EXCLUSIVE I The album is based on who I am – an Indian first: Falguni Shah on his Grammy-nominated work

Falguni Shah, based in New York, created the album, Falu & # 39; s Bazaar , to help his 4-year-old son Nishaad understand why he is different from other children in his pre-school. But the musical work has found such resonance with thousands of other immigrant children that the album has been nominated for the Grammy Awards. Falguni says she was shocked when she heard about this news.

"I was shocked and I was not able to react for a few minutes until my son Nishaad tickled me and said," What is it? " Happened Ma? Speak … ", says Falguni in an exclusive interview with Zoomtv.com

Falu & # 39; a Bazaar was nominated in the Best Children's Album category and the result will be announced tomorrow at the main event. Explaining the concept of the album, Falguni reveals, "When my son was 4 years old, he came home from his pre-school curious," Ma – why our food is yellow? We have a different language (Gujarati) at home and not English? Why do we count our numbers in a different language? I thought the best way to answer his questions was through music and I did the album without realizing that thousands of other immigrant children will integrate with this concept: to be different, it's cool and to have a unique identity, it's great, their cultures and Americans were welcomed. "

At present, Falguni looks forward to the job and feels that this is extremely important to her because her candidacy means her first-generation immigrant story, trying to retain the Indian tradition and confer to her son an Indo-American identity. in New York was heard. "The album is based on who I am, an Indian first. I am very proud of that, "she says.

Although Falguni lives in the United States, she is "admired" by the many composers and musical directors of India who, according to she, do incredible work. "I would love to sing with them in Bollywood. In particular, I would like to work with the legendary actor Amir Khan as well as with the composers Pritam, Amit Trivedi, Vishal Bhardwaj, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishal-Shekhar, Ismail Darbar, Mithoon and Illayaraja. And of course – more with A.R. Rahman. "Falguni said.

The Grammy Awards will be broadcast in India on VH1 from 7:30 am on February 11th.