Overview
- The band confirmed on May 25 that VIVA’s music catalogue is now live on KaanPhod and other major audio streaming platforms after more than 20 years offline.
- VIVA comprises Neha Bhasin, Anushka Manchanda, Pratichee Mohapatra and Mahua Kamat and is widely remembered as India’s first mainstream all-girl pop band.
- The release followed a multi-year effort of rights clearance, remastering and distribution negotiated with JioStar and partner platforms to restore the recordings for streaming.
- Band members issued press statements expressing nostalgia and gratitude and said the songs and videos that shaped millennial memories are now available for younger audiences to discover.
- The comeback highlights how India’s early-2000s Indi-pop era was sidelined as music moved from TV and CDs to streaming and signals renewed archival access and cultural rediscovery for non-film pop catalogs.