Ek Akela Hindusthani | Sourendro–Soumyojit |Gulzar| World Music Day Concert 2026

There are songs that celebrate a nation, and then there are songs that make you long for it. When Sourendro–Soumyojit requested Gulzar Sahab to write a song that celebrates our motherland through the lens of today’s India, he responded with verses of rare beauty—words that go beyond patriotism to awaken an enduring connection with the soul of our country. Brought to life by some of the most celebrated voices of our time, this anthem became the grand finale of Sourendro–Soumyojit’s World Music Day Concert. A song that doesn’t end with the applause. It stays with you. It lingers. Credits- Original Song Credits: Song: Ek Akela Hindusthani Lyricist: Gulzar Music Composer: Sourendro-Soumyojit Performers: Gulzar Saheb Soumyojit Das Vishal Bhardwaj Nikita Gandhi Anupam Roy Kalpana Patowary Benny Dayal Rekha Bhardwaj Shilpa Rao Hariharan Parvathy Baul Shankar Mahadevan Ayaan Ali Bangash Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Harshavardhan Neotia Piano – Sourendro Drums – Himadri Sekhar Das Music Programming – Saikat Goblo Electric Guitar – Sunny Karmakar Bass Guitar – Himadri Shil Indian Percussion – Joy Nandi, Biswajit Roy (Video Appearance) Shehnai – Hassan Haider Khan Sitar – Kalyan Majumdar Flute – Rick Mukherjee Strings Section Conductor – Manas Mondol Audio: Live Sound (P.A.) – Subhojit Saha Live Sound (Monitors) – Kyle Mukherjee Sound Recording – Sirshendu Dutta Post Mix & Mastering – Sunny Karmakar Video & Creative: Videography – FHOTOCAP ⁠Editor – Subho Saha ⁠Colourist – Pobitra ⁠BTS – Cassette_e_calcutta Poster Design – Join The Dots Production: Set Design & Décor – Baishakhi Flowers Pvt. Ltd. ⁠Event Manager - EventMass ⁠⁠Production - Sagnik Roy Makeup – Tushar Saha & Team Choir: Baidehi Sengupta Sneha Chakraborty Sujata Biswas Debashmita Sengupta Poulami Chakrabarty Tannishtha Sengupta Srijita Biswas Shibaprasad Bhowmik Niladri Sekhar Saha Ujan Chakraborty Aditsu Sadhya Soumyabrata Banerjee Sohan Bhattacharjee Kids Chorus and 100-Voice Chorus: Students of SA Academy Venue: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata #SourendroSoumyojit #WorldMusicDay #WorldMusicDay2026 #EkAkelaHindusthani