shunashir sen shunashir. sen@ mid- day. com Fun fact. Jhumka gira re, the wildly popular Bollywood classic, isnu2019t originally the coquettish song as Asha Bhonsle sings it to be in the 1966 movie, Mera Saaya.

On the contrary, itu2019s an age- old Bhojpuri tune about a woman who gets mercilessly beaten up by her mother- in- law, sister- in- law and husband for losing a piece of jewellery at a market in Bareilly. Maybe you didnu2019t know that. But thatu2019s not your fault. Itu2019s just that in the urban confines of Mumbai, we tend to be disconnected from the wealth of folk music that emanates from every corner of this vast country. u201c People in small towns, even the youngsters, take more pride in it. I mean, I once met a doctor in Indore who taught me a bhajan,u201d says Pranita NP, who will perform at a concert called Sounds of India along with Banat Kaur Bagga and Yugm, where they will present traditional Marwari, Bhojpuri and Punjabi tunes, apart from Urdu ghazals.