Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota’s maiden English song ‘Love Grows’ is trending!
#Padmashri #AnupJalota is primarily known for his outstanding bhajans. He also sings Gazals, film songs etc with ease. Basically he’s a versatile personality because apart from singing he has been acting in films and web series and now is directing a film too. So, this multifaceted celebrity has recently recorded his first English song. ‘#LoveGrows’ is a maiden English song sung by Anup Jalota which was released on this Valentine’s day and is trending. A lot of congratulatory messages, including the likes of #SonuNigam, pouring in which shows that the first english song sung by Anup Jalota has been received well by the music industry too.
There’s a story behind Anup Jalota’s foraying into English language singing. Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick is an Internationally acclaimed award-winning poetess and authoress who has so far written eight books. She has started and is the President of the Mumbai Chapter of the Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library (IPPL). Anup Jalota has released many books of hers and really likes her poetry. Many of her poems have been translated into 39 Indian as well as International languages including, Spanish, Italian,Bulgarian, Romanian, French, Uzbek, Turkish,Nepali etc.
She voiced her desire to Anup Jalota that she wanted one of her poems to be made into a song by him. So they zeroed in on ‘Love Grows’, which coincidentally is a favourite of both, and a new song was born. Anup jalota has sung, so far, in 10 languages and ‘Love Grows’ is his first English song. It’s also a first song of Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick to be made into a video and her recitation has added more substance to the music video.
Composed by Anup jalota,’ Love Grows’ music has been arranged by a notable background music expert Jolly Mukherjee. In the music video Paramita has recited the poem and after each stanza Anup Jalota has sung it. A beautifully captured video also features a young contemporary dancer Manya Agarwal who has danced lyrically on the lilting music. Amarbir Singh has shot the video.The song talks about Love which is deep rooted and grows more intense as time progresses. The music video is released on Tips Music’s OTT Volume and has been garnering a lot of support.