombay,
04:25I was fed up of pain.
04:27At that time, I didn't feel
04:29that pain is a thing.
04:31Because if it comes, I am happy.
04:33If it doesn't come, I am happy.
04:35I don't feel the pain.
04:37Now I have seen so much pain.
04:39Until then, I didn't feel
04:41that there is any pain.
04:43When I came to Bombay,
04:45I didn't have a place to stay.
04:47I didn't have money to eat.
04:49I didn't get disturbed.
04:51There was a huge sea of pain
04:53behind me.
04:56That's why I was sad.
04:58I was very restless.
05:00I was very depressed.
05:02I was a coward.
05:04I didn't get disturbed.
05:06In such a situation,
05:08the psychological support
05:10was of my family.
05:12Classical is a little difficult.
05:14It takes a lot of days.
05:16If you earn a name,
05:18you will have to wait
05:19till you start singing
05:21in a few places.
05:23Then you will be respected.
05:25It was a very long process.
05:27I didn't find it so interesting.
05:29I had to cater
05:31for the younger generation.
05:33I had to give them
05:35something that would
05:37touch their heart
05:39without telling them.
05:41I didn't have to say
05:43that they are elders.
05:45This is our culture.
05:47If I had to say
05:49that you are a coward
05:51and your children are cowards,
05:53I would have to tell them
05:55that they are our elders.
05:57I don't believe
05:59in such things.
06:01There should be
06:03a reawakening
06:05in the soul.
06:07The way God has given
06:09our music life,
06:11the way we sing,
06:13our young generation
06:15has a lot of
06:17fan following.
06:19The young generation
06:21has a lot of
06:23fan following.
06:25This is why they
06:27have to be
06:29a part of
06:31the culture.
06:33The young generation
06:36should be
06:38a part
06:40of the culture.
06:42They should
06:44be a part
06:46of the music.
06:48We can't do that.
06:53And even if I try, people will laugh at me.
06:56They might even get angry.
06:58Because we don't have this kind of attitude.
07:01We don't have this kind of influence.
07:03We don't have this kind of standard.
07:05Our way of thinking is different.
07:07I am a person of a different way of thinking.
07:09I see very few qualities in the world.
07:12I see more flaws in everything.
07:14So when I see the world like this,
07:17my outlook is different from the rest of the world.
07:23That's why people will look at my work.
07:26Subhan Allah! Subhan Allah!
07:30Subhan Allah! Subhan Allah!
07:34Subhan Allah! Subhan Allah!
07:38Subhan Allah! Subhan Allah!
07:42If you meet a knowledgeable person,
07:44you will learn a lot.
07:46If you meet a fool, you will fight with him.
07:48So if you meet people who are like you,
07:52for the sake of your work,
07:54your life will flow towards infinite success.
07:59And I consider myself fortunate
08:03that this happened to me.
08:05God has given me the support of great musicians.
08:09And God has also opened many doors for me.
08:13I am going to be involved in some international projects.
08:17Such things are happening.
08:19Whenever I sang with A. R. Rahman,
08:21in whichever country I sang,
08:23it is a very emotional thing,
08:25it is a very touching thing
08:27that whenever an ordinary person sings,
08:30all the great singers who were with us,
08:35like Hariharan, Udit Narayan,
08:38Alka Yagnik, Sadhna Sargam,
08:40Madhu Shree,
08:41there were many other great singers with us.
08:44Once it was Daler Mehndi,
08:45once it was Sukhwinder Singh.
08:47So A. R. Rahman himself sits on his platform,
08:52plays the piano and that's it.
08:54But whenever I sang,
08:56he came to the front stage with me,
08:59sang with me,
09:01and the kind of action I was doing,
09:04once he came in such excitement,
09:07I sing with a little emotion,
09:11which people feel like I am dancing.
09:14When I dance,
09:16I don't even know A, B, C, D,
09:18but I sing with a little emotion,
09:20drowning in my fun.
09:22Similarly, A. R. Rahman also drowned once.
09:25He was in Australia, in Melbourne.
09:27So there are many such experiences.
09:29And when such great talented people
09:32express their feelings in this way,
09:37then the heart gets a very good experience.
10:02Music