Laung Gawaacha -- Ronit Chaterji I Polly Saghera I Jasleen Aulakh

Описание: A woman's vanity is always a good subject for a song !
In this song the woman regrets the loss of her beautiful nose pin and she coquettishly asks her lover to follow her trail and find it for her.

Music Produced & Arranged by Ronit Chaterji
Lyrics & Composition - Traditional folk
New Lyrics : Polly Saghera
Singers : Ronit Chaterji & Jasleen Aulakh
Music mixed & mastered by : Rahul Keshav Shinde


With Ronit Chaterji(Producer & singer), Polly Saghera(lyricist) & Jasleen(singer) being based in different cities, this entire song was conceptualised & put together through ‘Zoom’ sessions during the pandemic. Unlike usual solo versions of this folk song, our contemporary version is a duet & Ronit’s Bengali roots add to the song an interesting fusion of Bengali  folk instruments with some traditional folk instruments of Punjab.

Polly wanted this song to be about the modern independent woman  as compared to the one in the original folk song, hence she has changed the lyrics of the verses of the original folk song to give both the characters in this song a more modern and emancipated touch.


The beauty and the challenge of a song like ‘Laung Gawaacha’ lies in its history as a popular folk song, and in the innumerable styles that people have found to create their own versions of it. The challenge for us was to find a different musical voice and sound to its expression of coquettish flirting, something that touches upon the modern listener's need for rhythmic pulsation, whilst being grounded firmly in the earthy and rustic nature of folk music. The song itself is of two minds - the first is a hypnotising, grooving vibe of synths and electronic arpeggiations, which then raucously transforms into an acoustic, folksy, chorus induced celebration towards the end. And the one constant thread running through the song is the ever-appealing element of Punjabi folk music.