Though concealed from the exotic, Suneeta Rao’s songs have always been an inherent message. The pop diva of the 1990s who shot to fame with her single ‘Paree hoon main’, yields ‘Vaada Karo’, a Hungama Artist Aloud demonstration. Compiled by Suneeta, the song can be just a pledge to conserve the environment by global warming and climate modification.

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a few hours after the song was launched on May 20, 2021, Suneeta, speaking on the phone in Mumbai, ” she composed the song 1-1 decades ago after she had been blessed with her daughter . Alarmed at the worsening environment position, Suneeta penned her anxieties and thoughts in to a song when World Alert, a organisation which initiates eco-consciousness, asked her to get a style song, she listed ‘Vaada Karo’.

through the ordeal, nevertheless, feeling that the requirement to hold the effort forward, Sunita ventured to create the video. She awakens in Mumbai-based ring Dharavi Rocks and featured a vampire interlude with a group member, Balaji Devendra. The song is compiled by Dhruv Ghaneker. Mini Mal locales and existing footage were found from the video, due to the lock down.

‘Vaada Karo’ includes Suneeta’s signature high heeled vocals and also the lyric is passion-filled. “Music is my means to draw attention to environmental issues. We must not allow ourselves to destroy the earth and make every effort we can at every step of the way to make the world better for our future generations,” she states.

Three years following the release of ‘Pari hoon main’ in the record Dhuan, Suneeta still has asks to sing it throughout her concert events, together with her popular band ‘Kesariya’. Can she have preferred that her fans proceeded outside ‘Pari…’? ) “No, I’m happy. I couldn’t have asked for more,” responds Suneeta fondly remembering that the time when her music played on television over and over repeatedly.

‘We paved the way’

Back in 1990, Suneeta was a portion of this couple artistes that had been making music beyond the Bollywood realm. With satellite stations only making in roads, the civilization of Hindi Indie pop-music so on found approval. The music videos were shot at distinct locales, costumes to the artistes have been hip, choreographies have been sophisticated — basically, indie artistes were doing a thing a Bollywood heroine was performing the large screen as well as singing their very own songs. Agreeing these were substantially before their period, Suneeta says, “We paved the way. Music companies used to have small budgets, unlike the huge sponsorships that musicians enjoy now. I see that people are dependant on social media now. I’ve learnt to reach out to people, which I never knew before.”

Suneeta was part of amateur theater, playing characters from musicals such as Evita, They’re Playing Our Song and Greased Lightning, a chance which few artistes had. With vulnerability such as this Suneeta’s transition into Bollywood might happen to be inevitable however it really is her love for both music and period operation that kept her off. “I did get a couple of big film offers, one from South and one from Bollywood at the beginning of my career. I have nothing against Bollywood, I respect the industry a lot. But I found my calling in pop, where I could bring out original music and stayed focussed.”

Suneeta been trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bharata Natyam, scrapbooking and ballet the areas that shaped her career as a stage actor. “With all my training I could see myself only in the pop world,” says Suneeta who intends to amplify the societal message during her songs, over before. And she says, is just a ‘vaada’.