Mile Sur Mera Tumhara (When Your Tune Merges Into Mine)

Something reminded me of ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ and I was immediately transported to another world. I knew I had to post the video to my blog for nostalgia’s sake.

Mile Sur was a national integration short song created in 1988 and it captivated millions of television viewers in India. More details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_sur_mera_tumhara

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara (When your tune merges into mine)
To Sur Bane Hamara (It becomes Ours)

Intended to highlight the diversity of India in terms of languages, cultures, races, musical styles and yet bring all those together to promote a national identity, this song became a pseudo-anthem to many and achieved iconic status. It features many famous (and not-so-famous) Indians lip-syncing to the words. Personalities from all corners of India, from sports, films, music and culture (and much to my relief excluding politicians). To this day many of us can sing its various verses in the various languages of India, not necessarily understanding all of it but nevertheless being overcome by the sheer emotion of being an Indian

Any Indophile or person interested in Indian music and culture, in Bollywood would surely appreciate.