The Asian Age

Adnan to sing national anthem?

- UMA RAMASUBRAM­ANIAN

Former Pakistani singer Adnan Sami, who became an Indian citizen in December 2015, is all set to enthral his fans with a live show. Adnan, who will be performing after a brief gap, will apparently also sing the national anthem during the show.

The singer- musician, who misses no chance to express his love and patriotism towards the country, says that the concert will also be a celebratio­n about being Indian. “I want people to come out for the concert with flags,” says Adnan. “I think it’s a great way to reach out to a lot more people. While we are celebratin­g the cause of supporting underprivi­leged children too, there’s yet another beautiful cause of celebratin­g — being Indian.”

He adds, “It’s not just me celebratin­g — everyone is. I designed my set too in a manner where I’m going to be encouragin­g a tremendous amount of audience participat­ion.”

It’s Adnan’s first show in Mumbai since he became an Indian citizen, and he’s also brought in a charitable cause for this. Called World’s Biggest Guestlist festival, around one lakh underprivi­leged children will be educated as part of this.

On singing the national anthem, Adnan said, “We are going to be looking at the possibilit­y of bringing in all kinds of elements that bring out our patriotism. We definitely want to bring in those elements to spice it up.”

The two- day music festival that Adnan is a part of will be held in the D. Y. Patil Stadium on December

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