One of the more popular posts on this blog is Euphony from the Yesteryears, where I had compiled a list of songs (with download links) from Doordarshan programmes that we had grown up with. The favourite, of course is Mile Sur Mera Tumhara - the brilliantly crafted song (and video) on national integration.
Though this video is now available at many places on the internet, I tried a little value addition.
First, I attempted to find the names of the people behind the project. Though there is not much information available, and I'm too lazy to go out and try to find out, I put in whatever I could find (but didn't verify it).
Second, I put in subtitles (in Roman script) so that you can sing along (though most know it by heart). Just a little frill, unlike the Same Language Subtitling [PDF] in Chitrahaar, which has many more benefits.
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Mile Sur Mera Tumhara
(Video on national integration)
Year: 1988
Music: Louis Banks
Lyrics: Piyush Pandey
Director: Suresh Mullick
Camera: Vikram Bangera
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather India
Producer: Lok Sewa Sanchar Parishad
Languages used: (In order of appearance) Hindi, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bangla, Assamese, Oriya, Gujarati and Marathi (the languages present then in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which was later amended to include more languages. The present count is 22).
People featured (a partial list): Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Kamal Hasan, Jeetendra, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini, Tanuja, Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi, Deepa Sahi, Om Puri, Deena Pathak (Actors); Mallika Sarabhai (Dancer); Mario Miranda (Cartoonist); Mrinal Sen (Filmmaker); Bhimsen Joshi, M Balamuralikrishna, Lata Mangeshkar (Singers); Narendra Hirwani, S Venkataraghavan, Prakash Padukone, Arun Lal, PK Banerjee, Syed Kirmani (Sportsmen)
This is so cooool! any chance of a better quality video or should I download for the better version?
ReplyDeleteGaizabonts This is the best that I've on me. But I've been told that it is again playing on Doordarshan. I'll try to get the hig-res version.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep checking back. Unfortunately being far away from Doordarshan doesn't help. :(
ReplyDeleteIt is M. Balamuralikrishna
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Thanks for pointing that out. Rectified.
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant! I got on the net today intending to look for the video, lyrics, people behind the project, personalities featured... And wow! You had ALL of it!!
ReplyDeleteArjuna That was precisely the purpose behind this post. To put everything at one place.
ReplyDeletethe lyrics of the Bengali Part is "Tomar Sur Moder Sur Srishti Korur Oikoshur" & those of the Assamese Part "Sristi houk Oikotan". So can u plz change the subtitles for these two parts? Kudos for working so hard in creating this collection.
ReplyDeleteAmartya: Thanks for pointing that out. But changing the subtitles will involve some amount of effort on my part as I don't think I had saved the project files while re-editing the video. But in case I find that, I'll incorporate the changes you've suggested.
ReplyDeleteIn the malayalam part as well... Please try changing "Onnu" chernu to "Othu Chernu". Both means the same here... But Onnu has a meaning close to join and Othu has a meaning close to unison or unify which I think is the gist of the project
ReplyDeleteThanks. This is a great value addition - the subtitling.
ReplyDeleteHave the Marathi and Gujarathi labels been interchanged?
I am giving this link to a friend of mine in Athens who is putting up a slideshow about Indian tourist places adding Indian music as a background.
Thanks again.
SRINI
Hi!
ReplyDeleteThanks for video and subtitles!
do you have an english translation of this song?
Thanks a lot!
Julia
Hi Soumyadip,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the upload with the subtitles. Its quite helpful for people like me who've been singing along for years without knowing all of the languages :).
I've linked to your page on my blog for the subtitled version of the video.
http://bhowmikshah.com/blog/2009/youtube/mile-sur-mera-tumhara/
Cheers,
Bhowmik
Hi, am unable to download/share the subtitled video. Could you please correct the problem? thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe concept for Mile Sur was developed in 1988 by Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad, and promoted by Doordarshan (then India's sole TV broadcaster) and India's Ministry of Information. The song was composed by Ashok Patki, co-composed & arranged by Louis Banks, written by Piyush Pandey (then an Account Manager and presently the Executive Chairman and Creative Head of Ogilvy and Mather, India). The project was conceived and directed by Suresh Mullick (then all India Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather) and recorded by a group of people from all walks of life, including a supergroup of popular Indians - musicians, sports persons, movie stars, etc.
ReplyDeleteHey u missed out PT Usha and Milkha Singh
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