Anup Jalota and Asha Bhosle join hands with 209 singers for lockdown song

17 May 2020

SingerAnupaJalotaiskeeping himself very busy during thelockdown. While hisBhajansarebeingplayed across homesin India andabroad, Anup has joined hands with210 other singersfor what we can safely consider the ultimatelockdownsong.Sheddinglightonthe grand project,AnupJalota,who isthe unofficially designatedBhajanSamratof Hindustan, says, The idea for the song camefrom several brainstorming andjamming sessions ontelephone and video conferencing. Its a song titledJayatuJayatuBharatam. It is composedbyShankarMahadevanand the words are written byPrasoonJoshi. Aurmazeykibaatyehhaikeissgaanemein211gaaayakhai.Jeehaan, there are 211of us singinginthis historic song. I am happy to informyou thatAshaBhoslejihas also sung with us, and what a privilege to have her enthusiastic vocalpresence at her age. She is incredibly motivating. We all sang our lines from our homes which were then mergedinto onefree-flowing streamofcollective emotions, saysAnupwho feels music hasthe power to heal during these troubled times.We all needhope. We all need to believe in that dawn after a dark night. Our song JayatuJayatuBharatamwill hopefullyprovide that hope, saysJalota.All the proceedsfrom this historic song will go to needy singers. SaysAnup, The songis an initiative oftheIndian Singers Rights Association. So much is doneforlyric writersby theIndian Performing RightsSociety Ltd. Butnothing is doneforsingers. We feel itstime we did something for our fellow-singers specially at a time like this when many singers are jobless.