Sunidhi Chauhan is excited and nervous for her new role as mother. But, she says, she won’t put her career on the back-burner after giving birth. “I am excited and nervous [about the baby] like any other girl. I hope everything goes well,” she said.
Chauhan got married to music composer Hitesh Sonik in 2012, and the news of her pregnancy came out in August.
While the singer says she doesn’t have it all figured out, she promises fans that she’ll keep on singing.
“I am thankful to all the amazing wishes coming my way for me and my baby. I am super excited. This is something that I am experiencing for the first time. I am thankful to God for that because, now that I am in this state, I have realised that it is the most beautiful thing, the most magical thing on earth,” Chauhan said.
“To be able to give birth to a new life is definitely the most amazing phenomenon. Yes, I get tired too quickly nowadays, but I am loving the conversations that I am having with my friends because this is all I talk about all the time, trying to know more about motherhood and babies, preparing myself, conditioning myself for the day when I will see my [baby] in my hands and taking care of it,” she added.
“I have never planned many things in my life. I have always gone with my instinct and flow... There will be some decisions that I will be taking... but have no plans. I will go with the flow because this is the most natural thing that could happen to a female.
“Every girl in the world goes through this and I am one of them. I have to balance both. There is going to be a new life in my life and it will be equally or more important than anything else. I do know... that my first and last love is my singing, the gift God gave to me. So, I will take care of both and just make sure I am at peace with myself,” Chauhan added.
Chauhan, who performed live at Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, in Mumbai, last week, feels if she is “sound” in her head “everything will fall in [to] place”.
The singer’s hits include Mast, Kamli, Desi girl, Navrai majhi and Saaki.
Chauhan, who has also acted and been a judge on realty TV shows, says she has evolved as an artist over the past two decades.
“I started singing for films when I was 11. I have seen a lot. I have seen music change and lyric-writing change. Thankfully, even after all those changes, I am still [here] and that is very exciting because I think you need to grow as an artiste. I have got just the right opportunities — and people to work with, with whom I could grow further,” she said.
“I try to sound different and better... each time I sing a song, and that is what I thrive on,” the singer said.
