Persons who took Vande Mataram to heights
24 06 2008
Whenever India celebrates Independence day, the first song that plays all over the radios and televisions will be that of Rahman’s Vande Mataram. Talking about Vande Mataram, two people redefined the sound of patriotism. And the names we thank is Bharath Bala and A R Rahman. Hardly, when the new generation of Indians seems to forget the great lines of Rabindranath Tagore, it was Bharath Bala who felt that it must not happen. So he brought up the idea and Rahman gave complete justice to it.
Bharath Bala shares his experience with Rahman on Vande mataram for an exclusive interview for a leading news portal.
A R Rahman and Vande Mataram : Rahman is my schoolmate and a friend. We have worked together in over more than a hundred commercials. When the idea of Vande Mataram came to me, I created a CD cover with the tricolour and presented it to him. I said to him, “This is your first music album.” Till that time he was scoring music only for feature films.
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