Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Sep 4: Gratian D’Souza’s evergreen Konkani hit ‘Angelina’ video has been released.
The video was produced at Dajiworld Audio Visual Studio in Mangaluru.
After a nine- year long break, Konkani’s ‘Angelina’ fame Gratian D’Souza is all set to release his fourth musical album ‘Salam Tuka Kuwaita’.
The album release programme will be held at Kuwait on September 28 during the event of Gulf Voice of Mangalore (GVOM) semi-final, Kuwait chapter. It will be released in India as well on the same day.
The Konkani audio CD consisting of nine compositions is dedicated to prominent Konkani personalities Louis Rodriguez and Johnny Suratkal. Gratian has written the lyrics and rendered the tunes. The album is produced under the banner of Alita Creations.
Pride of Konkani music world, sandalwood and coastal wood music director Dolwin Kolalgiri has composed the music while mixing and mastering has been done by Srikanth from Daijiworld Audio Visual Studio.
Along with Konkani well-known singers Ivan Sequeira, Babita Pinto and Prajoth D’Sa, young singing sensations Nihal Tauro, Jaison Lobo, Cavin Canan D’souza, Lolita Rodrigues, Nisha Fernandes have rendered their melodious voices for the album.
Johnson Salins (Saxaphone), Warran D’Costa (Guitar), Ruben Machado (Flute and Harmonica), and Rajesh Bhagvath (Tabla and Dholak) have played live instruments and given a special touch to the album. Konkani writer and organizer Shaan Bondel and Walter Rego have given inputs for a couple of songs in the album.
Gratian D’Souza speaking on the album said, “After a long break, I am writing lyrics and composing tunes. When I was active in Mangaluru Paradela, I had presented many shows in Mangaluru and other parts of the state. There was a huge demand for a new album after ‘Angelina’. When I moved to Kuwait, many of my friends suggested producing a musical album. But due to personal commitments, I could not work on it. Now after finding enough time, I have produced ‘Salam Tuka Kuwaita’. In this album, I have tried to express the emotions of people working in Kuwait and also the songs in this album contain the flavour of my native place.”
The video version of Gratian’s ‘Angelina’ has been released on You Tube. ‘Angelina’ is one of the super hit Konkani songs from the album ‘Sapna Sundari’, sung by Rony D’Cunha who bagged the best singer award in Desert Music Awards from Little Flowers Mukamar. The album also bagged an award in the ‘Best Album’ category.
Melwyn Lobo and Lloyd Colaco were the music composers of the memorable song. Merwin D’Souza and Sweeny Maria D’Souza featured in the video of the song. DCS (Daijiworld Creative Services) handled the production work of the video song. Santhosh Raj handled the camera while editing was done by Noel D’Souza. Daniel was the co-ordinator.
Watch 'Angelina' Video: