Rahman to sing 'Jai Ho' at CWG inaugural show

New Delhi, Sept 23 (IndiaReport)
Music maestro A R Rahman is all set to rock the inaugural ceremony of the Commonwealth Games with his chart burster&aposJai Ho&aposand&aposMaa Tujhe Salam&aposnumbers.
As a tribute to the Father of the Nation, Rahman will also sing the Mahatma&aposs favourite hymn&aposVaishnava Jan To&aposfor the 60,000-strong audience at the inaugural ceremony of the Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Besides, the audio-video presentation of&aposYaro India Bula Liya,&aposthe theme song of the Games on 16 large screens, the audience would be treated to the&aposChhaiya Chhaiya&aposdance sequence mounted on a&aposHuman Train&aposconceived by a creative team involving 1,500 artistes.
Human Train is part of a 12-minute&aposGreat Indian Journey&aposdance sequence showcasing rural and small town India with the popular Hindi song Chhaiya Chhaiya from the film&aposDil Se&aposas a background score.
&aposRhythm of India&aposinvolving 900 drummers followed by&aposSwagatam&apossong by Hariharan are the other attractions of the inaugural show.
The 45-minute cultural extravaganza conceived by a creative team comprising Shyam Benegal, Prasoon Joshi, Javed Akhtar and Bharat Bala among others is now being finalised with stage rehearsal going on in full scale.
"We have worked for 14 months to present a contemporary image of India during the inaugural and closure ceremony,"said Bala, the director of the creative team.
The theme song of the Games, rendered by Rahman, has been made into a video featuring Sania Nehwal, Milkha Singh, Samresh Jung and other sport personalities.
The opening and closing ceremony of the Games is estimated to cost Rs 300 crores involving about 10,000 artistes and state-of-the-art equipment.