Independence Day 2020: Ankit Tiwari tunes a new version of Vande Mataram

Bollywood singer Ankit Tiwari, has released his own rendition of the national song Vande Mataram on the eve of the upcoming Independence Day celebration. The song  resonates a sense of patriotic feeling among everyone. The song uplifts us in these rough times, and fills us with hope for a better future for our country. The original track of ‘Vande Mataram’ ia a heavily Sanskritised Bengali poem written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in1870s. It was first sung by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896.

He quotes “I loved singing Vande Mataram while in school, it always came straight from my heart. I love this soulful patriotic track, also there hasn’t been a new version of Vande Mataram for a long time now, hence I wanted to revive it”. Ankit being from RSS Vidyalaya, recited the national anthem and the national song daily. Not only does he have fond memories connected to this song, but it’s also where his strong sense of patriotism comes from. 

Vande Mataram has received lots of love and support from people and continues to grow across the country in everyone’s hearts.  On this, Ankit says “I am thankful for the opportunity to be able to spread such inspiring music with the beautiful people of our country and I am glad that we are getting such a good response". Ankit’s voice along with this melodious song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, is a refreshing combination of several emotions that touch our heart and soul.