Chhath puja songs featuring Prayagraj-based actress become popular among audience in UP

PRAYAGRAJ: With the beginning of four days of Chhath festival from Monday, the Chhath puja songs and albums featuring Sangam city-based actress Rati Srivastava, along with popular singers like Rocky Raja and Ankit Mishra, has become a mass hit among audiences in Eastern UP districts and Bihar.
Moreover, her latest album ‘Chhath- Ek Prem Kahani’, where a Muslim girl observes the fast, has become much popular among audiences.
Rati, who appeared in Chhath songs and album, told TOI on call from Mumbai, “I was very much excited while appearing and acting in these songs and albums with prominent singers Rocky Raja and Ankit Mishra. It’s an unforgettable experience.”
“Majority of video songs or albums were shot at Virar in Mumbai and they are available on different music channels. As Chhath Puja has its significance and importance in Bhojpuri cinema and many prominent channels also broadcast Bhojpuri songs and movies, it’s undoubtedly a good experience for me to work in these albums.” she added.
Rati was one among the 20-odd artists from Mumbai who had performed various characters in the century-old Patharchatti Ramleela in Sangam city this year. Even after moving to Mumbai to make her career in acting, she never forgot her roots and says that she wants to keep her association with the city.
“When audiences, particularly people from Prayagraj and other eastern UP districts, noticed me acting in Chhath puja songs and albums, they kept on encouraging me for the act as well as the new debut in albums,” she said, adding that she is also working for a Bhojpuri movie.
The actress did her schooling and higher education from Sangam city. She even learnt Kathak dance form at Prayag Sangeet Samiti and still recalls her training days in Prayagraj when she did several theatre shows and plays.
“The approach of Bhojpuri cinema is very wide and people recognise your work and talent. I am also trying to establish myself after doing lead roles in daily soaps, web series and Bhojpuri cinema,” she said, adding that she’ll be working in several different location in Gujarat from November 19 for shooting for a Bhojpuri movie.