Kavita, who is the voice behind songs like "Iktara" and "Tum Hi
Ho Bandhu", feels Hindi films are nowadays using Sufi music a lot.
"Today there is a lot of exposure of Sufi music in Bollywood. Earlier
there was none." Kavita said. The 45-year-old, who made her singing
debut with Himesh Reshmiya's "Vaada", went on to sing in films like
“Gangster", "Wake up Sid", "Raajneeti" and
"Cocktail".
On contemporary film music, Kavita believes that songs today lack
shelf life as the process of composing them has become 'mechanical.' The
singer has recently lent her voice for the song "Jeetey Hai Chal" from
the Sonam Kapoor-starrer "Neerja". Kavita says it was the film's
director, Ram Madhvani, who approached her to sing the song. "I had sung
a few song for Ram when he was making advertisements and he called me
and asked me to sing a song." Kavita said.
