IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony Live: The 15th edition of Indian Premier League will reach its business end on Friday with the GT vs RR final. But before that, the BCCI will organise a 45-minute closing ceremony with Oscar-winning music composer and singer AR Rahman celebrating India’s 75-year of independence at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Follow GT vs RR Live & IPL 2022 Final Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh will also be performing at the grand event with folk dancers from different states will also be present. InsideSport caught up with the organiser of the event, Chanda Singh, Director at TCM Platform, the company which is crafting the Grand Ceremony.
“It is going to be a mega closing ceremony not because it is happening after many years but also because it is the 15 years of IPL. It is a milestone in itself. Also, we will be celebrating 75 years of independence through Mr Rahman’s concert. So, we were very excited when we got the contract from the BCCI,” Chanda Singh told InsideSport in an exclusive chat.
IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony: IPL set for GRAND CLOSING in metaverse, AR Rahman concert to celebrate 75-year of independence – Check exclusive details
IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony Highlights
- The closing ceremony is back after three years. The last time it was conducted was back in 2019.
- The event will take place before the GT vs RR IPL 2022 Final for 45 minutes at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.
- The Closing Ceremony will start at 6:30 PM IST.
- The theme of the Closing Ceremony will be to celebrate India’s 75-year of independence and 15 successful years of IPL.
- AR Rahman will be dedicating the concert to celebrate India’s cricket through seven decades.
- Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh will be performing at the Closing Ceremony.
- Folk dancers from different states of India will also be performing at the event including famous Chhau dancers from Jharkhand.
- Former captains of Team India have also been invited and will be felicitated during the ceremony.
- With over 1 lakh people are expected to be present during the Closing Ceremony.
- First time ever, the IPL Closing Ceremony will be broadcast in augmented reality (AR).
- In all, over 700 people will be performing at the event.
IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony: IPL set for GRAND CLOSING in metaverse, AR Rahman concert to celebrate 75-year of independence – Check exclusive details
However, organising such an event at a huge stadium like Motera comes with its drawbacks. Furthermore, the performers don’t have access to the stadium everyday since it was hosting the IPL 2022 Qualifier 2. Also, the fact that, it will be held during a pandemic, organisers had to be cautious and take extra precautions to avoid any Covid cases in the camp. Excerpts of the chat.
On challenges:
The first challenge is to make the event friendly for the in-stadium audience. Although the event will be broadcast live, you will also need to device the event for the offline crowd who are there at the stadium. So, you can’t just focus your entire performance towards the camera. So, you have to device a plan so that everyone can be part of the experience.
Then, when you are taking an aerial shot or using spider cam, you can’t show a lot of empty stadium. So, you have to try and cover as much ground as possible.
IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony: IPL set for GRAND CLOSING in metaverse, AR Rahman concert to celebrate 75-year of independence – Check exclusive details
On planning of the show
Our main attraction would AR Rahman and his troops besides Ranveer Singh. We will have folk artists coming from all over India. We will have folk artists from all 10 states celebrating the 10 teams. There will also be different folk performers as multiple states have varied culture.
Join me on a journey of the 8 decades of Indian Cricket that have redefined India at 75 as we pay the largest salute. pic.twitter.com/bhHAHPPyAm
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) May 27, 2022
On Metaverse
We launched the Gujarat Titans into the metaverse. We have created a dugout for GT in metaverse. The interactions and engagement level in this parallel world is way too many. The opportunity is limitless. So, this definitely will have a major boom in the coming days.
But augmented reality has been brought into the IPL for a first time. For the first time, the entire closing ceremony will also be broadcast in the metaverse. We want to bring alive 75 years of Indian cricket in the metaverse.
IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony: IPL set for GRAND CLOSING in metaverse, AR Rahman concert to celebrate 75-year of independence – Check exclusive details
On Covid challenges
The good part is that all of us are fully vaccinated. But there are challenges. Everyone is tested multiple times. Since a match will be played after the event, we have to make sure we make it safe for everyone.
There will be no interactions with the players. The players will come from a separate entry point.
IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony: IPL set for GRAND CLOSING in metaverse, AR Rahman concert to celebrate 75-year of independence – Check exclusive details
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