Hemaa Sardesai, known for delivering hit songs like ‘Aawaara Bhanware’, ‘Ishq Sona’, ‘Badal Pe Paon Hai’ etc., chose to leave Bollywood despite being at the peak of her career and working with legends like AR Rahman. Recently, Hemant Dalvi shared an Instagram post about the singer’s versatility. Thanking her for his compliments, she revealed that she distanced herself because she didn’t want to compromise her values.
‘Badal Pe Paon Hai’ singer Hemaa Sardesai explains why she quit Bollywood
Instagram influencer Hemant Dalvi took to his Instagram to reveal that Hemaa Sardesai has quit the Bollywood music industry after giving audiences several hits. Soon, the singer replied, “Dear Hemantji. Everyone, thank you for this great message.”
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In the same comment, the singer shared details about why she left the music industry. He added, “It is true that after the great success of my songs I decided to walk away from the industry because I refused to compromise my virtues, values and principles. And I hated to see others do that.”Hemaa Sardesai stated that at that time there were few playback singers in the industry. He added, “After constantly walking out of the studios and strictly refusing to commit, I was blessed by God to release Awara Bhav from AR Rahmanji himself. No other song has spent more than 14 weeks at number one. However, the road was still so tough. A strict ‘no compromise’ attitude.”“The ‘Janam Samjha Karo’ singer recalled how and when he would approach the project. He wrote, “But with these MDs when the film director/producer insisted on my voice or there was a fight/argument between the music director and his choice of singer, I would be invited to sing the song.”The singer stated that he was not one to compromise at any cost. He shared, “Calling the living room to learn the song before the recording was pointless because I wouldn’t commit. So they would call me directly to the studio, and they played the song for me, and I had to get the microphone in 15 minutes to render it. God always helped me. And the song was a super hit. And so I gave more than the Bolwood song. And most of the songs were greatly loved by the grace of God.”Hemaa Sardesai recounts that with the emergence of reality show singers, the music industry had more than 50 female playback singers.He wrote, “When I was in the studio for my next song after ‘Badal Pe Paon Hai’, I was told that many of these upcoming singers were compromising their virtues to compete with me. I couldn’t bear that… as I was being touted as the ‘Girl Child Ambassador’… and Seeing that blasphemy was not an easy thing for me.”She revealed that she had decided to quit Bollywood. The comment also read, “This was one of the biggest sacrifices of my career. I’ve always been on that path. God led me to Hollywood right away.”Sardesai concluded his comment, adding, “And there were many other international achievements as well. Also, my ‘Badal Pe Paon Hai’ of Chakde India has been played consistently after our Indian women’s cricket team.”
More about Hemaa Sardesai
Hemaa Sardesai was the first singer to release an American single ‘Power of Love’, assisted and released in Hollywood by Tony Mercedes. According to the Indian singer, he is the Grammy-winning music mogul who produced Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’. Reportedly, he is the only Indian singer to win the Grand Prize at the International Pop Song Festival in Germany, performing at the UNICEF International Concert in Europe.
