MUMBAI: Ghazal and Bhajan maestro Jagjit Singh has recorded the title track â€?Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram…’ for the series â€?Gandhi –A Journey of Mahatma.’ The song is composed by Rabi Dev along with associate producer Chintan Patel.
Sharing his views on Gandhi’s autobiographical series to RadioandMusic.com, Jagjit Singh said, Singing for the sacred bhajan of Mahatma â€?Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ was like being in the state of meditation. In a timeframe when the western culture is overriding and overshadowing our youth, making an autobiographical series on him –a personality which was larger than life becomes more important to people who follow him and live his values but they don’t know much about him, they can be inspired, educated by this series and change their lives,…
On contribution of Jagjit Singh, director Ashwini Sharma said, After singing the famous bhajan of Mahatma Gandhi for the serial, the ace ghazal king was so delighted that he denied to take his rendition fee….
â€?Gandhi – A Journey of Mahatma’ directed by Ashwini Sharma is outcome of 15 years’ extensive research conducted by Dr. Rajendra Upadhyay and Ashwini Sharma. The series is produced by Pancham Singh under the banner of Indian Cinephile production and presented by K Sera Sera production.