Suit to Surma, it’s all jazzy!

Manpriya Singh

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No amount of verbal nudging or persistence will make Guru Randhawa choose from the songs he has rendered so far. “Honestly, this is a tough one, as you know they all come from the same special place. I can’t choose one. Can I?” says the artiste, who is just out with his latest single titled Surma Surma.

While his music for the movie Cheat India in the past couple of years could be accused of a very short shelf life, the song Lahore makes it to the same hall of fame where several classics by his own favourites sit. Which is, “Artistes like Gurdas Maan, Babbu Mann, Satinder Sartaj and so on. I listen to all kinds of music; from old Punjabi numbers to Hollywood music to pop songs.”

Breaking boundaries

That is why having already collaborated with Pitbull in the past, the next on the list are, “I’d love to further collaborate with more artistes, like Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars and many more. As artistes, we all want to break boundaries and bring together different flavours.” His latest Surma Surma, wherein he collaborates with ‘Jay Sean paji’, pretty much follows his signature philosophy or shall we say lyrics. “I think this is a groovy track. Anyone can listen to it and have a good time. That’s what music is for no? I like the idea of collaborating and bringing fusion of two artistes.”

Hit tunes

Speaking of Lagdi Lahore Di; that’s a song he often finds himself explaining the 855 plus million views it has clocked in so far. “It was meant for every age group. Whenever you give such songs to the market, the audience invariably likes and accepts them. That is what happened, plus there was everything going; it was nicely done, beautifully composed.” Had it not been for other super-hit singles like Patola to Ban Ja Rani, there would have been a fear of being overshadowed or being a one-song wonder.

But there’s no stopping the guy from taking everything in his stride, saying it all goes with the turf. Be it the incident of being assaulted backstage by a fan, whom he thought was coming for a selfie or a picture. “I had just requested to oblige him with the photos after the show, but I think that’s all a part and parcel of living life in the public eye.” Guru Randhawa will soak it all in, take it once again in his stride and not choose.

Lyrics @Guru Randhawa

Be it judging the lineage of a girl walking down the streets in Lahore or noticing the ethnic suit that suits her to the most recent lyrics devoted to kohl-lined eyes in Surma Surma; there’s no escaping the groovy compositions and a keen eye for the girls around. Well, he credits it all to having seen and observed women from all walks of life. “It’s because over the years, since childhood, I have seen women around in different looks, like women from a village, then city and then abroad.” That partly solves the foreign locales, desi lyrics that Punjabi music videos boast of!

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