Yesterday I came across the music of Saawariya. This is the new movie by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I had read on many forums that the music was good, so I wanted to give it a listen. It is a habit of mine to try and identify the singer while listening to a song for the first time. I am able to recognize a lot of voices. Perhaps a small gift I have :-) Anyway, the first song I heard was "Jab Se Tere Naina" sung by Shaan. Hands down this is my favorite song in this compilation.
Then I moved on to the title track, "Saawariya". I could not recognize the voice, though it sounded very familiar. I looked up the album, and it said Shail Hada. I could not believe my eyes. My friend, my brother Shailendra Singh Hada had made it big. I am so so happy for him, I just can't find the right collection of words to describe how I feel. We grew up together in Kota. We went to the same school, St. Paul's, Kota. I often went to his house to hear him sing. We spent a lot of time together.
I went on to engineering college and he moved to Mumbai to find his place in Bollywood-land. When I started working in Mumbai I met him again. He was living with his brother. Seeing him survive in a "chawl", struggling to find work, made my heart ache. I could not see him that way. I have always known that he has a magic voice. I still have the album he compiled specially for me. But I tried to get him to join college and take studies seriously. In an industry where work comes with connections, I worried for him.
After I came to the US I lost touch with him. As God is my witness, I tried looking him up on the internet a number of times. He had told me that he was going to change his name to Kumar Shail. Anyhow, I am ecstatic that he has found success. All those glowing comments he has received for his rendition are all well deserved. And no doubt that he will now find more work, and more success.
I guess a lot of people will now surface that will claim to be his friends. I would really like to get in touch with him, if only once, to tell him how unbelievably happy I am. Regardless of whether I get that chance or not hats off to a star.
Then I moved on to the title track, "Saawariya". I could not recognize the voice, though it sounded very familiar. I looked up the album, and it said Shail Hada. I could not believe my eyes. My friend, my brother Shailendra Singh Hada had made it big. I am so so happy for him, I just can't find the right collection of words to describe how I feel. We grew up together in Kota. We went to the same school, St. Paul's, Kota. I often went to his house to hear him sing. We spent a lot of time together.
I went on to engineering college and he moved to Mumbai to find his place in Bollywood-land. When I started working in Mumbai I met him again. He was living with his brother. Seeing him survive in a "chawl", struggling to find work, made my heart ache. I could not see him that way. I have always known that he has a magic voice. I still have the album he compiled specially for me. But I tried to get him to join college and take studies seriously. In an industry where work comes with connections, I worried for him.
After I came to the US I lost touch with him. As God is my witness, I tried looking him up on the internet a number of times. He had told me that he was going to change his name to Kumar Shail. Anyhow, I am ecstatic that he has found success. All those glowing comments he has received for his rendition are all well deserved. And no doubt that he will now find more work, and more success.
I guess a lot of people will now surface that will claim to be his friends. I would really like to get in touch with him, if only once, to tell him how unbelievably happy I am. Regardless of whether I get that chance or not hats off to a star.
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