Indiependent path

With Arijit Singh's recent retirement from playback music rocking Bollywood, musicians weigh in on what the superstar's potential turn to indie will mean for the industry

- MAHIMA NAGARAJU

SINCE the 2013 hit ballad 'Tum Hi Ho' from Aashiqui 2 left everyone misty-eyed and catapulted him to superstardom, Arijit Singh's voice has made us believe in love and broken our hearts many times over.

Capturing the elation of chasing dreams in 'Il-lahi', the longing of separation in 'Agar Tum Saath Ho' and leaving behind the bittersweetness of goodbyes with 'Channa Mereya' — if there's one voice that left its trace across the last decade's Bollywood music, it's Singh's. So when he announced his retirement from playback singing last week, all hell broke loose, with rumours abounding and the who's who of the film industry requesting that he reconsider or coming in support.