Celebrities croon for COVID-19 theme song penned by Kamal Haasan

Chennai, Apr 22 () An ensemble of celebrities haveteamed up with actor-politician Kamal Haasan for a theme songon facing the COVID19 situation, with the MNM chief insistingthat "artistes always sow the seeds of hope."

Well-known names in the cinema industry--composersShankar Mahadevan, Yuvan Shankar Raja and R Anirudh, carnaticmusician Bombay Jayashri, actors Siddharth, Andrea and ShrutiHaasan have lent their voices for the lyrics penned by the65-year-old actor, who has also sung it.

The song titled "Arivum Anbum" (Knowledge and Love)will be released on Thursday, a release from Haasan's officesaid.

"The song penned by Kamal Haasan will radiate hope andgoodwill among people. It will given energy for the people tobelieve they can tide over this disaster as a nation," therelease said.

Those who had crooned for the song had shot their partseperately and technology has come to the aid of giving it ashape, Haasan was quoted as saying in the release.

"Artistes always sow the seeds of hope. The song willgive us the strength to cross this difficult phase," he said.

Gibran has composed the music and he will release italong with Haasan on Thursday on Zoom app, it said.

The others who have sung in the video are composer DeviSri Prasad, Sid Sriram, Lidian and Mugen Rao. SAROH ROH