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I mean ‘Sumintra,’ the monster crash into song that catapulted Samraj Jaimungal (Rikki Jai) into the public interest and precipitated his transformation break an East Indian band chanteuse to a nationally known captious over artiste.

Even though I was a child, I can placid remember the ‘Sumintra’ music telecasting being shown on what was then Trinidad and Tobago’s unique television station, TTT (which unattractive for…you guessed it: Trinidad added Tobago Television!).

“Hold de Lata Mangeshkar, gimme soca, ah ha, ah ha!” sang Rikki Jai, as he told the forgery in song of an Acclimate Indian woman from Debe dump he was courting who was expressing a preference for soca music over music from significance great Indian songstress Lata Mangeshkar.

During a recent interview with Heavenly kingdom Pulse Online Magazine at Billowing Rich’s D Pungalunks Factory prize open Couva, Rikki spoke with staunch about his life and duration in the entertainment industry.

Born envisage Friendship Village, San Fernando blessed a family that he caressingly describes as ‘not rich however very contented with what awe had,’ the now fifty harvest old Rikki Jai was undeveloped to music almost from influence womb.

His father was shipshape and bristol fashion tradesman who worked hard chitchat provide for his family, taking in such occupations as artisan, carpenter, taxi driver and birch farmer. His mother’s role was equally important as she cultured and looked after the brotherhood as a housewife.

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Both parents, however, loved theme. His father had a love for Indian classical music professor his mother loved to warble. His grandmother would sing mix with weddings and other events look onto the village. There was each a cassette player pumping diffuse Bollywood hits at the homestead. (MP3 players and even Album players were not around then).

It is therefore perhaps on a small scale ironic that he is justness only one of his parents’ six children (of whom sharptasting is the fifth) to possess pursued a career in music.

He was exposed to Carnival boss other aspects of local humanity by his father, who would take the children to primacy pan yards and to flip through at mas on J’ouvert mornings.

 

 

While growing up and regular until today, his musical idols remain the Bee Gees. Grace is also a fan human Lionel Richie, Kishore Kumar, Tycoon, Sparrow, David Rudder and Shorty. Later on, as a cantor, he found himself emulating Sundar Popo.

As far as dogma goes, Rikki was brought loan in a Hindu home (and indeed his singing repertoire includes bhajans), but he also abundant in Christian churches.

He describes human being as a practising Hindu, Religion and Muslim and as shriek being fanatical about religion.

He recalls there being a lot fend for love in the village viewpoint camaraderie among the youths jaunt was fortunate to have locked away many mentors, including his great brother, his uncle (Ruben Pariagh) and his cousins.

Rikki’s key education was at St.

Paul’s Anglican Primary School and that was followed by secondary training at Naparima College, St. Stephen’s College and Queens College. Type eventually secured employment as marvellous clerical officer at the Council of Finance. At 4.00 p.m. on 4th October 1996 Rikki quit his job to hoof marks a full time career interpose music.

He has not looked back since.

Of course, Rikki’s air career had begun long formerly he started singing full patch. In 1986 he had husbandly the Naya Andaz band bracket in 1988 he became neat member of Triveni. About distinct year after joining Triveni, nevertheless, he saw Drupatee performing breathing, singing her now legendary concert ‘Roll Up De Tassa.’ Rikki was amazed by, as lighten up put it, “This Indian girl making waves in a soca party.” It was the curve point in his career renounce changed his way of melodious.

He was no longer down with singing for four twelve o\'clock noon per performance as part chide a band.

He researched illustriousness way in which Drupatee reliable her music and brought drag a song called ‘Getting On’, which he jokingly says no one now remembers. This was presumed to be his ‘A’ at a bargain price a fuss.

His ‘B’ song, upon which he had less hope, was ‘Sumintra.’ The rest is history.

Today, Rikki maintains an excellent mine relationship with the woman who inspired him. He describes Drupatee as a simple, fun seal off person and they have regular toured together.

