Bollywood Politics, Nepotism & Corrupt Industry Culture ft Armaan Malik | FO 89 | Raj Shamani
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In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj talks with the popular singer & songwriter, Armaan Malik. Known as the ‘Romance king’ of the Music Industry in India, Armaan has sung in multiple languages including Hindi, Telugu, English, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu and Malayalam. Malik has become the first Indian singer-songwriter to be featured on the prestigious Spotify Times Square Billboard in New York City for his latest English single titled 'Control'.
Armaan inherits his music talent from his family and speaks about challenges that come with it. He started his career from a reality show when he was just 9 years old and went on to become a child voiceover & dub artist. He’s known to have voiced for the character of Aladdin and shares with us some glimpses of his experience in this genre.
Having started making his independent music, Armaan speaks about how Bollywood music was not making him happy and shares with us about his decision to move on from bollywood. He speaks extensively about musical entrepreneurship and what things he keeps in mind before associating himself with a brand. Make sure you watch this episode till the end!
Make sure you watch this video till the end!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - How he started singing?
04:44 - His journey of reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs
07:40 - His learnings form Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs
10:59 - What is passion?
13:32 - Why his father didn't want him to do reality shows?
16:34 - Why nervousness is important?
17:20 - How to build a connection with audience?
19:26 - How to understand different cultures?
21:38 - Unreasonable demands of Artists?
26:58 - Lip sync performance in concerts
32:10 - Most underrated song of Armaan Malik
32:38 - Most overrated song of Armaan Malik
33:41 - Shift from Bollywood to Indie Music
34:42 - Remake music in Bollywood
37:01 - Why did Armaan left Bolllywood?
44:18 - Bollywood politics
47:25 - Nepotism in Bollywood
50:16 - Shah Rukh Khan's Branding
52:10 - Branding of Armaan Malik
57:37 - Conclusion
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