Alisha Chinai misses love in her life

Bollywood singer admits that it is tough for her to be companion-less.

MUMBAI: Kajra re crooner Alisha Chinai, who turned 49 earlier this week with a quiet birthday at her residence in Alibagh with only her dad for company, finds it tough being “companion-less”. Nevertheless, she’s “happy being the queen in my own castle”.

“I’ve been on my own for many years now. And I’d be pretending if I said I didn’t miss that someone special in my life. It’s been very tough on me to be companion-less,” Alisha said.

“Lekin love meri fitrat aur kismet mein nahin (Love is not in my nature and destiny). It’s better to accept the karmic truth than to keep searching for something that destiny has not willed for you and hurt yourself repeatedly by trying to get it,” she added.

Alisha was married to Rajesh Jhaveri in the 1980s. They separated after her career took off. In 2003, she was in a serious relationship with a Canadian musician-entrepreneur Romel Kazzouah. The two of them almost made it to the altar before they broke up.

Singer of several numbers of the past decade, Alisha says she’s a giver in any relationship. But it all goes in vain.

“I gave everything I could to make my relationships work. But fate had other plans. I’d be lying if I said I don’t miss love in my life. Of course I do. But after so many years, love has become a fantasy in my head rather than a reality. Reality bites. And I’ve to admit I am better off alone. Love sounds better in a song. I am happy being the queen in my own castle,” she said.

Today with the slump in the music industry and the fight over royalty with a leading recording company, Alisha is happy crooning a song once in a while. The last time she sang for a film was for composer Rajesh Roshan in Krissh 3.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 24^th, 2014.

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