Gemini Arabians ready to conquer the pitch with new anthem
Siddharth Mahadevan, son of musical prodigy Shankar Mahadevan, lends his vocals to the upbeat lyrics by Tanishq Nabar and composer Deepak Dev for the peppy anthem titled Maar Maar
Dubai, February 01, 2016: Gemini Arabians – the team participating in the ongoing Masters Champions League featuring cricketing legends such as Virender Sehwag, Saqlain Mushtaq, Kumar Sangakkara, Kyle Mills, Shivnarine Chanderpaul together, has officially launched its team anthem.
The anthem exuberates the team’s ethos and slogan “Play for Passion” with a Hinglish lyrical medley and fresh and energetic music. Gemini Arabians prides itself as a team cut out of the fabric of this country and it is evident through the larger than life composition of the song.
Written by Tanishq Nabar, famed for penning down lyrics of songs for Hindi movies like Tanu Weds Manu and the popular song from Student of the Year “Ishq wala love”, the anthem’s lyrics explore the players’ intention to win and their fans’ enthusiasm. Composer Deepak Dev, famous for his involvement in many hits in the Malayalam cinema scene, including Chronic Bachelor and Udayananu Tharam has composed the music to perfectly fit the team’s passion towards the game. While Siddharth Mahadevan is continuing to prove that true talent doesn’t fall far from the family tree, by lending his voice to Maar Maar with his imitable easy going yet strong voice.
Mr. Nalin Khaitan, CEO of Khaitan Holdings and owner of the Gemini Arabians, states, ‘’we couldn’t be more thrilled with our anthem. The combined efforts of Siddarth Mahadeven, Deepak Dev and Tanishq Nabar has created a score that perfectly emulates our love for cricket and the team’s energy to play and win MCL. We wanted to give our supporters a catchy chant and an energy filled song and I am sure Maar Maar will catch on.’’
Remarkably, Gemini Arabians anthem was thought of and brainstormed through the instant messaging application “WhatsApp”. Sitting in three different parts of India, bound by their passion to create beautiful music, Siddharth, Deepak and Tanishq combined the use of modern technology and a synergetic musical approach to capture the passion and emotion that surrounds the Gemini Arabians and cricket culture as a whole. Deepak and Tanishq met only through each other’s WhatsApp profile pictures while Siddharth had met the composer over a decade ago.
Link to listen to Maar Maar:
About Gemini Arabians
Gemini Arabians (“GA”) is a franchise cricket team in the newly formed Masters Champions League (MCL) in the UAE. MCL is an innovative concept that brings the legends of the game back into action in a T20 format. Close to 250 players who have retired from all formats of international cricket went under the hammer to be part of one of the 6 franchises in MCL. The tournament itself is scheduled to be held from January 28, 2016 to February 13, 2016, in Dubai and Sharjah. Gemini Arabians have been handed the honor of playing the opening game of the tournament. This is the first tournament of its kind in the world where we will witness our hero’s battle it out to be the “Champions among Masters”. The UAE will be the first associate country of the ICC to launch a T20 league of international stature. This tournament has received the stamp of approval from the International Cricket Council (ICC), Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) and Emirates Cricket Board (ECB).
The Gemini Arabians franchise is owned by one of UAE’s most reputed conglomerates Khaitan Holdings, guided by Mr IP Khaitan and Mr. Nalin Khaitan. As a locally-owned team, Gemini Arabians looks to capitalize on its home advantage to give fans an all-round experience of cricketing joy.
THE SQUAD
Boasting one of the most exciting lineups of MCL 2016, Gemini Arabians brings you everything you love about the game. The squad features some of the most admired cricketers from as many as 11 cricket-playing nations. The legends who make up the squad are:
• Virender Sehwag
• Richard Levi
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul
• Brad Hodge
• Justin Kemp
• Muttiah Muralitharan
• Saqlain Mustaq
• Kyle Mills
• Graham Onions
• Jacques Rudolph
• Rana Naved ul-Hassan
• Paul Harris
• Ashish Bagai
• Saqib Ali
THE PROMOTERS
The Khaitan Holdings Group is promoted by Mr. IP Khaitan and Mr.Nalin Khaitan. The group’s business interests have been in the field of Heavy and Light Industrial Raw Material, General Trading, Investments, Telecommunications, Retail, Mining and Sports Management. Gemini Arabians is the group’s biggest sports investment yet. However, through Interface Global and Interface Transworld the group has been deeply involved in the country’s cricketing scene. The group was the main sponsor for the UAE national cricket team from 1993-1996, during which they qualified for the ICC Cricket World Cup 1996. Since then, the group has actively been involved in the promotion of sports in the UAE over the last two decades. Team Interface, one of the top A division teams in UAE, gives young cricketers the opportunity to play the highest form of cricket in the UAE and also enables the UAE team to pick from a pool of talented upcoming cricketers.
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