 Singing stalwarts Lata Mangeshkar and Pandit Jasraj have teamed up for the first time to record a song for the upcoming Marathi movie, 'Aai Tujha Aashirwad'.
The song 'Om namoh sukhadayni...' is an aarti (hymn) written by Sanjay Upadhaya and composed by 32-year-old Mayuresh Pai. Besides the two greats, Suresh Wadkar is the third singer for the devotional song.
On the coup achieved by him, Mayuresh says it was not much difficult to unite the trio.
"I had already worked with Didi (Lata Mangeshkar as she is affectionately known) and Suresh Wadkar, who is my guru. So getting them on the board was not difficult," he said. Also, Pt Jasraj readily agreed as 'Aai Tujha Aashirwad' is his home production, he said.
The movie, directed by Pt Jasraj's wife and daughter of V Shantaram, Madhura, and produced by her son Sarang Dev, will release on August 20.
Conceding that he is too young to give any music lessons to Lata and Pt Jasraj, Mayuresh said instead he himself sang the song and gave the recorded version to both of them. "I asked them to just listen to the song and then sing it. Though sung separately, they heard it together after the recording was complete," he told reporters.
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