Monday, January 28, 2002		Music Beat

DJs of almost all discotheques prefer to play Mika's songs to set the ball rolling. He is one singer whose songs are full of reverberations - just apt to set the party mood right. Younger brother of renowned pop singer Daler Mehndi, Mika sings with a nasal twang, a talent that has attracted intense fans and severest critics, though unarguably he can make people of all age groups to dance. Just like his brother, music runs is Mika's veins. His father Ajmer Singh Chandan is classical-trained musician of the old school and his late mother Balbir Kaur had the knowledge of folk music. This combination inspired Mika to look towards music as an art form that is all fun and still has a serious dimension. Mika started to play tabla when he was eight, harmonium when he was 12 and guitar at 14. He had a hit music album Sawan mein lag gayee aag to his credit at 24. Mika (real name Amrik Singh), was born on June 10 in Durgapur, West Bengal. He has dedicated his latest album Gabru to his mother. Though all songs of his latest album have been a hit, Gabru is the one song which is popular and whose video can be seen on all music channels. The singer recommends this album to all top Gabrus of the world who believe in masti, mazaa and Mika.

It is the official site of Mika. Index page shows Golden Temple. This site provides information about the singer, his biography, work done by him and photographs. Younger brother of Daler is daler enough to permit his fans to download songs from his site (this is not a norm, usually). We can download his songs, Ishq brandy, Gairan de naal, Pun khatt lai, Putt sardaran de, Sajni, Teree tor ne patte patwari, Jhumka, Gidde vich nach dee available in Real Media format.

This site is about movies and music, in association with Filmnasha.tv. From the index page we have to click options (Bhangra, classical, Marathi, qawwali and more) available under Audio channels. There is a large list of albums and singers in the Bhangra page. All songs of his latest album are available online. We can find more songs of Mika, on this site by surfing through other categories. Most popular songs of Mika available on this site are Billo challa mangdi, Gabru, Tere mere pyar noon, Gidhe wich tu nachdi, O sanam jaan-e-man, Dil mera dhak dhak, Bas do lafzon ki, Gal dil di, etc.

 - Amit Puri