Bhaav Nagari - Place of Love

Bhaav Nagari- Place of love. We couldn’t think of a better example to illustrate our emotion than the city we live in, Mumbai. Our ‘Karm Bhoomi’. A city that embraces people from all walks of life. The city of dreams. Naturally we thought of Bombay Bassment to collaborate. Much like us, Bombay Bassment met in Mumbai but consists of Goans, South Indian and a Kenyan who has made Mumbai his home for over a decade. Even though we come from different cultures and corners of the world, we unite. Together in our struggle and success. This is an ode to our city, Mumbai. The city that teaches us to welcome everyone. To accept and adjust. To love.

Bhaav Nagari
Tam to chaalo hamaara ho des
Batai daun thaane bhaavnagari
Bhaav nagari, o heli, prem nagari
Kaachi kali ho kachnaar
Kaarigar kaaya ajab bani
Ajab bani, ho yaame eb ghani
Tam to chaalo…
Haldi patangiya ro rang
Ud jaavega heli, kaal ki ghadi
Kaal ki ghadi, o heli, kaal ki ghadi
Tam to chaalo…
Mat karje kaaya ro ahankaar
Kaaya ho thaari chaam se bani
Chaam se bani, ho yaame eb ghani
Tam to chaalo…
Gaave Gulabi Das
Bhajan se mhaari kaaya sudhari
Kaaya sudhari, o heli, eb bisari
Tam to chaalo…

The City Of Feelings
Come let’s go to my country
I’ll show you the city of my heart
The city of feelings, my dear friend
The city of Love
Let’s go to the beloved’s land
Where the guru dwells
The creator crafted this body
As wondrous as a tender blossom
Wondrous, my friend
But oh so frail
Come let’s go…
The golden-winged moth -
It’s colours will fly away
In the moment of death, my friend
In the split of a second
Come let’s go…
Don’t be vain about this body
It just a bag of leather
A bag of skin, my friend
And oh so frail
Come let’s go…
Gulabi Das sings
Songs healed my body
Meditation made me better, my friend
My frailties were forgotten
Come let’s go…

Translation Shabnam Virmani
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Composition: Kabir Cafe & Bombay Bassment
Singers - Neeraj Arya & Bob ‘Bobkat’ Omulo
Acoustic Guitar- Poubuanpou Britto Khangchian
Percussions - Vikram Brahmankar
Drums - Viren Solanki
Violin - Mukund Ramaswamy
Harmonium - Piyush Acharya
Electric Guitar - Savio Richard Gonsalves
Bass Guitar - Ruell Barretto a.k.a Bass Barrett
Track Produced by Major C

Recording Engineer - Swapnil Tare
Mix and Master - Hanish Taneja
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Video - Demosh Rao Photography
DOP - Akshay Das, Tanishq Chaudhary
Drone - Demosh Rao
Editing - Akshay Das
Production assistant - Siddhesh Gosavi
BTS - Tanishq Chaudhary
Production : Rajat Dawda
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Venue Partner : Camp Max
Music Distributor - Songdew
Artwork - Priya Brahmbhatt
Project Managed By : Sujeet Ramanna

Special Thanks - Karan Amin, Gopal Singh, Rashmi Bajpai, Aditya Kanthy & Sabharwal Family