VIDEO: This Indian classical version of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s ‘Despacito’ is going viral
Praveen Prathapan, Janan Sathiendran and Mahesh Raghvan have come up with an Indian classical version of the peppy song. Using the flute and electric tunes of the Geoshred along with the beats of tabla, the three young musicians try to weave in magic but we are not totally impressed, given the high bar Raghvan has set in the past. Apart for the signature Despactico tunes, the attempt to Indianise a Spanish song seems a bit forced. Raghvan has given us treasured Indian version of hit songs before and often one has been found guilty of listening to them on loop, GOT’s Indian version — didn’t we all just love it? Be it the Indian cover for Adele’s Hello or Indian version of F.R.I.E.N.D.S’ theme song or his latest rendition to Shape of You’s Carnatic version, he has mesmerised us on numerous occasions before. But somehow it didn’t work this time.