Studying to become a chartered accountant ``as per my father's wishes'', the versatile singer rapidly lost interest in building for himself ``an academic focused career'' once friends around him started encouraging him to take singing as a full-fleged career. Ingle admits, `` my family was perturbed initially, but since I believed in myself and had faith in the move I was making I decided to take the plunge.'' And, then came the hard years of struggle; Ingle waited patiently ``recording demo cassettes, churning out tunes after tunes and holding my cassettes as if they were my life and running pillar to post to numerous music companies; those days were tough but I guess once a person is hell-bent upon achieving his goals there's no looking back,'' ponders Ingle. The years of struggle ``was an eye-opener which showed me the people who really stood by me.''

Ingle's new album Rasiya which has hit the market is in the singer's view, ``an extension of what I really am; it's about a young man spreading love and joy wherever he goes and whoever he meets.'' Composing and singing his own tunes and making everyone dance to his music is what gives Ingle ``immense satisfaction'' and perhaps that's the reason why, ``I haven't taken to Bollywood's league of Rafi, Kishore, Kumar Sanu or Sonu Nigam.'' But, Ingle is planning to compose music for the film industry if good offers come his way.

Though Ingle's Yeh hai Prem did extremely well and now with his hopes pinned on Rasiya, the young singer has explored all dimensions of music in his albums. From classical to folk, from fast beats to soft romantic songs he's done it all. ``I try and incorporate a rich Indian flavour in my songs and I guess that's where my classical training helps me and the final output is western beats set aptly to Indian tunes.''

The man who's ``looking for excuses to break into an occasional song'' is always finding faults and mistakes in his albums. ``Till date I feel that there were certain parts where I could've experimented and done better in my albums, but I feel it's important to be critical about your work because the day I start believing I'm churning out great music, I'll be finished.'' So who are his real critics, we wonder? `` My wife Manasi and my baby boy Surel,'' says Ingle, adding, ``Manasi always listens patiently and makes significant comments which I try to incorporate in my singing.'' For Milind, his wife is the biggest source of strength, ``she stood by me in my worst days when I was struggling hard. People left me, but she stood by me and till today she gives me ample courage to move on.''

What's also a great source of inspiration for this rising star is the positive feed-back he's receiving from his fans. In fact there have been instances where Ingle's music has " allowed people to simply forget their sorrows and drown in the simple tunes'', that he composes and croons. "I'll never forget the day I received a call from this person from Dhanbad. He was working in the mines away from his family and he said that the song Rasiya made him forget all his lonliness." And this encouragement feels Ingle is the strength which keeps him going.