Ayesha
Takia
nay
Ayesha
Takia
Azmi
always
Wanted
to
join
a
Paathshaala
of
music!
Yes!
Seriously
speaking
she
always
had
this
great
passion
for
music
especially
Indian
music.
In
a
casual
chat
with
this
correspondent,
the
traditionally
conservative
turned
hep
and
peppy
Gujju
lass
Ayesha
Takia
Azmi
muses
about
her
taste
for
music
routing
more
deeply
for
the
Indian
milieu
rather
than
having
a
pensive
ear
for
Western
fare.
Time
to
lend
your
musical
ears
in
solitude!
Time
for
some
rapid-fire
musical
queries
Ayesha,
for
the
musically
inclined
readers.
Yeah!
Ok!
Shoot!
What
is
your
overall
opinion
about
music
–
both
Indian
and
Western?
I
think
music
knows
no
barriers,
no
boundaries.
So
segregating
it
into
two
different
segments
is
rather
unfair.
The
connoisseurs
of
music
are
global.
So
why
this
division
of
Indian
vs.
Western!
In
a
way,
it"s
rather
complicated
too
as
most
of
the
Indians
are
lovers
of
Western
music
while
most
of
the
foreigners
are
staunch
lovers
of
Indian
music.
And
then
there
are
also
people
from
across
the
entire
continent,
who
prefer
both
the
types
of
music.
So
in
the
end
one
can
only
say
'to
each
his
own
liking".
So
what
is
Ayesha"s
liking?
Well!
I
am
more
of
an
Indian
music
buff
having
been
born
and
brought
up
in
a
traditionally
conservative
Gujarati
family.
So
right
from
my
childhood
I
was
fed
on
a
staple
diet
of
the
traditional
folk
music
replete
with
the
raas
and
the
garba
flavor.
Oh!
How
I
wish
I
could
get
a
chance
to
do
a
typical
musical
film
in
Gujarati!
Are
you
still
gripped
with
this
typical
traditional
flavor
of
music?
In
a
way,
yes.
That
is,
till
I
crossed
my
adolescence
and
entered
the
glamorous
grease
paint
arena.
Yeah!
Time
changes
and
it
changes
your
likings
and
your
taste
for
music
too.
Besides
this
kind
of
music
is
now
almost
non-existent!
It
has,
in
fact,
become
seasonal.
So
we
hear
it
and
we
relish
it
only
during
the
nine
day
Dandiya
Raas
phase
during
Dusshera.
So
what
kind
of
music
do
you
prefer
all
the
year
round?
Anything
that
is
soothing,
melodious,
mellifluous
and
one
which
lifts
up
your
spirits
when
you
are
in
a
relaxed
mood
or
even
when
you
are
jovial
or
in
an
utterly
depressive
state.
Can
you
be
specific
in
this
regard?
Of
course.
When
I
find
myself
in
any
of
the
above
mentioned
states,
I
just
put
my
feet
up
and
enjoy
the
songs
of
yesteryear"s
golden
era.
I
get
a
real
high
by
listening
to
the
songs
of
K.L.
Saigal,
Noorjehan,
and
Suraiya.
But
then
that
is
when
I
am
totally
alone
and
in
an
absolutely
melancholic
state.
So
whenever
my
family
catches
me
in
such
a
pensive
musical
mood
they
are
really
shocked
and
are
out
of
their
wits.
Which
means
your
all
time
favorite
singers
are….?
No
not
the
singers
I
mentioned
above
but
Mohammed
Rafi
and
Lata
Mangeshkar
and
then
Kishore
Kumar
and
Asha
Bhosle
strictly
in
that
order.
Please
don"t
ask
me
to
name
my
all
time
favourite
numbers
as
I
don"t
want
to
play
favourites
even
with
my
all
time
favourite
singers.
So
let"s
just
say
that
all
the
songs
that
have
ever
been
sung
by
them
are
my
all
time
favourites.
And
then
what
about
your
all
time
favourite
music
composers?
All
of
them
right
from
Naushad
Sahab,
Kalyanji–Anandji,
Shankar–Jaikishen,
Laxmikant–Pyarelal,
R.
D.
Burman
to
Nadeem–Shravan,
Allah
Rakha
Rahman,
Anu
Malik,
Himesh
Reshamiya
and
above
all
Adnan
Sami
and
all
others.
Point
noted
but
does
this
desi
babe
Ayesha
ever
freaks
out
on
videshi
music
too?
You
bet
she
does.
Jabse
maine
hosh
sambhala
hai
I
have
been
equally
passionate
about
Western
music.
I
rarely
miss
out
on
a
pianist,
an
instrumentalist,
a
jazz,
a
pop
and
a
rock
singer"s
concert.
Not
to
forget
singers
like
Enrique
Iglesias,
Ricky
Martin,
Boyz
Band
including
our
very
own
now
non-existent
Indian
Band
Of
Boys.
Of
late,
I
have
become
a
regular
discotheque
freak
to
catch
up
on
all
the
latest
Western
music.