New Delhi: Singer-actor Piyush Mishra-led music band Ballimaaran will embark on a four-month tour in Kolkata from November 9, the group announced at an event here on Monday.
The band will tour across 15 Indian cities including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Indore, Bhopal, Pune, Thane, Raipur and Hyderabad.
At the end of the “Udankhatola” tour, co-produced by Tambu Entertainment and Thinking Hats, Mishra will launch his debut album of the same name.
Speaking at the event, Mishra talked about the band, the process of creating new songs and working as a family.
“It’s not a band, it’s a family. In this band of 14 people, everyone sings with and for each other. It’s not just my band, it’s all of them. All the songs are written with everyone’s contribution and everyone has an equal right to say when I’m not right and I accept that,” the 62-year-old said.
NSD-alumni are known for the socially conscious lyrics of their songs, including “Aarambh” and “Duniya” in “Gulaal”, “Ik Bagal”, “Ghar” in “Gangs of Wasseypur” and “Ghar” in Coke Studio. Husna”. ,
Ballimaran Band, which was started in 2016, consists of Nishant Agarwal on guitar, Varun Gupta on percussion, Yohan Samuel Pisurlenkar on bass guitar, Shreyas Iyer on drums, Natasha Pinto on keyboards, Harshit Shankar on flute and Nastya Saraswati on saxophone and clarinet. Are. ,
Mishra said that it will have five new songs which have been composed in the last one year.
“In a show of about two hours, we cannot present all the songs. So sometimes we leave out some here and add some there to cover all the songs,” said the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ actor.
Rahul Gandhi, CEO, Tambu Entertainment, said that their idea behind Ballimaaran has always been to give the audience something new and unique to experience.
“The name of the tour itself is a tribute to Piyush Mishra and his brilliant mind, which is always restless, a flying machine, flying freely across the spectrum of life. It is his insatiable thirst for exploration And reflects his continued effort to experiment with his craft. This tour is an expression of that flight – a journey through his thoughts, memories and craft,” Gandhi said.
After concluding in Kanpur on March 2, the “Udankhatola” tour will travel to the US, Canada and the UK. The dates for the international leg of the tour have not been finalized yet.
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