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The discreet charm of Karsh Kale

Hindustan Times | By
Apr 01, 2020 09:36 PM IST

The guy behind the famous Train song in Gully Boy is the face of Asian Underground for an entire generation. What makes Karsh Kale the king of Alternative Music?

To one generation, Karsh Kale needs no introduction— he is one of the pioneers who defined the Asian Underground musical scene of the early ’90s. To another generation, he is the guy who scored the famous Train song for Gully Boy (2019). Point this out, and he laughs. Because Kale has always been fiercely protective of his independent artiste tag, and it is ironic that he is known to GenZ for a film song.

Karsh Kale is one of the pioneering musicians who defined the Asian Underground scene of the early ‘90s(Aalok Soni)
Karsh Kale is one of the pioneering musicians who defined the Asian Underground scene of the early ‘90s(Aalok Soni)
““I have experienced situations where I knew it was my skin tone that didn’t land me the gig!”
“People assume the bigger audience base you reach, the better. For me, that has never been the case!”
Last year, Karsh Kale had one of the biggest Bollywood hits to his credit (Aalok Soni)
Last year, Karsh Kale had one of the biggest Bollywood hits to his credit (Aalok Soni)
“I am 45 and I have been doing this for too long to be swayed by adulation”
“I would hate to be a one-trick pony”
Kale was the first Indo-American musician to have signed a solo recording contract in the United States (Aalok Soni)
Kale was the first Indo-American musician to have signed a solo recording contract in the United States (Aalok Soni)
“I always knew my relationship with Bollywood would be intermittent”
“When anything goes mainstream, it quickly becomes a cookie cutter version of itself... thus watering down the sentiment that made it rise to the mainstream in the first place”
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