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based rock bands, shifted to Kochi and chanced to meet the band at the
Ancient Mariner. John invited Mani to sing with the band, but Mani was not satisfied with the band only doing covers and not writing original material. Mani became the band's vocalist and wrote Motherjane's first original song
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Rozario to "fill in" for another band which had backed out from a college festival at
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as the album of the year. Maktub became one of the most awarded indie albums in India. Suraj Mani was named Best
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