Viva (band)

This article is about the Indian pop group. For the 1990s UK band who were part of the Romo scene, see Romo.

Viva or Viva! was an Indian pop girl group that formed in 2002, composed of the winners of the first season of Indian version of the international television talent show Popstars, named Coke [V] Popstars, after its principal sponsors, Coca-Cola and music channel Channel [V].

Viva
Origin	India
Genres	Pop
Years active	2002–2005 (approx)
Labels	Times Music Group
Past members	Seema Ramchandani Pratichee Mohapatra Neha Bhasin Mahua Kamat Anushka Manchanda

Background

The five original members were Seema Ramchandani, Pratichee Mohapatra, Neha Bhasin, Mahua Kamat, and Anushka Manchanda.^[1] However, Ramchandani left the group soon after the release of their first album, VIVA! in 2002, to join the Art of Living Foundation. Ramchandani has released an art of living album which is an amalgamation of prayers from all religions.^[2]

The remaining four member of the band launched their second and last album Viva! - Reloaded in 2003. They also sung 'Rozana' from Bollywood film Lakeer composed by A.R. Rahman and 'Quiero (Din Humara Hai)' from Rakht.

Though there has been no official report about the group's split, they have not released an album since 2003, and the members have all embarked on solo careers.

In 2005, Mohapatra released a solo album, titled With Love, Pratichee. The same year, Manchanda joined Channel [V] as a VJ, and has since become a playback singer for Hindi, Tamil language and Telugu language films. Bhasin also turned to playback singing in 2006. Mohapatra turned to acting and worked in the serial Mr. and Mrs. Mishra. Manchanda participated in the reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi.

Discography

• 2002: VIVA!
• 2003: Viva! - Reloaded