The lyricist explained that Rahman always tries to improve his work and he has done the same to the theme song also.

Rahman's CWG theme song is more peppier now
Friday, September 17, 2010, 12:35 [IST]
By: Kalyani Prasad Keshri


Finally, the Common Wealth Games theme song 'oh yaaro, yeh India bula liya' has reached to its expectations. Lyricist Prasoon Joshi has shortened and tightened the lyrics giving a peppy touch to the A. R. Rahman composition. The lyricist explained that Rahman always tries to improve his work and he has done the same to the theme song also. He says that Rahman has added more layers to the song and has given some folk touch to the number.”

The previous composition of A. R. Rahman failed to impress the sports lovers in India. The song faced a lot of criticism than appreciations. The sports minister M.S. Gill reveled the dissatisfaction of the Group Of Ministers for the theme song.

The music maestro A. R. Rahman unveiled the theme song on September 11. The song is both composed and sung by the Rahman. It took six months for Rahman to complete the number and he is paid Rs. 5 crores his composition.

But the launch of the song got postponed to the month of October because the GoM wanted Rahman to modify his composition by making it more peppy. We just hope that Rahman's improved version of the Common Wealth Theme song impresses the sports lovers in India.

The video of the revised CWG theme song will release within a week. The video will feature sports stars and India achievement in sports