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''The Dewarists'' is a part music documentary and part travelogue television series on
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. The show casts musicians from various parts of the world, collaborating to create original music while travelling across India. The first season featured a total of ten episodes and featured many musicians, including
Imogen Heap Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap ( ; born 9 December 1977) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. She is considered a pioneer in pop music, particularly electropop, and in music technology. While attending the ...
,
Vishal–Shekhar Vishal–Shekhar are an Indian music composition, production, singing, and songwriting duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani from Mumbai. Known predominantly for their work as music composers in Hindi cinema, Vishal–Shekhar h ...
,
Zeb and Haniya Zeb and Haniya (, pronounced as "Zayb aur Haa-nee-ya") was a Pakistani music duo from Kohat, active from 2007 to 2014. The pair have sung songs in Pashto, Urdu, Dari and Turkish, combining pop with folk music to create a diverse body of work. ...
,
Shantanu Moitra Shantanu Moitra (born 22 January 1968) is an Indian pianist, score composer and musician who has composed songs for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his scores in the films ''Parineeta (2005 film), Parineeta'' (2005), ''Hazaaron K ...
,
Swanand Kirkire Swanand Kirkire (born 29 April 1972) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, who works in Marathi and Hindi film and television. Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice: f ...
,
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,
Mohit Chauhan Mohit Chauhan (born 11 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer, known for his work in Hindi films. He was a part of the Silk Route (band), Silk Route band. Chauhan has received two Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and three Zee Ci ...
,
Parikrama Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indian religions, Indic religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. In Buddhism, it refers only ...
, Agnee,
Shilpa Rao Shilpa Rao (born Apeksha Rao; 11 April 1984) is an Indian singer who primarily records songs in Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil languages. During her college days, composer Mithoon offered her to record the song "Javeda ...
,
Shri Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Assamese, Meitei ( Manipuri), Marathi, Malay (including In ...
,
Monica Dogra Monica Dogra is an American musician and actress. She has acted in six feature films, as well as released five studio albums with the band Shaa’ir and Func. She is a member on the judging panel of India's first English music talent show, ''Th ...
, Rajasthan Roots, Papon,
Rabbi Shergill Rabbi Shergill (born Gurpreet Singh Shergill on 16 April 1973) is an Indian musician well known for his debut album ''Rabbi'' and the chart-topper song of 2004, '' Bullah Ki Jaana '' ("I don’t know who I am!"). His music has been described v ...
,
Shubha Mudgal Shubha Mudgal (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian singer, and composer, known for her works in Hindustani classical music, Indian pop, and Tamil cinema. Her repertoire includes the genres of khyal, thumri, and dadra. She has received the Padma S ...
, Swarathma, MIDIval Punditz, Humble the Poet,
Karsh Kale Karsh Kale (pronounced ''Kursh Kah-lay'', ''कर्ष काळे'' in Marathi; born 1 November 1974) is an Indian-American musician born in England. Known primarily for his experimental tabla playing within electronic music contexts, Kale ...
,
Baiju Dharmajan Baiju Dharmajan (born 7 March 1968) is an Indian guitarist, music composer, producer and guitar tutor based out of Kochi, Kerala. A celebrated musician in his own country, Baiju had an extended stint during the 2000s as the lead guitarist of t ...
, Njeralathu Harigovindan,
Raghu Dixit Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit prominently works in Kannada cinema as s ...
and Rewben Mashangva. The first season was directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy, an ad filmmaker and frontman of the Mumbai Hardcore band, Scribe, with the first five episodes also involving UK filmmakers, Fred and Nick. The show is hosted by actor-singer Monica Dogra. The theme music of The Dewarists was written by Raghu Dixit. In 2013, for the launch of a new season of ''The Dewarists'', the creators of the program altered the format of the show to move away from music-inspired journeys and expanded it to include collaborations between musicians and visual artists from India and around the world. Directed by independent film-maker,
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, the show was broadcast on
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in its new format that merges the visual arts with sound to create a multi-sensory experience. The show was also the first collaborative experience to be simulcast on television and on YouTube. Singer
Monica Dogra Monica Dogra is an American musician and actress. She has acted in six feature films, as well as released five studio albums with the band Shaa’ir and Func. She is a member on the judging panel of India's first English music talent show, ''Th ...
returned as hostess, and also one of the collaborators on the season premiere of The Dewarists season 3.


