Neha Bhasin on Viva band reunion in lockdown for Jaago Zara: It raises consciousness in all of us

The new video was shot by the four members - Anushka Manchanda, Mahua Kamat and Pratichee Mohapatra and Bhasin at their home themselves, and released to a lot of love.

Singer Neha Bhasin says it was because of the love Viva!, the all-girl band she was part of, got that compelled them to come back together after almost 15 years. And it was to recreate their hit single, Jaago Zara.

Singer Neha Bhasin says the song, Jaago Zara is relevant even today

On how she, Anushka Manchanda, Mahua Kamat and Pratichee Mohapatra, all came together, Bhasin tells us, “Viva has history, and people loved it. Then there was a time when we just didn’t talk to each other for many years. 2014 was the first time all of us were under the same roof. This was completely out of the blue. Someone put a meme of the song, and we all commented, it created quite a frenzy. This was during the lockdown.”

The new video was shot by the four at their home themselves, and released to a lot of love. “The response has been fabulous and overwhelming,” as Bhasin puts it, “Jaago Zara was never going to be irrelevant. It had great lyrics, and was a great song even back in the day. Even non-Viva fans relate to the song. Rather than something preachy, it raises consciousness in all of us, in these uncertain, ambiguous times.”

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