With the blessings of Gurus, Parents and true well-wishers, by God’s grace, Because of the deep connection of my heart with HIS (Sir ARR) music since I was 12, and with the trust of the selectors’ panel, I got this huge fortune to become a part of this first of its kind band of immensely talented multi-faceted classical vocalists called ‘Jhālaa’. (Meaning : An upbeat high tempo crescendo climactic way of playing string instruments like sitar, sarod etc.)
In the light of The ‘Bharat Maestro Awards’, A R Rahman Sir and team handpicked the 12 gems from the ocean of young Indian classical musicians and formed ‘Jhālaa’ to present, conserve and flourish the Indian classical tradition of rich Rāga - Music in today’s world of changing tastes and uncertainty of audience’s response with all their faith in it and in us artists!
The moment I got selected through the auditioning process, I was overwhelmed with the feeling ‘with great trust comes great responsibility’!!🙏🏻😊
‘Jhālaa’ was very fortunate to have launched in the ‘Waves 2025’ at NMACC, Mumbai on 1st May 2025 and has evidently got a huge kick-start in terms of love and response it received from everyone there!
I’m eternally thankful, for the growth and learning, the opportunity and freedom, love and respect, musical bliss that I was been showered upon by :
My beloved ‘Jhālaa’ gang :
@ambaquasar @sivasri.skanda @antara_nandy @abbyvofficial @divyanayar.dance @aishwaryaa.meenakshi @mayurisaha.official @karamjeetmadona @sudeep.jaipurwale @faizmustafamusic @stevensamuelofficial
Our most commited and super-knowledgeable mentors :
@bhavdeepjaipurwale Dr. K. Narayanan
The hand holding a tight grip on the goodness and aptness of Jhālaa’s music :
@saishravanam
The Forces that brought this dream to reality :
@kannittoo , Umeshori,
@khatija.rahman , Chella, Lingesh, Parthiban, Deepak, Shashi Anna, Vishwa Anna,
@sarthak.kalyani and many more!
And the actual source and soul of this beautiful journey :
@arrahman