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Sound Waves
Harry
Anand - new singer on the block
The Bichchoo songs have caught the fancy of the audience and 
are
sure to ensure initial rush into theatres. Anand Raaj Anand has come up
with some foot-stomping bhangra-techno music, following in the footsteps
of fellow-composer Viju Shah. Two numbers from the film are chart-busters,
namely Jeevan mein jaane jaana and Ek vaar tak le, and the common factor
in these two is singer Harry Anand, the composer’s younger brother.
Harry started out with remix albums, remixing songs with partner Vipin,
and even composing music for Vikas Bhalla’s album. He then diverted
his attention to singing, and his first pop album was Chahat, released
by T-Series, in which he both sang and composed. According to Harry, the
album got a good response, selling seven lakh copies, and he decided to
stick to singing.
With Bichchoo, Harry makes his playback singing debut. Did he get this
break because of his elder brother? “Not really, it was Guddu Dhanoa,
the producer-director of the film, who wanted me to sing for his film,”
informs Harry, “During one of the sittings between Gudduji and my
brother, I happened to sing the compositions for Gudduji, and he liked
my voice. He was keen that I sing for Bichchoo and I am lucky I got a
good break.”
Singing for films is tough insists Harry. “It’s a different
ball-game altogether from singing pop songs, which is really easy. Your
voice is heard on the big screen, so you should be able to throw your
voice well,” opines Harry, “And film singing also proves your
versatility.”
The singer is hoping that Bichchoo paves the way for a successful playback
singing career. Says he, “Our industry is superstitious. If Bichchoo
becomes a hit, then I will be considered a lucky singer, after which I
will hopefully get singing offers. Like Vinod Rathod, I want to sing for
other composers as well, not just my brother. But for that I got to prove
myself, and I am reay to give my 100 per cent,” says Harry.
Meanwhile, his next pop album with T-Series should hit the music stores
in September.
The latest ‘Passion’
If there’s any number which can qualify as a rage right now, it’s
the Rigga
digga dong song from Sony Music’s recent release titled The Summer
Album. The song by a German group called Passion Fruit is so catchy that
it has attracted music lovers’ queries even from UK and USA. The
well-shot video, with interesting dance steps (after Macarena) has done
its bit in promoting the song in a big way. But more than anything, it
is the words in the lyrics which go Dum dum dum tiki dam.. which have
worked well.
Sony Music knew they had a winner on hands the moment they heard the original
Spanish song with the same Rigga digga catchwords. Says Greg Periera,
product manager, Sony Music India, “We heard this song by Passion
Fruit, a German band with Spanish roots, some eight months back, and realised
the potential of the song. It was highly infectious, and we decided to
add an Indian flavour to it and release it here.”
According to Greg, for the first time an international song has been picked
up and Indianised in this manner. “We have retained the Spanish chorus
and put in Indian vocals. So while the chorus lyrics are in Spanish, the
Indian singer Swastika sings Masti mein hum hain tum bhi.. That makes
it an Indi-Spanish number,” smiles Periera, and adds, “In the
video too we have retained some of the original shots of the Western dancers
dancing, and merged the specially shot Indian video with it. And it looks
good.”
What’s more, the Indianised version got an instant approval from
the original band. “Before releasing the song, we sent it to Passion
Fruit for their approval, and those guys loved what we had done,”
informs Periera. Well, now that the number’s a rage, can we expect
something more from Passion Fruit?
Salma Khatib