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'Proud
daughter' Priyanka launches father's music album with Video
Dr. Ashok Chopra,
Mr. Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Madhu Chopra with Priyanka Chopra
It is usually the father
who cheers his child on his/her achievements. But here was actress Priyanka
Chopra, "a proud daughter", who launched her father Ashok Chopra's debut
devotional music album Haal Mureedan Da Kehna Saturday night.
Composed by Surjeet Singh
Parmar, the CD contains 8 shabads, based on Indian classical music (ragas),
derives its title from the opening track, 'Mittar pyare noon, 'Haal Muriddan
da kehna', a 'khayal' (thought) of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, which he composed
in the Macheevada jungle (near Ludhiana), after the martyrdom of his whole
family.
"We spent a lot of time
getting the soul of this sad 'khayal' just right, and by the time we got
the true feel of it, it was 4 am. That is when we recorded it," said Ashok
Chopra.
The same event also launched
the "Save the Girl Child" Campaign initiated by Priyanka Chopra, Ashok
Chopra and Vikramjit S. Sahney (Head of Sun Foundation), a well-known entrepreneur,
educationist and social worker.
The Foundation has made
a two-minute documentary on the subject, as well as a public interest message,
delivered by Priyanka Chopra, in English and Hindi.
"When I watched this documentary,
I felt - 'What if I was unwanted by my parents? I wouldn't be here at all,
my achievements would be nothing. I think it's time people start having
the belief that a girl can be as much successful if not more than a boy...A
girl is as precious as any boy," said Priyanka.
| "My father has clapped,
cheered and cried for me on my achievements and failures. But doing it
for him today makes me really proud," Priyanka said at the event. "My entire
family including parents and my grandparents were here for the National
Awards ceremony. It's was a big moment for me and I wanted my entire family
to be part of it. On Saturday, my father's music album releases. So the
family has double reason to be together.
The album, produced by
Saregama India Ltd, has verses from the Guru Granth Sahib, sung by Ashok
Chopra, a cosmetic surgeon in Mumbai
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"I am happy that with
the blessings of everybody, I have been able to launch this album," said
Ashok Chopra. |
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The event was hosted by the
Sun Foundation, a charitable institution headed by social worker Vikramjit
S.Sawhney, who is the international president of the World Punjabi Association
(WPO).
He initiated the launch of
a "Save The Girl Child" campaign with Priyanka unveiling a special poster
for it. The foundation has also made a two-minute documentary on the subject,
which has a message delivered by the National award-winning actress.
"When I watched this documentary,
I felt - 'What if I was unwanted by my parents? I wouldn't be here at all,
my achievements would be nothing. I think it's time people start having
the belief that a girl can be as much successful if not more than a boy...A
girl is as precious as any boy," said Priyanka, who looked elegant in a
baby pink anarkali suit.
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Haal Muriddan Da Kehna,
a shabad album on Saregama, was released on March 20 in New Delhi.
The album was launched
by Vikramjit Singh Sahney and Priyanka Chopra along with Saregama’s Atul
Churamani.
This album of verses from
the Guru Granth Sahib is sung by Dr. Ashok Chopra (Priyanka’s father) and
composed by Surjeet Singh Parmar.
Dr. Ashok Chopra, MS,
now 60, was a brilliant student as well as a gifted singer. He was and
remains a die-hard fan of Mohammed Rafi and Madan Mohan. For eleven continuous
years, he conducted the school prayers, led the school choir and was always
the winner of his school’s singing competitions. Later, he teamed up with
his brother Pawan to form a musical troupe. While he was in his third year
of Medicine, music director Usha Khanna invited him to come to Mumbai and
sing for films
. But he rejected the
offer, preferring to complete his studies and to serve the country. On
completing medical studies, he joined the Army in 1974, retired in 1997
and settled in Bareilly, where he was last posted, till 2001. He now practices
in Mumbai.
During his posting at
Ladakh, he came in close contact with the Sikh religion, which he greatly
admires. In Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), his clinic was situated opposite
a Muslim dargah (shrine), and the chanting there also had a deep impact
on his musical mind. An audience of 3,00,000 that had gathered for ziarat
(holy visit), applauded Dr. Chopra when he delivered kalaam-e-Ala Hazrat
(compositions of the venerated saint).
When daughter Priyanka,
also a musical prodigy, opted for a career in films, the family moved to
Mumbai. Here, he now takes lessons from Pandit Sukhdev Chaturvedi
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