He has always delivered some great innings on the field...
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| Sachin Tendulkar with wife Anjali Tendulkar. |
He has always delivered some great innings on the field, and now, off the
field too, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has taken the stance to bat for a
noble cause — discrimination against women. He has collaborated with
director-actor Farhan Akhtar to recite a special poem for the
latter’s initiative — MARD (Men against Rape and Discrimination) which is
designed to create awareness among men to respect women and promote gender
equality.
“Basically, the idea is to rope in people and get them to recite poem in
their native language. So for the Marathi version, who better than Sachin
Tendulkar? And the best part is that he agreed almost instantly when he was
explained the whole idea,” says an insider.
Originally penned in Hindi by Farhan’s father Javed Akhtar, the original
lyrics have been translated in different languages like Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi
and Marathi by lyricists Akhtar senior know well. When contacted, Farhan
confirmed the news. He also tweeted, “MARD poem recorded in Marathi by Sachin
Tendulkar and in Telugu by Mahesh Babu. Our voice for equality and end to
violence grows stronger.”
Actually, it all started when lensman Atul Kasbekar spoke to Sachin
(Kasbekar’s company has partnered with Farhan on the initiative). “I have known
Sachin for 20 years now,” says Atul, adding that “during the World Cup final
win too, Sachin had specially mentioned the women — wife Anjali and daughter
Sara — in his life. So, of course, we knew that he feels strongly about it,”
adds Kasbekar. The final nod from Sachin came during the recent T20 domestic
series.
“Farhan and I met him at Oberoi. It took him five minutes to go through
details and say yes. In fact, Sachin only called us up and asked if we would
want to record it before he goes off on a holiday. So within a day, we went
ahead with it since Farhan had just come back from his holiday at that time,”
says Kasbekar…
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