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News |  03 Aug 2010 16:00 |  By ShikhaShah

Lyricist Neelesh Misra ropes story-telling into his upcoming album

MUMBAI: It is difficult to miss out the soothing words that flow from his pen. With recent hit like Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai tucked under his belt, lyricist Neelesh Misra is now set to release an album with his band Nine.

The band is coming up with an album which will see its release by September. The album consists of nine tracks based on the theme of nostalgia, the feeling that one goes through sometime or other in life. The music is very soulful, contemporary and acoustic going with the theme,... revealed Misra. All nine songs are woven into a story. I have chosen the conventional art of story-telling to link each track to the other. I will be narrating the story with the music in the background,... he further added.

Misra will be writing the lyrics for all the songs and will also be lending his voice to two tracks from this album. The lead female vocalist of the band is Shilpa Rao, who gave her refreshing voice to �Khuda Jaane' from the film Bachna Ae Haseeno and �Mudi Mudi' from Paa among other Bollywood hits. The other members of the band include guitarist Ankur Mukherjee, keyboard player Aditya Pushkar, bass guitarist Rushad Mistry and drummer Attur Soni.

The band will also be releasing a video though the members are still contemplating on the details.

Saregama will launch the album as revealed by the Misra. They heard the tracks and really liked them so they will be producing the album entirely,... he said enthusiastically.

The band also plans to come up with radio reality shows and theatre for a wider reach of the concept of nostalgia, but this will be done after the album is out  

A regular in the Mahesh Bhatt stable, Misra has penned the lyrics for songs like �Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai' from Jism, �Kyaa Mujhe Pyaar Hai' from Woh Lamhe and �Lamha Lamha' from Gangster. Apart from this, the multi-faceted persona is also a script writer, novelist, lyricist and an amateur photographer. Misra also holds the office of the deputy chief editor of Hindustan Times Delhi and was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Talking about his projects in the film industry, the roving writer says, I am currently writing a script for a film under the YashRaj banner. I will be co-writing it with Kabir Khan who is also directing the film....

Other than his Bollywood projects, Misra is waiting for the launch his fourth book 'The Absent State', co-written with Rahul Pandita and scheduled this July by Hachette India Publishers. The book talks about conflict and insurgency over the past two decades in South Asia, traveling deep into the rebel heartlands of Kashmir, Naxalite areas and the north-east. His previously written book inclue �173 Hours in captivity: The Hijacking of IC-814', �End of the Line: The Story of The Killing of the Royals in Nepal' and the novel �Once Upon a Timezone'.

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