Current Works
While learning under the guidance of Music Director Ravi Raja Kaasheff was introduced to Indian film singer Alka Yagnik. He has now announced the completion of a duet album with Alka Yagnik. The duet, produced by Indian company Moviebox saregama HMV, is Yagnik's first non-film work.
He has recently entered the Bollywood music industry. Dev Anand has given him a breakthrough as a music director and singer in his latest film Charge-Sheet. Senior lyricist Neeraj has written the song and Shankar Mahadevan has sung the song with Kaasheff.
Raja has released an album on Kamlee Records named My Dearest Maa which is a tribute to mothers. This song is also a tribute to 4 Living Legends Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Dharmendra & Pran, from Pakistan Nadeem & Moin Akhtar. The song also features these highly respected legends of Bollywood. The album was released in March 2009 in the UK and worldwide in May 2009.
Kaasheff has had three albums released in the UK so far: Pyar kar lay, Yaar tera sharmana, and Haseen Raatein, in which, he has collaborated with a very famous singer of Bollywood Alka Yagnik. This album was a big success in India, Pakistan and also the UK. He has recently composed and sung for the Dev Anand’s current film Charge-Sheet which is on location presently.
For the first time in film history these artists have come together to make a rare appearance in the video of the title song "Maa". Saira Bano (Mrs. Dilip Kumar) has supporting him. Kaasheff has gained a lot of publicity, recognition and admiration for these projects both in India, Pakistan and the UK. He has worked very closely with Indian artists and has been a great ambassador for promoting and maintaining Indo- Pak relations.
Kaasheff has collaborated with a Bollywood singer Adnan Sami. He has producing songs for the Bollywood film industry. The song performed as a duet by Kaasheff and Adnan Sami. This song is due to feature in Kaasheff's forthcoming release. Also Raja has worked with Suzana Ansar Anuradha Paudwal, music director Pyarelal, Uttam Singh, Preeti Uttam, Anwar, Suresh Wadekar, Mohd. Aziz.
In 2012, Kaasheff joined forces with British Asian star Suzana Ansar to record a duet album titled Mehvashaa, featuring the Hindi/Urdu and Bengali languages. The album contains 12 songs and comes with 10 glossy music videos shot in the UK, Italy, New York and Sweden. Released by MovieBox records on Valentines Day 2013. The album's press release was held at the House of Commons on 6 February 2013
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