Aaja Milke

Happy New year to all of u! I hope this new year will bring all of u happier times! :-)

Like many, I almost always fast forward TV ads but one of those times I did not, I saw the preview of this movie called “Chamku”.. the name itself sounded funny but there was this one tune that kind of got me interested. I did a search and heard the whole song and I really loved the composition by Monty Sharma. Shreya as usual is magical! Her voice modulation is at its best in the beginning alaap. Any song she sings, she makes it sound so simple but when u try to record it’s a whole different story! :-D Shail too has done a great job with this..(I absolutely love his Saawariya title song! )
Here is our attempt of this beautiful duet.. Soumitra, thanks so much for lending ur lovely voice and for mixing this!
Thank you for listening.

Movie Name : Chamku (2008)
Original Singer : Shreya Ghosal & Shail
Music Director : Monty Sharma
Lyrics : Sameer
Sung By : Vidyu & Soumitra

Thode Badmash

I haven’t been singing/recording very much all of this year though there have been many pretty, melodious, challenging songs that have been released. Blame it on being plain lazy or on empty nest syndrome! :) Songs from Saawariya have been quite my favorite since the time they have been out and this one especially...Shreya sounds magical and her expressions are just fabulous! (What’s new about that!!!) Here’s my attempt of this beautiful composition by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the director of Saawariya. This one is dedicated especially to my friend who wanted me to revive my blog with Thode Badmash… Hope u like it! :) Happy Thanksgiving & a wonderful Holiday Season ahead!

Movie Name: Saawariya
Music: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Lyrics: Nusrat Badr
Original Singer: Shreya Ghoshal & Parthiv Gohil
Sung By: Vidyu

I have also sung a duet with Jo, one of my favorite compositions by Salilda, Janeman Janeman. Please do give it a listen! Thank you Jo! :)
(http://www.jocalling.com/2008/11/jaaneman-jaaneman-cover/)

(http://www.muziboo.com/music/Jaaneman-Jaaneman-cover/8825)

Hey Shona

I had heard this song when I watched this movie and loved the feel of it. Love the Shaan-Sunidhi combo and thought it'd be great to give it a try.
Attempted this with Soumitra who has done a fabulous job with it :-) Thanks for singing this with me Soumitra!
Please give it a listen on Soumitra's blog when u get a chance..Thanks! :-)

AraLuthiru - Mungaru MaLe

Wish you ALL a very Happy New Year!
A BIG thank you for ur support the past year and hope u will continue to encourage me in my musical journey through the coming months..
Mungaru MaLe .. Which means the first showers of the beautiful rainy season.. The songs from this famous Kannada movie picturised predominantly in beautiful Coorg, have captivated me from the first time I heard them. Thanks to my family in Bangalore, they introduced us to these tunes while some even have them as their ringtones on cell phones! But can’t blame them for that!!! The tunes are just amazing. I have never been so much into Kannada songs as I am now since I lived in Bangalore in the years when music had kind of temporarily left my life and the only songs I’d listen to were the ones MDH would highly recommend...his favorites! The ones that I still listen to are the oldies like Beladingalaagi Baa and Cheluveya Notta Chena which will always remain popular among the kannadigas.
My recent trip to Bangalore, a year after the movie was released; the songs were as popular as it were when I was there a year ago! The songs are a super blend of beautiful lyrics that touch ur heart (Jayant Kaikini..u make us Saraswats proud of u!), melody that totally lifts u up ( Mano Murthy..I search for songs that hv music composed by MM ) and voices that belong to living legends. I have been drawn to 2 songs especially...both by Sonu Nigam. The title song Mungalru Maleye and Anisuthide Yako. The tunes have grown on me so much that when I got hold of the karaoke track of Anisuthide, (Thanks SO much Joe for the track ) , I thought I must sing the Shreya Ghoshal version. Though the tune is the same, the lyrics are different. Just beautiful... Shreya, has made this even special adding her special singing style….and it brings back memories of my drive from Bangalore to Coorg!
Here is my attempt of Aruluthiru Jeevada Gelaya. I hope u like it..
This one is especially for u K!


