‘Jai Ho’ at CWG inaugural ceremony
September 25, 2010 05:25 pm
Even though the song composed by AR Rahman for the Games has faced widespread criticism, his other more celebrated songs may just end up saving the day.
Jai Ho and Maa Tujhe Salaam, both critically-acclaimed songs by the maestro, will be played at the inauguration ceremony of the Games on October 3. Rahman will also sing Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite hymn, Vaishnava Jan To for the 60,000-strong audience expected to attend the ceremony.
Sources said the video of the theme song, Yaro India Bula Liya, to be played at the ceremony, will feature celebrities like Saina Nehwal, Milkha Singh and Samresh Jung, among other famous sports personalities. Interestingly, a troupe of 1,500 artistes will make a human train as part of a 12-minute ‘Great Indian Train Journey’ dance sequence — showcasing rural and small town India — even as Rahman’s popular song Chaiyya Chaiyya plays in the background.
- (Indian Express)
Jai Ho and Maa Tujhe Salaam, both critically-acclaimed songs by the maestro, will be played at the inauguration ceremony of the Games on October 3. Rahman will also sing Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite hymn, Vaishnava Jan To for the 60,000-strong audience expected to attend the ceremony.
Sources said the video of the theme song, Yaro India Bula Liya, to be played at the ceremony, will feature celebrities like Saina Nehwal, Milkha Singh and Samresh Jung, among other famous sports personalities. Interestingly, a troupe of 1,500 artistes will make a human train as part of a 12-minute ‘Great Indian Train Journey’ dance sequence — showcasing rural and small town India — even as Rahman’s popular song Chaiyya Chaiyya plays in the background.
- (Indian Express)
