Known for his soulful voice, Arijit Singh has won the hearts of many with his singing. But the singer is now ready to compose for the first time in his career.

The Channa Mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil; 2016) hitmaker is all set to turn a composer with the upcoming Netflix film Pagglait, which stars Sanya Malhotra in the lead role. We ask the singer how this happened, and he tells us, “I had really liked one film called Haraamkhor (2017), and spoken to Guneet (Monga, producer), requesting her that if she has good scripts like this, she must tell me, I would try to do it. So, she came up with this script. I read and loved it, and then I started making pieces.”

Singh’s original plan didn’t have any fixed number of tracks. He adds, “They wanted four songs first, but I said I don’t know how many would I be able to do. I told them that I’ll try, and if they like it they can use them, and if not, they were free to speak to other composers. I was definitely going to do the background score anyway, but they liked the songs.”

Singh has been part of the music business for over a decade now. Why didn’t he try his hand at compositions before? He says it was never an agenda for him. “This time, it was very natural. I wanted to get associated with good scripts, but I didn’t look for it that way, it came to me. I didn’t plan it. Generally, I wouldn’t give so much time to scripts. But as I have given almost two years of creative time to this film, with great passion, I have understood the intricacies of the narrative. I indulged those into my pieces to try and explore the narrative with music,” he says.