Shalmali not bothered about competition

Singer Shalmali Kholgade loves the singing skills of colleagues like Jonita Gandhi, Arijit Singh and Neeti Mohan. She says there was a time when she used to compare herself to these artistes. "Being in the music industry is filled with a lot of ups and downs. It's not like (you have) a phase of up and a phase of down, but (it's more like you have) one day full of ups and downs.

There could be a recording that is so good that it boosts self-confidence and you feel it is going to get carried forward to everything you do that day. And then, you do a show the same day that doesn't go as well, and you are beating yourself up," Shalmali said.

On competition on the industry, she said: "There are so many contemporaries now, and they are all putting their best foot forward, wanting to do good for themselves. What works for me is to be appreciative of things that everyone has to offer in the industry, because there is a certain forte that everybody has. As long as I'm looking at my contemporaries with a learning eye, I am not scared to be here with them."