Odisha’s Composer Pani’s Next Hindi Song Sung By Shaan

Odisha’s Composer Pani’s Next Hindi Song Sung By Shaan

Mumbai based Odia music composer and sound engineer Priyabrata Panigrahi who is also known as Pani is all ready to surprise his audience with his new song sung by the king of melody in bollywood, Shaan. The song is titled ‘Uda Uda’ from the upcoming Hindi feature film ‘Kuch Sapney Apne’ directed by Sridhar Rangayan. Rangayan is an Indian filmmaker who has made films with special focus on queer subjects. His queer films, The Pink Mirror and Yours Emotionally, have been considered groundbreaking because of their realistic and sympathetic portrayal of the largely closeted Indian gay community. 

Pani’s debut Odia film as a background scorer, titled ‘My Sweet House Wife’ is also scheduled to release on 3rd Nov, 2023. He has done sound recording for ‘Mirzapur’ and background scoring for the Oscar nominated film ‘The Last Color’, ‘Heritage of the Thrall' and ‘The Last Rights’ before. He said, “When Sridhar sir asked me to compose a song which depicts the free-flowing nature of the main character Kartik, I felt this should also be a song which resonates amongst the youth. After a few brainstorming sessions with lyricist Saagar Gupta, who wrote the beautiful lines of the song, we came up with a structure that has a great recall value and can be hummed easily.  Later on when I got to know that the renowned playback singer Shaan agreed to sing our song, my joy knew no bounds. I was almost in tears after the recording happened. Shaan sir’s aura was different, which I can’t express in words. He gave all his expertise and justice to the song. Working with such a veteran singer was a dream come true for a music director like me.”

Penned by Saagar Gupta and composed by Pani, this song is a peppy breezy song which opens the film and has been shot in Sweden. Excited by such wonderful support, Rangayan said, “We still can’t believe Shaan has sung a song for our film pro bono. We approached him through a friend, and he immediately said yes. We are super excited!”

“When I heard the theme of the film and the social cause it advocates, I immediately said yes. It was a pleasure singing the song, and I sincerely hope it contributes to its massy appeal to take this important film far and wide,” added Shaan.

Lyricist Saagar Gupta, who has written lyrics for films ‘68 Pages’ and ‘Evening Shadows’ said, “Usually we have the song ready before going in for the film shoot. But in this case we reversed the process. We first assembled all the visuals, and then the song was written for those shots, keeping the situation in mind. Since the song conveys the feelings of one of the protagonists who is visiting Stockholm, the scenic beauty and monuments of Stockholm provide just the desired settings for the lyrics. Collaborating with the veteran singer Shaan and the upcoming music director Priyabrata proved perfect for the peppy song that we wanted to create about the ambitions and allurements that one has in their youth. Hope when the song ‘Uda-Uda’ is out it will make everyone spread their wings and fly to their rainbows!”

Here it is notable that ‘Kuch Sapney Apne’, is a follow-up film to the hugely successful film ‘Evening Shadows’ which won 27 international awards and screened at more than 80 film festivals. The film stars actors like Mona Ambegaonkar, Shishir Sharma, Satvik Bhatia, Arpit Chaudhary and Yateen Karyekar along with Abhay Kulkarni, Veenah Nair and Yamini Singh. The film is produced by Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali and Pragyesh Singh alongwith Rangayan and Gupta. Post production of this crowdfunded film is underway and the film is expected to be ready by end of the year.