Actress and former VJ, Sophie Choudry along with Music
director, singer and multi instrumentalist Raghav Sachar have come up with
their version of the classic song Raat Akeli Hai with Saregama India Limited.
What’s different about their version, however, is that they have created all
the sounds including the percussion with their own voice!
That’s not all, seeing as Sophie is considered a style icon;
Raghav thought they should play with sounds inspired by fashion and transcribe
them into music! Everything from the heels of a sexy stiletto, the snapping of
a bra strap, to the zipping up of leather boots, has been used while creating
sounds for this song!
Sophie told, “I’ve performed the song in this past week’s
Jhalak and received great feedback. Its been so much fun creating music from
sounds that I hear in my day to day life while getting ready & we all know
that Raghav is an incredible musician! Raat Akeli Hai is one of my personal
favorite classic numbers and a really tough song to sing but whoever has heard
it has loved it and vocally. I think Raghav has made me do a great job! We have
had a lot of fun making the song, singing it and for me even dancing to it on
the reality stage…”
Speaking about the song Raghav tells, “Raat Akeli Hai is a
song that I have loved since my childhood. It has always had sensuality in it,
even in the original. Sensuality and Sophie go hand in hand – she is beautiful
and a fab singer. It was very interesting to have “fashion” as the basis of the
video. I had the edit in my head before we started shooting which helped me
direct it precisely to the point. We created an English section so that I could
sing since it’s originally a female song. The lyrics and the section are very
apt and flow well with the arrangement which is full of various live
instruments. It’s great to have everything live and acoustic in today’s day and
age.”
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