Early Times REport
Jammu, May 12: A Boston-based Kashmiri Poet, lyricist and writer, Sunayana Kachroo has released her latest video that combines music and poetry produced by IndianRaga.
In conversation with agency through social platform, Ms Kachroo said, “this lyric driven piece titled “Khanmaej Koor- Maa Main Bhi Tujh Jaisi Hi”, is a fusion between Hindi Poetry and a traditional Kashmiri Song, accompanied by Guitar and Violin”.
She describes this emotion in following lines from the poem- “Chehre badal jaatein hain par waqt sab par wohi aata hai. Dheere dheere har maa ka chehra bas maa jaisa hee ban jaata hai”
Ms Kachroo’s original Hindi poem, musings on motherhood, on the journey of an individual girl to being a woman and a mother, reflects on the fact that daughters inadvertently transform into an image of their own mother.
“It has been fused with a traditional Kashmiri wedding song, which evokes the emotions of a bride as she gets ready to leave her home to begin a new life journey,” she said adding that noted singer Priya Bondre is being supported in the vocals by very talented Shruthi Iyer. Arnav Komaragiri’s guitar strums keep the ambience very serene, the Violin interludes by Sushmitha Ravikumar, bring the listeners out of nostalgia into the present moment. Vinod Krishnan is the creative director of this piece, said the film writer.
Ms Kachroo further added that this Kashmiri ‘Bidaai’ song also featured in the film “Raazi” during Alia Bhat’s wedding scene, balances the soulful sentiments of motherhood with the depth of feelings of a bride departing her home.
This production is produced by Indian Raga, a Boston-based community of performing artists that give traditional and contemporary art forms a modern makeover, she said.
Sunayana Kachroo is an award-winning poet, lyricist and a film writer.
She has worked with renowned artists like Sonu Nigam, Ankit Tiwari, Anuradha Palakurthi, Jasraj Joshi, Yawar Abdal and Hrishikesh Ranade.
“I have a long collaboration with Renzufilms and under that banner I have written dialogues for many films, including the award-winning critically acclaimed feature film ‘Half Widow’ and ‘The Illegal’,” she said adding that she can be visited on the website www.sunayanakachroo.com.
Ms Kachroo further said that besides her poetry and recitation, Priya Bondre (Vocal, music arrangement), Shruthi Iyer (Vocal), Arnav Komaragiri (Guitar) and Sushmitha Ravikumar (Violin) were among the performing artists.
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