Season 1 (2011)


Episode 1 – Minds Without Fear

This was filmed in Samode Palace and
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in Rajasthan, where
Imogen Heap Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap ( ; born 9 December 1977) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. She is considered a pioneer in pop music, particularly electropop, and in music technology. While attending the ...
and
Vishal Dadlani Vishal Dadlani (born 28 June 1973) is an Indian singer, songwriter, music composer and occasional actor. He is one half of the duo Vishal–Shekhar, and frontman and vocalist of one of India's leading rock bands Pentagram. As a great singer, ...
recorded the song Minds Without Fear, which is inspired by
Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...
's poem " Where the Mind is without Fear".


Episode 2 – Kya Khayaal Hai

This was filmed at the legendary Capitol theatre in
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
, where
Shantanu Moitra Shantanu Moitra (born 22 January 1968) is an Indian pianist, score composer and musician who has composed songs for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his scores in the films ''Parineeta (2005 film), Parineeta'' (2005), ''Hazaaron K ...
,
Swanand Kirkire Swanand Kirkire (born 29 April 1972) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, who works in Marathi and Hindi film and television. Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice: f ...
and the Pakistani duo
Zeb and Haniya Zeb and Haniya (, pronounced as "Zayb aur Haa-nee-ya") was a Pakistani music duo from Kohat, active from 2007 to 2014. The pair have sung songs in Pashto, Urdu, Dari and Turkish, combining pop with folk music to create a diverse body of work. ...
teamed up and recorded the song Kya Khayaal Hai.


Episode 3 – Maaya

This was filmed in
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with
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and
Mohit Chauhan Mohit Chauhan (born 11 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer, known for his work in Hindi films. He was a part of the Silk Route (band), Silk Route band. Chauhan has received two Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and three Zee Ci ...
. The song Maaya was performed at venue called Garden of Five Senses in New Delhi.


Episode 4 – I Believe

This was filmed in
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with
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, Agnee and
Shilpa Rao Shilpa Rao (born Apeksha Rao; 11 April 1984) is an Indian singer who primarily records songs in Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil languages. During her college days, composer Mithoon offered her to record the song "Javeda ...
. The song I Believe was recorded at Shisha Café.


Episode 5 – Changing World

This was filmed in
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with
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,
Monica Dogra Monica Dogra is an American musician and actress. She has acted in six feature films, as well as released five studio albums with the band Shaa’ir and Func. She is a member on the judging panel of India's first English music talent show, ''Th ...
and Rajasthan Roots. The song Changing World was recorded.


Episode 6 – Khule Da Rabb

This was filmed in Kaziranga. Assam worked with Papon and
Rabbi Shergill Rabbi Shergill (born Gurpreet Singh Shergill on 16 April 1973) is an Indian musician well known for his debut album ''Rabbi'' and the chart-topper song of 2004, '' Bullah Ki Jaana '' ("I don’t know who I am!"). His music has been described v ...
to record the song Khule Da Rabb.


Episode 7 – Duur Kinara

This was filmed in
Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...
,
Shubha Mudgal Shubha Mudgal (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian singer, and composer, known for her works in Hindustani classical music, Indian pop, and Tamil cinema. Her repertoire includes the genres of khyal, thumri, and dadra. She has received the Padma S ...
. Swarathma recorded the song Duur Kinara.


