The voice of Munni

You don't need to harass singer Mamta Sharma to croon a few lines of Munni Badnaam Hui. She obliges the very instant you mention her infamous debut number

The voice of Munni

You don't need to harass singer Mamta Sharma to croon a few lines of Munni Badnaam Hui. She obliges the very instant you mention her infamous debut number. "The song has changed my world like a magic wand. I was doing stage shows and small albums before this, but now my horizons have expanded overnight," she says.
CS spoke to Mamta who's now been nominated for a Song of the Year award:

Award galore
I have already won 14 awards for the song. Honestly, I never expected any of them. The biggest one was the most popular film award in the country. I was thrilled only to be nominated for that one and I could have fainted when my name was announced (laughs out loud). I have also won Best Newcomer Music awards. For a middle class girl from Gwalior, this is like living in a dream.

Hit score
Well, what makes Munni such a huge hit is its Indian element. The song had a desi picturisation, simple lyrics and Indian instrumentation, which worked in its favour. And it's a song for the common man. Of course, credit must be given to Malaika (Arora Khan) who sizzled on screen. She can identify a hit song when she hears it; all her item numbers till date are chartbusters.u00a0

Cassette crooner
As a child, I didn't have any kind of formal music training. I learnt all the songs from cassettes. So I can sing all kinds of numbers, right from folk to jagrans to ghazals. But now, I have started taking formal music training. My favourite singers are Richa Sharma, Sunidhi Chauhan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and Rekha Bharadwaj. I love Rekhaji's voice, as it has a lot of namak.