AR Rahman to host music show to mark DD's 50 years.Byline: ANI Mumbai, Aug 12 (ANI): Oscar winner AR Rahman is all set to host a music show on Doordarshan to mark the leading Indian network's golden jubilee For the diamond, see . A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary of a monarch's reign. In the Commonwealth Realms In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms, a Golden Jubilee celebration is held in the 50th year of a monarch's reign. . The show called 'The Big Band' will have close to 40 music bands from countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Singapore, and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. competing with each other. Rahman said that he has a three-decade-old association with Doordarshan and termed this proposal as a great comeback Comeback Australian breed of wool sheep, bred by crossing Merino with Corriedale, Polwarth or Zenith sheep; wool is 21 to 25 microns. It is a registered breed, but the term is more commonly used in the sense of a type of sheep produced by crossbreeding a crossbred Merino back to Merino. . "I have been associated with them 29 years back, when I used to play for a children programme and it used to be famous. So, it's great to be back on 50th anniversary of Doordarshan," Rahman told ANI (Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. ). Director general of Doordarshan, Aruna Sharma, said that the show would be telecast in December this year. "We are planning to come up with a major programme in the coming months along...under the guidance of Mr. A R Rahman for that show, which would be coming very soon on Doordarshan," she said. Doordarshan, the public television broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati Prasar Bharati (प्रसार भारती,Broadcasting Corporation of India) is India's national public broadcaster. It comprises Doordarshan television and All India Radio. , started in Delhi in September 1959. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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