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#BollywoodMonster Mashup star Jonita Gandhi stopped by the MAD studios on her latest hometown visit to perform an unplugged, acoustic version of the hit song “Gilehriyaan” from the film Dangal. #MonsterArtist
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SEASON 1: EPISODE 8
Bollywood playback singer Jonita Gandhi stopped by the MAD studios for an unplugged, acoustic performance of one of her latest hits, “Gilehriyaan” from the popular film Dangal. In this episode, she’s joined by YouTuber and media personality Daniel Pillai for an exclusive interview where they discuss her move to India, the challenges of a career in music, and her tips for success.
The song “Gilehriyaan” earned the singer a Mirchi Music Award for “Female Vocalist of the Year.” As Canadian homegrown talent, Jonita Gandhi made her singing debut in 2013 with composer A.R. Rahman of Slumdog Millionaire fame and her Bollywood debut in the title track of the 2013 hit film Chennai Express starring mega stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.
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0:25 Jonita Gandhi sings “Gilehriyaan” from Dangal
4:25 Interview with Daniel Pillai
4:27 Moving to India to pursue Bollywood music
ABOUT JONITA GANDHI
#MonsterArtist Jonita Gandhi grew up in Ontario, Canada, and has managed to pursue an exciting musical career while completing her education (BHSc and HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario). Now a full-time recording artist/performer, Jonita has several accomplishments under her belt. She made her Bollywood debut in the title track of the 2013 Blockbuster hit film Chennai Express starring India’s mega superstars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. She has also been featured on MTV India’s Coke Studio Season 3 in Clinton Cerejo’s episode. Jonita is a versatile singer and performer and has training in Western Classical music. She sings in various genres and languages and continues to aspire to learn more.
CREDITS
“Gilehriyaan” from the film Dangal
Composed by Pritam
Lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya
Performed by
Jonita Gandhi, Clinton Charles D’Cunha, Rishabh Shankar, Daniel Kenneth Rego
Audio Engineer:
Vikas Kohli of Fat Labs
Videographers:
Charles Vilagut, Mike Gillis, Jawn Taboika and Filip Plaskota of Creators at Play
Production Coordinator:
Aida Maz
and a Monstrous THANK YOU to Ontario 150 for making this all possible!!
ABOUT MONSTRARTITY
Born in 2011, MonstrARTity Creative Community is a not-for-profit organization, based in Mississauga and committed to providing entertainment for the young and old alike. Ever expanding our productions, MonstrARTity is the producer of #BollywoodMonster Mashup, which is the largest South Asian festival in Canada, as well as the team behind the award-winning #MonsterRock Orchestra show.
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Interview with Daniel Pillai
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it’s really exciting I’m really happy to
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be back and in my own City performing
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for people and familiar faces we’re
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gonna hear you sing talk to me about
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what you have prepared for us I’m gonna
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do a little acoustic unplugged version
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of the song that I sang for the film
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dangal it’s called gill area
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[Music]
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hidden button I forgive you
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which I do not I do not I know that
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unlike you Budda Budda getting kind of
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may generate I do not use it
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I don’t
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we do
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yeah
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she is like a he
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Meza he could be it
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yeah
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sommore
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just like
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Oh Madonna tonight unlike you I said he
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couldn’t see pretty gay hey Damien
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how’s that experience been for you to
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kind of go from the South Asian
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community here dream about you know some
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of these Bollywood composers and singers
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and now being in that space how is that
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difference for you is it culturally
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different of course yeah I’ve grown up
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here so moving to India was quite the
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experience I had visited India many
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times like Delhi Bombay only once Mumbai
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only once and it’s that city I mean I
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feel like India in general is so
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different when you visit versus when you
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go there and live there and you live
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there when you’re visiting and you’re
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staying with fans or family you know the
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your experience is gonna be completely
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different right and versus when you’re
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there on your own having to deal with
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the daily you know grind and you know
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getting made to come and getting around
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in auto rickshaws and people
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understanding you and you know dealing
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with people is so different there than
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it is here so it was quite the
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experience but there are many perks to
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living in India like I said we get maids
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there and like everything can be
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delivered there so it’s amazing
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