Amitabh Bachchan, Bal Thackeray launch Aditya Thackeray's debut music album
Saturday 19 January 2008

Mumbai, Jan 19 (ANI): Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan along with
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray have released the debut music album 'UMMEED' of Thackeray's grandson Aditya here.

Aditya, who is studying in class twelve, started writing poems initially at the age of fourteen on his grandfather.

While releasing the album last evening, Amitabh Bachchan, had all praise for Aditya.

"All I want to say is that I feel very proud to be a part of the event where the cassette of such a talented person is released and that too at such a young age," he said.

Aditya on other had seemed very excited at his first launch.

"This album is the collection of eight of my poems which have been transformed into songs now. It has come out in front of you now," said Aditya.

Aditya's younger brother Tejas has also contributed to the album.

The album features noted singers like Suresh Wadkar, Devki Pandit, Shankar Mahadevan, Kailash Kher, Sunidhi Chauhaan, Kunal Ganjawala, Jolly Mukharjee, Vaishali Samant and Swapnil Bandodkar. (ANI)
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