MUMBAI: Rock legend Gordon Matthew Thomas Summer, better known as Sting, has teamed up with sitarist Anoushka Shankar to create a song inspired by the film ‘Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain’, about the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
“Sting was very moved by the film and offered to compose a song after it was ready. The song is now being added to the film,” said a source.
When contacted, the film’s director Ravi Kumar said, “Yes, Sting and Anoushka Shankar are doing a song for my film.”
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Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale’s 2007 album ‘Breathing under Water’ has used vocals of Sting for the track ‘Sea Dreamer’.
Issues like this have been of concern for the rock legend Sting. He is a philanthropist who made his first live solo appearance, performing on all four nights of the fourth Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball. The Last Ship is the eleventh studio album by English musician that released last year. Stings’ India connection dates back to 1980 when he played in India for the first time with The Police.
