FOR the average Haryanvi , a desi ka pavva (quart of country liquor) is almost like a magic wand – this is the title of my latest Haryanvi pop album, released by Venus music. Following closely on the heels of my previous smash hits Git Pit Git Pit and Gutarghoo, Desi Ka Pavva was officially launched by jat superhero Dharmendra at his Lonavla farmhouse on Friday, December 27, 2002. In the rustic rural ambiences that he has recreated in the mildest of his sprawling farm house, Dharmaendra enjoyed every song from Desi Ka Pavva. He said that the lyrics as well as the mood of the album transported him back to his childhood GAANV.

“This song (Title Song) has gone up on my favourites list, He blessed me for this new venture and said that the album is full of life and has just the right Desi flavour.

The audio album has eight songs including, for the first time ever, a Haryanvi qawwali, `Ghunghat ne hata le’, written and sung by Ram Niwas, a high-ranking Haryana bureaucrat.

Replete with healthy, entertaining fare, Desi Ka Pavva is unique in many ways: on the one hand, it presents hugely popular, established singers like Altaf Raja (`Yaaron sai ishq yo bedardi…’) and Sapna Awasthi singing in Haryanvi for the first time, the other singers Inderjeet Nikku and Mohammad Salamat, Priya Bhatacharya, and the music is by Vaishnav Deva & Lyrics by Rajesh Phougat, Subash Sharma.

Having produced two super hit Haryanvi pop albums in the past, I am hopeful that audiences will appreciate and enjoy his latest offering, Desi Ka Pavva, even more. “We Haryanvis must come forward to support our distinctive artistic identity,”

Just as the popularity of Git Pit Git Pit and Gutarghoo ensured that they are de rigueur at every wedding and festival in Haryana, I am sure that Desi Ka Pavva will be a fixture at every party in this fun-loving state, where four desi brothers are gulping down a desi ka pavva!
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