This one’s sure to get Sonu Nigam in the record books. The singer’s recently sung in 54 voices for the same song. No mean feat considering this required him to not only sing in different male voices, but also female voices. Confirming this, Sonu says, “Yes, that is true. I have sung the title track of Tees Maar Khan in 54 voices.” Admitting that it wasn’t easy, Sonu adds, “Maintaining a consistency in the voice and the pitch which is not yours can be very tedious.”Talking about how the idea originated, the singer revealed that they were trying different versions for the same song and it was music composer Shirish Kunder’s idea to merge all the versions together. “After I recorded several versions, it was difficult to choose any one. So Shirish incorporated all of them in one song. I am the chorus as well as the singer for this one, and all have still managed to sound different,” adds Sonu.
The singer apart from singing in several female voices has sung the song with a Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, French and several such accents. “But the one I enjoyed the most was singing in Akshay’s (Kumar) voice. In fact, I sound so much like him that even Farah couldn’t make out the difference,” he smiles.
So is he aiming for a place in the book of records? “Well, we hadn’t recorded the song with that in mind, but now that we have done it; I think Farah and Shirish are considering sending it for the record books. I don’t think any singer has done that before on the big screen, so yes, I will keep my fingers crossed for this one,” smiles Sonu. Well, that’d be another feather in the Bollywood cap too, so here’s wishing him all the luck.
