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PRAMITA BOSE
tradition of vocal folk music of their state — and the upcoming
awesome threesome Kakar Sisters to create waves in future indie
music are a meager few to name.
Toying with Sufi, Bollywood commercial tracks, separate singles,
Punjabi songs, folksy numbers and even English ballads, the
familial Kakar outfit consists of Akriti and her nine-year younger
twin-sisters Prakriti and Sukriti. “We stand out from the crowd
with our three distinctive voices and styles, yet we are unanimous
as chorus. The cool camaraderie comes across visibly. In our
formative years, we were as mad as Britney Spears and as funny
as Miley Cyrus. Trust me, together we bond like a house on fire!”
reveals Akriti, who informs about an album on the anvil. Adhered
to Hindustani shastriya sangeet since her inception into music, this
eldest daughter has always done her riyaz on the tanpura and she
plays the harmonium as well. Whereas Sukriti strums the guitar and
Prakriti fiddles with the piano chords. “Varied musical upbringings
and genres are our greatest selling point,” assures Akriti.
Contrary to societal stereotypes, girl-bands are not
just about parading pretty faces, flamboyant make-
up, flashy costumes, glam-dolls or beautiful maids.
A burst of tremendous heavy-duty actions too gets an
undivided attention of involvement in a pub or on an
open-air stage. From handling all kinds of musical
equipment, plugging in wires, mixing music or
rotating the disc and even regulating an unruly throng
of berserk rockheads, a musician’s task has a headily
engaging routine to cope with.
Apprises DJ Barkha Kaul: “I have been quite lucky to grasp the
ropes of this intricate craft from the amazing Delhi-based senior DJ
Vkey and my husband, Vinayak Kaul. You know what you become a
true pro on the job itself. That’s your ideal classroom which is more
practical than hollow bouts of theory-cramming.”
Breaking the male-monopoly as a spin-doctor, Barkha thus rolls
anything from commercial, EDM to ‘Bollybics’ for party animals to
shake a leg to.
“If you have the fire in your belly, then even odd
timings are no excuse for an obstacle to a lady dj.
You have to simply make yourself feel at home,
notwithstanding the environment which may at first
appear unsuitable for any novice on the block. Once
you penetrate the circuit with a dash of pizzazz,
everything else falls in place,”
pat comes her advice. While the discotheque-hoppers are more
inclined towards the content of music, irrespective of who is actually
gyrating the disc, Barkha corroborates about the demand of desi
music on foreign shores. “Yes we fly internationally on well-paid
packets if the offer sounds exciting,” chips in the winner of this
year’s Best Female Disc-Jockey in India Award.
All is certainly not hunky-dory on the music-front for ‘lovely ladies’
to thrive and prosper. But new-age women would wish to make a
promise to pack in much punch and tide over these temporal barriers
for a permanent sustenance added with lot of zing!
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