Benny Dayal speaks out his experience of getting into music and pursuing his dream of becoming a singer. He speaks about how he overcame traditional stereotypes people have for musicians.

Benny who hails from Kerala is a member of the S5 band with whom he made his first debut.After a few years, his name came into the entertainment limelight of India with his continuous hit songs like Pappu Can't Dance Saala from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Kaise Mujhe from Ghajini.He was awarded the R D Burman Award for New Music Talent for the latter of the above.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx