SHAURYA SINGH THAPA
MOHIT CHAUHAN PLAYING GUITAR WHILE STANDING ON WATER IN THE VIDEO FOR DOOBA DOOBA
MOHIT CHAUHAN
SILK ROUTE
Silk Route ’ s Dooba Dooba offered an early glimpse of Mohit Chauhan ’ s future glory :
In an interview , Bollywood playback vocalist Mohit Chauhan revealed how he would have been a farmer if being a singer wasn ’ t in his cards . Well , we can be thankful that in this timeline , Chauhan went on to be the exceptional musician that he is . But before singing as Janardhan Jhakkad for Rockstar , Chauhan was just one of the many indie singers of the 1990s , fronting one of the many indie bands of the time .
Fronting Silk Route , the rock ensemble also included Atul Mittal on lead guitars , Kem Trivedi on the keys , Kenny Puri handling the percussion . Apart from lending his silky-smooth voice , Chauhan also played backing guitars for the band .
Dropping two albums Boondein ( 1998 ) and Pehchaan ( 2000 ), Silk Role had a notable albeit a short-lived career . But their breakout hit Dooba
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Dooba continues to induce nostalgia amongst many a 90s kid , especially if they grew up listening to non-film Hindi music of that decade .
As the title suggests , Dooba Dooba was a smooth number about a person falling in love ( and sinking in his romantic partner ’ s eyes is to get more metaphorical ). The lyrics also point to a distance between the singer and his lover and he asks his beloved to step out of a photograph and pay him a visit . Taking the concept literally , the video was also shot at a pond-like setting as the band members stand over half-sinking cares . Then towards the middle , Chauhan ends up going underwater to find a mermaid swimming in the depths .
With influences such as Dire Straits and Sting , Silk Route ’ s magnum opus is a feel-good song about love that
arguably would go down as one of the most iconic indie-pop songs . Apart from Chauhan ’ s aforementioned vocals , the finger picking on the guitar and the flute portions are other highlights .
Following the success of Dooba Dooba , the soft rock outfit did release a sophomore album and recorded music in the early 2000s . The band dissolved soon after this and Chauhan instead found a marketable venture into Bollywood . The rest , as they say , is history .
With no future plans for a band , Chauhan continues singing iconic songs ranging from Delhi-6 ’ s Masakali to Jab We Met ’ s Tumse Hi . But he still owes his career to Dooba Dooba , a song that truly made him who he was .