The Olympic season is up and India is ready with their very own Olympic anthem to cheer the participants and encourage the audience to watch. The singer behind the song named, ‘Hindustani Way’ is budding musician Ananya Birla. She has joined forces with Grammy Award winner AR Rahman who has composed the soundtrack. It depicts the glorious moments when Indian athletes won medals at previous Olympics.
The track was launched by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur on Tuesday. In the speech, he thanked Ananya and AR Rahman for making creating this extraordinary song. He wants every Indian to listen to the song and cheer the Indian athletes participating in the game.
The Olympic anthem, ‘Hindustani Way’ has an extremely catchy melody and it is bound to inspire the audience and the sportspersons. The track will be played throughout the entire Olympic season.
In the music video, a family from 1996 is seen watching the Olympics. The time passes to the present day and the family cheers on the Indian athletes on every Olympic season. There are real footages of previous Olympics in the music video. The visuals are taken from 1996 Atlanta, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio, and various training footages from this year’s group.
In the archival footage, many moments of Indian athletes winning medals are shown in the music video. The footages show Leander Peas, Abhinav Bindra, PV Sindhu, Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, Sakshi Malik, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, and many others in their proud methods.
The Tokyo Olympics was supposed to be held last year in 2020. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was postponed. This year the event will be held taking all the needed precautions and safety measures. This year’s Olympics will begin on July 23rd.