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Lata is back in playback
By Roshmila Bhattacharya, Mumbai Mirror | May 19, 2014, 11.51 AM IST
Lata Mangeshkar in a recent interview to Mirror had admitted that playback singing had taken a backseat in her seven decade career. "Today's music is very different from that of our zamana, it's more about beats," she had pointed out, adding that she is open to good offers.
Well, last Monday, the Nightingale recorded a song for the sequel of Kapil Sharma's queer love story Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyun at her own studio in Mhada.
Nikhil Kamath, the composer of the song, Jeena kya hai, jaana maine, jabse tumko jaana hai describes it as a "love ballad set to a soft rock beat. "It's a trendy song of today which youngsters will instantly connect with. It has acoustic drums, electric guitars, a choral orchestra and Lataji's divine voice," he says.
The song will be filmed on Zeenat Aman, Kapil Sharma, Yuvraaj Parashar, Pakistani actress Sadia Khan and a few European actors. The film, Dunno Y...Life Is A Moment, is being made in Hindi, English and Norwegian and has a mix of Indian and European singers and composers. It is also a collaboration between Indian director Sanjay Sharma and Norwegian director Tonje Gjevjon.
"Lataji had sung Pal mein rishtey badalte hai in the original and the Norwegian collaborators loved the song and requested that we bring her on board again," says Nikhil. Lead actor Yuvraaj Parashar adds that Lata's voice was recognised at the international film festivals where the film was screened. "In Israel they know only two Bollywood personalities Raj Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar," he asserts.
Nikhil called Lata two months ago and sang Jeena kya hai to her on the phone. The usually hard-toplease singer was moved by Vimal Kashyap's soul-stirring words and Nikhil's melody. And after hearing that version, she gave him the nod.
It was a marathon four-hour music session that left Nikhil on a high because in between Nikhil had crooned the words 'Dunno Y' which were used as backing vocals. "But Lataji loved the way I had sung and insisted we use my lines up front so they could be heard loud and clear," he exults, adding, "She sang each word, flawlessly."
The original film premiered in April 2010 at India's first mainstream gay film festival, the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, and featured Yuvraaj and Kapil as two men in love.
The sequel, according to Nikhil, is a love triangle featuring a woman. "It's a story about relationships not just among the trio, but also between a mother and her son and between the parents. Jeena kya hai is a love ballad set in a soft rock beat and when I hear it today, I know only Lataji could have sung it."
Well, last Monday, the Nightingale recorded a song for the sequel of Kapil Sharma's queer love story Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyun at her own studio in Mhada.
Nikhil Kamath, the composer of the song, Jeena kya hai, jaana maine, jabse tumko jaana hai describes it as a "love ballad set to a soft rock beat. "It's a trendy song of today which youngsters will instantly connect with. It has acoustic drums, electric guitars, a choral orchestra and Lataji's divine voice," he says.
The song will be filmed on Zeenat Aman, Kapil Sharma, Yuvraaj Parashar, Pakistani actress Sadia Khan and a few European actors. The film, Dunno Y...Life Is A Moment, is being made in Hindi, English and Norwegian and has a mix of Indian and European singers and composers. It is also a collaboration between Indian director Sanjay Sharma and Norwegian director Tonje Gjevjon.
"Lataji had sung Pal mein rishtey badalte hai in the original and the Norwegian collaborators loved the song and requested that we bring her on board again," says Nikhil. Lead actor Yuvraaj Parashar adds that Lata's voice was recognised at the international film festivals where the film was screened. "In Israel they know only two Bollywood personalities Raj Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar," he asserts.
Nikhil called Lata two months ago and sang Jeena kya hai to her on the phone. The usually hard-toplease singer was moved by Vimal Kashyap's soul-stirring words and Nikhil's melody. And after hearing that version, she gave him the nod.
It was a marathon four-hour music session that left Nikhil on a high because in between Nikhil had crooned the words 'Dunno Y' which were used as backing vocals. "But Lataji loved the way I had sung and insisted we use my lines up front so they could be heard loud and clear," he exults, adding, "She sang each word, flawlessly."
The original film premiered in April 2010 at India's first mainstream gay film festival, the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, and featured Yuvraaj and Kapil as two men in love.
The sequel, according to Nikhil, is a love triangle featuring a woman. "It's a story about relationships not just among the trio, but also between a mother and her son and between the parents. Jeena kya hai is a love ballad set in a soft rock beat and when I hear it today, I know only Lataji could have sung it."
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