Gopi Sundar

I'll admit I started off getting actors to sing my compositions as a marketing strategy, to give the songs and films extra mileage.

Bangalore Days' is a complete entertainer that is a completely different a genre from 'Ustad Hotel,' and the songs are just that - entertaining.

I can switch between different moods easily.

Just as the cultures, lifestyle and food differ vastly from our own, music for the Tamil/Telugu audience is vastly different from that of Mollywood.

When an actor sings a song, he will be able to bring forth the emotion in it much better than a playback singer.

As it is with anything, if you have tuned your song well, it will be appreciated whenever it is released, especially now that FM stations and television channels are there ensure that it reaches the audience.

I call ‘Mukkathe Penne' my first emotional hit because it's the kind of song that goes straight into the hearts of the audience.

You can't slot a time and a space and think ‘ok now it's time to sit and compose.' It just doesn't work like that for me.

It is mostly a spur of the moment decision to try out an actor's voice for a particular song.

I don't sit inside the studio all the time. I travel around researching music.

We use the immense possibilities of technology to make the rendering better; anyone can be a singer now!

When I worked as music associate, I have observed my parents and grandparents waiting to see my name on the screen. But, it wouldn't be there.