This song(& video)was intended to instill a sense of pride and integrity among Indians, highlighting different social and linguistic communities that lives in india.India's language,religion,dance,music architecture and customs differ from place to place within the country.This song perfectly depicts India's Unity In Diversity.
There are all together 14 languages used viz. Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bangla, Assamese, Oriya, Gujarati and Marathi.
The concept of this song was developed by Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad and was promoted by Doordarshan.The song was written by Piyush Pandey and composed by Ashok Patki.The video of this song was directed by Suresh Mullick.
The song ends with a fading note of our national anthem.
Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara:
20 years after its original debut our national integration song was re-recorded with a new cast and was telecasted on 26th Jan,2010. This new version(16min 17sec.) runs longer than the its older version(6 min 9sec.)According to me this song was a complete let down to the original one.It was way too glamorized and resulted in loss of crux of the song,and it was a failure in bringing patriotism among a large section of population.
There were some controversies also regarding this new version like the Sindhi community was hurt due to the deletion of the sindhi line "Mohnja sur tohi desa pyara mile jadein Geet ashaanjo madhur tarano bane tadein" present in the original one. Furthermore criticism arose over not featuring personalities like A.P.J Abdul Kalam,Sachin Tendulkar,Vishwanathan Anand in the video.
-Polash
