Bikram
Ghosh:
Ahead
of
Independence
Day
tabla
maestro
Bickram
Ghosh
has
composed
a
special
song
titled
'Yeh
Desh!'
in
collaboration
with
many
musicians,
including
Hariharan,
Shaan,
Kavita
Seth,
and
Richa
Sharma,
The
video
features
prominent
instrumentalists
from
across
the
country.
Vishwa
Mohan
Bhatt
graces
the
mohan
veena,
Ronu
Majumdar
enchants
with
the
flute,
Purbayan
Chatterjee
mesmerizes
with
the
sitar,
and
Tajhesh
Vaidya
enthralls
with
the
veena
while
Ghosh
takes
charge
of
the
table
and
percussion
instruments,
uniting
the
ensemble
in
harmonious
synergy.
Bickram
Ghosh,
who
was
recently
honored
with
the
Sangeet
Natak
Akademi
Award
(Akademi
Puraskar)
in
the
contemporary
category,
says,
"Ye
Desh
is
about
the
spirit
of
our
country.
I
thought
it
would
be
wonderful
to
create
an
anthem
to
celebrate
75
years
of
our
independence
by
collaborating
with
both
established
musicians
and
newcomers.
When
we
were
young,
there
were
so
many
other
patriotic
songs
that
used
to
be
played
on
TV.
I
thought
that
we
need
to
have
a
song
that
matched
the
energy
of
the
current
generation.
So
when
I
was
composing
it,
I
kept
the
song
purposely
high
energy."
The
song,
conceptualised
by
Bickram
Ghosh,
features
many
established
musicians
as
well
as
newcomers:
Shaan,
Richa
Sharma,
Hariharan,
Mahalakshmi
lyer,
Kavita
Seth,
Rishi
Singh,
Deboshmita
Roy,
Chirag
Kotwal,
Mohammed
Faiz,
Bidipta
Chakraborty,
Senjuti
Das,
Vishwa
Mohan
Bhatt,
Ronu
Majumdar,
Purbayan
Chatterjee,
and
Rajesh
Vaidhya.