Anthony Gonsalves. Chic Chocolate. RD Burman. Outside of their cool first names, the trio also represents an inherent love for jazz that reshaped the idea of music on the big screen in India. This is precisely the exploration that vocalist and jazz practitioner Suman Sridhar will look to explore in her performance at Andheri this weekend.

“Jazz was never niche when it began. In fact, it was the popular standard of music in its era,” the singer-songwriter explains. Having trained in Bharatanatyam and classical music, Sridhar also studied music and visual art at Rutgers University. For fans of film music, her voice might be familiar as the vocals behind the iconic Hawa Hawaai in Shaitaan (2011) and Muskaanein Jhooti Hai in Talaash (2012), to name a few.