Amitabh Bachchan shoots for Ganesh aarti in Sarkar 3
Amitabh Bachchan as Subhash Nagre is back, and angrier than ever but as a special treat for the loyal coterie of movie lovers who have waited eight long years for ‘Sarkar 3’, the film features a song sung by none other than Senior Bachchan himself!
Amitabh Bachchan has sung a mellifluous and soulfully striking ‘Ganapati aarti’ for ‘Sarkar 3’ which is composed by Rohan Vinayak. The poignant ‘Ganapati aarti’, rendered by the Bachchan baritone, has been shot on a Mumbai beach, featuring a stunning larger than life Ganesh idol and the grandiose holy process of immersion-Visarjan. Speaking about special song, Mr Bachchan said, “There is something about the ‘Ganapati aarti’ that invokes great divinity ; an emotion, that is rare and lasting. Sant Ramdas created this aarti in the 1600’s in a Rag (Rag Jogiya), that was befitting of such great character and eminence. The words are vernacular Marathi – a rarity for most other Hindu bhajans and devotional songs. Yet the way the aarti has been structured, it cuts across all language barriers, if at all there are any. I feel privileged and blessed, to have been asked to sing it for the film ‘Sarkar 3’. I sang the aarti for the Siddhivinayak Mandir at Prabhadevi, and when discussed with Ram Gopal Varma, I suggested we do the same for the film as well. We have given it a different tone, but the sentiment the emotion and the divinity, remains in as much prominence, as the original.”
An Eros International & Wave Cinemas Ponty Chadha in association with Raju Chadha presentation, produced by Alumbra Entertainment and AB Corp, directed by Ram Gopal Varma, ‘Sarkar 3’ releases on 12th May, 2017.
