Tag: Shruti

  • Sunrise Spices celebrates Chhath Puja with a heart-warming regional music video

    Sunrise Spices celebrates Chhath Puja with a heart-warming regional music video

    Mumbai: ITC Ltd.’s Sunrise Spices, a spices brand in East India, recently, launched a unique range of spices “Swaad Bihar Ka” where the packs adorned exquisite  Madhubani paintings created by four local artists. The initiative was aimed to provide a platform to these talented women who used art to beautifully capture the culture of Bihar.  In continuation to the brand efforts to bring forward Bihar’s rich culture and to delight consumers during the festive days of Chhath, Sunrise released a heart-warming music video to celebrate the spirit of homecoming during the Mahaparv, continuing its journey to showcase “Swaad Bihar ka”.

    Sung by talented Bihari artists Shubhra Mishra, Nishita Jha, Saloni Bhardwaj and Shruti, the video captures a heartfelt appeal from a mother to her son, urging him to return to his home for the Chhath Puja celebrations. An emotional rendition of a mother’s yearning for her son’s homecoming for the festival, this soulful song beautifully reflects the essence of the Chhath festival and the emotions of aging parents longing for their children’s presence during the festive period. It also befittingly encapsulates the rituals, traditions and strong sense of community that make Chhath Puja unique.

    Sunrise Spices business head Piyush Mishra said, “Chhath Puja is a special occasion for Biharis worldwide; it is a tapestry that binds us to our roots. Through this special music video, we aim to bring to life the essence of homecoming during this revered festival and celebrate the cultural richness that Chhath Puja brings. At Sunrise Spices, we take pride in supporting local artists and celebrating the traditions and heritage of Bihar. This music video serves as a testament to our efforts of adding flavour to festive cooking and enhancing the flavour and spirit of festivities.”

    The music video has been released across Sunrise’s digital social media platforms,

     

     

  • Worldspace launched a series on ‘Soundtracks of your life’

    Worldspace launched a series on ‘Soundtracks of your life’

    MUMBAI: Worldspace Satellite Radio has launched a new series Soundtrack of Your Life, which will broadcast across multiple channels on the Worldspace Satellite Radio network.

    The series will bring in music from the movies of various genres and languages ranging from Hollywood soundtracks to Bollywood’s all time background scores as well as regional film hits in Kannada, Telugu and Bengali. 
    This new program kicked off on 23 October and will air till 31 December on a host of channels on Worldspace satellite radio network. 

    Jhankaar, Farishta, Shruti, Gandharv, Spin, Spandana, Sparsha, Tara and Falak Soundtrack of your life will go beyond just music to present a host of interviews with composers, actors and directors as well as on-air features and performances and much more, creating a compelling radio magazine on the impact of music on the movies.

    “At Worldspace, we are committed to presenting to our subscribers with innovative new content unavailable anywhere else on radio,” said Worldspace India chief marketing officer Harshad Jain. “We are confident that our first-of-their-kind initiatives will further establish our brand as the best source for exclusive program listening in our markets.”

    Program Highlights
    Jhankaar – 23 October to 29 October
    A week long series of exclusive interviews with award winning music directors like Salim-Suleiman, Sandeep Chowta, Raju Singh, Vishal Shekar and Ranjit Barot, who share their perspectives on trends in the Hindi film music scene today.

    Spin – 30 October to 5 November 
    Spin plays songs of well-know composers like Michael Kamen, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman and John Williams – all renowned for some stellar background scores for movies on 4 November, 11 am to 12 PM – Radio Talkies’ OST, ties up with Soundtrack of Your Life with Radio Talkies, which is a weekly film special on the Big Bang (our breakfast show).

    Gandharv – 13 November to 19 November 
    Gandharv traces the trajectory of folk music and the inspiration that Hindi movies have drawn from Hindustani Classical Music. The series features songs of popular Bollywood music directors like Pahadi & Mand and songs from legendary films like Teesri Kasam, Ganga Jumna, Lekin to the present day hits like Omkara.

    Farishta – 27 November – 3 December 
    Farishta will trace the career of Husnlal Bhagatram – Hindi cinema’s first ever composer duo who started their career in the 40s. Radio Farishta will play 150 fresh songs composed by this duo, procured from a private collector exclusively for the series – these songs are not available elsewhere. Additionally, Radio Farishta will interview people who’ve worked with the duo and surviving family members.

    Falak – 25 December – 31 December 
    Falak will present special programs for seven days presenting different aspects and influence of Urdu ghazals and lyrics in Indian cinema. The programmes will include a detailed description by prominent scholars on Parsi theatre and theatre songs in Hindi cinema, melodious and memorable Urdu songs of Hindi cinema, classical ghazals of legendry poets sang by prominent singers in Hindi cinema.