Mumbai, Feb 27: Singer-composer Shankar|sitar player} Mahadevan is on blissfulness as “Mujhse hogi shurvaat” by I Paid a Bribe and the Shankar Mahadevan Academy has been nominative within the best activist anthem category of Honesty Oscars 2014.
A few days before the 86th Academy Awards, candidature and support organisation ONE and accountability laboratory started unveiling the nominations for Honesty Oscars 2014, a bequest that honours not Hollywood films, however the artistic work of activists and organisations that fight international corruption.
The awards are handed over to people who get most variety of votes and the winners are proclaimed on the night of the Oscars, March 2.
So far, 3 classes of Honesty Oscars are unveiled – best visual effects, best activist in a leading role and the best activist anthem to honour original songs that have actually impressed audiences to find out concerning the fight against international corruption and join the movement, too.
“Our song has been nominative for the Honesty Oscar Awards! Please attend the link and vote…,” Mahadevan tweeted Thursday.
The song is by the singer’s on-line music academy and ipaidabribe.com – a Bangalore based mostly non-profit organisation Janaagraha’s initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of voters.
“Mujhse hogi shurvaat” has been sung by Mahadevan, Sukriti Kakar, Prakriti Kakar and Chetan Naik. the almost four minutes-long song has been co-composed by Soumil and Siddharth.
It is up against Liberia’s “Pot Boiling Remix” by Xpolay featuring Romeo Lee, JD Donzo, Luckay Buckay, Takun J, and Bentman tha Don; “Sheria” by Kenya’s Sarabi Band featuring Juliani; “El soor” by Egypt’s Youssra El Hawary and “Down by the riverside” by Dr and da green Soljas from Cameroon.
