Watch Tokyo Olympics official theme song by AR Rahman for Indian contingent
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics gets started in just nine days, while it is expected to be India’s best outing to date. Meanwhile, the official theme song for the Indian contingent has been launched, as legendary Indian playback singer AR Rahman has sung it.
FollowThe date to Tokyo Olympics has drawn closer, with just nine days to go before the world is gripped into sports fever. The Indian contingent is all set to travel to the Japanese capital, with 236 athletes set to fight it out and put on their best show.
The Games would be held behind closed doors due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Therefore, the fans would have to be content with watching the athletes perform virtually.
Meanwhile, Indian athletes cannot do it entirely independently and would need some sort of cheering. As a result, the official theme song for the Indian contingent was launched on Wednesday.
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The song has been named Hindustani Way and has been sung by legendary Indian playback singer AR Rahman, along with Ananya Birla. As for the music video, it features archive footage from India’s previous Olympic performances, like Atalanta 1996, Athens 2004, Salt Lake 2002, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, besides having training footage ahead of the upcoming edition. The lyrics of the song has been written by Ananya, Nirmika Singh and Shishir Samant.
“Here we come. It’s our time India. We are here to fight. And, if we fall, we get back up. We’re born to win. We never stop - #HindustaniWay. Thanks to @arrahman & @ananya_birla for this Team India Cheer Song - @Tokyo2020. You are going to love this,” captioned Press Information Bureau in a tweet.
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