Usha Uthup, who was talking to reporters on Tuesday, said she is happy that she had started as a night club singer where there are no second takes
Indian pop icon Usha Uthup, who has wowed her audience with her pop, filmi, jazz, and playback singing for decades has reached a milestone as this is the 50th year of her career.
Usha began her career at a night club in Chennai in 1969, shifted to Kolkata later that year and began singing at 'Trincas' bar and restaurant in Park Street, which held live floor shows.
Now after having sung in more than 13 Indian and eight foreign languages and becoming a name to reckon with, she says has no regrets about starting her career as a "night club singer".
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If her husky voice is a trademark, so are the fresh flowers in her hair, her big 'bindi' and her rich Kanjivaram saris, which she wears to all her live programmes, even abroad.
The Park Street diva, who was talking to reporters on Tuesday, said she is happy that she had started as a night club singer where there are no second takes.
"I am happy to tell all of you that I did not start as a playback singer. I started as a night club singer and I got the opportunity to playback because of that.