Episode 8 – No I.D. Required

This was filmed in
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,
Monica Dogra Monica Dogra is an American musician and actress. She has acted in six feature films, as well as released five studio albums with the band Shaa’ir and Func. She is a member on the judging panel of India's first English music talent show, ''Th ...
. MIDIval Punditz and Sikh-Canadian
Humble the Poet Kanwer Singh (born July 12, 1981), known professionally as Humble the Poet, is a Canadian YouTube personality, author, rapper and spoken-word artist. He is the author of three books, ''Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life'', ''Unlearn ...
recorded the song No I.D. Required.


Episode 9 – Sacred Science

This was filmed in
Angadipuram Angadippuram is a census town and major suburb of Perinthalmanna town, in the Malappuram District of Kerala. It was the capital of the powerful medieval kingdom of Valluvanad. Angadippuram is also known for Angadippuram Laterite, a notified ...
. Kerala,
Karsh Kale Karsh Kale (pronounced ''Kursh Kah-lay'', ''कर्ष काळे'' in Marathi; born 1 November 1974) is an Indian-American musician born in England. Known primarily for his experimental tabla playing within electronic music contexts, Kale ...
,
Baiju Dharmajan Baiju Dharmajan (born 7 March 1968) is an Indian guitarist, music composer, producer and guitar tutor based out of Kochi, Kerala. A celebrated musician in his own country, Baiju had an extended stint during the 2000s as the lead guitarist of t ...
and Njeralathu Harigovindan recorded the song Sacred Science.


Episode 10 – Masti Ki Basti

This was filmed in
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, Meghalaya.
Raghu Dixit Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit prominently works in Kannada cinema as s ...
and Rewben Mashangva, known as The King of Naga Folk Blues, recorded the song Masti Ki Basti.


Season 2 (2012)


Episode 1 – Let Go

The episode features the emotive acoustics of British singer-songwriter Fin Greenall and the soulful voice of Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan from Pakistan. They experience
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through the eyes of their hosts Salim-Sulaiman, the prolific Bollywood composer duo.


Episode 2 – Tom, Dick & Harry

This episode is on a powerful droll satire penned by the outspoken English rapper, teacher, poet and journalist, Akala, and the equally versatile Piyush Mishra. This episode is shot in the
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islands.


Episode 3 – Today

This episode features Shaa'ir + Func and La Pongal. They create a high octane folktronica. This episode was shot in
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.


Episode 4 – Make Love

This episode features Thermal and a Quarter, Adil & Vasundhara, with their bluesy rhythms and Ashwin Srinivasan on flutes. This episode was shot at
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.


Episode 5 – Gypsy

This episode features
Anoushka Shankar Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born 9 June 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer. She performs across multiple genres and styles—Indian classical, classical and contemporary, acoust ...
on sitar, Sanjeev Shankar on shehnai, and Pirashanna Thevarajah on percussion. This episode was filmed in New Delhi.


Episode 6 – Altitude

This episode features the fusion band Advaita and Electronica artist Dualist Inquiry. This episode was shot in
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.


Episode 7 – Qutub Minar

The song tells a (fictional) story of a man who decides to relocate the monument of
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from Delhi to Imphal. It features singer and songwriter Akhu, who collaborates with the Asian Dub Foundation.


Episode 8 – Bangla Bass

In this episode, American rapper Brooklyn Shanti and Indian actor-musician Mou Sultana create a track with DJ Nucleya about the city
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.


Episode 9 – Maati

In this episode, award-winning percussionist
Trilok Gurtu Trilok Gurtu (born 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer whose work has blended the music of India with jazz fusion and world music. He has worked with Terje Rypdal, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinu ...
teams up with electronic folk duo Hari + Sukhmani in their hometown of
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. Maati is an ambient folk song that is set to the poetry of 18th century Sufi poet
Bulleh Shah Sayyid Abdullāh Shāh Qādrī (; ), popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and vocatively as Bulleya, was a Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformer and Chishti Sufi poet, regarded the 'Father of Punjabi Enlightenment'; and one of the g ...
. The song has been given a range of sounds thanks to the percussive genius of Trilok Gurtu.


