Here’s That One Question Which Mohan Kannan Will Never Ask Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Singer Mohan Kannan recently sang “Wahi hai raste” with Asees Kaur for the Kangana Ranaut-starrer “Panga“. He says working with composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyricist Javed Akhtar brought out the best in him as a singer.

This was not the first time that Mohan sung for the music director trio. “Whenever I hear that I have to sing a Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composition is whyever are they even changing Shankar’s voice? I’ve said this to Shankar at the time I recorded ‘Khanabadosh‘ for ‘London Dreams’. That was the first song I sang for them years ago. His response was to look at me and tell me sternly, ‘okay, go sing now’. ‘Wahi hain raste‘ was no different, but I had learnt not to ask that question again. Dubbing with Shankar is always brilliant, he brings out things in my singing that even I don’t realise I can deliver. This time, the bonus was to have Javed Akhtar saab at the dub too,” the singer told IANS.

He added about Akhtar: “His insights into the differences between Urdu and Hindi and why each word has been written the way it has, made me look at the meaning of the song better. I hope I’ve done justice to the beautiful composition with such emotive lyrics!” added the singer known for songs such as “Chaandaniya”, “Jhumritalaiya”, “Ek nadi thi dono kinare” and “Yaariyan”.