Mika keen to sing Sufi romantic songs

He is known to sing high-octane dance tracks but singer Mika Singh says he wants to shift gears and sing more Sufi and romantic songs in the future.

The singer, who has lent his voice to popular songs like Mauja Hi Mauja, Subha Hone Na De and Gandi Baat, recently recorded a song with sufi singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

“I will sing lots of melody songs. I recently sang a song with Rahat saab. People would be curious to know how the baadshah of sufi will sing a song with me. But in the future, I will sing a lot of sufi and romantic tracks,” said Mika.

The 38-year-old singer launched his debut album in 1998 and went on to record several tracks before making it big in Bollywood with songs like Mauja Hi Mauja, Ganpat and Singh is King.

Mika says it took him a lot of patience to reach this stage unlike many aspiring singers, who today directly want to start with an A-list composer like A R Rahman. “I had patience to reach the stage where I am today. I didn’t have any apprehensions that I won’t work with him, or not sing a small song. But today, the young singers who are coming are directly aiming to sing for AR Rahman, who I got to work with in 2015.

“They say they directly want to work with him. They should instead focus on doing everything, including small or big films. Today their aim is bigger.”