New Delhi, September 23: Music maestro A R Rahman is all set to rock the inaugural ceremony of the Commonwealth Games with his chart burster ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Maa Tujhe Salam’ numbers.
As a tribute to the Father of the Nation, Rahman will also sing the Mahatma’s favourite hymn ‘Vaishnava Jan To’ for the 60,000-strong audience at the inaugural ceremony of the Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Besides, the audio-video presentation of ‘Yaro India Bula Liya,’ the theme song of the Games on 16 large screens, the audience would be treated to the ‘Chhaiya Chhaiya’ dance sequence mounted on a ‘Human Train’ conceived by a creative team involving 1,500 artistes.
Human Train is part of a 12-minute ‘Great Indian Journey’ dance sequence showcasing rural and small town India with the popular Hindi song Chhaiya Chhaiya from the film ‘Dil Se’ as a background score.
–PTI