The Vaccine War song Nasadiya Sukta fuses hard rock with mantra aesthetics

Director Vivek Agnihotri’s bio-science film ‘ Vaccine War’ has released a hard rock version of Rigveda hymn ‘Nasiya Sukta’.

Combining tritional sonic aestics of mantras and its complex intonations in Hindi, this rendition gives a hard rock touch to Hymn of Creation, feeling extremely serious and yet calming and peaceful.

‘Nasiya Sukta’ from ‘ Vaccine War’ features heavy and hard edged rock riffs combined with tritional folk music reminiscent of classical Carnatic style, complete with sitars, chanting and shreddy guitar solos.

production is booming loud with a very fine audio design, bass is a bit subdued and drums are simple though don’t have a loud eugh impact on snare or cymbals.

But that can very easily be igred due to power packed guitar riffs combined with feeling of being inside a temple, as if priests are chanting Sukta right in front of you.

Vivek Agnihotri, taking to his X account (formerly Twitter) anunced song and wrote: “ WAIT IS OVER: Launching Nasiya Sukta from Rigveda that features in #VaccineWar #ATrueStory. Nasiya Sukta is world's first scientific ory on creation of universe. Pls share this and make world aware about scientific temperament of Hindu civilisation.”

song is accompanied by a music video showing clips from movie regarding both vaccine preparation, media’s largely negative role, political controversies and determination of scientists to ‘Make In India’ something real and achievable.

For unversed, ‘Nasiya Sukta’ is a hymn from Rigveda and is 129th sukta from 10-th mandala of text.

In its Sanskrit passs, whole sukta narrates beginning of world from a void born of thingness before even existence.

It proceeds to talk about primal seeds that were sown by One up above before darkness, light, mortality, immortality.

seeds eventually find ir perfect soil bringing up strength and creating life, though this is t attributed to gods because hymn narrates that even gods came after existence began, and all that was born will be returned to void one day.

In between, music video cuts in song as some very important moments are featured, such as media criticism of vaccine due to ir political affiliations, a complete -trust of government, and having belief in Indian quality.

two most important dialogues shown in music video are from Nana Patekar, first when he is talking to scientists at ICMR saying: “Today we have ICMR only because of I (meaning that Indian Council of Medical Research is only working because of its first initial which stands for ‘Indian’).

second one is when he dresses media and says: “If this vaccine h a label which was from West, you wouldn’t even question it.”

‘ Vaccine War’ will be released in atres on September 28, 2023.