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Amitabh Bachchan sings with Rashid Khan for 26/11 album
November 19th, 2009
Amitabh Bachchan has given his voice to quite a few movie songs but now the superstar is singing along with classical maestro Rashid Khan for an album dedicated to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai last year.
‘Yes, Rashid Khan and I have sung together. The system of recording these days allows a lot of freedom to sing how one is comfortable. That’s how I managed it,’ told Amitabh.
Titled ‘Sound Of Peace’, the project has been helmed by composer Aadesh Shrivastava.
Efforts are now on to get Ashutosh Gowariker to direct a video that will feature the Big B, Rashid Khan and Aadesh Shrivastava. Footage from the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai will be intermingled with scenes from 9/11 in the US and the London subway bombings of 2005.
‘We initially planned to make this a Hindi-Urdu album in memory of the 26/11 victims. But we’ve now expanded it into a comment on global terrorism. Mr. Bachchan is now in the process of recording an English version of the peace song.’ Aadesh told.