Times Music and Reliance Industries Limited proudly presents 'The Music of Superstar India' by Shobhaa Dé along with Miti Adhikari and Neel Adhikari (a.k.a. MANA). It is the first musical album which has been inspired by a book. An album about a nation (and a woman) turning sixty. After the launch of the book 'Superstar India', for the author – Shobhaa Dé – words were just not enough. A feeling of emptiness still lingered about. The circle had to be completed. A not-just-another-album had to be created. These are pages that are truly worth humming to.

Reliance Industries Limited has sponsored this project in recognition of the uniqueness of the album and the cause for which it has been done. A special thanks to Kaushik Roy of Reliance for producing the album and the music video.

The album is music for the soul of India and music from the soul of India. It features melodic, soulful Indian classical renderings and earthy songs by the Bauls of Bengal and the Langas of Rajasthan, who for generations have kept the rich tradition of their art alive and sing because they must... because music is their life. Though the songs are traditional and Indian the presentation by MANA is very contemporary - ranging from Lounge to Trance, from Reggae to Club.

MANA is a Music production duo. Two cousins,Miti from London, a sound engineer and programmer who has worked with Coldplay, Oasis, Beyonce, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Radiohead amongst others, while Neel is asinger songwriterwith two bands, Span and Five Little Indiansand is also trained in Indian classical music.

Thevoiceswere recorded in India and the album was arranged and mixed in London. The album brings together artistes like Pt. Santanu Bandyopadhyay from the Bishnupur gharana, Rabi Das Baul, Sakur Khan Langa, Mubarak Khan Langa, Aslam Khan Langa, Aseen Khan Langa, Sarvar Khan Langa, Sadik Khan Langa. Compositions, programming and arrangements have been done by MANA: Miti Adhikari and Neel Adhikari featuring songs like I am India, Naina, Hichki in the Club, Mohan Murli, Ma (The Gift), and You’re invited.

The proceeds of the album will be donated to the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA). CPAA was started in 1969 mainly to provide financial assistance to needy cancer patients. Over the last thirty years the organisation has expanded its mission to address the root cause of the exponential increase in cancer cases in India, namely that of lack of knowledge and information. CPAA does not treat cancer but complements the work being done by medical practitioners and hospitals, concentrating on education and awareness, early detection, insurance, support to treatment, guidance and counseling and rehabilitation or “Total Management of Cancer”.

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The intent of the music label was to create albums tailored to appeal to the discerning audience. TimesMusic pioneered the concepts of spiritual, world and remix music in India and is the No. 1 music label in the spiritual music genre.

Some of the leading names in the music scene rendered their voices to produce some of the best known albums for TimesMusic -The Golden Raaga Collection, Gayatri Mantra, Himalayan Chants and Hanuman Chalisa.

With the advent of digital music, the music industry once again started experiencing a boom. However, the revival was primarily led by commercial film music and therefore the group decided to launch its independent Hindi and regional film music label, JUNGLEE MUSIC.

Junglee Music took off in 2007 with the biggest commercial blockbuster, WELCOME starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal and Nana Patekar. The music of WELCOME has been composed by some of the biggest music directors of India - Himesh Reshammiya, Sajid-Wajid & Anand Raj Anand and has managed to climb to the top of the charts in no time. In 2008 Junglee Music made history again with SINGH IS KINNG starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif with music by Pritam. The music created ripples in India and overseas as well.

Junglee Music has now got the music rights for HORN OK PLEASSSS, DASVIDANIYA and KHALBALI which has some fabulous music.