“Thaari shararat sab jaanu main Choudhary” this line from the famous Rajasthani folk song immediately gives a glimpse of a rural set up where a girl is singing for her partner. But do we need to restrict the voice to that of a girl?

If you have noticed our rich culture of Indian music, never really restricts a song to any gender. The above example of the Rajasthani folk can be sung even in a male voice and still have the same impact.

Such types of vocal blends are very common. Even in Bollywood we can see glimpses of such instances where the girl imagines the guy’s thoughts or vice versa and the emotions are sung.

For example see the below song ‘Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein’ from the 1976 movie ‘Kabhie Kabhie’.

Rakhee imagines Amitabh Bachchan singing it for her and sings the verses in her voice.

When the line “suhaag raat hain ghoongat utha raha hoon main” comes, the on screen depiction is such that first Amitabh Bachchan is shown then Rakhee is shown to sing the same line.

This was beautifully seen in most of Kailash Kher’s songs as well.

Take for example the song – Teri Deewaani:

The feelings or the expressions of the girl are sung in his voice. Irrespective of the voice more importance is given to the emotions.

The emotions play a key role and hence their depiction can be in any voice as long as the thought is reached.

There is another famous song by Ustad Sultan Khan and Chitra – Piya Basanti

They both sing the same verses.

The line ‘Piya Basanti re kaahe sataye aaja’ is depicted on the main girl on screen who is the center of the storyline.

The depth of folklore is so vast that gender becomes insignificant. Such is our rich diversity that even gender seems to blur and we here fight in the name of caste and creed.

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Daily soaps, reality shows, sports, game shows, news, movies etc etc etc!

All this and much more fills up your TV channel list in a bid to provide you entertainment, even if most fail to come near entertaining you in any manner.

However, in the past couple of years there have been some serious attempts to provide quality entertainment and one show, which has definitely succeeded not only in India, but also across the border is none other than Coke Studio @ MTV!

Coke Studio@ MTV

Yes, it is a music based show and no, it is totally unlike fictional or non-fictional shows which normally do wonders for producers and the channel. What started out as an experiment in 2011 has taken new wings and this year, which is the 4^th season for the show, it is all set to entertain the loyal fans of music all year long! Yeah, you read that right! MTV brings you this marvellous piece of entertainment for an entire year which will have not only the traditional studio set-up, but also the videos of songs sung by hugely talented singers and composers from all across the country.

Kailash Kher

One must be tempted to point out that it is yet another music based show, but here is the difference. Bollywood has slowly, but surely killed all forms of alternate music so much so that traditional folk, the un-conventional music is dying out. The market for such music and artists who are the masters of their craft are finding it difficult to compete with the deep pockets of Hindi film music. Film music is definitely popular, but it fails to give space to diversity. It only makes and sells popular music instead of giving listeners some variety and deep music.

In such circumstances it is really a praiseworthy effort of groups like Coca Cola and MTV to join hands and give a platform to music which has been part of our history for centuries. To present such music to the youth of today in a form which appeals to them is a big deal considering that anything related to folk is looked down upon. Thanks to Coke Studio, people have started showing interest in soulful music.

A R Rehman at Coke Studio MTV

Coming to the soul of this show, the immensely talented performers like Amit Trivedi, Pritam, Ram Sampat, Raftaar, Clinton Cerejo, Sachin-Jigar, Harshdeep Kaur, Rekha Bhardwaj, Jyoti Nooran, Vishal-Shekhar etc. will make their contributions. Trust these singers and music composers to come up with the music they believe in instead of catering to demands of stars or producers for individual projects.

Gear up for the soulful music coming to you March onwards and get ready to groove!

Coke Studio MTV – Arif Lohar

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