Sonali Rathod

Roop Kumar and Sonali Rathod have become the most high profile and glamorous ghazal performers in this country. For some years now, the Rathods have been expanding their horizons and some say, diluting the traditional ghazal almost to a non-recognizable avatar. Sonali and Roop Kumar Rathod, who have diversified into all genres - from the popular teeny-bopper, to the depths of the classical music. Talent and a unique charisma, to make Roop Kumar and Sonali Rathod the country's most enduring singing couples, with a range covering the classical to taking the youthful puppy love dimension by storm too. Sonali and Roop Rathod bring together masterpieces of the famous 17th century Urdu Poet Meer Mohammed Taqi, one of those responsible for transforming Urdu into such a powerful literary language of the period. They are a pair that understands the value of the classical, yet are unafraid to take music into a commercial plane, make the most of a huge market. "Classical music is like the sun and moon - unchanging, forever, "said Kumar's. The word `classical' itself suggests it is not for the common public. It was always like this from the beginning. It was never music for the masses. It has a market in India but it was never a popular genre. Popular Releases