Musicians Vishal & Shekhar, Papon, Arijit Singh, Benny Dayal, Shilpa Rao, Indian Ocean, Neeti Mohan and Harshdeep Kaur performed at a fund-raiser concert here to raise funds for the flood victims of Assam.
Spearheaded by Papon and Vishal Dadlani, the concert #FORASSAM witnessed some of the biggest names of the music industry performing live to an enthralled audience here last night.
"The intention was to generate awareness and attention about the flood situation in Assam and generate as much relief funds as possible towards the cause. We will collect the funds and hand it over to the chief minister's fund soon," said Papon, whose Bollywood songlist includes 'Jiyein kyun' ("Dum Maaro Dum"), 'Kyon' ("Barfi!") and 'Sun le re' ("Madras Cafe").
"This is probably the biggest concert in Indian music history where the music fraternity has come forward for a cause. Flood is an annual phenomenon in Assam, but due to some reasons, it doesn't get properly highlighted enough to be considered as a national calamity," said singer-composer Vishal.
Over 42 lakh people were affected during three waves of floods that hit Assam this year.
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