When Asha Bhosle recorded song on a phone
New Delhi: Legendary singer Asha Bhosle is amongst 200 musical artistes who’ve recorded a music to “uplift the mood of the nation”. With the lockdown in place, the method was not straightforward.
About 200 singers together with Bhosle have united for the brand new music “Jayatu Jayatu Bharatam, Vasudev Kutumbakkam”. It is a salutation to every Indian who has stood collectively as a household in these tough occasions.
“I made a plea to our government asking them how I could help the nation in this time of need. Since all movement is disallowed, I was correctly asked to stay put at home and keep safe. Sitting at home, I felt restless and wanted to contribute in some way to the nation. I wired funds to the PM Cares Fund but I felt that wasn’t enough. So, I felt we should do a song to uplift the mood of the nation,” Asha instructed IANS, when requested what made her be part of arms with so many singers for one music.
“After all, 130 crore people are in lockdown for almost two months. ISRA (Indian Singers’ Rights Association) was most helpful in getting together over 200 singers from different parts of India to collaborate on this song. On my request, Shankar Mahadevanji and Srinivas agreed to compose the tune. Prasoon Joshi agreed to pen the uplifting lyrics and so the song was born,” she shared.
The music is in 14 completely different languages, and Asha has sung in Sanskrit. “Many of India’s languages are born from Sanskrit,” she stated.
Talking about recording the music, she stated: “This was the most difficult part. All of us are under lockdown in different parts of India and yet we somehow managed with the help of technology. We didn’t have professional studios, equipments or technicians to record us.”
“I recorded my portion on a phone and uploaded it to a central collection station ably run by Srinivas, Shankar Mahadevanji and Sanjay Tandonji, who then processed the recording and put it together as one song. Very tedious job but well, worth the effort. Just shows that mankind can adapt to any situation and find a way,” she added.
The music will probably be launched on May 17.
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