MUMBAI: 'Ore Manva Tu Toh Bavra Hai' fame singer Kavita Seth does not have much happening in Bollywood at the moment as the singer has been a bit choosy when it comes to her projects. However, she has been doing a lot of musical projects, and one of her recent ones includes new renditions of old songs under Saregama. Seth will also be seen collaborating with French musician Mathias Duplessy - music director of the film 'Finding Fanny' - for concerts sometime in December this year.

Talking about her distance from Bollywood she stated, "The kind of work that I like to do is not coming my way as male singers are selected for most of them. The songs that come to female singers these days are item songs or a duet with a male singer. This is why, I have been concentrating on independent music of late."

Seth, who is a sufi singer, does not have an issue with providing vocals for item numbers, but she does object to certain aspects of such songs. "Item songs have their own space. However, for me content is more important. So, if I get a song like 'Kajra Re', I would happily sing it. I do not have an issue with item songs, but I have an issue with vulgarity. I just feel that we do not need to stoop this low when we can keep listeners hooked on to our music," she said.

The singer further added, "We have such beautiful shayars and poets whose works have been untouched. I would like to work on those."

She also offered more details on the project she is working on for music label- Saregama, which includes new interpretations of old songs. The album consists of five songs and is likely to be released by the end of this year. Confirming the same, Seth averred, "I have grown up listening to most of these songs. Thus, I wanted to use them in my concerts, but I was a bit hesitant. However, when I sang one of the songs it got a very positive response, and that is also when I got the Saregama offer."

Seth has kept the original feel of the song in these evergreen numbers with a slight addition of freshness. "When we talk about new interpretations of old songs people usually end up changing everything in it. I did not want to do that because it spoils the song. That is
exactly why I have kept the feel of the old song intact by adding a few new words from Shayar Bharat Bhushan Pant's work."