Shilpa Rao talks about discrimination between male and female singers
Actress Shilpa Rao has spoken up about discrimination between male and female singers in the music industry and also about equal share in songs
Mumbai: Actress Shilpa Rao has spoken up about discrimination between male and female singers in the music industry and also about equal share in songs.
During a podcast with Shubhankar Mishra, Shilpa talked about how the pay is by the work and not because of a gender.
โThe pay is always by your work so it is never that oh heโs being paid more because he is a guy. No. You are being paid because you have done all this work,โ said Shilpa, when asked if female singers get paid less as compared to male singers.
Talking about female singerโs getting shadowed by male counterparts, she said: โThatโs true. you should ask the makers. We say that we need equal share in the song, film, in the story. The makers have to realize.โ
Shilpa has recorded songs in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil languages. During her college days, composer Mithoon offered her to record the song “Tose Naina” from the 2007 film โAnwarโ, marking her Hindi debut.
“Abacha” from Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam and “Oru Maalai Neram” from Naan Mahaan Alla were her debut songs in Telugu and Tamil respectively.
She rose to fame “Woh Ajnabee” from The Train and “Khuda Jaane” from Bachna Ae Haseeno. Shilpa then collaborated with Ilaiyaraaja for โPaaโ, where she performed the song “Mudi Mudi Ittefaq Se”.
In 2012, Rao teamed up with A. R. Rahman for the song “Ishq Shava” for Yash Chopra’s swan song โJab Tak Hai Jaanโ, followed by Pritam’s “Malang” from Dhoom 3 and VishalโShekhar’s “Meherbaan” from Bang Bang!
Her collaborations with Amit Trivedi were also acclaimed with songs such as “Manmarziyaan”. She was the final Indian singer to perform in Coke Studio Pakistan with the song “Paar Chanaa De”.
“Besharam Rang”, “Kaavaalaa” from Jailer, “Chaleya” from Jawan and “Chuttamalle” from Devara: Part 1 are some of her commercially successful songs.