Rasiya..

I heard this song Thursday night, and decided to record it this weekend. A very sensuous song with a great Hindustani classical touch.. I hope you all like it..

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1 comment January 31st, 2010

Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara – Happy Republic Day

This morning Brij asked me to check out the new redone video of “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara”. If you grew up in India, specially in the 90s, you probably know the original by heart, which was sung in 10 or so languages. It has a lot of memories attached to a lot of us because we watched it on TV almost everyday and sang along.. The new video called “Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” includes new flavors acquired by India in the last 20 years, and the music is very indicative of it.. I, particularly, loved the music and how it maintained the classical elements, but enhanced with the more popular ones..

Another great thing was that it felt like a Gen-Next video, where we saw a lot of the second generation musicians/actors, such as Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan and his sons, and Santoor Maestro Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma with his son, and obviously Amitabh with Abhishek.. It was quite interesting to see that the skills have not gotten lost with the previous generation, but have carried over..

However, I did feel that it was very Bollywood heavy, and was also missing a lot of key Indians, such as Sachin, Dhoni, Dravid.. Which made it waver from the original purpose of the song, which is uniting the several sub-cultures and languages of India, and reminding everyone that we are all Indians first.. With that, I wish everyone a Happy Republic Day, and hope you enjoy the video..

Add comment January 26th, 2010

Ab Mujhe Koi Intezaar Kahan..

An amazing composition/lyrics, again by my favorite duo, Vishal Bhardwaj and Gulzar, sung originally by Rekha Bhardwaj.. From the soundtrack of the new movie “Ishqiya”.. I hope you all like it..

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Add comment January 14th, 2010