Rapper and music icon Baba Sehgal just lately opened up about his difficult journey within the Hindi movie business, revealing how Bollywood’s insecurities and business pressures formed his profession. From feeling sidelined by Bollywood to gaining respect in South Indian cinema, Baba additionally shared a surprising encounter with the underworld that threatened his ardour for music.In a candid chat with Siddharth Kannan, Baba mirrored on his journey in regional cinema, sharing that the South Indian movie business gave him the popularity he by no means fairly obtained in Bollywood. Citing his spectacular physique of labor—together with over 250 Telugu songs, 35–40 Tamil tracks, and greater than 25 Kannada numbers—he stated the South took him critically and embraced his music. In distinction, he described Bollywood as being insecure about his presence proper from the beginning.Sehgal believes his direct and upfront character might not have aligned with Bollywood’s expectations. He recalled how music administrators would attain out to him, however maybe discovered his demeanor or manner of talking off-putting. Regardless of rising to nationwide fame within the early ’90s with Indipop chartbusters like Thanda Thanda Paani, Baba feels his success outdoors the movie business might have made the Hindi movie music scene uneasy and hesitant to completely embrace him.He additionally shared that he obtained a menace name from the underworld again in 1998—a time when such intimidation was not unusual within the leisure business. Whereas he by no means imagined being focused as he thought-about himself “only a singer,” the incident got here as a shock. He recalled how the expertise introduced immense stress to each him and his household throughout that turbulent interval.Baba additional revealed that the underworld name he obtained in 1998 wasn’t about extortion—however a warning to cease making music altogether. “They advised me to cease singing. The tone wasn’t aggressive, however it was severe,” he recalled, including that the calls usually got here at night time, making it a deeply unsettling expertise. Regardless of the threats, Baba selected to remain the course, constructing a profitable profession past Bollywood with the assist of his loyal followers and the South Indian movie business.Baba Sehgal additionally mirrored on the turbulence within the leisure business through the late ’90s. He described it as a complicated interval when non-film music declined, remixes took over, and the underworld gained affect. “It wasn’t simply me; all the business was shaken,” he stated, highlighting the widespread challenges artists confronted throughout that period.