25th April, 2024
28th January, 2019Indian-born- Singapore based singer-songwriter Druv Kent delivers his first ever Hindi original track Hindustan meri jaan on 70th Republic Day. After a string of pioneering and critically acclaimed English songs recorded in the UK, including being repeatedly featured on BBC Radio 2 and internationally this is Druv Kent’s first original Hindi release.
After Druv’s latest single, Back Home, released in Nov 2018 to widespread recognition internationally and in India, Druv Kent delivers his first original release in Hindi. The song is titled Hindustan Meri Jaan, about the country he spent his formative years in and still considers “back home”. Druv’s UK producers for his prior tracks shaped the sounds of John Mayer, Ronan Keating, Radiohead and Oasis. Increasingly, Druv has built Indian rhythmic ideas and lyrical expression into his English music, subtly fusing musical worlds together.
In Hindustan Meri Jaan Druv blends contemporary western arrangements with Indian musical motifs and lyrically anchors the song around the country’s multi-faceted character, with the refrain “Rang tera bhi, Rang mera bhi” (you have your colors, I have my colors; we all belong). The song is composed and sung by Druv Kent with lyrics by Hina Joshi, produced by Gaurav Godkhindi, and video shot by TED fellow Puneet Rakheja.
The video is shot by Druv’s longtime video collaborator, Puneet Rakheja. Puneet spent a year travelling around India filming various things large and small as vignettes of everyday India – the country and people we see in the fields, cities and villages. The resulting video is a joyful celebration of India, set to the rhythms of Hindustan Meri Jaan, allowing a visual palette to see just how wide the country’s people and colors are. Druv Kent, a singer-songwriter had left his blooming banking career to follow his passion for music.
He recently released his single ‘Back Home’and has found tremendous response. After a period of international live performances and writing sessions this year, Druv Kent returned to the studio in the UK and delivered his new offering – a lyrically charged, ear-wormy single titled: Back Home released worldwide on November 16.
In 2013, Dhruv Shrikent quit a top-notch position in Deutsche Bank to follow his dreams and let Druv Kent, the musician in him, finally took charge.
Watch Druv Kent’s Hindustan Meri Jaan Official Video here:
