Updated On: 22 July, 2021 08:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
`Toofaan` singer Siddharth Mahadevan on lessons learnt from working with father Shankar Mahadevan

Siddharth Mahadevan
Bagging the title track of `Toofaan` is evidently a career-highlight for Siddharth Mahadevan. Having rendered the first track, Star hai tu, six months before he was asked to audition for this offering, Mahadevan says Farhan Akhtar “personally called me to say he liked it”. “I think what worked for me is that my voice suits the rock genre well, and I enjoy it. This track was up my alley and I am glad that I could do justice to it,” says Shankar Mahadevan’s son, who looks forward to working with his father given that he “understands my potential and brings out the best in me”.
Growing up in the Mahadevan household implies that he was perpetually surrounded by music. “We usually had dad’s friends over, and they would always sing. Music was always a part of my [upbringing]. Also, the time that I spent in studios [while Shankar composed] enabled me to sit and observe things. That experience in itself was like [attending] an institution. Not many have that opportunity.”