MX PLAYER RELEASES A SPECIAL ANTHEM SAJDA KAROON FOR ITS FLAGSHIP SHOW - TIMES OF MUSIC ON WORLD MUSIC DAY

Jyothi Venkatesh

This weekend, MX Player launched their larger than life music reality show - Smule presents Times of Music powered by Ace2Three. This MX Original Series sees 20 legendary composers rewrite history and reinvent each other’s most iconic tunes. And, as the world celebrates the 38^th year of  World Music Day, the platform has released an anthem titled Sajda Karoon - dedicated to the spirit of music and the power it has to unite us all. Composed, co-produced and beautifully strung together by the very talented Papon, the song will see all artistes from the show lending their voice to the song, including Salim - Sulaiman & Laxmikant - Pyarelal, Viju Shah – Mithoon, Ajay - Atul & Kalyanji - Anandji, Vishal & Shekhar – Bappi Lahiri, Anand - Milind & Sajid – Wajid, Sachin - Jigar & Euphoria, Amit Trivedi, Agnee, Shantanu Moitra – Amaal Mallik, Rajesh Roshan – Himesh Reshammiya and Indian Ocean – Sneha Khanwalkar.

Gautam Talwar, Chief Content Officer at MX Player, says, “Sajda Karoon brings together some of the most celebrated names of the music industry and there was no better day to share it with everyone other than World Music Day. This anthem is a quick capsule of everything that the show stands for - music that is timeless, a stellar line up of India’s best talent and it salutes the power of music. This was our attempt to make a genuine ode to music itself and we’re sure it will strike a chord with the viewers”. Produced by Kalyan Baruah, the lyrics are penned by Vaibhav Modi and the song is mixed by Ayan De.

Recreating memories with 22 iconic songs – Smule presents ‘Times of Music’ powered by Ace2Three has an innovative format which will see each episode feature 2 composers of different eras soak in the philosophy behind the other’s celebrated song, its ethos and interpret it in his own way to create a fabulous new rendition. Part storytelling, part tribute and topped with pure musical genius – this series is hosted by Vishal Dadlani who will be unwrapping interesting stories from their lives.