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| Jana Gana Mana is preceded and followed by a screeching narration on the merits of pursuing sports seriously. (Video below) |
Former India left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni has assembled a galaxy of sport stars from
Sachin Tendulkar to Sania Mirza to sing national anthem to celebrate the 67th Republic Day.
Like the national anthem, sport is a strong uniting force. Bringing them together is an exciting prospect.
On Sunday, Sachin Tendulkar released the video “The Sports Heroes”, featuring Sunil Gavaskar, Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi, Dhanraj Pillay, Bhaichung Bhutia, Gagan Narang and Sushil Kumar.
The video, which has been directed by Abhjit Panse, is marked by good execution.
But the video unfortunately widens its scope to issue a call to youngsters to take up sports. The anthem is preceded and followed by a screeching narration on the merits of pursuing sports seriously.
Here was perhaps a chance to make the present generation's Mile sur mera tumhara. An opportunity that was indeed lost