MR BACHCHAN IS ALSO RUMOURED TO
HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE BANQUET
IN HONOUR OF MR OBAMA AT
RASHTRAPATI BHAWAN TONIGHT
The grand preparations for this year's
Republic Day parade, where US President
Barack Obama will be chief guest,
includes a special rendition of the
National Anthem sung by actor Amitabh
Bachchan.
Mr Bachchan's rendition of Jana Gana
Mana will air on radio and TV, and possibly
even find a spot in the parade itself
tomorrow.
Mr Bachchan tweeted:
T 1747 - The National Anthem sung
by me, shall be played in theatres
and on Tv and radio hopefully on
26th January .. Happy Republic
Day !!
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan)
January 24, 2015
Mr Bachchan recorded the song in
Jorasanko, the ancestral home of poet
Rabindranath Tagore who wrote Jana
Gana Mana.
He tweeted:
T 1747 - A moment of great pride
for me, singing the National Anthem
in the courtyard of the home of
Rabindra Nath Tagore, who wrote
it .. !
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan)
January 24, 2015
T 1747 - Rabindra Nath Tagore,
poet .. Nobel laureate .. in his
home in Kolkata, Thakur Badi and
'jan gan man..' .. a divine
moment !!
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan)
January 24, 2015
Mr Bachchan is also rumoured to have
been invited to the banquet in honour of
Mr Obama at Rashtrapati Bhawan tonight.
There is, however, no official confirmation
of this.
Amitabh Bachchan was last in Kolkata
some months ago to shoot his film Piku in
North Kolkata's Laha mansion and at local
landmarks like Chowringhee. His other
film Shmitabh release on February 6.
