MUMBAI: Life doesn't always give everyone a second chance and if it does, one has to identify and make the most of it. One living example is actress Monica Bedi who made an immensely popular comeback into the entertainment industry with the recently concluded BIGG Boss season 2. Now the actress is working on �Ek Onkaar' – a spiritual offering where Monica has rendered her voice. The album is a compilation of the revered mantra of the Sikhs called �Mool Mantra' which is one of the holiest chants from the holy book of Sikhism �Guru Granth Saheb'. It will be followed by 2 Pauris from Japji Saheb which speaks about the universality of God and the strong belief in destiny as depicted by Sikhism. Followed by the �Simran' of �Wahe Guru' that resound the ultimate exclamation of wonderment in the praise of the Lord.
The sound and mood of the album is attuned to listeners crossing all barriers of age, class & nationality. It promises to create a blissful aura of early morning serenity for those who seek peace during the early hours of the day.
Monica on the album: This album is homage to God as well as to convey my unshaken belief in Him which has helped me throughout the trials and tribulations of life. People think of me as strong and brave but I was totally lost till I surrendered myself to Him and started praying and believing in Him. As they say faith can move mountains & that I've truly experienced. Hence with this album and a lot of guidance from Universal Music, I seek to reach this humble message across to everyone. I will be really honoured if through this small endeavour of life, people are inspired to have ultimate faith in the Almighty Lord.... Monica will be giving the entire amount as charity which she will earn from this album....
Rajeeta Hemwani, VP, A&R/ Content, Universal Music says, 2009 will see a lot of path breaking releases on the Punjab front, and as you can see we recently released the superhit album Indian Timing by Panjabi MC as well as launched a promising Punjabi star from Canada, Gurjit Rahal. Thus in the same vein but a different tune, we thought of endeavouring across genres, and setting our foot firm into the spiritual realm. This would be Universal's first major spiritual release of the year....
Monica was very keen in doing this album when we explained her about the concept of the album. Besides, herself belonging to the Guru Nanak Bedi family, we thought she suited well and zeroed down on her voice....
The music of the album has been arranged by Anand Kurhekar of Inner Voice who has provided a very world ambient feel of sound design to the entire album. Inner Voice has been the production house behind many a fabulous albums in the spiritual spectra like Dances of Shiva, Gayatri Mantra, Mandukaya Upanishad, Preachings of Buddha and a lot more!