Veteran actress Hema Malini welcomed Janmashtami with the launch of her bhajan album 'Gopala Ko Samarpan' at Iskcon, Mumbai. Indian classical legends like Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Kavi Narayan Agrawal, Rajan Sajan Mishra and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma came together for the album. Hema, who sang one of her songs live in front of all Lord Krishna devotees, found praise from all those present.
“The entire credit goes to Narayan Agarwal, a Krishna bhakt, who is known for bringing out the best of Jagjit Singh and Anup Jalota bhajans. When Narayanji asked me to sing 8 tracks for this album I was hesitant to sing as I am not a professional singer, and didn't want to do anything in a half-hearted manner, but he insisted that I should listen to all the compositions first, before taking the final call,” the actress said. All the 8 tracks were recorded at Lata Mangeshkar's studio in Mumbai suburbs and the music video choreographed by Bhusan Lakhandri.
