The Legacy Continues

Amit is now back in Bollywood with his father’s hit number Nainon main sapna from Himmatwala. “I am not in this rat race. I left all this behind almost a decade ago. But when somebody asks me to sing for their film,I do it,” says Amit,who had been requested to sing this number by Sajid Khan.

The feedback has been encouraging. “I have been following the comments on YouTube. Most of them are good,but one of the comments said that I sounded pretty old,” he says. But like his father,Amit remains unaffected by negativity.

Kumar is now working on the concept of an online music store alongwith his stepbrother Sumeet Kumar. They intend to begin with an album by Amit,who has already recorded eight songs for it. Three of them have been arranged by Sumeet and one written by Sumeet’s mother Leena Chandavarkar. The launch is planned for March. “The internet is changing the way we access music. It was Sumeet’s idea that we start an online store instead of selling CDs,” says Amit.

His company,Kumar Brothers Music,will also promotes “Bhadra Sangeet”,a neglected form of Indian classical music. “We need to promote classical music too. It is,after all,a part of our culture,” says the singer. Through this company,Amit also wants to encourage new singers and composers,and keep his father’s legacy alive.