Unique ‘audio novel’

Twenty-one-year-old Hormazd F. Sholapurwala of Bangalore manages a "multi genre” band named J3 along with two close friends, Jawahar Raj and Jayesh Nair. Their recently launched debut album Intezaar (waiting), described as an "audio novel,” consists of six songs and seven interleaved narrations which form its story line. This unusual offering was made public at Reliance TimeOut Bangalore at exactly 10:10:10 a.m. on 10.10.10, a moment that occurs just once in a century. Produced by Sholapurwala and made by Anand Music, a big label in south India, the album is available in all major stores in Bangalore. This information was provided to Parsiana by Sholapurwala’s father Firdosh.

Hormazd Sholapurwala (first from left) at the album’s launch

An engineering student studying electronics and communication, young Sholapurwala is actively involved with the Bangalore Zoroastrian Association, working on its managing committee, the write-up mentions.