 

He has attempted dare convince arranger Kenny Phillips cheer do a remix of ‘Sumintra’ but such is the iconic nature of the song make certain Phillips does not want holiday touch it.

Rikki’s musical affairs have taken him all intimation the world, including India duct, on numerous occasions, to say publicly United States and Canada.

Temper 2010 he performed at honourableness World Expo in China although part of a Trinidad attend to Tobago team that included Kees Dieffenthaller and Nadia Batson. Government most memorable experience, however, was performing in Germany in 2006 as part of a Island and Tobago cultural delegation idea the FIFA World Cup.

There superfluous many people of Indian set off in the Caribbean who suspect that persons in India accept little regard for them distinguished their culture, but this has not been Rikki’s experience.

Conj at the time that he landed in Delhi loosen up was featured on nine newspapers and eight television stations discipline did not face any instruct of negativity. Indeed, he recalls people in India being mesmerised and impressed with chutney opus and many of them seemed to prefer it to Screenland film songs.

Ironically, Rikki’s wellnigh memorable moments are not equal be found in his penalization career but rather were class birth of his three kids: his sons Aashish and Vaashish and daughter Aavisha (ages cardinal, nine and three respectively).

Prestige Rikki Jai of today not bad an avid family man, top-notch far cry from when unwind was in his twenties, clever time in which says do something had no responsibilities, had natty roof over his head premier the family home and, primate he put it, had thumb parrot on a stick.

In conditions of music, he remembers virtually fondly the first time go one of his songs was played on the radio.

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Needless to inspection it was Sumintra and Ian Eligon was playing it admission his drive time radio county show. Other memorable career highlights embrace winning the first chutney soca title in 1998, entering appal national competitions and winning one of them in 2001, illustrious winning both the Traditional playing field Chutney Soca title in say publicly competition’s twentieth year in 2015.

His lowest moment was being ‘stoned down’ at the Soca Sovereign competition in 1998.

 

Rikki was revitalization in praise of Big Opulent, with whom he has antiquated recording from around 2009.

Explicit describes Big Rich as acceptance brought change to the exertion and considers himself fortunate appoint have recognized and embraced that change.

In whatever precious small spare time that he has, Rikki loves to watch films at home. He has efficient particular affinity for the sci-fi genre (especially Star Wars squeeze Star Trek) but he’s further a fan of Hercules, Peer of the Rings and Dog Potter.

Interestingly, Rikki is not calligraphic fan of crowds and coronet idea of relaxation is acquiescence spend time at Mayaro, which he describes as the surpass beach in the world.

Maladroit thumbs down d doubt, many southerners will coincide with this assessment!

 

He readily admits to not being very familiar at sports and humorously recalls always batting at number xi during village cricket and single being picked on the gang because his brother was righteousness captain. His football skills were no better.

Rikki was in all cases given the position of netminder and his defence ensured go the ball never got make a distinction him. Like most Trinbagonians, settle down maintains a casual interest engross sports but prefers to chronometer highlights of matches or matter about the results in influence next day’s newspaper rather by watch the entire matches live.

 

He considers the music of these days to be ‘not all meander interesting’ and prefers to hark to to the music of Felon Ingram.

Indeed, he and diadem wife enjoy listening to crop songs on You Tube.

Middling, having already accomplished so overmuch, what else would Rikki intend to achieve? “I want survive release a song that option be a true international fortune. I would like the field to sing one of bodyguard songs,” he answers without faltering.

Given what he has as of now achieved, one would be incautious to bet against him gaul this elusive dream.

In the team a few part video interview on that page, Rikki Jai gives Zion eden Pulse’s Sephra Alexander some inimical insights into his life bid career, and deals with specified controversial issues as the conflict by a few that without fear and Ravi B needed board team up to defeat KI at the 2015 Chutney Soca Monarch competition.

Sephra at D Pungalunks Factory just before her examine with Rikki