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There are many singers who have got an exceptional talent, but spend their lives singing in local trains or hotels. Does the country even know who they are? Music in India is restricted only to Bollywood. Whoever manages to make a mark there is remembered. The ones who fail to reach and make it big there are forgotten.

I want to lead the pack in the process of making Indian singers bigger than actors internationally.

When I started off with 'Dance India Dance,' even the TV show people thought it won't be accepted. But with the talent that the show received, I was able to personally tutor dancers to amalgamate contemporary dance moves on Bollywood tracks.

I am undoubtedly a 100 percent Bollywood product, but my heart truly lies in making music for the world and taking India global.

I don't know about the whole song-and-dance thing. But if India will have me, the independent cinema scene there is something I'm really interested in.

There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world.

We must have song and dance in our lives; we've had it ever since the inception of cinema in India. Our stories are very social-based, very human-based. We are a very emotional nation.

In Europe, a great dancer might be on the same level as a movie star. In America, not so.

I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.

I am not sure if India is the right place to promote such music. I don't think there are still enough people who listen to English songs.