Hakim Tarachand

There are some songs you catch on the radio or while randomly flipping channels which make you stop and want to listen. 'Hakim Tarachand' is one such.

When I first heard it on '93.5 Fm' the voice reminded me a bit of 'Babuji'. The singer however was Shibani Kashyap, a good looking woman with a decent voice but one who's not really made a big impact on the Indian pop scene.

Of course, 'Hakim Tarachand zaraa kothe pe aa ja' is a line which you can't really ignore. No doubt a folk song, perhaps the kind sung before weddings. It's naughty, without being cheap. And earthy as well.

A stout and mustachioed Hakimji being wooed into the world of sin is far more interesting than dance-and-prance routines of overly endowed, under-dressed girls. As is the general trend in today's remix videos. So much the norm that it no longer shocks nor titillates.

Bottomline: Just one huge song is enough to elevate a singer to a whole new status. Alisha lived off 'Made in India', while Sunita Rao had just that one song -'Pari hoon main'. Hakim Tarachand,  just was Shibani's ticket to the bigtime. But all vanished without a trace. Some times they appear to pop out their heads out of the mud like frogs in the rains. Still more yippies and hippies are appearing on the scene. Let's wait and watch.