The fabulous playback singer Sonu Nigam sung nine Kannada songs in ‘Neene Bari Neene’ in the combination of ace Kannada film music director Mano Murthy and top ranking lyricist Jayanth Kaikini that was released on last Thursday evening at Windsor Manor by AKK Entertainers. For the trio magic – Sonu-Mano-Jayanth the NICE Company proprietor the big name in Karnataka Ashok Kheney joining hands to make the audio album a video album too has given a new lift to the entire project.

Sonu Nigam has so far sung six songs in an album of his professional career and it is for Kannada he has rendered his voice for nine Kannada songs. He has also appeared in the two video of his songs that has the direction of Vikram Razdan.

It is this trio Sonu-Jayanth-Mano combination in Kannada cinema has given nearly 20 plus lovely songs right from the days of ‘Mungaru Male’ released in December 2006 end.

Boasting a lot on this project Jayanth Kaikini explained that there is variety in the nine songs and monotony was a big challenge that was successfully overcome he said. The film, folk, Bhavageetha, Ghazal, western are all mixed in this album. All the nine songs are very good in quality he stated.

This is one and half year’s project and the idea was first mooted by Sonu Nigam. He wanted to give something to the people of Karnataka. I fell in love with the idea of Sonu Nigam disclosed music director of high reputation for his quality and soothing effect Mano Murthy.

My job was easiest said the director of video album of ‘Neene Bari Neene’ Vivek Razdan. The Karnataka state has wonderful locations and nine wonders here I have plans in the later days he said.

Ashok Kheney feeling happy for the first album ‘Neene Bari Neene’ said he has spent Rs.1 crore on the project and this is without the payment of Sonu Nigam. Sonu said no payment for his nine songs singing and appearance in the video album disclosed Kheney. This is the admiration he had shown to the people of Karnataka who have given him two film fare awards plus lot of affection.

Ashok Kheney announced series of projects on this occasion of audio album release. 13 part television serial on Sri Shivakumra Swamiji of 102 years in the direction of Deepak Thimmaiah, a similar program on Sri Balagangadharanath Swamiji, Art of Living Ravi Shanker, a rock band in the age group of 13 to 15, two film projects that are on subjects very apt to the current social set up, evolving a male and female singer annually to introduce to the Kannada cinema industry and give them world tour with Sonu Nigam, giving a home for Sonu Nigam and making him our man plus the Hindi film ‘Prem Game’ starring Salman Khan, Arbaz Khan and others are the projects in pipeline for Ashok Kheney.

The two of the video form of the songs Ba Nodu Gelathi Navilu Gari Mari Hakidhe… starring Sonu and Madhuri Bhattacharya and title track Neene Bari Neene….were screened at the Windsor Manor prior to the media briefing. Madhuri Bhatacharya and Imtiaz are the other characters in the two songs screened.