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Abhijit Vaghani blends together two classic love songs Aye Mere Humsafar- Ab Mujhe Raat Din, for the fifth episode of this season
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Abhijit Vaghani blends together two classic love songs Aye Mere Humsafar- Ab Mujhe Raat Din, for the fifth episode of this season

Jul 29, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Abhijit Vaghani, #Amazon Prime Music, #T-Series

Gen Z singers Palak Muchhal and Armaan Malik who given several musical hits in the past are all set to leave you with a sense of love and longing with their soulful voices on the 3rd season of Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series’ Mixtape Rewind, presented by Amazon Prime Music. The talented singers take on the timeless love songs ‘Aye Mere Humsafar’ and ‘Ab Mujhe Raat Din’, blended together by Abhijit Vaghani for the 5th episode. Bringing back the love songs from the 90’s and the early 2000’s, this season is all about romance and nostalgia.

Known for their peppy, up-tempo songs, Palak Mucchal and Armaan Malik on the fifth episode of MixTape Rewind take on the classic love songs arranged with a strong string-instrumental element. Abhijit Vaghani stitches the harmonies of ‘Aye Mere Humsafar’ and ‘Ab Mujhe Raat Din’ flawlessly and director Ahmed Khan highlights the vocals and instruments through his romantic ambient setting.

The new season will be available exclusively first on Amazon Prime Music for Prime members to enjoy an ad-free and hands-free voice enabled experience with Alexa.

Speaking about blending Aye Mere Humsafar and Ab Mujhe Raat Din, music composer Abhijit Vaghani says, “Aye Mere Humsafar and Ab Mujhe Raat Din are both iconic songs. For mixtape we always look at songs that match with their lyrics and arrangements and these both blend flawlessly. This mixtape composition demanded a grand arrangement of strings and we got the best – Mumbai String Orchestra to do it and this made the song magnanimous. It was lot of fun to work and feature them in this video. Palak with her extended range of voice and Armaan with his extremely talented skill of singing just made them a perfect pair for this. Their tonality, the scales of the track demanded singers like them. I am glad they came on board.”

Says Armaan Malik, “Singing iconic tracks is always a surreal, learning experience. It’s also a huge responsibility to live up to the original. I’ve literally grown up listening to songs such as Aye Mere Humsafar and Ab Mujhe Raat Din – both of which comprise of beautiful, delicate and intricate melodies by legendary musicians of our industry. Palak and I had an amazing time recreating these magical tracks, with the fabulous musical support by producer/composer Abhijit Vaghani. I’m really looking forward to this episode and just like our previous mixtape seasons I hope it receives the same love, adulation and success.”

Adds Palak Muchhal, “It felt really nice to sing these iconic tracks that are loved by all even after years. Armaan’s voice is very soothing and our collaboration is loved always. Abhijit Vaghani’s arrangement with the guitars and violins made it feel like a rich orchestra. Had a great time filming it.”Catch Armaan Malik and Palak Mucchal’s rendition of ‘Aye Mere Humsafar’ and ‘Ab Mujhe Raat Din’ for T-Series Mixtape Rewind now.

Abhijit Vaghani blends the romantic classics Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin & Nazar Ke Samne together...
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Abhijit Vaghani blends the romantic classics Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin & Nazar Ke Samne together…

Jul 23, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Abhijit Vaghani, #Bhushan Kumar, #Shilpa Rao, #T-Series

The somber and soulful Shilpa Rao teams up with new-age sensation Yasser Desai for the 3rd season of Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series’ Mixtape Rewind, presented by Amazon Prime Music. The artists step into the legendary singers Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal’s shoes for their rendition of ‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin’ and ‘Nazar Ke Samne’, penned originally by Sameer.

Abhijit Vaghani entwines the classic love songs together that pay tribute to the romantic era of the ’90s and early 2000’s, while director Ahmed Khan sets the ambiance on sets for the nostalgic mood. Shilpa Rao’s and Yasser Desai’s rendition of ‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin’ and ‘Nazar Ke Samne’ retains the original melodies of guitars, tabla and dholak, however, the magical touch of sarod provides those additional tugs at the heartstrings.

The new season will be available exclusively first on Amazon Prime Music for Prime members to enjoy an ad-free and hands-free voice enabled experience with Alexa.

Says Bhushan Kumar, “‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin and Nazar Ke Samne are among the all-time classics when it comes to romance and nostalgia, which is this season’s theme. It was perfect to have Shilpa Rao and Yasser Desai sing them and add new soul to these timeless songs. Abhijit Vaghani has a distinct ear and understands blends, tunes and beats like no other. Audiences are sure to enjoy this episode of T-Series MixTape Rewind.”

Speaking about blending ‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin’ and ‘Nazar Ke Samne’, music composer Abhijit Vaghani says, “I was looking at two major hits that made a lot of sense together with their lyrics, scales, etc. After a long time we found Nazar Ke Samne for Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin, I really wanted this song because it was one of my favourites too! I chose the sarod and the piano because its always nice to have a fusion of Western and Indian instrument. We have always done that in Mixtape, their frequencies are very different and it matched with the context of the songs like ‘Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin’ has a special line which is like a musical signature so those demanded either a Sitar or a Sarod, so I chose the Sarod and it sounded good with that fusion of the piano. We have wanted Shilpa on Mixtape for a long time and with her basey and hollow voice, Yasser’s voice was just perfect. I am happy that he was on board; he is a great singer too. He just made the track bloom out with the way Shilpa sang it as well”

Speaking about being a part of Mixtape for the first time, Shilpa Rao says, “This is my first appearance on T-Series Mixtape and I’m quite excited about it. It was great to reminisce songs from Aashiqui movie, whose album has been the biggest landmark album of the 90’s music. It is my first collaboration with singer Yasser Desai and loved singing and shooting with him. The whole team, Ahmed Khan Sir, Bhushan Ji and T-Series team to everyone involved, it was a blast and I really hope that the song make it to the heart of our listeners as much it did in our hearts.”

Excited to be a part of Mixtape Rewind Yasser Desai comments, “This is my first time on T-Series Mixtape and it feels great to be a part of it. I will be singing two of my favorite songs from 90s which remains to be my favorite era – I’ve grown up listening to the 90s music. I’ve remained a fan of Shilpa Rao’ texture since her song Ik Lau from Aamir so it was legit a dream come true on sharing stage with her. I am really grateful to the whole team at T-Series for making me a part of this. Abhijit bhai is ofcourse like an elder brother, he is immensely talented and it was a pleasure working with him.”

Catch Shilpa Rao and Yasser Desai’s soulful vocals in ‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin’ and ‘Nazar Ke Samne’ for T-Series Mixtape Rewind now.