JOIN USCricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has lent his voice to the Clean India anthem, created under a government initiative to make the campaign a public movement.
The anthem, composed by musical trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and sung by Shankar Mahadevan and others, will be released on October 2, marking one year of the launch of the Clean India campaign on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
The song written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi will also feature a video produced by Mukesh Bhatt.
Tendulkar has contributed to this by reciting a few lines that will feature in the anthem, as well as providing various musical suggestions for the recording.
Audio soon
The audio of the song is expected to be released on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Celebrities have come together to create the anthem aimed at enthusing and inspiring citizens to join hands in realising the collective dream of a “clean India”, said a senior Urban Development Ministry official.