I love the Berklee Indian Ensemble's version of A.R. Rahman's "Jiya Jale" so much that I am now fluent in Hindi.  Ok, I'm exaggerating, sorta 😂, tho I have gotten to the point where I can confidently sing along as soloists Ishita Sinha, Harshitha Krishnan, Nalini Krishnan and Rohith Santosh Jayaraman warble and croon.

The instrumental arrangement, slanted slightly more towards a jazzy organic sound than its original Bollywood take feels so right in my ears - I can safely say that I've never enjoyed a Bollywood track as much as this version.

The Berklee Indian Ensemble, founded in 2011 by Annette Philip seeks to educate themselves and their audiences. Their next big show is on December 7th @ The Berklee Performance Center. Contribute to the vision by emailing: indiaexchange@berklee.edu.

You'll see... take a trip to India with me.

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The Berklee Indian Ensemble's  "Jiya Jale" (A. R. Rahman) From the film Dil Se :

🎼Arrangement: Inna Dudukina

Vocal arrangement, Producer: Annette Philip

Instrumental interlude: Berklee Indian Ensemble

🎤Soloists

Ishita Sinha: voice, Patna, India

Harshitha Krishnan, voice, Chennai, India

Nalini Krishnan, voice, Seattle, Washington

Rohith Santosh Jayaraman, voice, morsing (jaw harp), San Jose, CA

 🎼Instrumental Soloists

Yazhi Guo: dizi, Hong Kong, China

Sashank Navaladi: sarod, New Delhi, India

Harini Srinivasa Raghavan violin, Chennai, India

Layth Al Rubaye: violin, Amman, Jordan

Patrick Simard: drums, Ottowa, Canada

🌹Indian Ensemble Choir

Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, New Delhi, India

Dhruv Goel, Lucknow, India

Vasundhara Gupta, Kolkata, India

Rohith Santosh Jayaraman, San Jose, CA

Harshitha Krishnan, Chennai, India

Nalini Krishnan, Seattle, Washington

Armeen Musa, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kanika Patawari, Antwerp, Belgium

Annette Philip, Kerala, India

Purvaa Sampath, Bangalore, India

Ishita Sinha: Patna, India

Harini Srinivasa Raghavan, Chennai, India

Aseem Suri, New Delhi, India

Adriel Tjokrosaputro, Surakarta, Indonesia

Sanchitha Wickremesooriya, Colombo, Sri Lanka

🎻Strings

Layth Al Rubaye: violin, Amman, Jordan

Harini Srinivasa Raghavan: violin, Chennai, India

Daniel Urbanowicz: viola, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Naseem Al Atrash: cello, Beit Sahour, Palestine

Victor Manuel Gonzalez Quezada: double bass, Rancagua, Chile

🥁 Rhythm Section

Annette Philip: piano, Kerala, India

Aleif Hamdan: electric guitar, Jakarta, Indonesia

Shubh Saran: electric and acoustic guitar, New Delhi, India

Achal Murthy: bass, Strassen, Luxembourg

Ullas Rao: mridangam, Westwood, MA

Kaushlesh Purohit: tabla, percussion, Jodhpur, India

Ranajoy Das: cajon, New Delhi, India

Joe A Galeota Jr.: percussion, Arlington, MA

Patrick Simard: drums, Ottowa, Canada

🎧Recorded live at The Record Company

Simon Katz: recording engineer, mixing engineer

Chris Geller: assistant engineer

Pietro Milanesi: second engineer

🎬Teo Karakolev: videographer, editor

Kevin Greene: videographer

Sam Harchik: videographer

Mastered by M Works Studios

Jonathan Wyner: engineer