Dev D-The DVD and feeling nostalgic abt Viva ! [the Girl band]

So finally [surprisingly would be more suitable word, cause in such short time] the DVD of DevD is out. And I am enjoying it completely. Besides the great movie, there is another disc having over 2 hours of Making..stuff.

The Xtras includes all different stages of film making. Like The story, The Characters, Styling and Look, Product design and Art, Locations and Photography, Music and finally About Director. One disappointment is that it doesn't have the 'Deleted Scenes' feature. But It is not needed at all. Cause the above mentioned features has such detailed things, so we can see what's deleted from the film. Below is a snapshot of the disk.

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And meanwhile, other thing that has captured one corner of my mind is 2002's band Viva !. Which was formed by Channel [V] as a part of their Popstars series. It was 'the' first Girl band of India. And man, there was no Indian Idol at that time. This was the first time when we were seeing girls next door were becoming 'STAR'. I was completely 'into' the thing. Five girls were selected as 'Viva !'

[clockwise from top: Neha, Seema, Pratichee, Mahua & Anushka]

Seema: A calm, simple looking girl with melodious voice. Who shockingly left the band at the time of launch of their first album!! She did featured in first video only.

Pratichee : A 'girly' girl. Or maybe I say 'chic'. Who was seen mostly in Pink. With resonation voice. Later she did her own album, but not succeded.

Neha : The oomph girl. As you can see in the video. She has also got such impressive voice too.

Anushka : Well...name sounds familier? She is the 'Golmaal' Girl. She has sung the title song of that movie. Also has done some numbers which are quite hit today. She has rusty voice. And that suits her persona too.

Mahua : The Bubbly 'zombie' girl. With excellent vocal abilities. I personally loved her the most in this band.

This song which was their first video, has stuck in my mind since morning. It has got Lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar and Music of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. [correct me if I am wrong] And foot tapping beats, made me go hit the repeat button, throughout the day.

Later the four came with another album 'Viva! Reloaded' but that did not fared well.The band has some very good tracks like 'Jaago Zara', 'Pyar Ka Mausam', 'chori chori' 'yeh pyar nahi to kya hai'.

And after 2004 they are not in the picture at all. Anushka has got some hits in her hands. But other band members are not that much lucky. I just wanna say is 'Come Back Girls !! We need you, your songs'

Readers, if you are watching them first time, tell me whom did you find most impressive? And also, those who are feeling as nostalgic as me, tell me about your fav.