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{ 150 YEARS OF VANDE MATARAM } Oscar-winner Keeravani composes score for R-Day parade
Hindustan Times Pune
|January 20, 2026
Oscar-winning composer MM Keeravani has composed the music for the Republic Day Parade.
The musical presentation is being organised under the ministry of culture and will mark 150 years of the national song.
Keeravani announced the development in a post on social media platform X on Monday. “On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, I feel honoured to have composed the music for the 26th January Republic Day Parade,” he wrote. He added that the presentation would be performed by 2,500 artists drawn from across the country.
This story is from the January 20, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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