MUMBAI: We have heard many songs that celebrate womanhood, songs that emphasize the significance of God’s most beautiful and eternal creation. Ace music director and composer Ram Sampath weaved magic with his music on Coke Studio@MTV Season 3 and dedicated an entire episode to womanhood. Ram’s episode follows the theme of ‘DEVI’. All the songs in his set celebrate the feminine divine in all its avatars, sometimes soft, sometimes ferocious, sometimes the creator and sometimes the destroyer. 

This episode will showcase the feminine in all its glory and all the songs that  Sampath has composed in the episodes have particularly been sung by women singers. Another interesting incident during the shoot…paying their homage to women, all the musicians including Ram were seen sporting kohl eyes, celebrating womanhood truly Ram Sampath style.

Sampath enjoys a huge fan following but if there is one person that he is an ardent fan of then it is none other than the Rajasthani folk singer, Bhanvari Devi! She has sung the song ‘Tan Kattey’ for him along with rapper Hard Kaur in one of the most interesting collaborations to ever come up on Coke Studio@MTV! Ram had seen Bhanvari Devi perform in Rajasthan for the first time and since then he was looking for the perfect platform to collaborate with her. When he was approached for Coke Studio@MTV Season 3 he knew this was his calling.

Bhanwari Devi is a folk singer from Rajasthan. With ‘ghoongat’ on her head and a mike in her hand, Bhanwari devi, a woman singer in an almost male dominated arena is a powerful performer of Kabir poetry. Also not used to recording in a studio, Coke Studio@MTV was a completely new experience for her. She usually performs with her son Kishan Kumar who plays the harmonium and is performing with her on Coke Studio@MTV season 3. Even while recording ‘Tan Kattey’, Kishan was playing the harmonium and he would give her the cue to start.

For this song, Ram also gave Hard Kaur complete freedom to come up with the rap part herself. The rap, penned by Hard Kaur, depicts the things she has experienced in life. For her, this was the perfect song to let out all the angst she’s been feeling!

The song ‘Tan Kattey’ is a crazy mix-up of two completely different worlds – Bhanvari Devi’s traditional powerhouse Rajasthani vocals, fuses with Hard Kaur’s scorching rap on her personal journey & some genuine hip-hop – the end product is a burst of energy, unlike anything you’ve heard before. Two outlaws from two different universes come together in this Sampath song to celebrate freedom, rebellion & belonging.