Ankit Tiwari on not being friends with Arijit Singh, losing work after his case, supporting autotune

Singer-composer Ankit Tiwari, in the new episode of Bollywood Bubble’s Melody Tales, traces his musical journey from the bylanes of Kanpur, singing in hotels for extra money and with orchestra. He narrates his struggles from singing Jingles to cracking his first meeting with Mahesh Bhatt for Aashiqui 2, how he landed the ‘Sun Raha Hai Na Tu’ song, and how late singer KK was the first choice for the track! Ankit speaks about his infamous legal case, how he lost work, the industry sidelining him and reality TV musical shows refusing to work with him.

In conversation with host Ankita Bhalla, he further discusses his equation with contemporary Arijit Singh, not calling him a friend, supporting autotune and refusing to do remakes. Ankit Tiwari speaks about his interaction with Shah Rukh Khan, his arrogant stage act with the star, why it’s the era of Punjabi music and Diljit Dosanjh. He also gets teary-eyed talking about his struggles, restarting his life and his new album, Underrated.