Salim-Suleman record a youthful National Anthem
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Independence Day is just around the corner and it's also the time for heightened patriotic emotions. Musician Salim Merchant along with his brother Suleman has recorded a youthful version of our national anthem 'Jan gan man' for MTV, which is sung by, Sonu Niigaam, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan Kailash Kher
Shreya Ghoshal and Salim Merchant.
Comments Salim Merchant, 'MTV approached us with this idea. I was really kicked about it. I felt it is fantastic to give something back to our own country. MTV chose us to represent young India. But you cannot really change the anthem. So we have done it in contemporary manner only. It is very youthful with very little liberty to make it sound young. We have done it in term of instruments guitar and piano in very minimal manner.'
A video is also made of the same.
Source: http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/10/aug/11-salim-merchant-records-a-youthful-national-anthem-081002.asp
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A contemporary anthem for the Indian youth
Come Independence Day and the patriotism within us goes on an upsurge, which is why perhaps music composer Salim Merchant decided to compose a rendition of the new National Anthem.
Sung by Kailash Kher, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Niigaam and Salim himself, the song is a one-and-a-half minute composition. However, since the National Anthem cannot really be changed, the new element is added in the form of acoustic guitars, piano and voice back. “The composition is made in a way that it sounds like a prayer,” says Merchant.
He says that the music company has taken care that there are no official issues involved with the reworked version. “I was really kicked about it. I felt fantastic to give something back to our own country,” adds Merchant who was very keen on making this composition when approached with the idea
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