00:00Okay, the name of the song is Chaila. This is the fourth song of Bhoomi 24.
00:11We do Bhoomi every year like an album. It started in 1999 when we recorded it with a lot of folk artists and released it in 1999.
00:25Then we got busy with films. In 2020, after 21 years, we revived this project.
00:34In 2020, we did 7 songs. Then in Bhoomi 21, we did 10 songs. In Bhoomi 22, we did 10 songs. In Bhoomi 23, we did 10 songs.
00:42Every year, we release it like an album. India's famous singers, some folk artists and some international artists take part in it.
00:55We release it like a festival. We release a song every week. But this song, Chaila, is a big celebration for us.
01:06Because India's two amazing singers are collaborating in Bhoomi for the first time.
01:19You know, this blend, Indian-Western fusion, we have been doing it for centuries.
01:26Right from, if you see the original Kaal, Tauba Tauba, Ishq Mein Kariya, merging rap, hip-hop with Qawwali.
01:35So, we have been doing this for a long time. So, this is nothing new for us.
01:39The beauty of Chaila is the fact that you have two great artists coming together, blending their passion and their voices into a song.
01:53Which leaves you thinking, who is Chaila? What is going to happen after this?
02:00Maybe there should be a version, there should be a part two to this also.
02:04So, that is the whole idea behind this. It's a beautiful blend of two amazing artists coming together with two of us and creating magic.
02:16There is no rhyme or reason for rivalry. So, it ends there.
02:26Secondly, this song Chaila was born out of pure love.
02:35And we didn't even think about where it came from.
02:38If something has to happen, it has a time, it has a timing.
02:45Shreya and I have met a lot during work, we have spent a lot of time together.
02:51And we must have thought about it in our minds.
02:54I have definitely thought that if we sing something together.
02:57We had sung it in films, but if it is a non-film, how will it be?
03:01But we couldn't go beyond that.
03:03Because we didn't get someone else to run it.
03:09Our Chaila.
03:14And we were doing our own work.
03:16But it is what it is.
03:20So, Salim, we met in a flight.
03:24We posted a photo.
03:26I don't want to tell the whole story myself.
03:28Basically, we met for a long time.
03:34And we talked a lot.
03:36Shreya talked to Salim.
03:39And Salim saw our picture on Instagram.
03:44And then this idea came that why not.
03:46He brings both of us together and do a song.
03:49And I think we were waiting for this.
03:53Because I had a toothache and I think Shreya too.
03:57And we came to the studio and had fun.
04:01And this song was done.
04:03And now we are very happy.
04:05I am very happy to be here because I love her.
04:07I love Salim Suleiman.
04:09I have been loving them forever.
04:11My very first song, Mast.
04:13Salim is a part of that.
04:15And we have been a part of many projects.
04:17So, this is just a love and bonding.
04:20This is a relationship that has no name.
04:23This is a friendship and we are all here together.
04:25Sunidhi said it right.
04:29She explained everything very well.
04:32I would say that some things have to happen at the right time.
04:37You have to wait for it.
04:39And the time has come.
04:41It was a long wait.
04:43We have such a long friendship.
04:45Our career is more than 20 years.
04:49Yours is 25 years.
04:51So, more than two decades.
04:53Yours too.
04:55Probably much longer than this.
04:57No, we will not say that.
05:01But in all these years,
05:03this is the first time I am feeling
05:05that I have been a part of a true collaboration.
05:09I must have collaborated on paper.
05:12I have done duets with artists.
05:15I have done indie projects.
05:17This is the first time I have experienced
05:19that I have worked with some great artists.
05:23They are my friends.
05:25I have always liked working with them.
05:27But for the first time,
05:29in a studio,
05:31spending time together,
05:33learning about each other.
05:35The songs I have done with Sunidhi
05:37have always been different.
05:39I have not done them together.
05:41There was a time when we were
05:43literally discussing ideas.
05:45Sunidhi would suggest something
05:47and I would suggest something.
05:49This way of working
05:51has happened to me for the first time
05:53after so many years.
05:55For this, I feel very grateful
05:57to this group of friends I have.
06:01And Bhoomi.
06:03This project has given wings
06:05to so many artists
06:07and their dreams.
06:09You have worked with Sunidhi.
06:11Was it a challenge for you?
06:15Yes.
06:17For me, definitely yes.
06:19No.
06:21No.
06:23It's true.
06:25For the first time,
06:27I have done something.
06:29I was very excited.
06:31The challenge and excitement
06:33was the reason we are celebrating
06:35this project together.
06:37It's something new.
06:39People may not have heard me
06:41like this before.
06:43Of course, the style
06:45has got a little
06:47extra oomph
06:49attitude.
06:51But for the first time,
06:53I have rapped.
06:59I was so thrilled.
07:01We had a great time.
07:03We really had a gala time.
07:05We were figuring out
07:07how to sing.
07:09We were two friends
07:11having a blast.
07:13Not just rap,
07:15Sunidhi made me dance.
07:19Yes.
07:21This is the first time.
07:23There were many firsts for me.
07:25Truly, one of the most
07:27exciting times of my life.
