And parents’ creativity brings in the clone of Bharati Sonu
Venkat Raman
Auckland, April 8, 2020
Family bubble is perhaps one of the ‘positive’ aspects of Covid-19, making the best of which is Auckland based teenager Bharati Sonu.
A talented singer, she is the chip-of-the-old block in creativity and professional presentation.
She is the granddaughter of veteran film director K S Sethu Madhavan (who has more than 60 films in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu to his credit) and daughter of Auckland based Sonu Kumar and Shoba Sonu, both of who are well-known for their creative films, photography and more.
Songs and medleys at the best
Bharati perhaps has her share of engaging in chats on her mobile phone but for the best part, she gives vent to her song-writing and singing talent. We have heard her presenting a judicious mix of full length and medley of English, Hindi, Tamil and other language songs much to the delight of her loving audience at a number of shows in New Zealand.
She saw a novel opportunity during the lockdown.
She released her maiden YouTube presentation yesterday.
It is a musical mashup of songs ‘Say you wont’s let go,’ by English singer and song writer James Arthur and ‘Ente Kannil Ninakkai,’ from ‘Bangalore Days,’ a 2014 Malayalam film.
Visual treat
Beginning with the lyrics, ‘I met you in the dark, you lit me up, You made me feel as though I was enough,’ Bharati deftly transcends her voice to the lilting Malayalam song and quickly joined by her clone. From here on, it is a visual treat, proving the mastery of her parents in the audio-visual art.
If you are reminded of Aishwarya Rai doing a video double in her maiden Tamil film ‘Jeans’ (1998)- picturised over the song ‘Kannuodu Kaanbadhalam,’ you could be stirring memories, and arguably wanting to see the film again on the same YouTube channel.
Back to Bharati, her rendition proves that she is maturing as a singer and presenter and equally important, shares the creative penchant of her parents.
Impressive lineage
Born and raised in a family of film professionals, she was initiated into music and theatre at a young age, while her modelling assignments began when she was just a year old.
Bharati has been the Brand Ambassador, performer and singer in the children’s exclusive DVD “Sweet Values” by Choco Lait Kidz, an online resource (established by Sonu and Shoba) to instill and inculcate values and like-skills in children through education, entertainment and information.
“Bharati feels that she can add value by integrating cultures through music. With her move to New Zealand, she has been involved in creating and performing mashups on several occasions and prestigious community events. This has been a great source of motivation and encouragement,” Sonu and Shoba said.
Versatile artiste
As well as writing and singing, Bharati’s expertise extends to playing the Guitar, the performance arts and filmmaking. Pursuing her degree course in Communication Studies (with a focus on Screen Production) at AUT, she evinces interest, understandably, in Photography and Film production.
“The first YouTube is a unique visualisation with her cloned counterpart. Bharati has rendered this in her own style and looks forward in bringing out a series of videos and carving an edge in the music and film Industry,” Sonu and Shoba said.
Being a kiwi Indian, she owes much to New Zealand for all the support and encouragement.
Sonu and Shoba Kumar can be reached on ss@shobsonu.com Phone: +64-27-3217668 (0273217668)
