SANDEEP LAUNCHIN ALBUM

Sandeep Acharya to perform live, launch album“Life has changed drastically,” says Indian Idol Sandeep Acharya as he readies to launch his debut album Mere Saath Sara Jahan on May 20 with a live concert. He will be joined by his nearest competitor Karunya and theother 11 finalists. His album composed by Sandeep Chowta has eight numbers penned by Sameer. Recently, he shot for the music video of his folksy title number directed by Ruchi Narain. The video traces Sandeep’s journey from his humble beginnings as a singer in the village to the city and stardom. “It captures me living with my family and how initially they are reluctant to give me the go-ahead for a career in singing. It brings out the mischievous side in me. There’s a lot of uchal-khud humour and emotions. It will touch you,” he promises. The video will start airing on all the popular channels in a few days. As for the album, it comprises two versions of the title track, two Rajasthani numbers, a romantic song, two popular hits Papa kehte hai ...’ and ‘Chehra hai ya chand khila hai ...’, one sufi number ‘Ishq ho gaya ...’. We caught Sandeep the day after he finished recording his album. A visibly relaxed and refreshed Sandeep said that since he won the title he has been working round-the-clock. “I had to shoot for the video, rehearse and record my songs. I would get up at 5 am and rest only at 1 pm,” he recalls. He is looking forward to performing live, the first time after he won the title. The concert will be aired on May 27 on Sony.