African Students of CT Group of Institutions shot Punjabi Song in their special accent

Jalandhar, April 30, 2016: The African Students of CT Group of Institutions is winning appreciation with their wonderful Punjabi Song video shot in their special accent. It is interesting and heartwarming to watch this video as these students don’t speak or understand Punjabi, but these first-year African students in the institutions are the new flavour of Punjabi music.
The group of five members called CT Music Society has given their voice on Famous Song “Patiala Peg”. They have also uploaded the video on Youtube a week ago and the video has got more than 2 lakh views till now. The song has got more than 7,78,00 views on Punjabi Mohalla Page on Facebook where as 15 lakh people have liked and 8.9 hundred people have posted their comment on it. The song was recorded by Speed Records.
The group started with their performances on the cultural events at the institutions. The first performance was given by Daniel Ngoma from Zambia, a student of BSc (IT) and the lead vocalist of a group, sang a traditional Lohri song, ‘Sundar mundariye’, at a function at the Institutions. Daniel Ngoma said, “We got thunderous response from the audience at the event and this became the path to our journey to shot the song Patiala Peg. We picked the song on the basis of its popularity.”
He said, “Spelling some Punjabi words in English was tough as the sounds were not familiar; but we did manage, and even added some rap verses in English. The compositions are not tough in Punjabi music though, as the raps are based on a common, Western idea. We thank everyone for appreciating and making our video a hit on social media.”
Mr. Manbir Singh (Managing Director, CT Group of Institutions) took special interest in grooming and teaching Punjabi language to the students. He made the students to perform LIVE with Diljit Dosanjh in a event held in the city, recently. After which, Mr. Raman from Speed Records had given the offer to record the song of the students
Steven Mukalula, who is also from Zambia, plays the bass guitar besides being a vocalist, while Temwa Nyasulu a B.Sc-biotech student hailing from Malawi, is the rapper. The other two too are Zambians — George Matuchi from the pharmacy department plays drums, while Lottie Mukuka who is studying computer applications works the piano/keyboard. None of them has formal training.
Mr. Saurabh Chaudhary (Director, International Admissions, CT Group of Institutions) who also looks after the African students’ affairs said the students have got very tremendous response. He said, “The students had the caliber and technique of singing and playing musical instruments. We just pushed them, provided them all the musical instruments, boost their confidence and encourage them to perform. Now, with their performance they are winning laurels for them, their family, their country and for our institutions as well.”
Mr. Gaurav Khanna (Head, Public Relations, CT Group of Institutions) said, “At our institutions we promote the culture of Unity & togetherness. We not only have students from Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh but from different parts of the world. We make our students to strive on the One India, One World concept. All our international students actively participate in all the cultural events. They celebrate Diwali, Holi, Durga Puja, Baisakhi every festival of India. This is the way we groom our students and make them ready to compete in any part of the world.”