Not many are aware that ‘Bhajan Samrat’ Anup Jalota is a huge cricket-buff and is ‘pally’ with most of the cricketing luminaries including Kapil Dev. The jovial Jalota known for his witty repartees will soon be seen flaunting his ‘cricket connection’. The versatile senior singer has discreetly recorded an eloquent vocal tribute titled ‘Bhaarat Ki Shaan’, composed by him with lyrics written by a software engineer (‘Chhotu’) dedicated to batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. Says Anup, “It’s a ten-minute ‘long-playing’ score akin to Tendulkar’s brilliant performance as an ace batsman. For the first time in my singing career of three decades, I have recorded a ‘single’ in vocal and instrumental tracks, that too as a tribute to a great cricketer.
Never get ‘run out’ in life has always been my mission-mantra. We hope to release this unique track within a couple of months from now,” reveals the singer who has his own ‘take’ on the infectious cricket-mania. “Cricket is like a ‘religion’ in India, but we have to ensure that there is no over-dose of the game. Otherwise it’s bound to make fans lose their enthusiasm in watching the non-stop telecast of successive series,” insists the ‘religious’ vocal music singer who celebrated his birthday recently (July 29) with an offbeat twist.
“This time I decided to surprise all my celeb invitees with a live qawaali performance by eminent singer Munnawar Masoom. Although I am a bhajan-ghazal exponent, I make it a point to sing a couple of popular qawwalis at my ghazal concerts, which even my fans enjoy,” laughs Anup whose next dream-project in the pipeline is a tribute album to the iconic-maverick legend Kishore Kumar.
Not many are aware that ‘Bhajan Samrat’ Anup Jalota is a huge cricket-buff and is ‘pally’ with most of the cricketing luminaries including Kapil Dev. The jovial Jalota known for his witty repartees will soon be seen flaunting his ‘cricket connection’. The versatile senior singer has discreetly...
Not many are aware that ‘Bhajan Samrat’ Anup Jalota is a huge cricket-buff and is ‘pally’ with most of the cricketing luminaries including Kapil Dev. The jovial Jalota known for his witty repartees will soon be seen flaunting his ‘cricket connection’. The versatile senior singer has discreetly recorded an eloquent vocal tribute titled ‘Bhaarat Ki Shaan’, composed by him with lyrics written by a software engineer (‘Chhotu’) dedicated to batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. Says Anup, “It’s a ten-minute ‘long-playing’ score akin to Tendulkar’s brilliant performance as an ace batsman. For the first time in my singing career of three decades, I have recorded a ‘single’ in vocal and instrumental tracks, that too as a tribute to a great cricketer.
Never get ‘run out’ in life has always been my mission-mantra. We hope to release this unique track within a couple of months from now,” reveals the singer who has his own ‘take’ on the infectious cricket-mania. “Cricket is like a ‘religion’ in India, but we have to ensure that there is no over-dose of the game. Otherwise it’s bound to make fans lose their enthusiasm in watching the non-stop telecast of successive series,” insists the ‘religious’ vocal music singer who celebrated his birthday recently (July 29) with an offbeat twist.
“This time I decided to surprise all my celeb invitees with a live qawaali performance by eminent singer Munnawar Masoom. Although I am a bhajan-ghazal exponent, I make it a point to sing a couple of popular qawwalis at my ghazal concerts, which even my fans enjoy,” laughs Anup whose next dream-project in the pipeline is a tribute album to the iconic-maverick legend Kishore Kumar.
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