Movie Name : Mungaru Male
Music : Mano Murthy
Lyrics : Jayant Kaikini
Original Singer : Shreya Ghosal
Sung By : Vidyu


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Mere Piya

How many of us remember Saapna Mukherjee – the pretty voice behind the then toppie Oye-Oye from Tridev and the famous songs from Jaanbaaz? Honestly, I had long forgotten the name :( A few months ago, while in a music store, I heard this beautiful song being played softly and it just got me..some songs are like that..u hear them once and something about it makes u want to listen to it over and over again :) so I went up to the what-can-i-call-him ? music store jockey? and asked what song he was playing. He told me it was from an Indipop album called Mere Piya which had just released .. I bought the CD and no regrets:) all songs are beautiful..most of all, Piya and I was just dying to sing it. But where could I get the track to a newly released song and that too a non-filmy one :(
Comes in Pulikeshi :) a friend I met through Taranaa. Both Pulikeshi and his wife Akshata are wonderful singers who have great voices. I asked him if he could figure how to make a Karaoke track from the original. And he surprised me with a reply saying he’d make a track for me! I couldn’t believe it! In less than 2 weeks he sent me this beautiful track he created – just for me to sing :) Thanks Pulikeshi.. You’ve done an awesome job with it!

Thought I’d share this with all of u & hope u'll like it :)

‘Piya’ is a song that can work with today’s generation while keeping the classical spirit alive. It is composed by Pandit Satyanarayan Mishra.

Vidyu

Lyrics: Nasir Faraaz
Music: Pandit Satyanarayan Mishra
Original: Saapna Mukherjee
Sung By: Vidyu



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Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai

Hi Friends,
Well, this song needs no introduction..I rate it as one of Kumar Sanu's best romantic duets and have loved it from the first time I heard it in 1991..A song which made it to the weekly Top 10 on TV for months.. Always wanted to sing it...but somehow never got myself to doing it.. :) But, after all these years, when my dad asked me if I could sing this song I was more than happy to record and send it to him... I am SO glad Soumitra agreed to sing this with me. I couldn't have got a better voice to suit this beautiful song :) Soumitra, thankyou SO much! Need I say, U sound AWESOME!!! :)

- Vidyu

Movie Name :Saajan (1991)
Original Singers: Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
Music : Nadeem-Shravan
Lyrics : Sameer
Year : 1991
Sung By : Vidyu & Soumitra



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Agar Tum Mil Jao

Hi friends,
it's been a very long time since I've been able to sing/update my blog. Finally, made some time :) This is one song I never thought much about the first time I heard it. But on my visit to India a couple of months ago, I heard it over and over again on the FM and the tune kind of grew on me..the lyrics are beautiful too and Shreya Ghoshal's style makes it all the more appealing.
When I started listening to the song with intentions of 'learning' it to record, I figured it's not so easy to sing this one :) Shreya has made it sound so simple :)
I hope u will like my attempt.
Thankyou for listening :)
Vidyu

Movie Name : Zeher
Lyricists : Sayeed Quadri
Music Director : Anu Malik
Original Singer: Shreya Ghoshal
Sung by : Vidyu

Valentine's day

On Valentine's Day, the only genre that would cross ones mind would be romantic melodies. And, when I think of romantic melodies, I think duets sound the prettiest ... Aur Kya??? :) This is one of my most favorite duet by Abhijeet & Alka from the movie Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani picturised on SRK and Juhi Chawla ....love it! :)

I have a little story behind this song..A couple of months ago, when I got an opportunity to do a show with Abhijeet, he asked me to pick a favorite duet to sing with him and I instantly said "Aur Kya" .. and he
agreed to sing it.. :) I must say it was the most memorable experience for me to have got a chance to sing my favorite duet with the singer himself!

From then I have been wanting to record it but never got a chance to complete it until now ..Thanks SO much Soumitra for singing this with me....u have done an awesome job with it! Absolutley love it!

Hope u all enjoy it. We would love to hear ur
comments :)

Thankyou & Happy Valentine's Day!

