Bollywood Home » IPL and Bollywood » Bollywood Singers Singing IPL Anthems The recent IPL matches are in the news not only due to the glamor quotient associated with the Bollywood actors but also because of the Bollywood singers who are singing the IPL anthems. Industrialist Mukesh Ambani has signed in music director Anu Malik to compose the anthem for his team 'Mumbai Indians'. Some of the Bollywood singers singing the IPL anthems are Daler Mehendi, Illa Arun and Bappi Lahiri.

For the IPL anthem of 'Mumbai Indians', the lyrics are written by the renowned lyricist, Javed Akhtar. The song is sung by Bollywood singers like Sonu Nigam, Abhijeet, Udit Narayan, Kunal Ganjawala and Anu Malik. According to sources, "It's a signature Anu Malik composition and is based on the spirit of the city (of Mumbai). Anu and the team's captain Sachin Tendulkar are both Mumbai boys."

Based on media reports, it has also surfaced that Mukesh Ambani had personally approached Mr. Anu Malik for the song. His wife Neeta Ambani has also closely worked with the composer on this project. According to media reports, "She was actively involved from the very first day. By the time the song got composed, she was quite impressed with Anu. It has a local flavor and at the same time has a very new-age rock sound to it."



Among the other Bollywood singers singing the IPL anthems, Daler Mehendi has sung for the Punjab team, Kings Xl Punjab. For this song, film star Preity Zinta has shot a fantastic promotional video. This popular IPL anthem is authored by Kulwindar. It is being shown in all the television channels.

Vishal Dadlani is one of the Bollywood singers singing the IPL anthems. He has sung for the Kolkata Night Riders anthem. The music director of this song is Vishal Shekhar and the popular anthem lasts for around 3 minutes and 14 seconds.

The anthem of the Mumbai Indians has the maximum number of Bollywood singers. Hrithik's song is a star-studded promotional video that features many people from the industry, along with the cricketers. According to composer Anu Malik, "I have composed the music for the team song. Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala, Udit Narayan and I have sung the song. Javed Akhtarsaab has written the lyrics." The video features all the 11 cricketers of the IPL team.

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