New Delhi:
To mark India's 63rd Republicday, 21 eminent singers and musicians have lent their voice toa new rendition of India's national song Vande Mataramcomposed by percussionist Bickram Ghosh.
The new version of the song, originally penned byBankimchandra Chatterji in 1882, features vocals by SonuNiigaam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shubha Mudgal,Roop Kumar Rathod, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Indian Ocean and PalashSen jamming together in a video.
"My version of Vande Mataram is introspective. It is thenational song woven into a new melody after 64 years ofIndependence. It's a sojourn of all these years. I havecreated a fusion of contemporary and ethnic India through thissong," Ghosh said at the launch of the album Vande Mataramhere.
The six-minute-long video begins with a classical note byNiigaam and after capturing various folk notes it finallyenters into the rock mode performed by the band Indian Ocean.
"The song is basically divided into three sections -Bollywood, classical and rock. The number tried to cover thewhole spectrum of music in our country," said Niigam, who hassang many patriotic numbers in the past.
The video will be played across all the 60 airports ofthe country on Republic Day and will also be telecast onvarious news channels.
Shot by Girish Malik, the video beautifully juxtaposesthe age-old traditions with modern thoughts.
"I have intentionally captured the quotation 'India ishot' written near a spice factory of Rajasthan to bring theoriginal India to the viewers. These punch lines such as'Bharat cool hai' and many more have become a part of ourlife," said Malik.
The new version of the song, originally penned byBankimchandra Chatterji in 1882, features vocals by SonuNiigaam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shubha Mudgal,Roop Kumar Rathod, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Indian Ocean and PalashSen jamming together in a video.
"My version of Vande Mataram is introspective. It is thenational song woven into a new melody after 64 years ofIndependence. It's a sojourn of all these years. I havecreated a fusion of contemporary and ethnic India through thissong," Ghosh said at the launch of the album Vande Mataramhere.
The six-minute-long video begins with a classical note byNiigaam and after capturing various folk notes it finallyenters into the rock mode performed by the band Indian Ocean.
"The song is basically divided into three sections -Bollywood, classical and rock. The number tried to cover thewhole spectrum of music in our country," said Niigam, who hassang many patriotic numbers in the past.
The video will be played across all the 60 airports ofthe country on Republic Day and will also be telecast onvarious news channels.
Shot by Girish Malik, the video beautifully juxtaposesthe age-old traditions with modern thoughts.
"I have intentionally captured the quotation 'India ishot' written near a spice factory of Rajasthan to bring theoriginal India to the viewers. These punch lines such as'Bharat cool hai' and many more have become a part of ourlife," said Malik.
