Mani Sreenivas, who’s part of AKKA (a forum of Kannada organizations in the US) and based in Virginia, called the initiative “amazing” and said her choreographer-daughter was planning to make a group dance with this rendition for the US audience. Since the video carries the poem’s summary in English subtitle, it’s catching the attention of non-Kannadigas too. I took up this project my contribution to Rajyotsava. “Kuvempu’s poem envisages a Karnataka that believes in peaceful co-existence with her sisters, while maintaining self-dignity derived from a position of confidence rather than fear. Bhojashettar told TOI that playback singer and composer Shankar Mahadevan, who touched off a new wave in the music world in 1998 by composing a breathless song, was an inspiration. Now, the government is making efforts to abridge the song to about 150 seconds so that it’s easy to play the anthem at state functions.
It’s sung between five and nine minutes, depending on composers and the background music between stanzas. The song, declared the state anthem in the year 2004, pays a rich tribute to Karnataka, and has been a challenge to composers. The song has been downloaded and shared on social-media platforms as well. The 2-minute-24-second video of the song rendered by Prasanna Bhojashettar, a gold medallist in MTech, has been lapped up by social-media audience, with 29,000 Facebook views and 1,000 shares, and 30,000 YouTube views in a week of its release. Shankar's dream of many years to share his talent with the world finally culminated by way of the 'SHANKAR MAHADEVAN ACADEMY' an online music academy where anyone willing to learn music is trained by talented teachers under his own watchful supervision.Hubballi: A singer from Hubballi has done a Shankar Mahadevan by rendering the Karnataka state anthem - ‘Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanu Jaate’, written by Jnanpith laureate Kuvempu - in breathless format as a tribute to Karnataka on its state formation day. Some of his songs, such as Maa from Taare Zameen Par and Mitwa from Kabhi Alvida Na Kehena have become timeless hits. Shankar has won three National Awards, and three Filmfare Awards. His works are not bound to the Bollywood and fusion realm alone, He has composed and sung in other Indian languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi, Gujarati and Punjabi and many more. Not to be limited to any style, category or genre, he has teamed up successfully with some of world’s most extraordinary talent and has been an integral part of Bands like Remember Shakti, SILK, Mynta, etc. He followed the calling of his heart, which was in music and teamed up with friends Ehsaan and Loy, both remarkably talented composers and musicians to form the hugely successful musical team in Bollywood popularly known as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
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Though an introduction is hardly necessary, Shankar is a software engineer by education. Shankar's music, which is often magical is bound to touch hearts and expand the Akshaya Patra community. "I am very happy to be associated with Akshaya Patra because in fact the cause is very close to my heart and something that I have always wanted to do - feed children," says Shankar about his association.Īkshaya Patra believes that Shankar’s association is a very important milestone that will help the Foundation to reach its goal of feeding 5 million children by 2020. The song, accompanied by a video, in which he will feature, will celebrate the joys of childhood it will seek to create a world where children can enjoy a carefree childhood that is not worried about where the next meal is coming from. Shankar will be composing and singing a number specially dedicated to Akshaya Patra, to coincide with the momentous occasion when Akshaya Patra serves its billionth meal in the month of August.
Shankar Mahadevan comes on board as Akshaya Patra’s Brand AmbassadorĪkshaya Patra is immensely proud to be associated with Shankar Mahadevan, India’s iconic singer and composer, who achieved worldwide fame with his album 'Breathless', and who has sung and composed music for innumerable super-hit films in Bollywood.
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