MOMO CHITTE NITI NRITYE and NACHE SUNDAR NAAR ( MISHRA KAFI) NUTON O SONATON 3

Mamo Chitte, is the second song that has been paired with my own composition in the album NUTON O SONATON 3. This song is an all time favourite with lovers of Rabindrasangeet. This apparently frivolous and easy rhythmic song conceals much more beneath its surface, much more than what meets the eye. It is a celebration of the dualities of life, which is a contrast but never a conflict. Light and darkness, beauty and ugliness, life and death; life is a tapestry of contrasts, an oscillation between opposites and is never constant. The rhythm of the song pulsates with this eternal rhythm, the rhythm of life. And his rhythm makes room for more expressions. Entering the realm of bandishes, the composition naturally puts on a very different attire. I had initially tried to compose a song on the lines of the Rabindrasangeet, maintaining the philosophy. However the compositions tend to become more like imitations of the original, a Hindi Rabindrasangeet rather, more than a Bandish. Scrapping the idea, I finalize