Vidyu


Album :Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Music : Jatin-Lalit
Original : Abhijeet & Alka Yagnik
Sung By :Soumitra & Vidyu

Poojisalendhe (Kannada)

Bangalore..the garden city of India.. a place that brings back beautiful, most cherished memories...a place where I've left behind my wonderful family, my friends...a place where I learnt to speak Kannada...and most of all, the place where I got to briefly learn
classical music .. Thoughts of Bangalore make me very nostalgic and this made me want to sing a Kannada song..a language in which I've never sung before... S. Janaki, one of the most versatile singer in my opinion, is my favorite among the South Indian female voices. I've always been intimidated by some of her songs..It's a feeling of wanting to sing the song so bad but a fear of not being able to :(
About a year ago, Ramesh, who I met thro' Taranaa sent me the track of this beautiful Kannada song by SJ from the movie Eradu Kanasu and asked me if I could try singing it. It's a song I loved the minute I heard it. Music by Rajan-Nagendra, the famous duo is just awesome and SJ has given it a mesmerizing effect with her unmatchable style ..
The track is by Manjula Gururaj of Sadhana Music School, Bangalore. Thanks Ramesh for sharing this with me! I'd really appreciate ur comments on my attempt and thanx in advance for listening :)

Also, I am happy to let u all know that the songs I recorded with Srikanth Devarajan is part of the album 'Padal' which released on the 26th of January, 2007.

For more information please visit

http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2007/01/padal-available-now.html

- Vidyu

Movie : Eradu Kanasu (1974)
Music : Rajan, Nagendra
Original : S Janaki
Sung By : Vidyu

Revived!

Hi! it's been a while since I've updated my blog.....have been so caught up in the routine :(
I have been trying to learn this awesome song 'Telusa Manasa' ..a Telugu duet from the movie Criminal by the great SPB & Chitra and remembered that I had sung the Hindi version months ago for Taranaa. I distinctly remembered Soumitra too had sung the same song and I'd loved his rendition. I asked him if he could lend me his voice so that I could combine both our songs and make it into a duet as it is in the movie..
Here's it is..a revival of our songs that were long forgotten and tucked away in our respective computers! :)

I've also recorded the title song from Hum Tum with Soumitra. He's done an awesome job with it.. Please do give it a listen and let us know what u think of it :)

Thanks much!

Movie Name : Criminal
Music : MM Kreem
Original By : Alka Yagnik & Kumar Sanu
Sung By : Vidyu & Soumitra

It's all about Anil

It's been about 6 months since I hv been part of the audio blogging community. Wow! 6 months! :-) seems like a long time ..The first time I posted my song Jadoo hai nasha hai, I got a comment from a great musician Anil BS and I checked out his blog and Anil, honestly felt honored that u even heard my song! He, as u all know is an amazing musician.. his tracks are sooo much like the original and when I got a track like that, all I wanted to do was give it my best shot, to try and do justice to the beautiful track.. This track for Yeh Sama is made by Anil and he sent it to me a while ago ... It's only now I could complete it and I hope u like it. I'd say, it is more about the track than the song! Anil, u hv done an awesome job! Thankyou SO much for sharing the track with me.. Also, a couple of weeks ago, I'd posted a malayalam song, Mainagam on my blog. It was just my voice as I had no track for it. Anil heard it and last week, he sent me an email saying he has added music to my song!!!! Well, we all have tried singing to a perfect Karaoke track..but how dificult could it be creating a track around a song that is already sung which is not perfectly in rhythm??? I must say Anil, it was a bold attempt and I so loved it..and want to share it with all of u. Hope u like it.. Please let us have ur comments.
Thanks
Vidyu

Mainagam

Song : Ye Sama Sama Hai Ye Pyar Ka
Music : Kalyanji Anandji
Movie : Jab Jab Phool Khile
Original Sung By: Lata Mangeshkar
Sung by: Vidyu
Track : Anil B S

