Unleashing the inner musician

Ajay Joshi

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 19

Sportsman-turned-lyricist and a music composer, a city-based youth is carving a niche for himself in the field of Punjabi music industry. Gurpreet Singh (28), popularly known as Guri wrote his first song in the year 2015 with the help of his mentor “Rangla Punjab” fame Roshan Cheema.

Sung by Garry Sandhu, the song ‘bapu di cycle te ghum ke pind da litta nazara si’ made him stand out in the market. His song was widely shared.

A resident of Central Town, Guri has done MA Punjabi. He aspires to become a well-known music composer. “After leaving cricket, I didn’t know what else to do. I knew that I could write couplets but making a switch towards music industry was completely unpredicted. However, when I started I began to receive good response. So far, I have written 16-17 songs. “Mere wala sardar” in 2018 was my first music cover in which I took the lead. The song was sung by Jugraj Sandhu. It went viral on social media overnight and garnered over four million views on YouTube. Owing to his popularity, the viewers also demanded for its female version. Hence, within a few months, I released ‘meri wali sardarni’. After this, ‘jatta teri care’ was another hit,” Guri said.

Completely against songs portraying guns and drugs, he prefers to write and compose only romantic songs or those with a touch of cultural heritage. “There isn’t any big creativity other than imagination,” he pointed out. While struggling to choose a career to earn a living for himself, he decided to follow the path of creativity. Even he wasn’t aware of his creativity until he finally started writing. “Apart from moving ahead in life, youngsters need to sit and relax sometimes to explore their real talent”, he added.