Known for their powerful and beautiful voices, the stunning Kakar sisters, Sukriti and Prakriti, have quite a few Bollywood numbers along with independent music videos in their kitty, including Sukriti and Arijit Singh’s blockbuster track Jhoome Jo Pathaan, among the most recent ones. But what created a stir recently is how the Kakar sisters collaborated with the Italian tenor and pianist Matteo Bocelli, the younger son of opera icon Andrea Bocelli to sing I Miss You Amore. Composed by Amaal Mallik and written by Kunaal Vermaa, Amaal and Matteo, the love anthem explores unique styles and is an evocative, universal tale of love, loss, and regret. We catch up with the Kakar sisters and Matteo to know more about the collaboration.
Tell us about the song and music video?
Prakriti Kakar: We shot it at Karjat, just had one day to make it all happen and it was great fun. That was the first time we met Matteo and we had a lot to catch up on. Since this is a song of love, loss and regret, our director wanted us to remember our past relationships and channelise that energy into the music video.
Matteo Bocelli: Even if it was a quick trip of four days, I am grateful that I could visit India. And to be honest, shooting music videos is one of the things that I really enjoy. It was a great experience.
How did this collaboration happen?
Matteo: I remember I received this song from my label. I have always been very keen to try and channelise the musical cultures of the two countries. I was so fascinated with the melody and I felt that there was a chance for me to match my voice with this track. It just required a few changes. And I am glad, in the end; all three of our voices match perfectly together.
Sukriti Kakar: This single is one of its kind and is a crossover between Italy and India never really happened before.
Has there been an exchange of musical knowledge between Matteo and the both of you?
Prakriti: A lot. We went to Tuscany (where Matteo stays) recently. And one day after lunch, he was just playing the grand piano and we were singing so many different songs. He introduced us to some really powerful ballads and songs that we wouldn’t have probably ever heard, had we not met him. And it feels so amazing to think that we may not know Italian, but music binds us all.
Matteo: For me, music is an international language. Being in India was a very interesting journey for me, considering that I have grown up listening to opera and classical music and some popular musicians — like Queen is one of my favourites. This exposure has been fruitful. Not just music, but you gain knowledge from everything around you and that directly reflects in your creations.
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