Kashmakash hai yeh..

I guess you would agree with me I say Shibani Kashyap is someone with a unique style in music. She blends her folkish voice into contemporary tracks with a flair that is respectable. However, this seems to work only if she is doing a soundtrack for a movie. Case in point, “Sajna”, “Zinda Hoon main” as compared to her Albums (except Ho gayi hai mohabbat which was a straight indi-pop attempt) and it also helps that she is quite a looker when you compare her to ordinary mortals.

The reason why I brought her up is because of this new song by her called “Kashmakash” from the movie Sunday. Very Shibani at each note, the slow version of the song is somewhat haunting with a catchy hook that goes “kya kashmakash hai yeh” and intriguing lyrics and the right highs. I was not really impressed till I heard the remix, which I guess was done by Suketu. Man! he sure knows how to get the juice out of a track. The base thrown at the line “chalte saayen hai” is so very in -place. The mystery based background music with the right tempo livens up the song to a level Shibani couldn’t take the song to in the original version. This is exactly what happened to her ‘Zinda hon mein track’ from Zinda. The remix which featured her and Lara was quite a destructive and delicious mix, while her slow version though signature, lacked the mega punch needed. ‘Sajna’ of course had enough steam to pull through without fancy beats. The mention of the video brings the new lithe Esha deol into the picture. She looks like a million bucks for the first time ever. Shibani’s presence in the remix video sticks out like a sore thumb as she tries to dance and emote, all to be overpowered by Esha’s perfectly toned body and fluid dance movements. Shibani’s presence in the video is reassurance to Esha deol that she is infact an amazing dancer and has the looks that are slowly evolving out of the shadows of her  stunning mother who at her fifties remain as gorgeous as she was in her prime. Former Ms Universe Lara Dutta had failed to eclipse Shibani in her Zinda video if you remember.

I recommend the remix..

BTW

I am off to Bombay for a week on work and unlike expected, I am going to miss winter as it refuses to part with Delhi even this much into Feb. We are still too cold for a Feb second week. This means I will be back as soon as work gets over. Cant miss winter can I?

Amma is back from her Kerala trip with family friends. Seems to have been to places I haven’t been to now! Yes that would be my fault.

And I have to boast: Comp got an upgrade sometime back.. Athlon 64 X2/320 Gb Hard Disk/SATA DVD writer and a new Viewsonic 19″ Widescreen monitor. Fedora 8 still rocks.