‘Compete with yourself if you want to succeed’, advises singer Savaniee Ravindra

The melodious singer Savaniee Ravindra is a well known for her songs in various languages. She had participated in the ‘Singing Star’ programme on ‘Sony Marathi’ for the first time after the lockdown. The grand finale of the event was held recently. Actor ‘Astad Kale’ won the runner-up position. His mentor was the singer Savaniee Ravindra.

Singer Savaniee has done many reality shows earlier, she says, “I was a contestant in the reality show ‘SaReGaMaPa’ on ‘Zee Marathi’ in 2011. Then I reached the final and became the runner-up. Then last year I was a mentor at the ‘Sangit Samrat’ show on ‘Zee Yuva’. And now he was also a mentor in the program ‘Singing Star’ on Sony Marathi. So the journey from a contestant to a mentor over the last several years has been very educative.”

She goes on to describe her experience as a runner-up in the Singing Star program, ‘The whole journey on that stage passed before my eyes in an instant. The role of mentor was extremely responsible. Besides, actor Astad Kale has studied classical music. So it was a little easier for me to adjust. Due to his study of classical music, singing songs based on classical music was going to be easy for him. But he should sing different types of songs in the competition and prove himself. That was my wish. So I first sang various genres with him and then practiced classical singing for the finale.’

She goes on to say, “We performed all the songs in each part with the same energy. Moreover, as a mentor, I told Astad that our competition is with ourselves and not with others.  Only then will we be able to reach the milestone.”