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Monday, November 18, 2002
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Hawa mein udta jaaye reflown
Amit Puri

Neeraj Shridha
Neeraj Shridha

Top Hits : Hawa mein udati, Call me up, I believe, You & I, Chalte jaana

NEERAJ Shridhar, the talented man is better known as the voice and face behind Bombay Vikings. He came back from Sweden to sing. He makes remakes of songs. Though it is an old formula to get easy publicity yet the way he makes remakes is different.

The idea of remaking old Hindi melodies came to his mind while travelling in a train in Stockholm. He was trying to recall the lyrics of O mere Sona re and found himself fitting his own lyrics in the tune. He discussed the concept with his friends and they decided to make an album in India.

Neeraj started his career as a baggage loader for Scandinavian airlines. He quit his job to open his own company, Spectrum Productions, which produces music and ad jingles. His work gave him chances to come to India frequently.

He released his first album with Zee music, which was released in 1993. But the album went unnoticed. The Bombay Vikings got popularity with the song, Kya soorat hai, which was inspired by Kishore Kumar song, Zaroorat hai.

Apart from remakes, he has given some originals also. Some of his popular songs are Hawa mein udati, Call me up, I believe, You & I, Chalte jaana, Dancing all night, Stop, I got to get loved, Tera mera pyaar and Woh chali. Lyrics of all songs of his hit album Woh chali were written by Neeraj himself. Apart from singing, he is also producing music for upcoming artistes. He is producing fusion music for two girls who were born in Afghanistan but live in Sweden. He is also producing music for a singer Paul, who is from the USA.

www.musicdesi.com/pop/bombay-vikings.shtml

This page opens up a page where we can find three very popular songs of Bombay Vikings. Woh Chali, Timbuktu and Love is Here are the songs available for download. All songs are available in Real media format and the links are working.

www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/0202001700

All songs of the album Woh Chali are available for listening online. We just have to select songs to hear online. The songs can be sent to friends through mail. There are eight songs available.

www.channelok.com

From the index page, click the link, pop artists, which is on the left side of the page. On the pop artists page, Bombay Vikings name is written. On clicking the name the next page shows the list of all songs of his album, Woh chali. For downloading the songs of his latest Hawa mein, we have to click the link provided on the index page in latest updates section (Download Bombay Vikings, Hawa mein). The link opens up a page from where we can download all songs of his latest album Hawa mein.

www.indiafm.com/audio/jukeboxalbums.shtml

This is a site from where we cannot download songs but we can hear them online. In this Jukebox section there are two famous songs of Bombay Vikings. Saamne ye kaun aaya and Woh chali are two songs available on this page. This page consists long list of latest pop songs.

www.allindiansite.com/home/music/h/f/Bombay_Vikings.html

It is the biggest resource of Bombay Vikings songs. There are 17 songs available for listening online. Songs are available in Real Media format. A heart breakin woman, Angel eyes, Give you heart to me, Jambola, Jump up, Kya soorat hai, Listen to my heart beat, Love is here to stay, Mona re, Night is so perfect, One minute you smile at me, Take the coo coo train, Timbuktu, Woh chali woh chali and You are my love are some famous songs available on this site.