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Jaya Hey 2.0 — 75 years of Independence, 75 singers and musicians, one nation, one song
Kolkata, August 13, 2022:
To celebrate the 75 glorious years of Independence and in keeping with Government of India’s Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, Ambuja Neotia presents Jaya Hey 2.0, a musical tribute involving 75 artists from across India, supported by the Ambuja Neotia Group.
Conceptualised, music composed & directed by Sourendro Mullick and Soumyojit Das, better known as the Sourendro-Soumyojit duo, Jaya Hey 2.0 is a rendition of the full 5 verses of Bharat Bhagya Vidhata aka Jana Gana Mana, a timeless tune that fills us with pride, love, admiration, and reverence for our dear Motherland.
The song Bharat Bhagya Vidhata was written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911 and had five stanzas. However, only the first stanza was adopted as our National Anthem in the 1950’s, to keep the song’s duration well within one minute.
With Harshavardhan Neotia lending his voice to stitch together the theme of integrity and freedom.
“The essence of India as a nation lies in her plurality and unity in diversity. Many have sacrificed their lives to give us our freedom. It is essential that every individual of this county remembers that and collectively makes a conscious effort to keep the essence alive. As a Group, we had earlier created a similar version of the complete song of Jana Gana Mana in collaboration with 39 performers. This year, paying tribute in reverence to the 75 years of Indian Independence, we have joined hands with 75 singers and musicians to seek inspiration in the words of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. Let us sing in unison and bow down before the souls who earned us our freedom. Personally for me, the verses fill me with immense pride for being an Indian and give me hope to overcome any obstacle that life throws at us,” said Ambuja Neotia Chairman Harshavardhan Neotia.
“We are so happy to create this musical bouquet, a humble offering to the motherland from the artistes’ fraternity. The journey of putting it together was larger than life in its own way. We are thankful to the overwhelming support of Shri Harshavardhan Neotia who encouraged us to spread our wings and catch the infinite joy of achieving the unity of the diverse music, diverse beliefs, and the varied philosophies of India – draped in one anthem of togetherness. We are indebted to the sheer genius of Gurudev Tagore. We thank our fellow musicians for collaborating voluntarily. We thank all the little boys who held the National Flag high for our anthem. We thank the crew members for braving the challenges and making it happen. We have created Jaya Hey 2.0 for every Indian, for all who believe in the values of our country – musically, philosophically,” said the Sourendra-Soumyojit duo.
The 75 artistes who have collaborated for Jaya Hey includes stalwarts and veterans of the music industry such as Asha Bhosle, Amjad Ali Khan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Hariharan, Rashid Khan, Ajoy Chakrabarty, Shubha Mudgal, Aruna Sairam, L. Subramaniam, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Vikku Vinayakram, Lou Majaw, Anup Jalota, Parveen Sultana, Kumar Sanu, Sivamani, Bombay Jayashri, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Mohit Chauhan, Papon, Shaan, Kailash Kher, Sadhana Sargam, Shantanu Moitra and V. Selvaganesh among others.
The list of artistes also includes successful young musicians from across the country who have created a niche for themselves, such as Kaushiki Chakraborty, Shreya Ghosal, Mahesh Kale, Amaan Ali Bangash, Aayan Ali Bangash, Tetseo Sisters, Amrit Ramnath, Omkar Dhumal, Ambi Subramaniam and Rhythm Shaw among others.
Popular names from Bengal representing different genres of music include Usha Uthup, Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury, Parvathy Baul, Anupam Roy, Rupam Islam among others.
Jaya Hey 2.0 is now available on YouTube. The link is
We request the media fraternity to kindly be a part of this humble initiative and help disseminate the same to a larger audience.
Thank You!
Ambuja Neotia
The artistes who collaborated for Jaya Hey 2.0 in order of appearance:
1. Amjad Ali Khan
2. Asha Bhosle
3. Hariharan
4. Kavita Krishnamurti
5. Shreya Ghoshal
6. P. Unnikrishnan
7. Bombay Jayashri
8. Papon
9. K S Chithra
10. Rewben Mashangva
11. Rashid Khan
12. Ajoy Chakrabarty
13. Hariprasad Chaurasia
14. L. Subramaniam
15. Ambi Subramaniam
16. V. Selvaganesh
17. Swaminathan Selvaganesh
18. Harshavardhan Neotia
19. Benny Dayal
20. Bela Shende
21. Teejan Bai
22. Kaushiki Chakraborty
23. Anup Jalota
24. Shubha Mudgal
25. Harshdeep Kaur
26. Salim Merchant
27. Parvathy Baul
28. Shankar Mahadevan
29. Sujatha Mohan
30. Shweta Mohan
31. Rakesh Chaurasia
32. Purbayan Chatterjee
33. Shaan
34. Kalpana Patowary
35. Amit Trivedi
36. Mahesh Kale
37. Kumar Sanu
38. Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury
39. Shantanu Moitra
40. Amrit Ramnath
41. Srinivas
42. Sadhana Sargam
43. Kailash Kher
44. Parveen Sultana
45. Mame Khan
46. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
47. Sivamani
48. Vikku Vinayakram
49. Rhythm Shaw
50. Jayanthi Kumaresh
51. Alka Yagnik
52. Lou Majaw
53. Rekha Bhardwaj
54. Suresh Wadkar
55. Malini Awasthi
56. Rupam Islam
57. Tetseo Sisters
58. Mohit Chauhan
59. Aruna Sairam
60. Vishal Dadlani
61. Usha Uthup
62. Bindu Subramaniam
63. Omkar Dhumal
64. Amaan Ali Bangash
65. Ayaan Ali Bangash
66. Shilpa Rao
67. Anupam Roy
68. Pratibha Singh Baghel
69. Rahul Deshpande
70. Udit Narayan
71. Parthiv Gohil
72. Anwesshaa
73. Javed Ali
74. Mahalakshmi Iyer
75. Sourendro-Soumyojit
