Mumbai: The music video of the official song of Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup-2018 – ‘Jai Hind India’ was released here on Wednesday evening in the presence of music maestro A R Rahman, Odisha Sports Minister Chandra Sarathi Behera and Director of Sports Department R Vineel Krishna.
The world premiere of the 4.36-minute long music video, as the man behind the song had tweeted, also had hockey legends Dilip Tirkey, Lazarus Barla and Dhanraj Pillay in attendance.
Get set for… Jai Hind India Official Music Video …World Premiere tonight!!!#HWC2018 #Odisha2018 #AbBasHockey #HWC2018 ?#HeartBeatsForHockey
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) December 5, 2018
The Oscar-winning musician again took to Twitter to announce that the wait was over.
Finally, the wait is over. Here is the official music video ‘Jai Hind India’ along with @iamsrk, the song for Hockey World Cup 2018 ?? https://t.co/hvbHrSGwIP@nupur_mahajan @Naveen_Odisha #GulzarJi #Nayanthara
#AbBasHockey #HWC2018 ?#HeartBeatsForHockey #BToSProductions
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) December 5, 2018
The message ‘purpose is loftier than victory or defeat’ in the song has been beautifully penned by celebrated writer-lyricist Gulzar.
The video features Rahman, Shahrukh Khan, Nayanthara, Sivamani, Neeti Mohan, Shweta Mohan, Sasha Tirupathi, Shweta Pandit, Harshdeep and prominent hockey players of India.
The audio of the song was released earlier by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during Rahman’s maiden visit to Odisha on November 23.
