Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Indian cinema, songs are usually recorded by professional singers, called playback singers, and then lip-synced by the actors on screen. Singh later clarified on X that he wasn’t giving up music altogether, only returning to Indian classical music. “I am going to go back to Indian classical music. He studied Indian classical music and learned to play the percussion instrument tabla.