Music is the world for Ujjaini

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Music is the world for Ujjaini

She gave up classroom education to make it to the finals of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa's Challenge 2005. Ujjaini alias Sunny was born with a smile on her lips and a song in her heart and literally so. This Bongoli babe, re christened 'Sunny' since her birth saw the clouds opening up to sunshine after days of rain, started responding to music from the tender age of one. For someone who regards music as her life support system, Ujjaini Mukherjee is dedication personified. "Mujhme kutch to baat hai." When I am on stage I feel the entire world has gathered for my performance."

But this perfectionist is never satisfied with her own performance, "I have to feel good about myself before a show. And that takes hours of hard work. I have a promise to keep with this competition. I am looking forward to the final round if I make it there."

When she is not readying for a performance, this lass tries a shot at numerology while also deftly creating magic from clay. Ujjaini is a self-trained potter. And this release of 'positive energy' as she calls it, is reflected in her music too at times. So be it getting inspiration from Celine Dion or then clammy cold feet before every performance, Ujjaini is a frontrunner for sure. So when Amrita Rao and Shahid Kapur attended one of her performances, Amrita was quick to comment, "I wish she done a playback for me in one of my films!"

Ujjaini's bent towards music was gauged even before she started speaking. She began training her vocal chords at the age when most of her contemporaries were busy deciding what they wanted to become when they stepped out in the world. Ujjaini always scored amongst the top three in school and her teachers had her career in medicine cut out for her. But that was not agreeable to our girl here! This teenager with a fetish for chocolates was sure music was her future. And this orientation was what got her in Challenge 05.

So when she was voted out of the competition some time back, how did it feel? "I felt completely disoriented." Ujjaini was asked to leave the competition due to the minority of votes in her favor. It was Himmesh Reshammiya, one of the mentors in the contest who got her back with the 'Brahmastra' round. It was like being reborn for her. Since then, Ujjaini has rehearsed like there is no tomorrow. And if to reiterate the fact that she has been working really hard, Ujjaini already has a movie in the offing. She is lending her voice for Jatin-Lalit's upcoming flick 'Fana'. Beat that!