Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Ek Nazam - A Romantic Ghazal | एक नज़म | ایک نظم



विश्वास नहीं होता डेढ़ साल लग गए इस ग़ज़ल को बनाने में ! शुरुआत की मूल वजह, साथी गुरशरणजीत का ग़ज़ल-प्रेम। साथ ही शुभदीप का 'हट के संगीत' बनाने की चाह। लाल्टू-दा ने भी उनके कहने पर कलम उठाई। और सबके उत्साह से ग़ज़ल का ढांचा बन कर तैयार हो गया। इस बार गुरशरणजीत के सहकर्मी श्रीनिवास सुनचु जी ने तबले की बाग़-डोर संभाली। पर चाहे-अनचाहे, अन्य कारणों से रिकॉर्डिंग नहीं हो पा रही थी। लाल्टू-दा भी निराश हो रहे थे। आखिरकार, सभी अड़चनों को पार कर, 'एक नज़म' आप के लिए।
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लाल्टू की कलम से:  

होई-चोई के लिए इसके पहले दो गीत मैंने लिखे थे, जिनमें वैचारिक आग्रह हैं। साथी गुरशरण का कहना था कि रूमानी मिजाज़ का कुछ लिखा जाना चाहिए। इसलिए एक नज़्म। कोशिश तो ग़ज़ल की है, पर मुझे इस कला में महारत नहीं है। इसलिए ग़ज़लनुमा कुछ। हिंदुस्तानी ज़ुबान में ग़ज़ल में अरबी-फारसी के लफ्ज़ हों तो आम तौर पर उसे उर्दू ग़ज़ल कहते हैं। मैं उर्दू-हिंदी-हिंदुस्तानी को एक ज़ुबान मानता हूँ, इसलिए जो प्रचलित मुहावरे हैं, उन्हीं का इस्तेमाल है। इसे एक सहज प्रेम-गीत की कोशिश भर मानना चाहिए । खुशकिस्मती यह कि उम्दा मौसिकी और गायन का साथ मिल गया। इस वजह से यह गीत हर किसी को पसंद आएगा।


इक नज़म चाँद को पैगाम लिखनी है
इक नज़म आज तेरे नाम लिखनी है।
A message to the moon as a poem I must write
For you today a poem I must write

कही अनकही होंठों पर जो रुक गई
वो कहानी आज फिर बेनाम लिखनी है।
What was said and what wasn't
Anonymous that tale I must write

तिश्नगी है कि ये बावरा है ये मन
ग़ज़ल बा-बहर जाने जां लिखनी है।
Is it just a desire or is my heart crazy
A ghazal in meter I must write

बेइंतहा मैं रोया तुझे याद कर कर
इबारत कोहे-ग़म ऐ गुलफ़ाम लिखनी है।
Endlessly I cried thinking of you
A story of those mounting pains I must write

शबे-ग़म की ख़लिश और कब तक सहें
इक नज्म़ विसाले-यार ऐ जां लिखनी है।
How long do I live this night without you
A poem on being with you I must write

(English translation by Laltu).
[Laltu blogs @ http://laltu.blogspot.com/]

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Credits
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Music: Subhadip Mitra 
Lyrics: Laltu 
Voice: Gursharanjit Singh 
Tabla: Srinivas Sunchu 
Camera: Subhadip Mitra, Kavita Mitra 
Titles designed by Srishti Mitra 
Video: Kavita Mitra 

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Image/Footage Courtesy 
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The following video clips and images, available under Pixabay license (https://pixabay.com/service/license/), were used.


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April 2020. Hyderabad. HoiChoi 
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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Yellow 'n' Blue





Subhadip always wanted to rearrange the melody of Chuti/Chutti (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhxVGHKiK1o) differently. Even while making the song, he talked about a strong brass section and sixties music. It was always a sun 'n' sea music for him.

Thus came Yellow 'n' Blue out of Garageband.

I made the video keeping the sun 'n' sea picture in mind. Though the images are bright, I tried to bring some nostalgic feeling to accommodate the sixties style.

Come, it's time to go back in time and get drenched in the sun 'n' sea.

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Credits
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Music Composed & Arranged by Subhadip Mitra
Video by Kavita Mitra
Thanks to Srishti Mitra, Sandip Kar, Sk Sazim, and Roberto Barceló for their comments and helpful suggestions.
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Photo Credits
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The following photos, available in the public domain/CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), were used.

