MUMBAI: Saregama launched the album �Jaya Hey' to commemorate 150 years of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary in association with Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

Noble Laureate Rabindranath Tagore articulated his philosophy of universal brotherhood and love in five verses. But what we know as our National Anthem is just first verse out of the five. �Jaya Hey' features all the five original verses of National Anthem, which are sung by 39 celebrated Indian artistes including Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma on Santoor, Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt on the Mohan Veena and singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher, P Susheela, Jagjit Singh and Shankar Mahadevan.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smt. Ambika Soni unveiled the album with Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Cabinet Minister Culture Kumari Selja and RP – Sanjiv Goenka  Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka.

RPG Enterprises chairman Sanjiv Goenka said,  Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore  inaugurating our first factory, his original recordings in our studio, his guidance to our artistes to sing authentic Rabindra Sangeet and many other such associations has made Saregama share an extraordinary bond with the legend. So being the pioneer in bringing his music to the people, we are proud to present â€?Jaya He', a phenomenal album where the best names in industry have lent their vocals to the work of genius....

Music directors Sourendro Mullick and Soumyojit Das have experimented with musical genres like Blues, Jazz, Folk in the album. The verses have also been transcreated into English by Jayabrato Chatterjee and recited by Harshavardhan Neotia to create a universal appeal thereof.