Aao Naa

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is one of my favorit'est' show and I've watched every single episode, some more than once :) I remember most of the songs performed by the participants and after Debojit won the contest there was this episode where all the 12 finalists came up to perform. The one song that absolutley got me was Aao Na performed by Debojit and Nihira...I'd never heard the original but I kept watching the recorded version of this show several times and then later figured this was originally sung by Udit Narayan & Sadhana Sargam..Debu & Nihira were no less in their performance of this song...Awesome...
From then I have been wanting to sing this one but couldn't lay my hands on the track.. Finally, sometime in June, I heard Soumitra's version of this song on Taranaa. He had sung it soo beautifully, I asked him if he'd let me borrow his voice. Though the track was always there on Taranaa, it was called Gunji si hai...and I didn't realise it was the same song! :) I recorded my 'version 1' sometime in July and then I got so busy with the summer break..family..friends and recording took a back seat :)
After 2 months, here I am with the completed version.. It was a lot of effort to make sure we both sang the swars together and Soumitra, I want to thank u so very much for lending me ur lovely voice and for helping me with feedback/correction in putting this song together.
This one time, I especially want to thank my family for putting up with my constant singing of Ga Ga Re Ga Ga Re for so many weeks that after a point, I almost got disowned :(
Thanks Pratika, Prarthana & Kush!!!! :)

Vidyu

Movie : Kyun Ho Gaya Na (2004)
Music : Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Original by : Udit Narayan and Sadhana Sargam
Sung by : Vidyu & Soumitra

Diwana Hua Baadal

Dear friends,
While Ashaji celebrated her B'day on the 8th, as a tribute to her, here is my attempt at Diwana Hua Baadal sung with Azam Khan. This is a duet very dear to me and it's with pleasure that I share this with all of u! Azam and I sang this a couple of weeks ago but we were both not very happy with the track and waited to get hold of a good track. And, when we did get a track, we both got so busy with routines that this project sat on the back burner :( I am so glad we finally finished it and Azam, thanks so much for singing this with me! You sound really good! Loved all your expressions and modulations!

Some time back Pradip suggested we sing this Malayalam duet "Swasathin Thalam" from the movie "Achuvinte Amma" and as soon as I heard it, I loved it! But, honestly, I was very unsure of being able to carry it off as it is more of a song with the play of breath than the voice itself. Took it as a challenge and practiced singing in whispers :) I was really thrilled when Pradip okayed it :) Here is the result! Pradip has not only sung sooo well, but has also done an awesome job with the mixing. Thanks so very much Pradip..
You will find 2 versions of the same song ..one with the doubling effect like the original and one without at Pradeep's blog.
So friends, please give it a listen... we've worked hard on this one :)
Thank you all for listening.

Vidyu

Song : Diwana Hua Baadal
Movie Name : Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Music : O P Nayyar
Original Sung By: Mohd Rafi and Asha Bhosle
Sung by : Azam Khan & Vidyu

Malayalam Songs

Hello friends,
don't know if u all know this but I was fortunate to have been born in beautiful Kerala..Calicut and have been influenced by Malayalam language and music a great deal. I used to sing a lot of Malayalam songs until I was in Calicut but once I moved out I lost touch with it totally :( Many years later, actually, about a few months ago I chanced upon Jo's blog and got back to listening to Malayalam Karaoke songs. So when Jo asked me to do this song with Meera and him I was pleased. Unfortunately, there was no original song I could listen to but Jo had recorded the whole song for me and that's how I learnt it :)
Jo and Meera, thanks for ur patience and for giving me this opportunity to sing with u both....I know I took like forever to record my lines :( You both have done an awesome job singing this beautiful song..

I hope u will all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed singing it with the two great blogger friends!

You can listen to it in both Meera & Jo's blog.


Thought I'd share this recording which was done months ago...it's an old malayalam song 'Mainagam' from the 80's and was and still is one of my favorites by S.Janaki. Since I don't have any Karaoke tracks for Malayalam songs, I decided to record just my voice.

Thanks for listening..


