Mile Sur Mera Tumhara is one of the oldest tunes on "Unity & Diversity" aired on India's premier National Television Network, Doordarshan. Mile Sur Mera Tumhara was telecast for the first time on Independence Day 1988, after the telecast of the Prime Minister’s speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

The song's lyrics are unique, One phrase, repeated in fourteen Indian languages: "Milē sur mērā tumhārā, tō sur banē hamārā", meaning "When my tune and your tune merge, it becomes our tune".... "Sur Ki Nadiyan Har Dishaan Sey Bahakay Sagar Me Milay ... Badalon Ka Roop Lai Kai Barsay Halkay Halkay" ... Flowing Rivers of Music merge into the Sea ... then take the form of Clouds and fall to Earth as the gentle rain ... :)

Some of the well known Indian people featured in this video were ... Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Tanvir Ashai, Kamal Hasan, K.R.Vijaya, Revathi, Jeetendra, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini, Tanuja, Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi, Deepa Sahi, Om Puri, Dina Pathak, Meenakshi Seshadri (Actors: Film and T.V.) Mallika Sarabhai (Dancer) Mario Miranda (Cartoonist) Mrinal Sen (Filmmaker) Sunil Gangopadhyay, Annadashankar Ray (Authors) Bhimsen Joshi, M Balamuralikrishna, Lata Mangeshkar, Suchitra Mitra (Singers) Narendra Hirwani, S Venkataraghavan, Prakash Padukone, Ramanathan Krishnan, Arun Lal, PK Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Syed Kirmani, Leslie Claudius, Gurbux Singh (Sportsmen), Pratap Pothen, [AV Ramanan], Shashi (Aana Paappaan)... The new avataar of Mile Sur Mera Tumhara was recently released on the eve of the Indian Republic Day (26th Jan) by Amitabh Bachchan who is the only one to reappear in the sequel too ... "I am very thankful that they have considered me to have the opportunity to stand along with my son and daughter-in-law to make it a very historic piece of music," ~ Amitabh Bachchan More than 60 known personalities, including actors Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Juhi Chawla along with other prominent personalities feature in the new version of the song. It features 22 superstars, 18 musicians, 13 artistes and singers and 15 other known personalities. If we can understand how we are all united as one nation celebrating all the diverse ways in which we peacefully co-exist, we should also be able to take this understanding to a level of global consciousness where all illusionary boundaries are dissolved as there is no other ... no perceived outside enemy ... It's time we take the message of unity to a universal level where we awaken to the inherent oneness of all creation ... we are ☝ ... Namaste ... ☼:~) References : Hindustan Times Related Articles :

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Anoushka Shankar daughter of the legendary Sitar virtuoso, Pandit Ravi Shankar is embarking on a musical odyssey along with Jethro Tull celebrating their 40th Anniversary, their music defies a genre based classification. From blues, folk rock, progressive rock and jazz influences to touches of Far Eastern sounds (to name just a few), Tull's music is not easily sorted into a defined genre.


Anoushka also featured on the first issue of the Rolling Stone magazine in India. This Duet Concert brings together the eclectic music of Jethro Tull and the spiritual vibrations of the eastern world with Anoushka ... This is pure magic !