Episode 10 – The Minstrel's Tale

Papon and
Karsh Kale Karsh Kale (pronounced ''Kursh Kah-lay'', ''कर्ष काळे'' in Marathi; born 1 November 1974) is an Indian-American musician born in England. Known primarily for his experimental tabla playing within electronic music contexts, Kale ...
, from Season 1, come together with
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(from
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and Dirty Pretty Things) for the season's finale. This is the first Dewarists episode shot outside India, in Aberfeldy, Scotland. It also features a trip to the
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distillery plant.


Season 3 (2013)


Episode 1 – Suspended

This episode features
Monica Dogra Monica Dogra is an American musician and actress. She has acted in six feature films, as well as released five studio albums with the band Shaa’ir and Func. She is a member on the judging panel of India's first English music talent show, ''Th ...
of indie rock outfit, Shaair+Func a photographer and light specialist, Eric Pare, and Prashant Mistry of one of UK's electro bass outfits, Engine-EarZ Experiment. This is the first episode of the new season of The Dewarists and explores the theme of duality. Set in the snow-capped hills of Manali, the music video, Suspended, was a stirring amalgamation of light painting and electronic music.


Episode 2 – Khirama

The second episode of the third season enabled the coming together of indie-pop icon
Lucky Ali Maqsood Mahmood Ali (born 19 September 1958), better known as Lucky Ali, is an Indian singer, songwriter, and actor. He is considered an important artist to popularize pop culture and albums in Indian music and is considered one of the finest a ...
and renowned installation artist,
Shilpa Gupta Shilpa Gupta (born 1976) is a contemporary Indian artist based in Mumbai, India. Gupta's artistic practise encompasses a wide range of mediums, including manipulated found objects, video art, interactive computer-based installations, and perf ...
. Toying with the idea of the loss of identity in a big city like
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
, Lucky Ali created the tune he wanted to go with, while Shilpa Gupta worked to write the lyrics. For the final music video, Khirama, Lucky and Shilpa used words as both lyric and art, ultimately giving a whole new meaning to the song produced.


Episode 3 – Aaina

Intrigued by the story behind the creation of the urban jungle that is
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
, our collaborators – hand shadowgrapher Amar Sen, and audio-visual collective B.L.O.T., decided to showcase the creations of the island city, ranging from its colonial past to the city of today. Their collaboration, Aaina, uses Amar Sen's shadow work and B.L.O.T.'s light projections to tell the story visually. Suryakant Sawhney, from Peter Car Recording Co., provides vocals to complement the visuals.


Episode 4 – Hadimba

The fertile, grassy slopes of Manali play host to the fourth collaboration of Season Three of The Dewarists. The collaborators are: Lagori, a highly energetic folk fusion band from Bengaluru, and Actor's Cult, a theatre group from Mumbai. The outcome of their collaboration is the high-octane song that inspires awe and fervor.


Episode 5 – Kwamakhutha

Jayachandran Palazhy, founder of the Attakkalari Centre For Movement Arts, and his dance troupe are joined by Delhi-based hind-rock band
Euphoria Euphoria ( ) is the experience (or affect) of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness. Certain natural rewards and social activities, such as aerobic exercise, laughter, listening to or making music and da ...
. Set by the tranquil shores of
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, the collaboration fuses contemporary movement arts with the effortless energy of Euphoria.


Episode 6 – The Journey

The sixth episode on The Dewarists this season looked back upon the collaborations where music and art met to create a multi-sensory experience.
Monica Dogra Monica Dogra is an American musician and actress. She has acted in six feature films, as well as released five studio albums with the band Shaa’ir and Func. She is a member on the judging panel of India's first English music talent show, ''Th ...
accompanied viewers through the diverse locales where each artist worked to create art that inspired those around it.


