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8 unusual facts about Colonial Cousins


Colonial Cousins

On 19 November 1998, their second album, a sophomore effort, The Way We Do It, was a continuation of, and a departure from, that first effort.

In 2009, the Colonial Cousins made a debut as music composers for Tamil film Modhi Vilayadu directed by Saran.

On 19 November 1998, the Colonial Cousins released their second album, The Way We Do It.

Colonial Cousins scored their second soundtrack for the film Chikku Bukku (2010).

Leslie Lewis

Lewis began singing something while strumming his guitar, Hari felt inspired to jam with an alaap, and the result: the seamless fusion of Eastern and Western sounds that has become characteristic of the Colonial Cousins.The year 1996 was a career milestone; he formed the band Colonial Cousins with ghazal singer Hariharan.

It was during Lewis's jingles career that the idea of Colonial Cousins was conceived.

Their first album, Colonial Cousins was a fusion album and was the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged.

Paresh Ganatra

He had acted TV series, Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka, a Colonial Cousins music video, number of TV commercials, including, Symphony Air Coolers, Tata Phones, Coffee Bite, LG TV, Nerolac, Dabur and McDonalds, when he reached fame wit the 2002 multi-starrer hit film Aankhen.



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