Amazon Prime Video Creates Guinness World Record With More Than 1000 Artists Performing Live
The musical event of more than a 1000 artists performing live, created a Guinness World Record for The Largest Indian Cinematic Music Band. The event was organised by Amazon Prime Video.
Amazon
Prime
Video,
last
night
along
with
the
unveiling
of
new
show,
The
Forgotten
Army,
celebrated
the
Azad
Hind
Fauj
by
organizing
a
live
operatic
musical
extravaganza
with
1000
singers
and
instrumentalist
coming
together
to
perform
the
album
of
Amazon
Original
Series
The
Forgotten
Army
-
Azadi
Ke
Liye,
composed
by
musical
maestro
Pritam
Chakraborty.
The
event
went
on
to
create
a
new
Guinness
World
Record
for
The
Largest
Indian
Cinematic
Music
Band.
The
evening
saw
more
than
1000
musicians
from
across
the
country,
performing
together
for
the
first
time.
Celebrating
India's
70th
Republic
Day,
the
team
performed
songs
from
the
series'
album,
composed
by
Pritam.
The
composer
commented
on
the
event
and
said,
"I
am
thrilled
to
have
had
the
opportunity
to
witness
and
be
part
this
unique
live
performance
with
this
collective
of
talented
musicians,
in
memory
of
the
valiant
soldiers
of
the
Azad
Hind
Fauj.
This
Republic
Day,
let's
all
take
a
moment
to
understand
the
forgotten
history
and
the
sacrifice
of
the
Indian
National
Army."
Gaurav
Gandhi,
Director
and
Country
General
Manager,
Amazon
Prime
Video
India,
said,
"We
are
delighted
that
the
album
and
this
musical
event
have
made
its
mark
in
history
by
creating
a
coveted
Guinness
World
Record
for
The
Largest
Indian
Cinematic
Music
Band.
We
are
hopeful
that
our
Freedom
Anthem
-
Azaadi,
will
strike
a
chord
across
the
country,
and
serve
as
a
tribute
to
our
soldiers
-
those
remembered
and
cherished
and
those
forgotten."
Musicians
performing
at
the
concert
came
from
cities
across
the
country
and
even
from
abroad.
Apart
from
Bangalore,
Delhi,
Kolkata,
Pune,
Goa,
Assam,
Sikkim,
some
artists
were
also
seen
from
Kenya,
Malaysia
and
UAE.
The
band
also
comprised
of
visually
impaired
and
differently-abled
artists,
including
over
six
hundred
and
fifty
vocalists,
two
hundred
and
fifty
acoustic
guitarists,
eighty
drummers
and
percussionists,
fifteen
performers
on
varied
string
instruments,
five
brass
players,
one
electric
guitarist,
one
bass
guitarist,
one
keyboardist
and
two
sitar
players.
The
title
track
of
Amazon
Original
The
Forgotten
Army
-
Azaadi
Ke
Liye,
composed
by
Pritam
features
the
voices
of
Arijit
Singh
and
Tushar
Joshi
with
lyrics
written
by
Shloke
Lal
and
Kausar
Munir.
Written
and
directed
by
Kabir
Khan,
The
Forgotten
Army
-
Azaadi
Ke
Liye
features
Sunny
Kaushal
and
debutante
Sharvari
as
the
leading
couple.
The
series
is
now
available
on
Amazon
Prime
Video
as
off
January
24,
2020.