Episode 7 – I

The one-hour-long season finale featured a collaboration between India's folk rock collective,
The Raghu Dixit Project Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit prominently works in Kannada cinema ...
; a contemporary dance troupe, Nritarutya; mask maker, Sridhar Murthy; and graffiti artist and animator, Harun Robert. Set in Bangalore, the music video produced was a blend of diverse art forms, genres, mediums, and styles.


Season 4 (2015)


Episode 1 – Yaad

'Yaad' the first episode of the fourth season of ''The Dewarists'' unfolds with a collaboration of American clarinetist and music composer Shankar Tucker, and gifted vocalist Nirali Kartik. Inspired by one of the subcontinent's greatest Urdu poets: Faiz – whose poetry still speaks to those hoping for love. They try to recreate the words of Faiz in a melodious tribute to both the poet and the poem ‘Kab Yaad Mein Tera'. The track reflects the individual styles of the artists, the mood of the mellifluous raga, and the mysteries of longing and separation.


Episode 2 – Fakiri

In the Second episode of Season Four, we see
Vishal Dadlani Vishal Dadlani (born 28 June 1973) is an Indian singer, songwriter, music composer and occasional actor. He is one half of the duo Vishal–Shekhar, and frontman and vocalist of one of India's leading rock bands Pentagram. As a great singer, ...
Collaborating with Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Cafe to create the song

Fakiri' which is neither betwixt nor between.but the song is inspired by both
Kabir Kabir ( 15th century) was a well-known Indian devotional mystic poet and sant. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Gar ...
’s life, and his poem ‘Lago Mere Yaar Fakiri’, which is about letting go.


Episode 3 – Daiyya Ri

In the third episode of ''The Dewarists'' season four, the
Raghu Dixit Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit prominently works in Kannada cinema as s ...
Project and Bindhumalini travel to Rajasthan.They find inspiration from a local poets’ community, Chang, from the Prince of Alsisar Mahal, and Abhimanyu Singh. This inspiration from the local poets and the surreal beauty of Alsisar Mahal leads our Dewarists to do magic with the colorful words of
Amir Khusrow Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253 – 1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau, sometimes spelled as, Amir Khusrow or Amir Khusro, was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar, who lived during the period of the Delhi Sult ...
, in ‘Daiyya Ri’, a poem written to express his love of his pir.


Episode 4 – O Megh

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bears witness to the fourth collaboration of this season, where
Shantanu Moitra Shantanu Moitra (born 22 January 1968) is an Indian pianist, score composer and musician who has composed songs for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his scores in the films ''Parineeta (2005 film), Parineeta'' (2005), ''Hazaaron K ...
and Papon create a song inspired by
Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...
’s poem, ‘O Megh’ — a tribute to a child's imagination and his dilemma at leaving his mother behind while he's tempted to go and play with clouds and waves. In
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, they meet local poets who introduce them to local traditions via Bhand Pather's performance. As our Dewarists jam together, the poem takes them back to the memories of the time they spent with their parents back home.


Episode 5 – Recap

From shadowgraphy to installation art, ''The Dewarists'' has travelled far from the ordinary to create collaborations that will stay with us forever. This episode will take you back in time to a place where art and poetry complemented the creations of our Dewarists.


Episode 6 – Heer

For the season 4 finale Nucleya and Shruti Pathak travel to the land of the beautiful blue waters,
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,
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
, to find a tune for the words of our Poet Dewarist Waris Shah. Shruti Pathak, best known as the voice behind songs like 'Mar Jawaan' (Fashion), and 'Subharambh' (Kai Po Che), has been on tours all over the country promoting her band 'Guzzler' and launched 'Guzzler' as a radio show. Nucleya redefines Indian electronica by creating a fusion of complex cut up edits and unheard Indian sounds with cutting-edge production and genre-defying rhythms. While they explore the islands, Nucleya comes up with a basic melody and they work further on the track. He is helped by his producer friend, Dub Sharma, to write some lyrics inspired by Heer. Nucleya. They also meet a group of local Thai folk musicians who perform local folk songs that have been sung for years and have been passed on from one generation to another. Nucleya also tries his hand at playing a local Thai instrument, Ranad. The Dewarists discuss the poems of Waris Shah, also popularly known as William Shakespeare of India for his most famous work, Heer Ranjha. Waris Shah's poem is much more than just a love story; it is also about a man's search for, and tenuous relationship with, his creator.


