"My voice was considered raw and not the conventional 'hero kind of voice,' because of which I got turned away from a lot of places," he says.Īs a boy, Kher ran away from Meerut, his birth place, to Delhi in search of a guru. He admits he used to be nervous about it. Initially, Kher got a lot of flak for his singing style. "The song was simple, raw, sung without any pretensions and I didn't imitate anyone and just sang it in my own style." "It was a miracle that a song from a small film - that didn't even get good publicity initially - was so well received," he says. That was nearly two years ago and it was, according to Kher, the turning point of his career. Thankfully, for both Kher and the country, Allah ke bande wasn't chopped from the film, and remained at the number one position for almost six months across different channels. "To be completely honest, I had forgotten about Allah ke bande because it was a small-budget film and I wasn't even sure of its release." Kher admits it was a setback, especially because he was still a struggler and had pinned his hopes on that song. But I was in for a rude shock when I finally got the cassette and heard the same song in Sukhwinder Singh's voice." "I thought I had arrived in the industry when the song Tujh par gagan se was offered to me by music director Aadesh Srivastava. The sensational singer of Allah ke bande from Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II - the film was eventually declared a dud at the box-office - originally thought his big break would come from Shah Rukh Khan's big production banner Dreamz Unlimited for the film Chalte Chalte. But, "at least I was moving in the right circles and visiting studios I couldn't have dreamt of stepping into, without any reference or an industry godfather." Life didn't change dramatically even after a few more jingles. The jingle may not have given Kher instant recognition but fetched him Rs 5,000, which he needed desperately at that time "just to survive."
My name was recommended to musician Ram Sampat, who was at that time looking for a different voice for a jingle for Nakshatra diamonds." "I had a few friends, some of whom were also involved in some way or the other in a few films. "I lived here on the platform and one chaiwallah ( tea-stall owner) in particular was a good friend of mine," he says.Īs Kher's sleek, black Honda City zooms out of the posh Lokhandwala area in Andheri, where he now resides, he says a silent prayer while crossing the station that was once his home. Kailash Kher still gets unnerved every time he passes Mumbai's Andheri railway station.
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