By Ambili S [ August 29, 2010 ]
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Rahman's CWG theme song launched

Mozart of Madras A.R. Rahman's theme song for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2010 was launched at a glittering ceremony in Delhi today. Earlier, the Group of Ministers (GoM) requested the composer to finetune the song before the opening ceremony and he did so. Touted as India's version of ‘Waka Waka’ (official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup), the song 'Oh yaaro, India bula liya' (Friends, India has called you) has been composed and sung by the double Oscar award winner.

Rahman sang the song for around five minutes at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium today. "I feel honoured to get this opportunity to compose the theme song for the mega-event. It was not an easy task. I started composing it six months ago and finished just last night," Rahman said. Also present at the event were Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda and CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.

The Games are to be held from October 3 to14 this year.