Oriya Sona goes Ambarsariya!

[Updated on 6/21 with acknowledgement from Sona Mohapatra.]

The conundrum around originality of this track had been a cause of quite an itch. After all, the credit shall go where it truly belongs. Like numerous other bollywood hits, this one's derived from an old punjabi folk. That's where the lyrics and rhythm are derived from. But the inspiration stops right there. The version of this song from Fukrey is in toto, a legitimate child of Ram Sampath and Sona Mohapatra's. Just like many other babies they have produced in the past [after all they are man & wife ;)].

With that out of the way, lets get down to business. The song is an absolute arcadian melody rendered by Sona Mohapatra in a light playful mood. While her debut album still rings some bells, it was her rendition of a sargam for INXS's Afterglow that stands out for me [Check out the video below if you haven't already].

Sona's voice texture remains the USP for Ambarsariya too. It infuses an earthiness which pervades through the track. One needs to credit her for almost perfect diction which enhances the impact of Punjabi phonetics of the song. Overall, job well done!

Ram Sampath's Delhi Belly soundtrack made me a convert. I bought the CD before the movie was launched and have kept it handy in my car, ever since. With Ambarsariya, Ram has done away with all the strawberry jam of electro sounds. The song kicks-off with familiar Em, D strums on acoustic guitar but soon gets complex with liberal use of dominant 7th and suspended chords to create that folk & blues character. [Checkout the links below for detailed chord pattern for Ambarsariya.*] By the first interlude, things get more interesting as accordion sound blends into the track  giving it's music a European neo-classical dimension. In essence, the overall simplicity of musical arrangement is the key to this catchy number.Not much to be said about the lyrics really. Half the punjabi from the original folk song has been replaced by Hindi to make things more marketable. But just like billion other people you don't give a rat's thing about the parts of lyrics you don't get till you can swing to the tunes. So here it goes  - 

And here's what Sona had to say

She's being generous :)

Watch out this space for musings on more recent music, coming pretty soon.

Cheers!

*For Ambarsariya's detailed chord pattern, please visit - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rvc5nr2cKM] [http://studyguitaronline.blogspot.com/2013/05/ambarsariyafukrey-guitar-chords-fuckrey.html] [http://jimihndrxguitar.blogspot.com/2013/05/ambarsariyafukrey-guitar-chords.html ]