Sonu Nigam plays highway man

Kannada album Neene Bari Neene is all about Ashok Kheny's life and will have the Bollywood singer crooning to the tune of Mano Murthy. And oh, Kheny spent Rs 1 crore to make the album

Sonu Nigam plays highway man

Kannada album Neene Bari Neene is all about Ashok Kheny's life and will have the Bollywood singer crooning to the tune of Mano Murthy. And oh, Kheny spent Rs 1 crore to make the album

Ashok Kheny has splurged Rs 1 crore on a Kannada video album showcasing his life and has roped in singer Sonu Nigam to play him.

Neene Bari Neene (Youu2026Only You) , produced by NICE head honcho Kheny's AKK Productions,u00a0 also has top model Madhuri Bhattacharya starring in it. It will be telecast on TV channels this month.

'Time is precious'

"The album is based on my life," Kheny, who makes an appearance in one of the nine songs, told MiD DAY. "It also has a message which I want to convey to my people."

"Time is precious," he said. "I had no time to spend with my children when they were kids. And now that I have time, they are grown-up and live their own lives. I'm alone. That's what happens in everybody's life. I'm trying to tell people to use their time well. Parents should spend as many days as possible with their children."

Themes

The experimental album also weaves in themes like father-son relationship, harmony in society, cultural heritage etc and has romantic scores like Neene Bari Neene, Baa Nodu Gelathi Navilu Gariyu Mari Hakide. Philosopher and social reformer Basavanna is portrayed in a song sequence called Namma Nad.

Shot in Mysore, Madikeri, Kaveri Nisargadhama, Bangalore and even Nandi Hills, it has original visuals of Kheny's life shot since his childhood.u00a0

Ideal team

"Kheny, Sonu Nigam and I had lot of things in common. The passion and thoughts were alike. And I roped in Jayanth," said music director Murthy. "It's an ideal team and that's enough to make an album like this. It will be very special."

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