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Daler Mehndi's First SUFI Album 'BISMILLAH'
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By Our Correspondent ©2008 Bollyvista.com |
Recently, Daler Mehndi's first Sufi album 'BISMILLAH' was released by the honorable Ms. Shila Dixit at the Habitat Centre. Daler Mehndi and Rajesh Gupta the CEO of Go Bindas were also present at the occasion.
Ms. Dixit said, "I heard Daler's Sufi in one of the concerts and I just fell in love with the song. The way he sings really touched my soul. It is so beautiful that you feel God is listening to you. I told him to launch his Sufi album. I wish him all the best and great success for 'Bismillah'."
Thanking Ms. Dixit, Mehndi said, "I never wanted to shift from my pop singer image, but when madam praised me and wanted me to release a Sufi, album I could not stop myself."
He told us that while rehearsing at break time he went out and gazed at the sky thinking that somewhere God would be seen in this cosmos. He realized that the power is one whether we call is Allah, Rab, Bhagvan or Christ.
He said, "some words came from my heart, 'aakhen nam hui, mai hu Bismillah'. I went and called Mr. Sahu for help and told him I wanted a song which is all about praising Rab; the lyrics of which give peace to the heart of the people."
The hallmark of "great musicians" often lies in the ability to hone to perfection a strong and easily assimilated iconic, but singular image. It may evolve slowly and surely over the years but will always be presumed to be natural maturing. Daler Mehndi, as a musician, performer and songwriter, defies this convention completely. He continually re-invents himself and his art at a breakneck speed and illogical disjointedness. It seems as though time is always at a premium.
After creating history on Digital Mobile Space with '300 SAAL GURU DE NAAL', the two track album has reverberated through the streets of 186 cities in India. It has brought together 20 million people of different religions, castes, cultures and varied socio-economic backgrounds, speaking different languages to partake in one walk, singing one verse, one thread through the one voice of Daler Mehndi.
GO BINDAS, a division of Sunram Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd., which collaborated with D Records and Pop Industry witnessed history in the making today on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan and Eid and are pleased to launch 'BISMILLAH', live on Digital Mobile Space.
While on the same subject Mr. YK Bharadwaj, the General Manager of entertainment at Go Bindas said, "the company specializes in providing religious and regional content in all the languages for mobile users across all platforms and operators within the country as well as offshore markets. With the association of Pop Industry and its esteemed and iconic artist, Mr. Daler Mehndi, we assure music lovers of the best content - live on their mobile sets."
Mr. Rajesh, CEO of the company said, "VAS and specialty music on mobiles contributes one-third of the entertainment in the mobile industry. The content (alternative, religious, Sufi and regional) has jointly more than 50% in ratio with film content. Today Go Bindas is the largest aggregator of this genre with national and international tie-ups. Mr. Daler Mehndi is paving way for other artists to tread in this path."
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