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Abhimanyu

Hi. My name is Abhimanyu. I am a music composer and a singer. Along with my partner Pragya, I have recently launched our album, Damn I miss you. The songs Zaroori and Kyun Gaya Tu are doing very well across various audio platforms. I was also a participant in the reality show Voice India Season 2 and was in the Top 5 members of Team Shaan. I have worked with many prominent names in the Industry such as Meet Bros, Shaan, Sonu Nigam and morre.

I am going to tell you about an incident that happened 5 years back, but it is still fresh in my mind like it happened yesterday. As a composer and a singer I have been active from 2016 and there is a name very close to my heart.

In 2016-17, I used to work with Meet Bros as their backing vocalist. I worked with them for a year and I used to travel with them for several shows all across the world. In fact, in the entire month, I would spend about 20 days travelling with them.

Out of all the shows that I have done with them, the time when I travelled to Mauritius was very special. This was my 2^nd international trip with them and we were going to perform at a huge wedding.

I was at the Mumbai airport waiting to board my flight and I was a little nervous as this was my first show as a solo backing vocalist with them. What if something went wrong? How was I going to manage everything single handed?

I was wandering at the airport with these thoughts in my head, looking for someone to talk to. Suddenly I saw Meet Bros in the business waiting area.

I was already nervous and in that state of mind, talking to them was unthinkable.

You know what? I walked straight up to them and started talking!

 

“Hello bhayya, kaise hain aap? Mujhe aapke saath kaam karna bahut achcha lagta hai, aur performances ke liye alag alag jagah jaane mein bahut maza aata hai… stage par toh hum log kya dhamaal karte hain ….par as a backing vocalist ye mera solo show hai aapke saath, isliye thoda nervous hoon…”

 

What do you think Meet Bros must have done after listening to this?  They had produced so many hit songs in that period, they were at the top of their game and here was their team member telling them how skeptical he was about an upcoming performance.

 

“Koi baat nahin Abhimanyu yaar, chill! Ye har kisi ke saath hota hai jab wo stage pe gaana shuru karta hai.You have just started your career as a singer, tumhaari ye feeling bahut natural hai. Just stay calm and have fun on the stage. Tum dekhna, tum bahut achcha gaoge aur hum sab milke stage pe aag laga denge!”

 

They must have spoken to me for good 10-15 minutes and made sure that I was comfortable.

It was really sweet of them to devote that much time. I was so assured and happy after this conversation. I have worked with so many musicians and believe me, not many make that kind of effort to shower such sweetness on their team members.

I must have done over 300 shows with Meet Bros. More than our DHAMAKEDAAR performances on stage, I will remember Meet Bros for this conversation they gifted me!

 

This article has been written by Pooja Gupta.

She is a freelance writer, anchor and a former Radio Jockey. Currently working on 2 feature films and a web series, she has previously written many short films, screenplays, dialogues, stories, articles, promos and ads. She travels across India for hosting shows. For work, she can be contacted on pooja.gupta2178@yahoo.com.