Mangaluru: Muzik247 Tulu, the prominent music label in the Tulu film industry, has released the Hindi music album titled ‘Dosthi’, composed by Loy Valentine Saldanha and written by Melwyn Antony D’souza. The duo have also sung in this multi-genre album featuring new singers – Munita Velgas Rao, Rithesh Kumar, Savitha Puttur, Aurvile Rodrigues, Sandesh Kumar, Akshada Talaulikar and Gauthami Hede. The musicians are Sandeep R. Ballal, Raul Rebello and Jason D’souza.

‘Dosthi’ is the first Hindi album from Loy Valentine Saldanha and Melwyn Antony D’souza. However, the duo have previously contributed to many Hindi jingles as well as theme songs, nationally and internationally. The album has 11 tracks including an English song with its reprise version.

Commenting on the album, Loy Valentine Saldanha said, “‘Dosthi’ has been our dream project for the past two years. The very first song was composed in 2009 when I was studying in Audio Media Education, Chennai, as part of an assignment. When I shared the track with my friends, the feedback we got was amazing which encouraged us to create more such songs. Also, we wanted to encourage new talents, hence we selected new artists for our debut Hindi album.”

According to Melwyn Antony D’souza, “The reason behind creating a Hindi album is that it will have a wider reach since the language is understood by majority of the people in our country. We also wanted to spread the sweetness of our regional languages. Hence we have added the flavours of Konkani and Tulu, which makes the album unique.”

Loy Valentine Saldanha is a certified engineer in Music Production and Sound Design from Audio Media Education, Chennai. His track, “Daye Saipa” from the recently released Tulu movie ‘Rambarooti’, made history by becoming the first Tulu song to get listed in the prestigious iTunes Top 200 Regional Indian chart. Melwyn Antony D’souza has pursued his degree in Carnatic music, art and culture. He was nominated for the best lyricist at Konkani Global Music Awards 2012.