Praveen Fernandes’s “Eklench Tum…From That Moment” music video cracks the internet

by news
September 28, 2020

A moment is made up of moments in time; and some moments return and remain with you always! the moments that change your life! All of us have experienced these beautiful moments, and we recall them with smiles in our eyes! Its the way time plays with us, and keep us alive! and happy!

One such a moment is captured in this new Konkani Song Video out on YouTube. It is a love song and a story that revolves around two friends Jacob and Fiona, with opposite traits. Well, opposites attract, don’t they?  but is it really true? To find out you need to watch the video, but let me give you a glimpse of what you will see.

‘Eklench Tum’ the Konkani song video released just a few days back on September 25, 2020, is the creative work of Praveen Fernandes and Team. The music video has already crossed 20k views, in the span of four days!

The song and video are a collaborative effort with some of the finest artists of the Konkani music world. The Song Video’s Story and Direction are the handiwork of Vinayak Acharya who has also worked in the sandalwood industry projects.

Music is produced by Pianist and Sound Engineer Stephen Frank, who mastered the foley, mixing, and arrangement. “We had not decided to have a video released, but planned it later on. The video was shot during the lockdown,”, Stephen told NewsKarnataka.com. As Stephen was working on other projects in Bollywood simultaneously, the song and the video took around 2 months to produce. The song has already struck a chord with the audience.

The song itself was composed and sung by Ashwin D’Costa from the lyrics written by Praveen Fernandes. Ashwin is a famed singer who has rendered his voice for Konkani Movies, Albums, and Shows in various parts of the world. Israel, Kuwait, Qatar are the countries to name a few. He also has been part of ‘Soad’ a Konkani reality show from winning the First Runner’s Up in the previous season to being the judge in the ongoing ‘Soad’ season 5. Apart from being a singer/composer/musician, he’s also a very good dancer and a software engineer by profession. Eklench Tum happens to be his first composition in Konkani.

Vocals were recorded at Mac studio, Gtone studios by Maclean Dsouza with the guitarist Warren D’costa. The planning and project execution was handled by Stephen Frank and Ashwin D’costa, with Cinematographer Joel Shaman  D’Souza, Editor Raahul Vasishta, Assistant Cameraman – Kiran Iyer, Casting – Saadhana, Rithika, Venessa D’Souza, Nishmitha making up the rest of the production team.

Cinematographer Joel Shaman D’Souza has won five national awards and is working on a Kannada movie now.

The video features Denver Pinto and Wencita Dias in the lead roles – they portray two college friends Jacob and Fiona who meet up long after they parted ways on the completion of their college studies. Denver Pinto is a budding Model / Actor from Kulshekar whereas Wencita is from Angelore Parish. She has won the title ‘MISSY MANGALORE’ in the year 2013 and was an actor in two religious movies. In a beauty pageant competition held in July 2019, Wencita won the subtitle ‘MISS MANGALORE’ and also bagged the main title as ‘MISS TEEN KARNATAKA 2019’ and was selected for International levels. At the International beauty pageant competition held in Bangkok, Thailand she won the subtitle ‘FASHION ICON’ and won the title ‘MISS TEEN WORLD SUPERMODEL GLOBAL’.

Stephen Frank has worked with star composer Raj Burman, Nargis Fakhri, Sonu Nigam, and Shreya Goshal. Stephen has also worked with many other eminent personalities in the Indian music Industry.

“It was our dream to do a project in Konkani language so that the Konkani music industry can acquire well-deserved recognition. It is with that end in mind, we planned and executed this project successfully” says Stephen, Ashwin and Praveen.

Talking about the music Industry, Stephen also highlighted the problems that can be faced with the unavailability to shoot or other difficulties. But he also mentions the positive side of having more time to work on projects. “By god’s grace, we haven’t faced any issues due to COVID-19 and finished the project successfully. I thank my team for their outstanding efforts and all the people who supported us for the music video”, says Stephen.

One more hint before you watch the video: Jacob is more of a shy personality while Fiona is just the opposite. To know what happens next, check the music video here!

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