Jana Gana Mana

Marathi Association Sydney Incorporated

Bharat Bala and A R Rahman came together to create a historic album called 'Jana Gana Mana'. This was a project in which over 35 top artistes of the nation came together to sing or play the National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana". On August 15, 1999 in which several great Indian musicians, from the classical to the contemporary, came together to give a soulful and modern rendition of the National Anthem. The video was released January 26, 2000

Instrumentalists

Flute: Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Sarod: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash
Santoor: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Rahul Sharma
Ghattam: Vikku Vinayakram, Uma Shankar
Mohan Veena: Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Saxophone: Kadri Gopalnath
Chitraveena: Ravikiran
Veena: E Gayathri
Sarangi: Ustad Sultan Khan
Sitar: Pandit Kartick Kumar, Niladri Kumar
Violin: Kumaresh, Ganesh

Artists

The music was produced and arranged by A R Rahman. The video was produced by Bharat Bala Production

Vocalists

D K Pattamal
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
Lata Mangeshkar
Pandit Jasraj
Dr Balamuralikrishna
Jagjit Singh
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty
Shobha Gurtu
Begum Parveena Sultana
Bhupen Hazarika
Ustad Rashid Khan
Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Smt. Shruti Sadolikar
Dr S P Balasubramaniam
Sudha Raghunathan
Asha Bhosle
Hariharan
Kavita Krishnamurthy
P Unnikrishnan
Nityashree
Saddiq Khan Langa
Ghulam Murtaza Khan
Ghulam Qadir Khan
Kaushiki Chakrabarty

Orchestra

Conductor: K. Srinivas Murthy
Cello: Ramsekar, R K Vijayandran, Bidyur Khayal
Tympany: Kumar, Karthikeyan
Violin: M Kalyanasundaram, Jerry Fernandes, Cyril Fernandes, R Joseph, K Murali, B J Chandru, B Balu, Murali, Dinakar, Rex Isaac, Debu Ashish, PJ Sebastian, P S Ramachandran
Mridangam: D A Srinivas
Harp: R Visweswaran

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