The multi-talented Shruti Hassan is a known name now. Apart from films, she has been associated with Indian and western classical music, has her own band called Extramentals and performs quite regularly.

Recently, she acquired the honor of being the chief guest at the launch of Emcee Jesz’s first Tamil pop album, Kavithai Gundar. Emcee Jesz, a Malaysian rapper, was part of Yogi B’s successful album Vallavan. Kavithai Gundar is his Tamil hip-hop album. The two videos Bad Boys and Thaniye are directed by N Manic, an assistant of Suresh Krissna.

Shruti was all praises for the album and said that such would go a long way in promoting non-film music in India. The occasion also saw the performance of Neha Bhasin on the romantic number ‘Thaniye’ from the album with Jesz. Neha , who was earlier part of the Viva band, complained that the music scene in India was dominated by film music.