Several artistes and the showbiz trade as a complete have been struggling because the Covid-19 outbreak. The movie and music industries virtually got here to a standstill throughout the lockdown final yr. Sisters Prakriti and Sukriti Kakar, who’ve sung for motion pictures in addition to featured in music movies like Kehndi Haan Kehndi Naa and Hum Tum, mentioned they thought they have been heading in direction of a useless finish and have been contemplating different profession choices.
“Covid-19 obviously changed the timelines a lot of things that we were supposed to do in the first half of the year. It might seem stupid for us to just complain for ourselves, because everyone to some extent is affected deeply by situation, businesses are suffering. Last year was very bad, so much that we were looking at having a backup plan. Of course, music is something that we love to do. But we were also looking at other options, because it looked like we were heading to a dead end, since the situation was so bad last year,” the twins mentioned.
Things began getting higher on the finish of final yr, and they have been about to revive normalcy at work, however the second wave derailed their plans once more. “Things got better and it started feeling like it’s normal again, work was picking up. We tried shooting some songs. And then we were hit by another wave. So it just feels like a crazy deja vu situation. We are unable to shoot our next song. I think 10 gigs by now have been canceled. Our work involves a lot of travelling but that’s a big no-no.”
Sukriti has achieved playback for movies like Kapoor & Sons (Kar Gayi Chull) and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (Lakk Mera Hit), whereas Prakriti has sung Gazab Ka Hai Din for the movie Dil Juunglee and Katra Katra for Alone. But their playback careers on pause now, as a result of composers usually are not calling singers to studios for recording.
“There’s no concept of any music director or composer calling you into their studio to sing because nobody wants to take a chance. Everybody is working from home, we have a recording set up at home. All communication is happening on calls and everyone’s working from their houses virtually,” they mentioned.
The twins collaborated with composer Amaal Malik to launch an Indian remix of Dua Lipa’s hit music Levitating, and managed to file it within the studio in November final yr. “We managed to record it in the studio in record, but we couldn’t shoot a video because of the lockdown. Dua Lipa has never collaborated with anyone in Asia, and it was a great responsibility since we were the first ones. We have another international remake collaboration with Amaal Malik, which is going to be out later because that is also delayed,” the sisters mentioned.
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