Glittering Ceremony At Gurgaon - Rahman Launched
At a glittering ceremony at Gurgaon near New Delhi, Oscar winning music composer A. R. Rahman on Saturday launched the theme song of the Commonwealth Games “Swagatham”. In front of a gathering which included Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Rahman sung the song.
Rahman said, “I feel honoured to get the opportunity to compose the theme song for the mega-event. It was not an easy task. I had started composing it six months ago and finished just last night.” As a good beginning to the hosting of successful Games, a beaming Kalmadi hailed the launch of the theme song.
Kalmadi said, “A well beginning is the half job done. Now onwards you will listen this song day in and day out. It is the first move towards a great Commonwealth Game, which we had promised years back”.
Kalmadi said, “In the opening ceremony we will depict the 5000 years of culture of our country. We are getting good response as far as tickets are concerned. In the last two days 800 tickets have been sold in Gurgaon only. That’s good”.
He added, “We are prepared to organize the best ever Commonwealth Games and that is the message I would like to give”. In the function there was the enthralling dance performance by ‘Sadya’ group followed by another Gypsy group dance show by the artists from Shiamak Davar Institute of Performing Arts.
After the Group of Ministers overseeing the quadrennial sporting extravaganza asked Rahman to change it a little bit, the launch of the theme song got delayed. With all praise for Rahman Dikshit, saying, “I am extremely happy that Rahman agreed to do the job. We could not have found a better person for it.
I am confident that Delhi, with the whole India behind it, will achieve what many people believe is not possible”. She further added, “I hope that with this song we will now swing into the Games with broad smile. There are lots of problems, but I do believe that the end will be good”.
Hooda said, “I have the confidence that we will do it in a big way. The CWG festival start today with this launch and Haryana is ready to give all kinds of helps to make it successful”. With its words the song motivates people ‘Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Karo, Jeeto’.
