"I can't escape crooning the 'Mitwa... Kahe Dhadkan Tujhse Kya' number wherever I perform, basically I am a classically rooted musician," Mahadevan said at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here.
His roots in music lay in Karnataka classical gharana, Mahadevan said before a performance.
"Despite being a classical musician, I keep poking my nose in other genres of music. And this is not bad. I have completed 21 years of composing music in Indian films," the singer, part of the famous Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy team, said.
In the session, called 'Baithak to Bollywood', he dwelt on his journey in the world of music for two decades and his association with A R Rahman.
"I have composed this Raag Hansadhwani especially for the Kolkata audience where I have kept to the basics of 'saat sur' but improvised with words," the 'Taare Zameen Par' singer said.
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