On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Indian independence, the singers of Zee Bangla Saragamapa, who later founded their own musical group called “Eso Bondhu,” performed a brand-new version of the national anthem of India, “Vandemataram-Tumi Maa”.

The former participants were Gourab Sarkar, Kinjal Chattopadhyay, Aritra Dasgupta, Arkadeep Mishra, Abhratanu Ghosh, Gurujeet Singh, Tanmoy Biswas, Arfin Rana, Raktim Chowdhury, Samadipta Mukherjee, Chandrika  Bhattacharya, Jyoti Sharma, Rishita Saha, Sonali Banerjee, and Somdatta Das.

 The original song Vandemataram represented the motherland and this new composition Tumi Maa represents the real-life mothers in flesh and blood. The song blends both of the mothers in the song. The song also has a rap that similarly represents both the mothers.

Anirban Chatterjee, Chhandan Basu, Tanmoy Mandal, Sandipan Ganguly(Bublu), and Subhajit Saha contributed to this musical melody.

The song has a solemn recitation of Rini Biswas who recited a quote by poet Surjotonoy Adhikary.

The video showcases several beautiful locations in north and south Kolkata. The song also features Kolkata’s popular model Bilkis Parveen.

The cinematography and editing have been done by Prasanta Kumar Sur and the team.

The music has been composed by Kinjal Chattopadhyay and Abhratanu Ghosh.

The lyrics have been penned down by Gourab Sarkar.

The song was released on the Youtube channel of Asha Audio on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day of India.

Priyanka Dutta