Key Highlights
- Musical debut: Urvashi Rautela has released ‘Heart Controller’, an EDM track she wrote and sings as lead vocalist.
- Her claim: She describes it as a first for a Bollywood actress to lead a full-length EDM record.
- The idea: The song is built on her reading of her name: “Ur is the heart and Vashi the controller.”
- Roots: She says the lyrics draw on the Mahabharata, Indian culture and tradition.
Actress Urvashi Rautela has stepped into music with ‘Heart Controller’, an electronic dance music (EDM) track on which she is both the lead vocalist and writer.
“I have long been drawn to electronic dance music, not as an ornament to an image, but as a form I wished to inhabit as a vocalist & writer,” she told IANS.
She described the track as a milestone. “Truly honoured to become India’s first Bollywood EDM singer billed as lead vocalist to sing a full-length EDM record/EDM track. A first for a Bollywood actress,” she said.
A Song About a Name
The song’s title comes from Urvashi’s interpretation of her own name. “Urvashi is the title. In the reading from which I built the song, Ur is the heart and Vashi the controller. Hence Heart Controller. I am not describing another woman. I am singing the name,” she said.
She added that the lyrics reach into Indian mythology and heritage. “Heard against the lyric, it opens onto the Mahabharata, onto lineage and grace, onto Indian culture and Indian tradition, and onto the name I carry,” she said, adding that her surname, Rautela, is also written into the verse.
In Hindu mythology, Urvashi is a celestial apsara who appears in ancient texts, including the Mahabharata, which gives the song’s theme its mythological layer.
Why It Matters: Actors Finding a Second Voice
More Bollywood actors are exploring music beyond playback, from independent singles to their own albums. Urvashi’s move into EDM, a genre usually led by DJs and producers, is an attempt to carve a distinct space. How listeners receive it will decide whether it becomes a lasting second career or a one-off experiment.
She said the track was made with Oriental House and producers she named as Asln and Timor Jana. “Those who have already heard the record have received it warmly. That is sufficient,” she said.
Her Film Journey
Urvashi made her Bollywood debut opposite Sunny Deol in Singh Saab the Great and has appeared in films such as Sanam Re, Great Grand Masti and Hate Story 4, along with a special appearance in the song ‘Mon Amour’ from Kaabil.
The Bottom Line
With ‘Heart Controller’, Urvashi Rautela has turned her name into a song and herself into an EDM vocalist, betting that listeners will connect with both the beat and the story behind it.
With inputs from IANS.
Key Highlights
- Musical debut: Urvashi Rautela has released ‘Heart Controller’, an EDM track she wrote and sings as lead vocalist.
- Her claim: She describes it as a first for a Bollywood actress to lead a full-length EDM record.
- The idea: The song is built on her reading of her name: “Ur is the heart and Vashi the controller.”
- Roots: She says the lyrics draw on the Mahabharata, Indian culture and tradition.
Actress Urvashi Rautela has stepped into music with ‘Heart Controller’, an electronic dance music (EDM) track on which she is both the lead vocalist and writer.
“I have long been drawn to electronic dance music, not as an ornament to an image, but as a form I wished to inhabit as a vocalist & writer,” she told IANS.
She described the track as a milestone. “Truly honoured to become India’s first Bollywood EDM singer billed as lead vocalist to sing a full-length EDM record/EDM track. A first for a Bollywood actress,” she said.
A Song About a Name
The song’s title comes from Urvashi’s interpretation of her own name. “Urvashi is the title. In the reading from which I built the song, Ur is the heart and Vashi the controller. Hence Heart Controller. I am not describing another woman. I am singing the name,” she said.
She added that the lyrics reach into Indian mythology and heritage. “Heard against the lyric, it opens onto the Mahabharata, onto lineage and grace, onto Indian culture and Indian tradition, and onto the name I carry,” she said, adding that her surname, Rautela, is also written into the verse.
In Hindu mythology, Urvashi is a celestial apsara who appears in ancient texts, including the Mahabharata, which gives the song’s theme its mythological layer.
Why It Matters: Actors Finding a Second Voice
More Bollywood actors are exploring music beyond playback, from independent singles to their own albums. Urvashi’s move into EDM, a genre usually led by DJs and producers, is an attempt to carve a distinct space. How listeners receive it will decide whether it becomes a lasting second career or a one-off experiment.
She said the track was made with Oriental House and producers she named as Asln and Timor Jana. “Those who have already heard the record have received it warmly. That is sufficient,” she said.
Her Film Journey
Urvashi made her Bollywood debut opposite Sunny Deol in Singh Saab the Great and has appeared in films such as Sanam Re, Great Grand Masti and Hate Story 4, along with a special appearance in the song ‘Mon Amour’ from Kaabil.
The Bottom Line
With ‘Heart Controller’, Urvashi Rautela has turned her name into a song and herself into an EDM vocalist, betting that listeners will connect with both the beat and the story behind it.
With inputs from IANS.