Kailash's Bangladeshi venture

Kailash Kher, who has recorded his first-ever number for a Bangladeshi venture, was clearly not in the know!
There’s not an iota of doubt that Kailash Kher is gaining popularity across divides. With a powerful voice like that, it’s only obvious. The latest that has emerged on the singer’s front is that he has recorded a number, his first, for a Bangladeshi venture, “Most Welcome”.
The composer, who takes credit for having Kailash come on board, is Mrinal Sen. Incidentally, it’s for Mrinal’s film, “Vaastab”, that the pop-rock singer had recorded his first-ever Bengali song. “I’ve scored music for Anindo Banerjee’s “Gole Male Gole Male Pirit Korona”. Bhaida (Subrata Halder), who’s the assistant director on this project, is also assisting Anonno Mamun on “Most Welcome” . He had liked my earlier works and referred my name to the Bangladeshi director. When I got in touch with the unit, the first name that came up was that of Kailash’s ,” says Mrinal. Kailash, who shares a comfort zone with the composer, was happy to oblige. The song, a philosophical number with rock feel, sums up the protagonist’s character — a lovable outlaw à la Robin Hood. Lyrics of the song, Ke kahar, which has been written by Zahid Akbar, goes like this: Jotoi thako upor tolaye, orey takar pahar/Kono kichhui jabena je sange te tomar. The recording took place in Mumbai in February. Even if it will take some time before the music releases in Bangladesh, as the song is currently being picturized in Bangkok, the response within the industry is “mindblowing” , says Mrinal. “I’m getting good feedback from the music industry,” he adds.
But Kailash is unfazed by the hullabaloo surrounding him in Bangladesh and he has reasons for it. Kailash, who, by his own admission, loves singing Bengali songs, was clearly not in the know when TOI got in touch with him. “It’s a lovely number. But I didn’t know that it’s for a Bangladeshi film! Of late, I’m singing so many Bengali songs that it’s difficult keeping pace. The worst part is that the composers never send me the CDs once the music releases. Something is terribly wrong with them.” Kailash, however, is looking forward to the music release of Sanjoy Nag’s “Memories In March” , a Hindi film made out of Tollywood, in which he, apart from Rekha Bhardwaj, Shilpa Rao, Shail Hada and Kolkata’s very own Subhamita, have sung for composer Debajyoti Mishra.
Hitting a ‘boundary’ and not knowing it, eh?