Rupesh Samant

Panaji, Apr 27: The lockdown musical video by like-minded ladies in Goa is making waves where they are depicting the life of a woman amid lockdown.

The video titled 'Teri Kya Story Hai' has women from professions like doctor, teacher, actress and also homemakers lending their contribution through WhatsApp videos amid lockdown.

“We, women are not locked down, it is actually just the usual routine, garnished with even more add on chores during this phase. Be it a mother, daughter, daughter-in-law or wife, to each, their own,” said Neha Savkar Vaze, who has penned the song.

She narrated how over a phone call the state-based singer Akshada Talaulikar and she came up with the thought of doing something musical which pops out of the box during the lockdown.

Vaze said that the next important thing was the presentation and the best path for this track to reach out to the heart and homes of our fellow Goans was definitely going to be through the women themselves. “So be it, we randomly chose a few Goan ladies we knew, who we thought would enjoy being a part of this, made a WhatsApp group and asked them to click a few bytes lip-synching with the main track and forward it to us,” she said.

The video has women from different states and profession. “Must Say, the tempo of the song definitely paralleled with the tempo of the excitement of each one of them who were now going to represent each and every superwoman out there,” Vaze said.

Singer Akshada Talaulikar said that the composition happened in half a day but the herculean task was getting the music arranged. The singer being confined to home stated she did not have access to any professional tools, but this was one of kind experience.

She travelled to Porvorim to a friends place via Divar, Narve, Aldona skipping the eyes of the police forces on the road to reach the recording studio.

Vaze said that the moment the video hit online they received an overwhelming response from the people.

“The humongous and overwhelming response, views, shares, and loving comments coming from all over left us all happy and satisfied,” she said.

Priyanka Amar Dhumtekar, a homemaker, who has also participated in the video said that it took approximately eight days to release it, but the response was encouraging.

She said that all the participants were excited and had lots of apprehensions while recording the video. “When it went online it was awesome as personally we all ladies received so many call and messages we were feeling like a celebrity,” she said.