''Aatma'' is the third studio album of

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, an Indian duo composed of singer Hariharan and singer-composer Lesle Lewis. It was released on January 1, 2001 under the label

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Overview

''Aatma'' was the third studio album by

Indian pop Indian pop music, also known as Indi-pop, refers to pop music produced in India that is independent from filmi soundtracks for Indian cinema, such as the music of Bollywood, which tends to be more popular. Indian pop is closely linked to Bolly ...

band

. The album was released on January 1, 2001 by

after three years of their previous release. The album featured 9 songs, composed by Lesle Lewis and Hariharan. The music direction was done by Hariharan, Leslie Lewis, Jaidev &

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. The songs were written by Munawar Masoom, Leslie Lewis, Milind Joshi, Thyagaraja, Tahir Faraz, Dev Kohli and Traditional by

and Ibrahim Ashq. The vocals are provided by Hariharan and Lesle Lewis. The English portions are sung by Lewis, who is a singer of

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, and the Hindi portions are sung by Hariharan, who is an exponent of various genres of Indian and Pakistani music including Hindustani, Carnatic and

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music. The song ''I Love You Girl'' was dedicated by Hariharan to his daughter Divya.

Track listing

References

External links

* 2001 albums Colonial Cousins albums {{2000s-pop-album-stub