Movie: Thrishna
Song : Mainagam
Music : Shyam
Original By: S. Janaki
Sung By : Vidyu

My attempt at a Bengali Song

It's been 2 weeks since I recorded any new songs. There was so much going on and didn't get a chance to. I'm sure everyone has been busy with family, kids, vacations...Soon we'll all be back to the regular routine and I am so ready for fall..my favorite time of the year. Not just the weather, I love the colors..makes me happy! :) Besides, I love the holidays..Halloween, Thanksgiving...decorating the home. We normally go for long drives just to enjoy the beauty of the fall colors.
Anyways, back to music..I have been busy with this project the past almost 2 months ever since Soumitra wrote to ask me if I'd like to sing a Bengali song with him. At first I was like."No way"!!! I mean, I don't even know the language! But he encouraged me to atleast give it a try before giving it up before attempting and I said "OK..send me the original, lyrics..let me see and no deadlines" :) and all the time I thought, this is never going to happen :) But the tune is sooo pretty and I have always liked the Hindi version. So, I tried and finally my version 3 was okayed! I have to thank our dear friends Amit & Vijaya for helping me with the diction, pronounciation. They spent a lot of time with me helping me to say the words right and also explain the meaning of the song. Soumitra, I have to thank u so very much for ur patience and for the trouble u took to translate the song for me. It helped a great deal. I know it is not perfect, but it has given me immense satisfaction of trying something different :)
Thanks for listening
-Vidyu


Song : Amar Swapna Tumi
Movie : Ananda Ashram
Music : Shyamal Mitra
Original By: Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar
Sung By : Vidyu & Soumitra

Tujhse Naaraz Nahin Zindagi

Hi friends,
After a seemingly long, stressful week, I made some time to record a song earlier today. It has been a while since I have and I really missed picking up that mic and singing :) So, the next question was "what do I sing"??? So many songs..so many lovely tunes..and I wanted to sing them all!!! You know how it is..when u get into a mood to sing, u want to sing them all :) Knew that was so not going to happen..so after a lot of thinking...major decision making (like it was a life and death matter!!!) I settled on this one...
I always have had a liking for RD songs..and this one especially used to be my favorite when it was new...years ago..and then totally forgot about it.. today I happened to see the track and decided to sing it..:)
Hope u all like it.. Thanks in advance for listening :)

Vidyu


Movie : Masoom
Song : Tujhse Naaraz Nahin Zindagi
Music : R.D Burman
Original By : Lata Mangeshkar
Sung by: Vidyu

A Tribute

Hi friends,
Hope all of you and your families are safe..I mean, I hope and pray all of you who have families in Mumbai are safe.. This week I thought I'd update the blog with a prayer, Allah Tero Naam.. for the families of all the people who have lost their dear ones in the Mumbai blasts and for those who survived. (Thanks Swati for the forward on Mumbaikars..was so touching..)

Here is one of my all time favorite Ghazal. The recording quality and track are not all that great.. so, was hesitating to put in on my blog. Since Murali mentioned my attempt of Ranjishi sahi, I had some friends email and ask me where they could listen to it. So..here it is. As there is no way I can sing it the way the original is, I have tried my own variation in it.. I was also influenced by Anuradha Paudwal's rendition of the same.
Thanks so much for listening..

Album : Allah Tero Naam
Movie : Hum Dono
Music : Jaidev
Originally Sung By : Lata Mangeshkar
Sung By : Vidyu

Ghazal :Ranjish Hi Sahi
Originally Sung by : Mehndi Hasan
Sung By : Vidyu Appaiah

Piya Bina

Hi friends,
haven't had a chance to upload any songs the past couple of weeks..have been busy, took a vacation with family and also did a show with Abhijeet on July 4th at Kansas City. He was amazing and what an experience it was!!!
Thought I'd update the blog with this recording which was done a few months ago at a music party.. Not a perfect recording but all the same, thought I'd share. I love this song ..my favorite from this movie.
Album : Piya Bina
Movie : Abhiman(1973)
Music : S D Burman
Originally Sung By: Lata Mangeshkar
Sung By : Vidyu Appaiah