Soumita Saha Opens Up About Recreating A Timeless Melody

Soumita Saha Opens Up About Recreating A Timeless Melody

Soumita Saha Opens Up About Recreating A Timeless Melody

Soumita Saha recreates a refreshing rendition of timeless melody ‘Raat Hamaari Toh’ in collaboration with Arindam Bhadra (Bumba). The song is a recreation of the original composed by Shantanu Moitra, penned by Swanand Kirkire and rendered by K.S Chithra and Kirkire for the movie Parineeta. The mellifluous recreation of the song is not just a remake but a story claims claims the Fragile Eternity singer who is known for Originals like Ishq, Teri Ore and Yaad Piya Ki. In a candid tete-a-tete the songbird Opens up about the making of the song.

What made you select this particular song?

“Parineeta” holds a nostalgic charm, reminiscent of cassette days from my school years. Despite not being as popular as other tracks from the movie, this song has been my favorite since childhood. Growing up, I found myself identifying as a Wordsworth fan, drawn to the bliss of solitude and emotions recollected in tranquility. It’s the second time I’ve fallen in love with this song. As I could delve deeper and explore various lyrical shades of this song and how it resonates with emotions recollected in tranquility.

How is emotions recollected in tranquility related to this song?

In today’s gadget-focused era, our connection to nature often wanes. Social media encourages documenting beach vibes or mountain love to prove our connection to nature. While not judging, I believe the silent connections with dawn, dew, rain, and night are fading. This song beautifully personifies night and the moon, resonating with deep emotions. Its melancholy reflects tranquility, impossible to capture without the bliss of solitude, evoking emotions recollected in tranquility.Wordsworth’s bliss of solitude and emotions recollected in tranquility resonate deeply with everything about this song.

Why does the video feature nineties things like oil lamp light and street lights that are not the ones we see these days?

Some elements just need to stay old school to capture the melancholy of the night, the moon and the mood of the song. I couldn’t envision modern props blending with the song’s narrative. In my childhood, city power outages, colloquially termed “load shedding time,” were frequent. For us, it meant retreating to the terrace. Those full moon nights were picturesque, akin to Instagram-worthy nature tales. I wanted a hint of my nineties childhood in the video, preserving the essence of those memorable nights under the moon’s glow.

What would like say about Arindam Bhadra (Bumba)’s Music Production for recreating this song?

Honestly, I couldn’t trust anyone else with this song. If someone could coin this old wine in a new bottle I always knew it’s bumba da. I am certainly not being partial about this, as I call him my musical sibling. I always had full faith on his expertise. And I truly loved how he flawlessly blended use of western instrumental in this oriental song.

Any other song you are recreating any time soon?

The list is long. But relevance is the key in any industry as popular belief goes. I am concentrating on Tagore Music as of now. Then some Originals and probably by monsoon I would come up with some timeless melodies recreated in collaboration with many artists.

As you mentioned Tagore Music when are we getting to see Greg-Soumita duo ?

Even I am excited about the comeback of the thing you guys have lovingly dubbed as ‘ Greg-Soumita Duo ‘ . If everything goes well we’ll make our comeback during the birth anniversary week of Tagore.