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After a successful stint as a model, Ritu Singh Vaidya is all set to follow her childhood dream of singing.
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JUST AFTER college, she opted to enter the hot n' happening world of fashion and modelling. Though it took a while for her to get noticed there, she came into the limelight when she won the 1991 Miss India title.
Though Ritu Singh Vaidya trained in Hindustani classical music for 12 years, she had to give music a backseat as modelling took away most of her professional time. Now, after a satisfying 15 years in the fashion industry, Ritu Singh Vaidya returns to one of her earliest passions - singing.
After shifting base to Nepal recently, Ritu recollected her experiences of travel round the world, blended them together and decided to cut a music album.
Essentially mainstream pop, the music of Ritu's album, `Sun Zara' (Times Music; CD: Rs. 195) reflects a sense of hope and optimism, which according to her, is her current mindset as she enters the music scene.
The album, which is said to have been "penned under the shades of the Himalayan peaks", reveals the song-writing skills of the artiste as well. Ritu believes that a musical effort is complete only if the singer writes her own music and makes sure the ideas contained in the song blend with the vocals.
Ritu has written all the songs in `Sun Zara', and has composed them with help from Chris Masand, Gurudev Kamat and Harry Anand. It is an upbeat collection of "feel-good" songs, most of them having a deep philosophical, lyrical flavour.
Except for the title track, the other songs don't really stand out as miraculous pieces of music, but a common string of optimism runs through them. An impressive musical debut for Ritu, but probably a bit too mainstream. Well, you can always correct that next time.
A. VISHNU
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