Shaan has donned the captain's cap now to battle it out at Star Plus' new music reality show - Music Ka Maha Muquabla. In Kolkata to select his fourth 'Striker', the singer tells India Blooms correspondent Sreya Basu why people no longer wants to listen to a particular singer for long

What is this 'Music Ka Maha Muquabla' all about?
'Music ka Maha Muquabla' is going to be the World Cup' of all music reality shows. We -Himesh Reshammiya, Mika Singh, Mohit Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghosal and me-are the captains of six teams who will compete with each other for the ultimate title.

In each team there will be three singers from popular singing talent hunts, along with a fourth 'striker' selected via auditions.

So, who are the Shaan Strikers?
There is Debojit Saha (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa champion), Anwesha Dutta (Chhote Ustaad runner-up) and Harshit Saxena (Voiceof India finalist). We have picked up two contestants-Nandini Dev and Ravi Trivedi-from Kolkata. They are so good that it was difficult to decide on the spot. So we will hear them again in Mumbai...our fourth striker will be one of them.

What are your chances in this reality show?
Honestly speaking, I think our eastern team is the strongest and the most versatile one among the six on the show. So I can confidently say that our chances are really high (smiles).

What kind of singing will the eastern team showcase on the show?
I don't prefer singing that involves a lot of shouting and loud music. My kind of music is something very aesthetic, original and pleasant to the ears.

We are not seeing Shaan doing a lot of playback singing these days. Any particular reason behind this?
Now-a-days, people get bored of same voice easily. They don't want to listen to the same singer playbacking for twenty films at the same time. So I have become very choosy when it comes to doing playback. I have sung for 'Paa', '3 Idiots', and 'Chance Pe Dance'. But I don't want to get myself involved to monotonous singing.

And what about an album?
I am planning to release an album with my sister Sagarika, on selective works of my father (music composer Manas Mukherjee). Besides, my sister and I have two sons each. So, we want to cut an album featuring all four brothers together sometime in near future.

Any plans to join films?
No...never (laughs). The public response on my acting stint in 'Daman' was so bad that my wife Radhika, who was my fiancé at that time, threatened that if I ever act in a film again, she won't marry me. I am happily married now and will never ever tread in that path (acting) again.

With two kids in the houses, are you planning anything special this Christmas?
Yes. My sister Sagarika is coming from America with her two sons. Plus, I have my two heroes at home. So we will have a blast...it will be a fantabulous family get-together.