Anuv Jain Calls Arijit Singh's Retirement 'Bittersweet Feeling': Thousand Songs Later He Deserves To... | EXCL

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Jain has reacted to Arijit Singh’s playback retirement. Having grown up listening to his songs in the Hindi film industry, the 30-year-old has a bittersweet feeling, as described during an exclusive chat with Zoom. On the occasion of Valentine’s Day, Anuv will be performing live for his fans in Mumbai. Ahead of his Dastakhat Tour - India Leg, the youth heartthrob reacted to Arijit bidding adieu to Bollywood. Calling him a legend, he hoped that the Tum Hi Ho singer would make his way back into the industry soon.

Anuv Jain's exclusive statement on Arijit Singh's retirement

In an exclusive interview with Zoom, Anuv said, “It was a bit bittersweet (feeling) because we've all grown up listening to Arijit Singh in Bollywood movies. I hope that eventually he finds his way back to Bollywood music because he'll be deeply missed. Every year, you have ten songs at least that he releases that are going to become legendary, and we would be hearing them like ten years down the line as well. That's obviously a very beautiful thing and I believe he is an absolute legend.”

Anuv Jain excited to see how Arijit Singh takes non-film music ahead

Anuv further added, “At the same time, we need to read between the lines. I haven't spoken to him. I have no idea what he plans to do later but because he said he's just putting playback on hold and that he's going to be working on his own stuff. Arijit will probably release music more independently or what we call non-film music. We're still going to be listening to him. It's going to be in a different way, and in a different light. After a person has probably sung like a thousand songs, he deserves to do his own thing as well and release music the way he wants to. I am looking forward to it because that's going to take non-film music ahead as well.”

Arijit Singh announces retirement

On January 27, Arijit announced his retirement from playback singing. He assured his fans that he wouldn’t stop creating music. Rumours are rife that Singh is gearing up for his directorial debut, which has been co-written by his wife, Koel Singh. The Hindi film has gone on floors. Recently, Aamir Khan visited Arijit’s residence in Jiaganj, Murshidabad, to work on the music of Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi’s upcoming romantic film, Ek Din.