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From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:35:47 PM
Subject: [arr] Re: Picture of Bala Shende & some news abt her
I wish at least a mention of her singing in JA was there. I think
it's a huge break for her that ARR selected her.
--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>
> http://www.screenin dia.com/apr14/ music1.htm
>
> Pls check the above link to see Singer Bala Shende and the news abt
her is
> as follows
>
> * *s video of the title song of her debut album Kaisa Yeh Jadoo
depicts her
> as a modern-day Cinderella. In real-life too, hers is indeed a
> Cinderella-like story, except that while Cinderella dreamt of
meeting her
> Prince Charming, Bela had dreamt of making a career in playback
singing.
> Well, she's already on the way towards fulfiling her dream, having
made a
> beginning by winning the Sa Re Ga Ma mega-finals, which resulted in
her
> landing a contract with Magnasound, which in turn recently released
her
> debut album Kaisa Yeh Jadoo. "Yeah, its just like the Cinderella
story. My
> dream of becoming a singer has come true," gushes the young singer,
> "Actually, winning the Sa Re Ga Ma mega-finals was a dream come
true, which
> led to this debut album of mine."
>
> It was at the mega-finals of the musical programme that Shashi
Gopal of
> Magnasound, who was one of the chief guests on the show, realised
Bela's
> potential and offered her a contract alongwith the other winner,
Mohammed
> Vakil. "Since Magnasound is a leading music company, I knew it
would give me
> a good exposure, and I signed a two-year contract with it," says
Bela.
> Magnasound and Bela then decided that her professional debut would
be with a
> pop album. Surprising, since it was her knowledge of classical
singing that
> had impressed the judges and the audiences at the Sa Re Ga Ma mega-
finals.
> "I am a trained classical singer, but I never intended to make a
career in
> classical singing. That was necessary for a solid base for my
singing. I was
> always keen to make a career in light music, namely playback and pop
> singing," Bela clarifies.
>
> The young singer says that a lot of thinking and planning went
behind her
> debut album Kaisa Yeh Jadoo. "The debut album sets your image and
> establishes you. So it is important that you are launched well, and
you make
> an impact. The theme we selected, of a the romantic dreams of a
young girl,
> suited me fine," opines Bela.
>
> The album has music by another debutant, Saurav Bhatt, son of Pt.
Vishwa
> Mohan Bhatt, the renowned mohan-veena player. Says Bela, "Since we
both are
> young and we both were making our debuts, there was this good
rapport
> between us. And we both were equally enthusiastic about our album.
While
> recording the songs, Saurav was always open to any suggestions I
had, and it
> was fun. All the eight songs are melodious, but I am specially fond
of title
> track and another number, Dekha tujhe to mera dil."
>
> The video of the album, which is shot on Bela herself, draws one's
attention
> to the complete change in the outwardly appearance of Bela. One saw
her as a
> demure, salwar-kameez clad girl, in a tight plait and gajra in Sa
Re Ga Ma,
> cutting a very traditional picture. And in the video, she is shown
as a hip
> girl, in jeans, pinafores, and sports-shirts, her hair styled
trendily. In
> real life too, Bela now dresses up like in the video, and it looks
like the
> make-over given to her by Magnasound is here to stay. "I liked the
new look
> and adopted it," smiles Bela, "I enjoyed acting in the video. I
wasn't
> nervous or camera-shy at all. It was so easy actually, maybe
because I was
> playing myself, a college-going girl."
>
> Coming from a family of classical musicians (her grandmother Kusum
Shende,
> her father Dr. Sanjiv Shende and her sister Sawni are all deeply
into
> classical music and give regular performances) , Bela says that she
is the
> only one who will be diverging towards playback singing. "I have
already
> been approached by leading film music directors, but I haven't said
yes to
> anybody. My contract with Magnasound doesn't allow me to sing for
films,"
> she says, "After my contract expires, I will step full-fledged into
> playback." Meantime, Bela is busy with concerts. "Recently I
performed in
> Dubai during the shopping festival there. I sang my album numbers
and the
> Indians there responded quite well," she says happily.
>
> In the end, we can't help but ask her as to why the ads for her
album boldly
> declare "Sonu Nigam and Magnasound present Bela." How is Sonu Nigam
involved
> in her album? Is he promoting her? "Sonu Nigam hasn't contributed
at all to
> the album. The only thing is that, like me, he too is associated
with Sa Re
> Ga Ma, and the other fact is, we both are Magnasound artists.
That's it.
> There's nothing more," she clarifies.
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
> A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
>
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