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A R Rahman on Tuesday announced his Jai Ho’ concert at Salt Lake stadium on November 14, five years after he rocked a packed house at the same location.

The show is being organized by The Liver Foundation West Bengal and will help spread awareness about liver ailments and raise funds. President of the Liver Foundation, West Bengal, Ashokananda Konar urged everyone to come forward and support the cause.

Sourav Ganguly has been instrumental in supporting the foundation since its foundation. A few years back in Siliguri, the two maestros had come together with urban development minister Asok Bhattacharya to help a child, who was suffering from liver disease, recuperate.

He could not afford the cost of treatment. They hope that a lot of people benefit from the initiative taken up by the Liver Foundation.

Rehman had last performed at the stadium five years back. He was touched by the love and affection showered on him by the 90,000-strong audience at the show. This time he hopes it will be a bigger success, more so because he feels privileged and honoured to be called to perform for a noble cause.

Though he receives a stream of requests for performances, this concert was chosen by Rahman for its deservingness. It will form a part of his nationwide chain of concerts that has already been taken to Calicut, Pune and Chennai.

Rahman said he had experimented with Tagore and other Bengali songs in a few of his Tamil films. Asked to pick a favourite song from his vast range of compositions, Rahman said, that it is very difficult to pick and choose. However, the songs composed for Roja are really very special for him.