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Daler Mehndi: No matter how much we do for this occasion, it is less
Updated On: 15 January, 2024 06:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
Making his foray into Bhojpuri music with a song on Lord Ram, Daler Mehndi encourages efforts to promote to-be unveiled temple
Daler Mehndi
Almost three decades after he made his industry debut, Daler Mehndi presents his first Bhojpuri song, Ram ji ki jai, Hanuman ji ki jai, for the Bhojpuri film, Rang De Basanti. “I got a call for this number, and five minutes later, we were recording it. It is based on the Ram mandir, and I was attracted to the lyrics and rhythm. It is a number that can get everyone grooving,” says the singer of the song that was filmed in Ayodhya, and features Bhojpuri actor Khesari Lal Yadav.
Ask him if rendering a song in a new language posed a challenge, and he responds in the negative. “I was born in Bihar, and was brought up there for 13 years. Even our Guru Vani [spiritual speech] contains a lot of Brij Bhasha, which has hence been part of my childhood. So, even though this is my debut in the language, it wasn’t difficult to render it.”
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