Vande gets a new 21-voice salute

As many as 21 performers, including Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi Chauhan, Amaan Ali and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, have lent their voice for a new rendition of India's national song Vande mataram.

The contemporary version of Vande Mataram is composed by renowned percussionist Bickram Ghosh.

"My version of Vande Mataram is introspective and philosophical. It is the national song woven into a new melody 64 years after independence. It is not a song of uprising as was the mainstay of the original song. I've created a melody straight from my heart and the finest of India's artists have executed it," said Ghosh.

The new rendition has Shaan, Shubha Mudgal, Roop Kumar Rathod, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Ustad Rashid Khan, Palash Sen and popular band Indian Ocean.