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Big B lends his voice to 26/ 11 songs.


AMITABH Bachchan “Bachchan” redirects here. For other uses, see Bachchan (disambiguation).

Amitabh Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) (/əmitaːbʱ bətʃtʃən/ 
 will lend his baritone to three Bollywood tributes dedicated to the 26/ 11 terror attacks even as the industry looks all set to cash in on the 2008 tragedy.

The superstar has lent his voice to a new version of Mile sur mera tumhara campaign " for togetherness and unity," besides two songs dedicated to the terror strike.

The first song, featuring the Big B with singer Sonu Nigam, has already been recorded.

Composer Aadesh Shrivastava is set to work with the actor on the second number soon.

"( I am going) straight into a recording studio, lending my voice figuratively and otherwise to the cause of the 26/ 11 tragedy," Bachchan wrote on his blog about Nigam's song.

Aadesh's song is part of an album on world peace and harmony pegged on 26/ 11. He feels Big B will be a perfect thread to bind various Indian and international artistes who will be featured in the album.

" I'm leaving for London to record a part of the album. I will record with him ( Bachchan) after coming back because I want to get over with the western bits first. We will release the album in January," says Aadesh, whose album also features Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain may be:
  • Zakir Hussain (musician), the tabla player
  • Zakir Hussain (politician), the former president of India
  • Zakir Husain (governor), the former governor of East Pakistan
  • Zakir Hussain (actor), Bollywood actor
 and Ustad Rashid Khan Ustad Rashid Khan (b. Badayun 1966-07-01) is an Indian classical musician in the North Indian Hindustani music tradition. He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana, and is the great grandson of Gharana founder Ustad Inayat Hussain. .

A few days ago, Bachchan also recorded Mile sur mera tumhara for producer Kailash Surendranath. " Today I stand alone as I extol ex·tol also ex·toll  
tr.v. ex·tolled also ex·tolled, ex·tol·ling also ex·toll·ing, ex·tols also ex·tolls
To praise highly; exalt. See Synonyms at praise.
 the virtues of togetherness, today I stand inside the very heart of the edifice that bore the cruel brunt of dastardly das·tard·ly  
adj.
Cowardly and malicious; base.



dastard·li·ness n.
 attack on our pride, on our independence," Big B writes on his blog.

On the Nigam song, Big B writes: " Sonu Nigam, that talented singer from our world of film and pop and classical ( music), had asked me to participate in a song that he was doing for those whom we lost ( on) that fateful day. I did".

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