Shilpa Shetty says people may forget her film characters but not her songs

New Delhi: Shilpa Shetty who has featured in several iconic numbers during her career says she is glad that people remember her for the songs she was part of. The actor, who performed in hit songs like 'Main Aayi Hoon U.P. Bihar Lootne', 'Aaila Re' to ‘Jeene Ke Ishaare' and 'Shut Up & Bounce' among many others, makes no bones about the fact that one may forget her movies but her tracks always did very well.

Shilpa, in an interview with IANS, said: “I am glad people feel that way.” She revealed as to why the songs she performed on are still unforgetful. “I feel that the 90s movies were gold. You can forget movies, maybe my movies didn’t do well at the box-office but my songs always did very well. You may not remember the name of the character I played but you’ll remember the name of the song I have performed,” said Shilpa, who made her debut in 1993 with ‘Baazigar’.

The Mangaluru-born star credits the music for her career. “So, I give a lot of credit to music because a lot of our careers were built on the basis of. I did major films with all the music companies because they found me lucky and even I continue to empahsise how important music is,” shared the actress, whose latest offering is ‘Indian Police Force’. The actor feels music plays an important role for films to make it a hit.