Musically Yours: Tulsi Kumar : Bollywood News

My First Break

In spite of coming from a music family, I knew early on that I had to prove my worth to get a break. My brother never believed in pushing me or using his influence. He wanted to be sure that I am capable of standing on my own feet. I started singing for devotional albums after which I graduated to singing remix songs which was really popular 3-4 years back. I also did a lot of cover versions of Latajis evergreen numbers and then finally started singing for films.

My first break was in Aksar- Janaab-e-Janiya. Himesh Reshammiya had come home and had heard me sing. After a couple of months, he called my brother and told him that he wanted me to record the song. I went to the studio and we recorded the track. It was a high pitched track and Himeshji liked my voice and thought that I did a fairly good job. That was my first break and luckily for me the song went on to become a big hit. The producers of the film even decided to shoot a special promotional music video which featured Himeshji and me along with the cast of the film. Both the song and the video were very well-received. Right from my first track people not only recognized my voice and also my face thanks to the music video.

The Songs that followed

After the good response to the Aksar number, there was a certain rapport with Himeshji. Our songs were doping well, the combo was working and he offered me a chance to sing a few more songs like Tere Sang Ishq (Tom Dick and Harry), Shabbe Firaaq(Chup Chup Ke). Most of these songs were very popular among the younger generation.

The Turning Point

When I started, most of my tracks were quite similar to each other in the sense that they were fast, peppy and high pitched numbers. Somewhere down the line people started thinking that I can only do these kind of numbers. I wanted to kind of break that myth and was able to do so with the soft number Saathiya from Darling. It was a duet with Adnan Sami and I could finally prove that I can sing slow numbers as well. In the same film I also sang yet another romantic slow number Tadap with Himeshji which went on to become a huge hit. Thanks to these numbers and the songs that followed in films like Karzzzz (Soniye Je) Billu (Love Mera Hit Hit) and 8 x 10 Tasveer (Aaja Mahi) people have realized that I can sing different kinds of numbers.