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The following photos, available under the Pixabay License (https://pixabay.com/service/license/), were used.

https://pixabay.com/photos/beach-guitarist-guitar-music-young-1281299/
https://pixabay.com/photos/beach-footbal-sea-summer-sand-2555568/
https://pixabay.com/vectors/automobile-camper-car-classic-1299344/


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Monday, November 19, 2018

HoiChoi Theme Song



Last time I wrote that ছুটি (Chuti) | छुट्टी (Chutti) was probably our longest project. Well, our theme song beats that record! It is almost as old as our channel. The piece was made, but I was unable to make up my mind about the video which would do justice to it. Finally, we decided to show our journey so far.

The music is very short and catchy and beautifully sung by Srishti. Although the video was taken more than a year after the piece was composed, she easily recreated the magic. The video shows what our channel is about and how we take pride in producing these completely original songs without any professional help. Made from scratch, these are fully in-house productions. I must mention, this is our first 4K video.

This is a unique piece and I am sure you are going to love it. Do let us know what you think.

Credits
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Music Composed & Arranged by Subhadip Mitra 
Sung by Srishti Mitra, Subhadip Mitra, Kavita Mitra 
Video by Kavita Mitra, Subhadip Mitra
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

ছুটি (Chhuti) | छुट्टी (Chhutti) - Freedom | A song in Bangla & Hindi



'Chhuti' or 'Chhutti', the sixth musical offering from our HoiChoi, has probably taken the longest time to be made. It is more than a year now that Subhadip composed a really melodious Greek-folk inspired music from which the main melody of this song is derived (though in its present form, it is hard to believe that it is anything but Indian. Hopefully, sometime later, we will be able to put up an instrumental version of the original melody he composed). Initially, Indranil had put some words in Bangla for the tune that were going really well with the melody. Soma also started singing. I don't really know why, but then I felt an urge to compliment the Bangla emotions in Hindi! A big writer that I am, I cannot describe the struggle I faced to write those few lines. (And now, that the song is live, my joy cannot be described enough.) But excuse me, for I am not a poet like Indranil, so I didn't even try to capture the level of abstraction present in his words. What we have now, is a unique blend where the two languages are beautifully intertwined.

When the lyrics and the music were ready, we felt it should be sung by two singers of two different personalities... and so it was shelved for some time. Then, this summer, two good things happened. Ravi, who is about to submit his PhD thesis, joined us with his guitar (he also can sing) and Sara's family moved in as our neighbor. The project was revived once again, with more energy from a bigger team. Young Sara has a steady and strong voice - giving a nice contrast to Soma's smooth voice (I must say, over the last one year and a half, Soma's voice has really become something!). As rehearsals went on, the music started evolving. Probably because of Ravi's preference for Hindi music, the song slowly started taking an Indian guise. Oscillating between major and suspended chords, the arrangement came out as a mix of jazz and folk impressions. Abhishek and I  joined the chorus.

This time, we tried our hands on many new things. Live piano, guitar, and percussion added to the spirit of the song. Ravi had all the crazy ideas about video shooting. He insisted that we could really go outdoor. I was skeptical, given our limited resources and experience. Because of Ravi's insistence, we went to a place around Gandipet lake to look for a suitable location. The place had a big expanse of rock formations - it was just superb. All of us agreed.

We recorded the video over two days. Two of Ravi's friends, Basant and Satyajit, drove us in their cars (thank you guys! A treat is waiting!). But the stars of the day were definitely the three kids - Niharika, Srishti, and Reba.




Though a bit long, “Chhuti/Chhutti” has been quite a memorable journey.


- Kavita

Credits
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Music Composed & Arranged by 
Subhadip Mitra 

Bangla Lyrics by Indranil Chakrabarty 
Hindi Lyrics by Kavita Mitra 

Vocals (Lead) 
Soma Chakrabarty & Sara Aparajita 

Vocals (Support) 
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Subhadip Mitra, Abhishek Sarkar & Kavita Mitra 

Guitar 
Ravi Shankar Prasad 
Piano 
Subhadip Mitra 
Percussion 
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Kavita Mitra & Subhadip Mitra 

Audio Editing, Mixing & Mastering 
Subhadip Mitra

Direction 
Kavita Mitra 

Camera 
Subhadip Mitra, Ravi Shankar Prasad & Kavita Mitra 

Video Editing 
Kavita Mitra & Subhadip Mitra 

Camera Arrangement 
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Kavita Mitra 

Transport Arrangement 
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Satyajit Tourani & Basant Sharma 

Video Appearance (Alphabetical) 
Abhishek Sarkar, Basant Sharma, Indranil Chakrabarty, Kavita Mitra, Niharika Chakrabarty, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Rewa Anahita, Sara Aparajita, Satyajit Tourani, Soma Chakrabaty, Srishti Mitra & Subhadip Mitra 

Special Thanks to 
Laltu (for subtitle translations) 
Gursharanjit Singh (for Audio Interface) 
Sanjib Kumar Mitra (for helpful suggestions) 
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