"The album was created in an endeavour to take Tagore's work out of Bengal and share it with everyone. Working on this album has been a fulfilling experience. It's important that every Indian knows Tagore's work. It has been a desire that Tagore should be known as a household name across India," Gulzar said at the event
"Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore Anniversay ... May 7 ... in remembrance of greatness," tweeted Mr Bachchan
Mr Bachchan's rich baritone echoes around Jorasanko, the ancestral home of Rabnindranath Tagore who wrote Jana Gana Mana
Mr Bachchan is also rumoured to have been invited to the banquet in honour of Mr Obama at Rashtrapati Bhawan tonight