Deep Karapurkar, Visualizer & Creator of "9" - An album of nine melodious Konkani songs is one of the most eagerly awaited Konkani albums of 2008. It promises amusement and brings us something different for the first time to Goan.
Woah "9" that's big and totally different from Deep's previous two albums. With this third album "9" Deep Karapurkar has proved Goans of his unique creativity and style. Deep for the third time roped in Konkani stalwarts to compose nine songs, best of the singers, and the best of the musician to please the mind and hearts of Goan music lovers. In medical term I would say Deep has well conceived a baby in "9" with painstaking 9 months and 9 days! It is for this reason that "9" has created shock waves in Goa. Today you find Goan youths and Goa's FMs just singing and dancing to the tunes of "9". "9" has proved that music needs to be with likes of music lovers and that it required considerable efforts to bring together talents and creativity in music. Kudos to composer of songs in Konkani stalwarts Rajay Pawar, Shridhar Kamt, Uday Bhembre, & Saish Panandikar. I must extend my special appreciation to Deep Karapurkar for proving that his pen is also mightier to compose a song "Yuva - Yuva" that is included in "9". Versatile singers in Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Sadhana Sargam, Vaishali Samant, Swapnil, and Nihira have carved their marks with their melodious and superlative singing to build a solid base and status to "9". As far as music is concerned, I believe, each musician is categorized under a specific era in music history. But Ashok Patki, a veteran in music, proved yet third time, that he is with era of music loving youths. In "9" he undisputedly sets a new trend and new challenges to Konkani music. When one plays "9", things get off to a promising note, with the confident and peppy songs, melodious sound tones and addictive music riffs. My verdict: Like it or loathe it you can't fail to admire the foot-tapping numbers.this is Deep Karapurkar at his daring best and something that undoubtedly puts a smile on every Goan faces! Well done Deep Karapurkar.. you made Goans proud for the third time. Dr. U. G. Barad
