Bengaluru: As lead vocalist and bass guitarist of the four-member electro-pop band 'Best Kept Secret', Behram Siganporia qualifies as one of Bengaluru's pin-up rock stars.
He is also a qualified commercial pilot. "Flying was a childhood dream," says Siganporia, who earned his commercial pilot licence from the Epic Aviation Flying Academy in Florida. However, the global aviation industry went into a depression and he was forced to apply brakes on his dream career. " Kingfisher Airlines which wanted me in its cadet programme, put it on hold. I applied at charter flights company Aviators India. But they wanted experienced pilots. Managing director Captain Arun Sharma advised me to give up flying and take up music professionally," he recalls.
Instant recognition earned a show at Hard Rock Cafe in Bengaluru. "My aviation career was sinking. But my music career was taking off."
Three years passed by. The artiste was performing at a fashion show recently when Captain Sharma spotted him and called for a meeting. The idea was to hire him as an honorary pilot for Aviators India. He jumped at it even though his band is heading for its first international tour to Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Siganporia will be a co-pilot with the company.
05/10/15 Smitabalram Kumar/Economic Times
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He is also a qualified commercial pilot. "Flying was a childhood dream," says Siganporia, who earned his commercial pilot licence from the Epic Aviation Flying Academy in Florida. However, the global aviation industry went into a depression and he was forced to apply brakes on his dream career. " Kingfisher Airlines which wanted me in its cadet programme, put it on hold. I applied at charter flights company Aviators India. But they wanted experienced pilots. Managing director Captain Arun Sharma advised me to give up flying and take up music professionally," he recalls.
Instant recognition earned a show at Hard Rock Cafe in Bengaluru. "My aviation career was sinking. But my music career was taking off."
Three years passed by. The artiste was performing at a fashion show recently when Captain Sharma spotted him and called for a meeting. The idea was to hire him as an honorary pilot for Aviators India. He jumped at it even though his band is heading for its first international tour to Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Siganporia will be a co-pilot with the company.
05/10/15 Smitabalram Kumar/Economic Times
