Kailas Menon speaks about working with Shreya Ghoshal

Composer Kailas Menon’s debut song ‘Jeevamshamai,’ for the film ‘

Theevandi

,’ was sung by Shreya Ghoshal and K S Harisankar.

Recently, he made a long post on social media about working with Shreya. He said, “How was the experience working with Shreya Ghoshal? A question that I hear the most, since 2018. It excites me always & I keep on talking about the wonderful experience of knowing & recording her. Three hours of continuous recording without even a single break, giving unlimited number of takes, improvisations you never even imagine in your wildest thoughts, the passion, dedication & commitment to make it perfect, to take it to the next level – all of it was something special to watch. It was my debut movie, but still she treated me with utmost humility. At one point ,during the recording, you can hear her appreciating singer Gayathri Ashokan too. Something we all have to learn from legends like Shreya Ghoshal, K.S.Chitra, A.R.Rahman, Sachin Tendulkar etc.

I felt, any aspiring singer who could watch her recording session could perform hundred times better than what they have been doing. I was even thinking that I should take one such highly talented singer along with me every time I go to record her, from then on. I would say he/she is my assistant in case she asks who that is!

During this lockdown, as we all got enough & more time to ‘think,’ suddenly, this idea popped up in my mind. Why should I limit it to one person ...? Why not share the raw footage of the recording session with everyone so that it could be inspiring for many. So, here is the vastly edited footage of the 3 hr recording session of ‘Jeevamshamayi’ with Shreya Ghoshal, which happened at singer Kailash Kher’s studio in Mumbai.”