Twelve musicians in National Anthem video

Now, the crème de la crème of the music industry will pay tribute to the cavalry of the Indian Army through a music video on the National Anthem. It's a unique rendition with music by Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh, while Riingo is in charge of shooting the video.
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“I had always wanted to shoot a music video on Jana Gana Mana.When I broached the topic with Bickram one day , he immediately gave his nod. My idea was to pay tribute to the lowest rank of the Indian Army -the subedars,“ said Riingo.
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The percussionist was so impressed with Riingo's idea that he took it upon himself to bring on board 11 of the country's best musicians. Within a week, Sonu Nigam, Ustad Rashid Khan, Neeti Mohan, the Nooran Sisters, Purbayan Chatterjee, P Unnikrishnan, Pt Ronu Majumdar, Pt Tarun Bhattacharya, Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Papon and Kaushiki Chakraborty were looking forward to collaborate.
Bickram, who along with Sonu, secured an Oscar long list nomi nation for the Original Score of Jal early this year, is upbeat about his current project. “ After Jal, Sonu and I were discussing, what next? We are busy with our individual works, but wanted to further our collaboration with the kind of music we believe in.That is when this idea was born.Both Sonu and I have great love for our country . And it is this feeling that helped us complete the project in 10 days. It wasn't easy . I was in London and Sonu in Africa. It was also a task to get the song recorded by each of the artistes and then getting them down to Kolkata for the video. But in the end, Riingo has done a fabulous job. The video has a muted classy edge to it, that is characteristic of the soulful music I believe in,“ said Bickram.
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Both the director and the composers wanted to make a video that the younger generation could identify with. That, added Bickram, was the reason they tapped into all the genres of Indian music from folk to Bollywood and Indian classical to instrumental.
“We made sure not to tamper with the anthem in any way . But the rendition is very personal. Bickram and Sonu have made use of a combi nation of Indian classical and neo-classical elements in the score. Thanks to their eclectic treatment, it has turned out fantastic,“ added Riingo.
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