ANOTHER TIME LUCKY

Having given us several pop anthems, Lucky Ali and producer Mikey McCleary are collaborating again

- Bhanuj Kappal

As we emerged in December 2020 after months of lockdown, an Instagram video posted by actor-politician Nafisa Ali went viral. Shot in Goa’s Arambol village, it featured a grizzled Lucky Ali—guitar in hand, scarf draped around his shoulders—performing a rendition of his breakout hit ‘O Sanam’ to a small, intimate crowd. At the end of the first verse, a chorus of voices rises to sing the last line, as the 63-year-old star grins knowingly at his guitar.

It has been 26 years since Ali and producer Mikey McCleary released their Indipop debut