Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, who has rendered a brand new version of the country wide music "Vande Mataram" to mark the 69th Independence Day, says creating a melody on his favorite instrument was relatively difficult.
"Vande Mataram", a poem from Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's 1882 novel Anandamath, was written in Bengali and Sanskrit. It is a hymn to the mummy Land.
The sixty nine-year-old Padma Vibhushan recipient and his sons Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan have joined palms with #repute, a Mumbai-established creation house, for this challenge.
"Sarod is a difficult instrument and to get something melodious on it is also difficult. We feel the message of peace, harmony, unity has not reached the people...(ahead of the Independence Day) Amaan, Ayaan and I thought of coming up with a video on 'Vande Mataram'," Khan told PTI.
"Every Indian should realise that he is Indian first and then think of the region he belongs to. This video is a salutation to our country and the countrymen who gave their lives for us. We want to pass the message of peace, harmony and compassion," he said.
