MUMBAI: She decided to stop write sad songs after her four consecutive melancholic songs and hence she wrote, composed and sang, I Don't Write Sad Songs Anymore. The multi-talented Amanda Sodhi is ready to roll once again with her next one, which is a Hindi song, Takiye Pe Sar in collaboration with Drishyam Play.

Like her other songs, this ballad is about how old wounds can be healed through new friendships. This song is also captured in a music video directed by Prayrit Seth and shot by ace DOP Prashant Dandekar and features Amanda and talented actress Prithvi Hatte.

Like many artistes, Amanda, too, drew inspiration from her personal experiences and Takiye Pe Sar is inspired by a break-up that Amanda went through in 2011, when she wrote a poem. "Takiye Pe Sar actually began as a small poem, way back in March 2011, after my very first breakup in the States," said Amanda Sodhi.” Toward the very end of 2012/early 2013, I expanded the poem into a song, with Andrew Ferraro attached as the music producer. However, I did not release the song at that time,” shares the Indian-American singer-songwriter Amanda said.

‘Takiye pe sar rakhte hi, aate hain kya yaad tumko bhi, woh sapney sabhi, jo humne kabhi, ek saath dekhe they haseen?’ These haunting lines from the song captivate the mood of the listener from the get-go, while the video takes us on a beautiful journey.

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Elaborating further, Amanda says, “When I was gearing up to release my very first EP, I revived this ballad; my band mates added their important inputs on arrangements and my friend Ashwin Srinivasan was kind enough to help with further music production on the track. However, my band disbanded and the EP never released.”

Since 2011, Amanda has been busy with her creative assignments and now, seven years later, she takes a detour to her past with this beautiful song, with lyrics.

“Fast forward to April 2018 when my single Puppet Life released, I was feeling very disheartened with my turbulent journey through music in India. It was at that time Manish Mundra asked me if I would like to do a song for Drishyam Play in Hindi. I sent him the rough mix, I had of Takiye Pe Sar, and he fell in love with the song immediately. He connected me to Mukta D. Bhatt. Vishal J. Singh helped with music production and arrangement this time around, and musicians Siddharth Nair (flute) and Writam Changkakoti (piano and keys) worked their magic. With each revision, the track has only become more powerful, so the long journey has been worth it, after all."