Here's the azaadi song: watch the shift from slogans to professional music
Singer Pushpavathy Poypadathu has composed and recorded the song of the slogans that fired the imagination of millions.
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The haunting rhythms of "Woh manuvaad se azaadi / woh punjivaad se azaadi" that rang out late one night from the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus after Kanhaiya Kumar's release on bail have found a new echo.
Malayalam singer Pushpavathy has composed – and now performs at concerts – a song based on the chant for azaadi. A popular playback singer in Malayalam movies, Pushpavathy ends her song with a clarion call for the Left: "Red salute".
Pushpavathy's fame is based on, among other songs, Chembavu from the film Salt 'n' Pepper.