Arijit first came into the limelight when he participated in the 2005 reality show Fame Gurukul that had Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan and KK as judges with Ila Arun heading the faculty

Arijit Singh has been a part of the Hindi film industry for the last 15 years. He rose to fame with Mohit Suri’s Aashiqui 2 in 2013. But now a shocking story has shaken his fans. The singer has announced retirement from singing.

Arijit Singh penned a note on Instagram that read- “Hello, Happy New Year to all. I want to thank you all for giving me so much of love all these years as listeners. I am happy to announce that I am not gonna be taking any new assignments as a playback vocalist from now on. I am calling it off. It was a wonderful journey,” read his note.”

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Amid his retirement, there’s an old interview of the singer that has gone viral where he spoke about the reality of playback singing. Singh was quoted saying, “You first have to decide whether you wish to do playback singing or sing your own song. If you want to do playback, you have convince 100 people in the industry that they will like your voice. Someone wants a voice like Kishore Kumar. You have to match up to every expression of the hero you are singing for”

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“I think the words star and celebrity are created and are usually a state of mind rather than an actual thing. More recently, these words are gaining more importance, especially in this industry and show business. This, like any other business is a place where creative people come together to make movies or music,” said Arijit in an exclusive interview with Firstpost.

Arijit first came into the limelight when he participated in the 2005 reality show Fame Gurukul that had Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan and KK as judges with Ila Arun heading the faculty. Although Arijit didn’t win the show, after all these years he seems to be the only contestant who is relevant. Bollywood’s musicscape has always been more about diverse voices, styles — as far as the male playback singers are concerned.

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