My co-worker translated this article for us (Passive) ... Many thanks to him....
Not a word by word translation. Bela Shende has sung the "Manamohana Kanha Suno Na…" song in the movie Jodha-Akbar which was released quite recently and depicts the story of Mughal king Akbar (played by Hrithik Roshan) married to a Hindu Rajput lady by the name of Jodhaa-Bai (played by Aishwarya Rai). *Bela is acknowledging the fact that it was her dream to have worked with A. R. Rahman, the music director of the movie and it came to fruition because of the recommendation by Ashutosh Gowariker, the director of Jodhaa-Akbar.* The second para details Bela's tutelage in the Kirana gharana of Hindustani music initially under her mother Mrs. Kusum Shende and also her grandmother. Bela's elder sister Sawani is an accomplished classical singer in her own right. Bela however has a natural inclination towards light music and two sisters complement each other very well. Both Bela and Sawani visited Seattle in 1998 and performed for Ragamala and the Seattle Maharashtra Mandal (this is my part of the commentary J). Bela won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest when Sonu Nigam was the anchor and since then Bela started her playback singing career. To her credit are albums like "Kaisa yeh jaadu ho gaya…", "Doorchya Ranat" based on poet Mahanaur, and "Sahaj Tuzi Gaath Pade…" based on the famous poet G. D. Madgulkar. She has also provided playback for films like Ehsaas, Paheli, Uttarayan, etc. She has sung songs in Marathi, Hindi, and Tamil. *She then goes on to acknowledge how A. R. Rahman put her at ease with his recording practice for songs he directs. A. R. was openly appreciative of Bela's singing of the song after Ashutosh had explained the situation in the film in detail. The recording started at 11:30 pm and ended at 4:30 am. Bela didn't get to listen to her own recording until almost 8 months after she sang it at the time of the music release of the film. By that time there was a lot of orchestration added to the song and it came out way better than expected.* Bela then talks about the advantages and disadvantages of "talent-hunt" shows like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, etc. She mentions that getting a foot in the door of the Hindi film singing is no easy task, but staying in the industry is even more difficult with so much talent around. She says that whoever stays true to professionalism will survive and succeed in the industry. On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Arun kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can some one translate this article in English? > > --- Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <papylon_banko%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > > > Hey Friends, > > > > Here is a exclusive interview of singer Bela Shende > > (man mohana > > song)in marathi newspaper Maharashtra Times. > > > > In her interview she shared info about her career > > and how she sung > > song "manmohna" and her comments on reality shows. > > She appriciated the > > trend of bhajans which ashu started with arr in his > > movies. > > > > Rest here... > > > > > http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2775079.cms > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > >
