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After a long week of performing we meet Britain's hottest Indian boy band, Arju. We have put together a number of questions that you eager fans are so keen to get answers to and asked the boys while they were on tour in London. 

Welcome Arju, let's just get straight to it then. So, you boys have managed to gain quite a lot of attention recently. How do handle it all?

“Well we’ve all been independent artists and thought it’s about time we got together and shared the journey together” Stated Raj with a big grin on his face.

How did you all meet?

“We’re all really close family friends and when we was younger our parents used to make us all compete against each other and we ended the humourus rivalry and came together in the end.” As Lehan managed to finish his sentence Bazil interrupts “well, I was always the best and always won, just thought it’d be nice to share the fame” he giggles.

Now, we’ve managed to get who’s best out the way, what are you plans for next year?

“Right now we’re working on our next hit single. I say ‘hit’ because I’m so confident that this song will surprise our fans and it’s something that’s definitely new and different.” Finishes Lehan.

You successfully toured the UK with all your concerts sold out, congratulations on that, but where do you want to go from here? International perhaps?

Miladur starts of by mentioning “When your young and you dream of exploring the world and sharing your talent. Just you and your hair spray bottle” *giggles “well now that’s all become true except we’ve managed to get hold of mics now. We want to share our music with the world and visit the fans that have been supporting us from all around the world.”

How have you young artists impacted modern Indian music?

“We’ve brought our extraordinary and individual styles and changed up the whole idea of ‘Indian music’. As we’re young and much more updated about younger audiences and their needs we believe we are able to provide to younger people with what they look for in Indian music.” Replied Raj with a much humble gesture.

Who is your biggest inspiration?

Bazil too the chance to answer this question with “I think I speak for everyone when I say Sharuk Khan. He is our all time favourite and our childhood saviour. We watched him growing up and even till this day when we talk to him we all get nervous.”

Are you looking forward to the Indian Awards Ceremony 2015?

“We are so ecstatic! When we had the meeting to talk about our upcoming concerts and that came up we were all screaming and jumping with joy.” Raj Finished off Lehan’s sentence to say “Its amazing how far we have managed to come and now performing for millions of people alongside the biggest Indian musicians and artists is just beyond our biggest dreams.”

How do you all deal with each other? I mean, You’re all young boys who spend most of your days with one another.

Miladur looked at every single one of the boys until he came into eye contact with me to answer with his mouth “Well as normal people we all have our moments but we always remind each other that we’re a team and there will always be obstacles that we will overcome together. We’re not just ‘boys’ as people put it, we’re brothers. It might sound a bit cheesy but we love eachother like our own.”

Are there any artists that you’d like to work with?

“Of course” exclaimed Raj. “The biggest modern Indian artists have started to contact us as support acts already. Like we said we have a lot new and different things in the bag.”

Has fame changed any of you guys?

“We’d like to say no because we are still who we are but I believe we’ve had many positive changes recently. By that I mean we’ve learned to appreciate our culture and identity even more.” Miladur added, “Yeah, I have to agree with that. I mean my parents always complain about the younger generation losing culture and now we’re so involved with it, I think we even encouraged other young people to embrace it”

Are there any weird habits you have? If so, what?

The short silence was broken by Lehan leaping in to answer the question before anyone else does. “I have this weird habit of turning my phone on and off before I perform.” As he finished his sentence Bazil started his “I love freezing grapes, it’s weird I just have them before rehearsals because I believe it helps me”

What has been the most memorable moment so far?

“I know!” said Bazil, as he turned to look at Lehan they all knew what story was going to be told. Raj started the story off “It was when we had a performance in Mumbai. It was last month and as we was approaching the airport the fans had made a sign on the floor with Holi which is powder dye, which read ‘WE LOVE ARJU’ It was one of the most amazing things ever. So as we landed we stayed for 3 hours to meet and greet every single one of the 250 fans that came. We left the airport covered in Holi but it was worth it”