Sunidhi Chauhan says her voice was tagged as ‘masculine’, Abbas-Mustan refused to give her a romantic song

The singer then went on to recall how Anu Malik stood for her and fought with Abbas and Mastan, the directors of Ajnabee (2001). “He said only Sunidhi will sing ‘Meri zingagi mein’. It was someone else’s song, a very big singer’s song. It worked, and then I got all the romantic numbers. So it’s sometimes about that one person taking charge,” Sunidhi shared.

A still from Ajnabee with actors Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Bobby Deol and Bipasha Basu (Photo: Express Archives)

Sunidhi Chauhan says people still call her voice ‘masculine’

The “Sheila ki Jawani” singer also opened up about how her voice has often been called ‘masculine’ and people still do it. However, she mentioned how she takes that as a compliment. “They don’t know what else to call [it]. There is the thin voice and then the thick one, and in the middle it’s masculine. It’s a gift from God and so I take it as a compliment. I am what I am today [because of my voice]. I have in so many ways touched [people’s lives] through [my] voice.”

In an earlier interview with indianexpress.com, Sunidhi Chauhan opened up about how auto-tuning has led to many ‘turning into’ singers. Dismissing the trend, she said, “Anybody can’t be a singer because of technology today. Anybody can sound good with technology. Technology can’t create a singer, it can correct what’s sung wrong. There’s a difference. We need to trust the audience that they know how a song sounds, and how a singer sounds.”

She recently released her single “Tum Kehte Ho”