Goher Mumtaz wouldn't mind performing 'Kolaveri Di' if there's a request when Jal takes the stage in Ranchi on March 4. The band's frontman wants Indo-Pak relations to improve to the point where visas become redundant between the two countries.
Jal, the rock band from Pakistan, is planning to release its next album in March in India. The music video of the album will reportedly feature two Bollywood stars. What's more? The video will also be shot in India. Ahead of the band's concert in Ranchi frontman Goher Mumtaz talks to RT about rock music, Bollywood and their future plans:
Having performed across the world, how different is it to perform in India?
I love to perform in India. The university crowd here likes to connect with us. They admire us perhaps because we are young and also dress up like them. The audience is so receptive that the moment we are on stage, it gives us a high to perform to perfection. The feelings are beyond expression.
Any memory that's still afresh in your mind?
There are lots of great memories. Once we were performing in Delhi in some girl's college and the crowd was so excited that we were not allowed to leave the venue even after the concert. We had to literally hide from the crowd to move out of the college in the darkness of the night and take a route through some park. It seemed as if we had committed a crime! It was insane.
Tell us something about your upcoming album to be released in March...
"Pyaas" is our third album. The album is nearly done with 12 songs. The compositions are so lyrical that we are sure people will love them. While some tracks are soulfully Sufi, others are ballet tracks. Few are mellow and some have catchy lyrics. There is also a track called "Pyaas" that is in the upbeat rock genre.
Is there any collaboration with any artist from India or any other country for album?
Not exactly, but we are looking forward to few Bollywood faces for two videos to be shot in India.
Will the faces be someone like Katrina or Kareena?
(Laughs) I wish, I can shoot one with Katrina but this time around,the production company is onsidering names of model-turned-actors from Bollywood. Both the songs will be like "Aadat" or "Woh Lamhe",
The conversation will be incomplete without a discussion on Indo-Pakistan relation. What would you suggest can be done to better the relationship?
I believe, it can be improved with music, art or, may be, by cricket matches between the two countries. I think, we should work more on these issues. What is going on now is only at the political level. Nobody likes terrorists or terror activities. People in Pakistan too want to get away from such things. I wish the relation becomes so good that people even don't even need a visa to travel between the two countries.
Jal, the rock band from Pakistan, is planning to release its next album in March in India. The music video of the album will reportedly feature two Bollywood stars. What's more? The video will also be shot in India. Ahead of the band's concert in Ranchi frontman Goher Mumtaz talks to RT about rock music, Bollywood and their future plans:
Having performed across the world, how different is it to perform in India?
I love to perform in India. The university crowd here likes to connect with us. They admire us perhaps because we are young and also dress up like them. The audience is so receptive that the moment we are on stage, it gives us a high to perform to perfection. The feelings are beyond expression.
Any memory that's still afresh in your mind?
There are lots of great memories. Once we were performing in Delhi in some girl's college and the crowd was so excited that we were not allowed to leave the venue even after the concert. We had to literally hide from the crowd to move out of the college in the darkness of the night and take a route through some park. It seemed as if we had committed a crime! It was insane.
Tell us something about your upcoming album to be released in March...
"Pyaas" is our third album. The album is nearly done with 12 songs. The compositions are so lyrical that we are sure people will love them. While some tracks are soulfully Sufi, others are ballet tracks. Few are mellow and some have catchy lyrics. There is also a track called "Pyaas" that is in the upbeat rock genre.
Is there any collaboration with any artist from India or any other country for album?
Not exactly, but we are looking forward to few Bollywood faces for two videos to be shot in India.
Will the faces be someone like Katrina or Kareena?
(Laughs) I wish, I can shoot one with Katrina but this time around,the production company is onsidering names of model-turned-actors from Bollywood. Both the songs will be like "Aadat" or "Woh Lamhe",
The conversation will be incomplete without a discussion on Indo-Pakistan relation. What would you suggest can be done to better the relationship?
I believe, it can be improved with music, art or, may be, by cricket matches between the two countries. I think, we should work more on these issues. What is going on now is only at the political level. Nobody likes terrorists or terror activities. People in Pakistan too want to get away from such things. I wish the relation becomes so good that people even don't even need a visa to travel between the two countries.
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