07:29Shreya has performed very well
07:31in this song.
07:33She has got
07:35a natural groove.
07:37It was just so nice to see her
07:39being like this.
07:41So free and comfortable
07:43and ready to accept any challenge.
07:45Ready to dive into
07:47anything that was thrown to her.
07:49Be it singing,
07:51the way she looked in the video,
07:53costumes, hair and makeup.
07:55She was all open.
07:57She was not shy.
07:59Artists have their own
08:01way of working.
08:03Sometimes they don't want to
08:05go beyond their image.
08:07I was really surprised and very happy.
08:09I also realized
08:11how similar we are in this.
08:13We always want to do new things.
08:15Maybe that's why we are alive today.
08:17We want to keep doing new things.
08:19As far as singing is concerned,
08:21every song that I sing
08:23is always challenging.
08:25A song is always new.
08:27You have to give it 100%.
08:29You can't sing it
08:31the way someone else has sung it.
08:33There is no rule.
08:35There is no method.
08:37You treat it the way it is.
08:39It's always new.
08:41But if there is a challenge
08:43along with the newness
08:45and fun along with the challenge
08:47that there is a small desire
08:49inside and the song is going on
08:51but it shouldn't end.
08:53Keep recording. Keep working on it.
08:55This journey was beautiful.
08:57We wanted to get over.
08:59In fact, when we shot for the video
09:01the video was
09:033-4 hours long
09:05which got over in 6-7 hours
09:07because we did a lot of different things in the video.
09:09But I was really missing the shoot
09:11the next day. I was missing her.
09:13I also told her that.
09:15Such feelings are very rare.
09:17It was beautiful.
09:19Music
09:25First of all, I want to correct you that they are not battling.
09:27They are just revealing
09:29their secrets.
09:31Both of them
09:33this Chaila
09:35in the story
09:37Shraddha Pandit has written this song
09:39very well.
09:41She had this
09:43thought. Chaila.
09:45Chaila means dude. Chaila means handsome.
09:47Chaila means lover.
09:49So, an imaginary person
09:51who is romancing with both of them
09:53is mentioned in the song.
09:55So, sometimes
09:57Sunidhi says
09:59that I am feeling
10:01something different
10:03since I have seen her.
10:05And Shreya says
10:07that I am also feeling
10:09the same way
10:11as she sees me.
10:13So, they are both revealing their feelings
10:15towards Chaila.
10:17One person.
10:19So, they are not battling.
10:21In fact, it's a very beautiful feeling
10:23of confessing.
10:25That when I met her
10:27she told me this.
10:29Then Shreya says
10:31that when I met her
10:33she also told me this.
10:35So, it's a relationship confession
10:37between both of them.
10:39It's a beautiful song.
10:41It's a very fun song.
10:43And when you will experience this song
10:45you will also experience
10:47the story of this song.
10:49You will understand
10:51how beautiful and unique this song is.
10:53You know, once you watch the video
10:55you will automatically understand
10:57what is happening.
10:59This is the first time in Bhoomi that
11:01we have done something like this.
11:03Actually.
11:05Actually,
11:07almost like a
11:09it's like a play.
11:11It's like a skit.
11:13It's like a story that's unveiling
11:15slowly slowly.
11:17And they are acting.
11:19They are dancing.
11:21They are trying to bring out
11:23each other's
11:25jealousy at one time.
11:27I would say.
11:29And then they are realizing
11:31that this guy is
11:33the same guy.
11:35Chaila is the same person.
11:37He is playing both.
11:39The whole story
11:41it all comes out through the video.
11:43Once you see the video you will understand
11:45what is happening.
11:47This is actually really the first time.
11:49Whenever we have shot Bhoomi,
11:51we have always tried to shoot it like a concert.
11:53Live experience.
11:55How it happens.
11:57This is
11:59a live experience with
12:01almost like a theatrical
12:03reveal of the song.
12:05And it's very interesting. I am sure you guys
12:07once you watch it, you will understand
12:09what's going on and you will love to see it.
12:15We have done
12:17a lot of songs with Shreya and Sunidhi.
12:19First of all, let me tell you
12:21it's not easy to work with them.
12:23In a good way I am saying it.
12:25Because they are such
12:27incredibly versatile artists.
12:29It's very difficult to be able to
12:31justify a song
12:33that covers all their
12:35amazing talents.
12:37But fortunately
12:39we were able to.
12:41Because in this song
12:43there is a simplicity also.
12:45There is storytelling. There is acting.
12:47There is singing.
12:49There is
12:51vocal throws, harmonies.
12:53Musically we tried
12:55to accomplish
12:57all those possibilities
12:59where their qualities came out.
13:01But not
13:03making it so difficult
13:05for a layman to groove to.
13:07Not making it so complicated
13:09for us to dance to.
13:11So it's
13:13really turned out great.
13:15And honestly
13:17no matter how much
13:19I talk about my songs,
13:21it's the collaboration.
13:23It's the coming together
13:25of these two beautiful artists.
13:27Which has become a celebration.
13:29A timeless celebration.
13:31Bala is a timeless celebration
13:33of two wonderful artists.
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