the lockdown has multiple inspiring and interesting stories and one such is the story of two musicians who have known each other for over 15 years for the first time singercomposer vijay prakash and music composer and producer tapas relia collaborated on a song for the upcoming daughters daywhile vijay is known for his songs in films like blue yuvvraaj swades kaal lakshya matrubhoomi tere naam cheeni kum raavan and force tapas is known for his advertising campaigns and for scoring music in indias first major commercial animation film hanuman their song jogi re also features their daughters kavya vijay prakash and laakhi relia talking about it vijay says what began as a remote jamming session between me being in bengaluru and tapas in mumbai during the covid19 lockdown quickly took shape as the melody began to fall in place manoj yadav penned the hindi lyrics and vibha saraf was brought onboard to write the english lyrics for the daughters taking creativity to the next level we soon brought in darshan doshi on drums and nandini shankar as a violinistwith a stellar lineup of musicians helming this project already vijay and tapas wanted to take it up a notch the music video featuring vijay tapas kavya and laakhi then took shape and was filmed at music composer sulaiman merchants of salimsulaiman fame home due to the lockdown it was pulkit garg who was brought in to shoot and direct it adding a mesmerising visual angle to a beautiful audio story says tapas about the swahili and african element in jogi re the song has a unique opening in swahili lending it a rustic and global flavour and this was made possible by john mabula from dar es salaam tanzania who penned those lines and guided me on the pronunciation and delivery its a simple yet highly impactful component of the track and sets the tone for the magic that follows