Sooraj Dooba Hai singer can recite Bengali rhymes fluently!

She has been around in the industry for quite a while now, but it's the recent Sooraj dooba from Roy that has brought Aditi Singh Sharma back into the limelight. Not that she cares much for fame though; her friends have always been more important. And that's exactly what she emphasized during a chat with CT.
The singer, who was in town to perform at a college fest, also spoke about Bollywood, music and the Bong connection she couldn't possibly deny.Excerpts:
How was it performing in BESU, Kolkata?
It was amazing! I came down from an equally great show in Jalpaiguri and we started late in BESU. We got on stage around 11.And yet, there were so many people waiting for us and the cheer was so loud! I absolutely loved it.
Did you get time to go sightseeing in the city?
Unfortunately, no. But yes, I had biryani and rasgullas! That too, at 2 in the morning, when I reached my hotel after the performance.
So, how were the rasgullas?
I loved them! But I have always been very familiar with Bengali food. I grew up having Bong food, because, as a kid in Delhi, we had a Bengali neighbour. Maach bhaat, kosha mangsho, chingri maach'er malaikari, begun bhaja, dimer jhol, ghee bhaat with salt....These are not exotic to me. In fact, even now, I have so many Bong friends in the industry that it is usual for me to enjoy a Bengali lunch or dinner at least once a week.
You seem to have been around Bongs a lot...
Oh yes, right from my childhood.In fact, I can even recite Bengali nursery rhymes. Mashi go mashi, pachchhe hanshi... my neighbour aunty in Delhi taught me that for a competition in our colony. I stil remember each line and can recite it from heart. The best par was that I won the first prize because people were impressed by my ability to grasp another lan guage so quickly.
Do you listen to Bengali songs?
I listen to Arijit's Bengali numbers. The last one I loved was Boba rajkumar.
How early in your life did you get into music?
Oh, since I was in a cradle! My mom says, I wouldn't cry as a baby; I would go `la la la la....' It was a usual practice among my family members to my bottle of milk away to hear me sing. When I turned 4, my mother started training me in Hindustani classical music.
How has the Bollywood journey been so far?
I never thought I would get into playback. I had my band in Delhi and I was doing good.Then, during one of our gigs, Ehsaan Noorani heard me and recommended me to Shankar Mahadevan. That's where it all started.
Which song, do you think, was your ticket to fame in Bollywood?
I don't think it was one song in particular. Dhoom, Rabta, Dilli Dilli, Offo and then Suraj dooba... I think all of them added to it.And that's the way it should be. I do not want to be a one-song wonder. But I consider myself immensely lucky that I got to work with such talented people.
How much of a struggle has it been since you came to the industry as an outsider?
Of course, it's been a struggle and I have worked really hard for this career. But in the process, I have made such good friends that now, I know if I need somebody at 2 pm in the morning, I can pick up the phone and call any one of them, and they will be there. Today's generation in this industry are more friends than colleagues. So, while I have had the fortune to work with people like Pritam da, Arijit (Singh), Benny (Dayal), Salmali (Kholgade), Salim-Suleiman, KK, Shaan and many others, I have also become really thick with them.