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13 April, 2007
Sona Mohapatra, and tristesse
I’m off to lunch in Bandra, which feels almost like an outstation trip given how little I commute, but before I go, let me leave you with the video of a lovely song by Sona Mohapatra, “Abhi Nahin Aana.”
What an unusual love song, a woman telling her lover not to come to her yet because she is enjoying pining for him. (The spoken bit at the end is outrageously sexy.) It reminds me of an email Sanjeev Naik sent me a few days ago, in response to this post, in which he quoted this excerpt from Francoise Sagan’s Bonjour Tristesse:
A strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow. The idea of sorrow has always appealed to me, but now I am almost ashamed of its complete egoism. I have known boredom, regret, and occasionally remorse, but never sorrow. Today, it envelops me like a silken web, enervating and soft, and sets me apart from everybody else.
Quite the web Sona spins.
(Comments are open.)
Posted by Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment
Comments
Great song. Probably a more romantic equivalent of “I love the pain” as I see it.
#2 Posted by lalbadshah on Fri, April 13, 2007 at 7:12:46
Makes me wish I had never forgotten Hindi.
#3 Posted by DeCruz Pulikottil on Fri, April 13, 2007 at 11:58:10
Thank you so much for introducing me to this wonderful song!
#4 Posted by Vishal on Sat, April 14, 2007 at 4:39:36
what a beautiful song, atleast someone went and broke the indian love song trend
better sound - http://www.indianpad.com/story/36062
#5 Posted by rara avis on Sat, April 14, 2007 at 5:32:05
http://www.jammag.com/music/show_music.php?music_id=205
Googled her up. Turns out she is an engineer and an MBA as well. Impressive!
#6 Posted by Anamika on Sat, April 14, 2007 at 9:19:22
And I thought I was the only fan of Sona Mohapatra. Since you liked this one, do also check out ‘Sapney’ from the same album. It’s got some nice lyrics as well.
#7 Posted by Ullas on Sat, April 14, 2007 at 1:02:09
all songs of her album:
http://www.apunkabollywood.com/music/category/view/1026/sona
#8 Posted by rara avis on Sat, April 14, 2007 at 6:07:42
Thank you for introducing me to this performer. Great voice and very good execution. My guess is that she is trained in classical music, and that shows in the depth of her voice.
#9 Posted by Anup on Sun, April 15, 2007 at 8:51:40
yep she used to manage an FMCG band apparently!! should check out her website its http://www.sonatheartist.com
and yeah she is a trained classical singer as well.
#10 Posted by tara on Tue, May 08, 2007 at 6:58:23
If they translated this to English, it would be “don’t come now”, and that has the potential for many jokes.
#11 Posted by MadMan on Thu, July 05, 2007 at 12:29:44
MadMan, wtf, it took you two months to think of that? :o
#12 Posted by Amit Varma on Mon, July 09, 2007 at 11:32:29
You don’t think I read your blog every day, do you? ;)
#13 Posted by MadMan on Mon, July 09, 2007 at 11:37:19
Sorry, my bad. You come once in two months and scroll through two months of posts at one go, going through 15 pages of posts. Hmm, I wonder who implemented this system of pagination?
;)
#14 Posted by Amit Varma on Tue, July 10, 2007 at 12:48:04
hmmm…
i was the first one ot introduce sona’s songs into my frnd circle… glad that there are others who like her singing as well…
the most entertaining was the conversations between madman and amit :)
keep it up.. great wrk :P
#15 Posted by Pragnya on Tue, July 10, 2007 at 2:18:03
Thanks for the tips off buddy, nice video.
#16 Posted by Crunchy on Thu, July 12, 2007 at 2:22:11
Very nice song.
And specially the use of limited musical instruments gives it a very calm touch.
Great!!!
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#18 Posted by yqoimzpr on Sun, November 04, 2007 at 11:32:41
An unusual love song indeed! Yearning too can be a joyful feeling, I hadn’t realized until I heard this song.
#1 Posted by Deepika Patil on Fri, April 13, 2007 at 1:32:42