Vande Mataram

Vande Mataram

In 1997, A. R. Rahman undertook this project as a celebration of India's 50th anniversary of independence. Singing most of the songs himself, he enlisted an international cast of collaborators—including Sting's guitarist Dominic Miller and Qawwali legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan—to craft an Indian pop phenomenon. The shimmering "Maa Tujhe Salaam" practically became the country’s new national anthem, and Khan's fluid, passionate performance on the pop-oriented "Gurus of Peace" made the recording—one of his last—especially memorable.

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