Sonu Niigaam's Neene Bari Neene Album Now released !

Its so exiting, there is so much news to share this week !
Neene bari Neene - You Only You By Sonu Niigaam & Mano Murthy
Is now released all over !

Ace Musician Mano Murthy has scored music for the lyrics of Jayant Kaikini.
Popular model Madhuri Bhattacharya is playing the female lead

'Neene Bari Neene' is all about son-father relationship, culture and public welfare. The album, which include Basavanna's song, has been shot in Mysore, Madikere, Bangalore, Kaveri and Nandi hill stations. It deals with Ashok Kheny's life from his childhood to present day.

Track list:

1. Innu Anisutide
2. Naa Ninagaagi
3. Neene Bari Neene
4. Ninna Hindeye
5. Beku Beku
6. Baa Nodu Gelati
7. Eega Bandiruve
8. Ideye Ninage Samaya
9. Haaduntu Namma Naadali

Ideya ninage Samaya reminds me of Mohd Rafi's
kashmir ki Kali and Baa Nodu Gelati is also fab !
An awesome album awaited for so long !!

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Making heads turn

The album Neene Bari Neene which is set for launch this month is the
Most ambitious non-film Kannada album

The album Neene Bari Neene which is set for launch this month is the most ambitious non-film Kannada album. The album brings together singer Sonu Nigam, composer Mano Murthy and lyricist Jayanth Kaikini.

The three first worked together in the super hit Kannada film Mungaaru Male. Neene Bari Neene is a full-fledged album and the first in Kannada on such a large scale. Two out of the 10 songs in the album have been picturised on model-turned-actress Madhuri Bhattacharrya and Sonu. “Sonu was with us for all the eight days of shooting and it was like two boys hanging out together,” says Madhuri.

Exploring beautiful locales of Coorg
The title track of the album was shot in Madikeri market. “The song is a story in itself. I have been to Coorg many a times, but I did not know that there are still so many unexplored beautiful places there. It is a sweet, romantic, this-could-happen-to-me kind of song. The second song was very special. I got to wear the Kodava saree. And the last scene came out very realistic as I was supposed to pick up a jewellery set and admire myself before the mirror. As I love jewellery, I got so engrossed that I forgot when the director called for ‘cut’. I actually ended up buying the jewellery after the shoot was over. The happiness on my face is real,” said Madhuri.

Spending Big Bucks
The songs are no doubt the costliest in the Kannada market so far. “The two songs cost as much as a small budget Kannada film would. But I can promise that they are no less than any international album song,” says Prashanth Sambargi, the media consultant for the project.

Madhuri says the experience of working with Sonu was a first for her. “I had told my mum not to ask Sonu questions as if she were in a press meet when she meet him. She promised but continued to ask him all sorts of questions. At a dinner hosted by Ashok Kheny (the producer of the album) it was the same situation. People were asking him every sort of question. But he is such a humble and a jovial person that he obliged. When the guests requested him to hum a few lines, he joked asking them to pay Rs 10 lakh if they wanted to hear him sing. Ashok Kheny was ready to pay! But Sonu sang a few lines nonetheless. His singing is nothing less than magical and a miracle,” says Madhuri. Ashok Kheny wanted the songs to be shot entirely in Karnataka. Vikram Razdan has directed the videos.

Source; Bangalore Mirror Bureau
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The fabulous playback singer Sonu Nigam sung nine Kannada songs in ‘Neene Bari Neene’ in the combination of ace Kannada film music director Mano Murthy and top ranking lyricist Jayanth Kaikini that was released on last Thursday evening at Windsor Manor by AKK Entertainers. For the trio magic – Sonu-Mano-Jayanth the NICE Company proprietor the big name in Karnataka Ashok Kheney joining hands to make the audio album a video album too has given a new lift to the entire project.

Sonu Nigam has so far sung six songs in an album of his professional career and it is for Kannada he has rendered his voice for nine Kannada songs. He has also appeared in the two video of his songs that has the direction of Vikram Razdan.

It is this trio Sonu-Jayanth-Mano combination in Kannada cinema has given nearly 20 plus lovely songs right from the days of ‘Mungaru Male’ released in December 2006 end.

Boasting a lot on this project Jayanth Kaikini explained that there is variety in the nine songs and monotony was a big challenge that was successfully overcome he said. The film, folk, Bhavageetha, Ghazal, western are all mixed in this album. All the nine songs are very good in quality he stated.

This is one and half year’s project and the idea was first mooted by Sonu Nigam. He wanted to give something to the people of Karnataka. I fell in love with the idea of Sonu Nigam disclosed music director of high reputation for his quality and soothing effect Mano Murthy.

My job was easiest said the director of video album of ‘Neene Bari Neene’ Vivek Razdan. The Karnataka state has wonderful locations and nine wonders here I have plans in the later days he said.

Ashok Kheney feeling happy for the first album ‘Neene Bari Neene’ said he has spent Rs.1 crore on the project and this is without the payment of Sonu Nigam. Sonu said no payment for his nine songs singing and appearance in the video album disclosed Kheney. This is the admiration he had shown to the people of Karnataka who have given him two film fare awards plus lot of affection.

Ashok Kheney announced series of projects on this occasion of audio album release. 13part television serial on Sri Shivakumra Swamiji of 102 years in the direction of Deepak Thimmaiah, a similar program on Sri Balagangadharanath Swamiji, Art of Living Ravi Shanker, a rock band in the age group of 13 to 15, two film projects that are on subjects very apt to the current social set up, evolving a male and female singer annually to introduce to the Kannada cinema industry and give them world tour with Sonu Nigam, giving a home for Sonu Nigam and making him our man plus the Hindi film ‘Prem Game’ starring Salman Khan, Arbaz Khan and others are the projects in pipeline for Ashok Kheney.

The two of the video form of the songs Ba Nodu Gelathi Navilu Gari Mari Hakidhe… starring Sonu and Madhuri Bhattacharya and title track Neene Bari Neene….were screened at the Windsor Manor prior to the media briefing. Madhuri Bhatacharya and Imtiaz are the other characters in the two songs screened.
IndiaGlitz - Saturday, August 29, 2009