Prepare to unleash your sporting spirit! Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ananya Birla announces her brand-new track, ‘Hindustani Way’. Mark...
Prepare to unleash your sporting spirit! Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ananya Birla announces her brand-new track, ‘Hindustani Way’. Marking an eclectic maiden collaboration of sorts, Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy-winning composer, A.R. Rahman joins Ananya on the record as the composer and producer.
The soulful
Hindi track with its’ judiciously peppered English vocals establishes an upbeat
message of unity and optimism, heralding the gradual retreat of COVID-19 led
tumultuous times as the kick-off date of the sporting extravaganza nears.
Reflecting
on this massive accomplishment, Ananya says, “It is a true honour to write and
sing a song to cheer our Indian Olympic contingent at Tokyo 2020. The grit and
fortitude of the Indian Olympic team in the face of such a challenging year is
inspiring. It was surreal to have had the opportunity to collaborate with my
role model, AR sir on such a prestigious project, from whom I have learnt so
much. We are here cheering, the Hindustani Way!”
The music
video directed by Danny Mamik and Sahaan Hattangadi, produced by Ananya's new
production house Antimatter Media Pvt. Ltd. is sure to get sports aficionados
counting down the days to the games. It features key Olympic archival footage
from Atlanta (1996), Athens (2004), Beijing (2002, 2008), Rio (2016), London
(2012) and exclusive training footage of this year’s contingent.
Speaking
about his involvement in the project A.R. Rahman says, “All of us are really
excited to have made this special song and hope our athletes can feel the
entire nation rooting for them, the Hindustani way, when they hear it. It was a
pleasure working with Ananya on this project and we hope to convey all our
support and best wishes to Team India through it! Jai Hind”
The
patriotism-tinged track with inspiration-inducing lyrics jointly written by
Ananya, Nirmika Singh, and Shishir Samant is sure to leave listeners feeling
hyped and hopeful.‘ Say hey the Hindustani way jeet hamari har nas mein’,
Ananya confidently croons.
The Tokyo
Olympics 2020 will take place from July 23 after it was postponed for a year
amid soaring coronavirus infection rates and lockdowns across the world. With
the mercury of excitement soaring new high, Indians are weaving high hopes
around their star athletes to shine at the biggest sporting extravaganza in the
world
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