There are those melodies that ring across gens and stay resplendent forever irrespective of the genre they belong to. While Indipop was finding its bearings among a flippant audience in the 90s there was this crying need to have that outlier anthem that would bring it together under its hat and create a neo-audience.
“Pari Hoon Main” was that much awaited banger. What was exceptional about Pari Hoon Main you may ask? The answer lies in a bouquet of features that reverberate true even today. Lyrically Rajesh Johri, excelled himself creating a whole new idea of the independent women. Confident, larger than life, she sashayed across screens in a brilliantly shot video. Pari transcended the core image of the Indian Nari and heralded her arrival as an independent powerful energy. It gave her the flight of fancy never imagined before while asserting that she is her own person bereft of all the shackles in a male bastion. Leslie “Lezz” Louis was in his elements and brought in the perfect mix of the lilt and the assertive vocalization of Sunita Rao with Pari. Fusion music too found its core audience. Repeat plays across get togethers, formal and informal, crazy remixes of the original, have never since faded. Pari Hoon Main was one of the precursors to the next gen of Indipop artists and simmers bright to this day. The smoke emanating from “Pari Hoon Main” from the album Dhuan (literally meaning smoke) continues to simmer with its endless appeal.