Cuttack: Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal today gave his voice and recorded the State anthem ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ in a new style at the Milan Studio here.
Popular female singer Deeptirekha also lent her voice to the song. Music for the song has been composed by music director Prem Anand.
While the song was recorded at Milan Studio, the video part will be very soon shot at the Raj Bhawan in Puri.
This is the second instance of Prof Lal lending his voice for recording an Odia song. Earlier, he had lent his voice for the Odia song ‘Mati Odisha, Jati Odisha’ which had become very popular.
“I enjoyed singing the song,” said Prof Lal. He was all praise for the efforts of music director Prem Anand.
Prem Anand said that he was very happy that the Governor has given his voice to the song.
He said the song will be released on the occasion of Utkal Divas.