Season 5 (2016)


Episode 1 – Yaad Rakh

''Dewars'' brings together two compelling artists for the premiere episode of The Dewarists Season Five. Experience their LIVE TRUE voyage as they talk about their past trials and present experiences that have molded them into who they are today.
Benny Dayal Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is a UAE-born Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He is a member of the band S5, launched by ...
, the voice behind Bollywood's best chartbusters, has carved his niche in the industry. His passion is so deeply rooted, it drove him to the heights he is at today. Dayal is as recognizable for his Dewarist spirit as he is for his voice. Naezy, like most rappers, experienced an early life battle within his tough childhood, and rough neighborhood. Rap was what he turned to for an escape. His work lives true to its source, as he covers life stories around him with startling and undisguised realism, making him a passionate Dewarist.


Episode 2 – Ikka Dukka

In episode two of The Dewarists, presented by DEWAR'S, we explore the verdant beauty of Ladakh with
Clinton Cerejo Clinton Cerejo is an Indian singer and composer. Personal life Clinton Cerejo was born into an academically inclined family with no known musical background. His father was an engineer at L&T and his mother is a French professor. His elder b ...
, Bianca Gomes and Deepak Ramola. The vast mountains and peaceful monasteries inspire them to write Ikka Dukka, a passionate quest for a higher power. Watch as they translate these LIVE TRUE moments into a song that perfectly blends their passion.


Episode 3 – Dil Beparvah

Ankur Tewari and Prateek Kuhad set off on an inspiring journey to the hills of Shillong in episode 3. They create a beautiful masterpiece with Dil Beparvah. It is a song about relentlessly following your heart, no matter how the world perceives your dreams. Their commitment and passion for songwriting, singing and storytelling represent the Dewarist spirit perfectly. Watch their LIVE TRUE journey come alive amidst the beautiful mountains of Shillong which finally lead them to The Dewarists Stage at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender.


Episode 4 – Mitho Laage

In episode four, we take you to the magical palaces of Udaipur, where Dhruv Ghanekar and Mame Khan bring their passion for music alive. Divided by cultures and musical backgrounds, these Dewarists unite to tell you their LIVE TRUE tale with Mitho Laage.


Episode 5 – Memories

Immersed in the beauty and serenity of Hampi, Nucleya and Papon converge on a journey steeped in passion. In episode five, they create a sound that is set in the present and inspired by the echoes of the past. Watch their LIVE TRUE journey weave ancient history and soulful music together with electronic beats in Memories.


Episode 6 – Panchiyaa

In the final episode of ''The Dewarists'' this season, watch
Amit Trivedi Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician who works primarily for Indian cinema. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as ...
and V Selvaganesh sail through the serene seas of Sri Lanka on a journey to LIVE TRUE with Panchiyaa. While exploring the idea of someone who loves being in love, they set out to create something as pure and soulful as the scenic views around them.


See also

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Thomas Dewar Thomas Robert Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar (6 January 1864 – 11 April 1930) was a Scottish whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family company John Dewar & Sons into an international success. They blended their whi ...
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Music genre A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. Genre is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometim ...
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Music of India Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk, rock, and pop. It has a history spanning several millennia and developed over several ...
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Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...
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Indian musical instruments Musical instruments of the Indian subcontinent can be broadly classified according to the Hornbostel–Sachs system into four categories: chordophones (string instruments), aerophones (wind instruments), membranophones (drums) and idiophones (no ...


References


External links


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