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{{short description|1988 song short film}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}}

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| composer = Pt Bhimsen Joshi
| lyricist = [[Piyush Pandey]]
| producer = [[Kona Prabhakar Rao]], Aarti Gupta & [[Kailash Surendranath]] with Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad, [[India]]
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"'''Ek Sur'''" ({{translation|''One tune''}}) or "'''Mile Sur Mera Tumhara'''" ({{translation|''As the tune matches, mine and yours''}}) as it is better known, is an Indian song and accompanying video promoting national integration and [[unity in diversity]].

The 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.<ref name="LivemintDD19">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/dd-releases-patriotic-song-ahead-of-independence-day-1565698068464.html|title=DD releases patriotic song ahead of Independence Day|date=2019-08-13|website=Livemint|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> The song was composed by [[Bhimsen Joshi]] and arranged by [[Louis Banks]], with lyrics by [[Piyush Pandey]] (then an account manager and presently the executive chairman and creative head of [[Ogilvy and Mather]], India). The project was conceived by Suresh Mallik and Kailash Surendranath, was directed by Surendranath and recorded by people from all walks of life, including a supergroup of Indian celebrities—musicians, sports persons, movie stars, etc.<ref name="CNTravellerThings18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/indias-independence-day-2018-song-mile-sur-mera-tumhara-completes-30-years/|title=5 things you didn't know about 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara'|date=15 August 2018|website=Condé Nast Traveller India|access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref>

The [[national integration]] video was intended to instill a sense of pride and promote unity amongst Indians, highlighting India's different linguistic communities and societies—India's unity in diversity, so to speak.<ref name="LivemintDD19" />

Mile Sur was telecast for the first time on [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]], 1988, after the telecast of the Prime Minister's speech from the ramparts of the [[Red Fort]].<ref name="FEAnthem07">{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/imile-suri-the-unofficial-indian-anthem/105370/|title=Mile sur: The unofficial Indian anthem|date=26 April 2007|website=The Financial Express|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>

==Languages used==
[[Hindi]] ([[Bhimsen Joshi|Pandit Bhimsenji]] and [[Lata Mangeshkar|Lataji]]'s parts, among others), and alphabetically the others were: [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kannada]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].<ref name="ITRemember16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/mile-sur-mera-tumhara-m-balamuralikrishna-shabana-azmi-piyush-pandey-doordarshan-lifest-353427-2016-11-23|title=Remember Mile Sur Mera Tumhara? The song late singer M Balamuralikrishna will be most remembered for|date=23 November 2016|website=India Today|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> (Among the languages present, then in 1988, in the Eighth Schedule of the [[Constitution of India]]).

==Cast==
* Singers and musicians: [[Pandit Bhimsen Joshi]], [[Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna|Vidwaan Sri M Balamuralikrishna]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], Shubhangi Bose, [[Suchitra Mitra]], R A Rama Mani, [[Ananda Shankar]]
* Poets: [[Nirendranath Chakravarty]], [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], [[Javed Akhtar]]
* Actors: [[Amitabh Bacchan]], [[Jeetendra]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Hema Malini]], [[Tanuja]], [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Meenakshi Seshadri]], [[Saira Banu]], [[Revathi]], [[K.R. Vijaya]], [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Deepa Sahi]], [[Om Puri]], [[Bhisham Sahni]], [[Amrish Puri]], [[Dina Pathak]], [[Harish Patel]], [[Virendra Saxena]], [[Suhasini]], [[Uttam Mohanty]], [[Pratap Pothen]], [[Geetanjali (actress)|Geetanjali]]
*Cricketers: [[Narendra Hirwani]], [[Arun Lal]], [[Syed Kirmani]]
*Footballers: [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee]], [[Chuni Goswami]]

*Hockey-Players: [[Leslie Claudius]], [[Gurbux Singh]]
*Badminton-Player: [[Prakash Padukone]]
* Dancers: [[Sudharani Raghupathy]], [[Amala Shankar]], [[Mallika Sarabhai]]
* Others: cartoonist [[Mario Miranda]], filmmaker [[Mrinal Sen]]

==Production==
It is widely reported that the idea for the song was formed by [[Rajiv Gandhi]], [[Kona Prabhakar Rao]] and Jaideep Samarth, who was the brother of actresses Tanuja and Nutan and a senior executive at Ogilvy Bensom & Mather (OBM). Samarth approached Suresh Mullick with the proposal made by Doordarshan to create a film on the unity of India with a planned release date of 15 August 1988. Mullick had previously worked with Kailash Surendranath on the successful national integration film of 1985, ''Torch of Freedom'' (or ''Freedom Run''), and thus chose him to produce the film. Mullick and Surendranath then approached Pandit Bhimsen Joshi who immediately agreed.<ref name="CampaignIndiaInterview17">{{Cite web|url=https://www.campaignindia.in/article/blog-remembering-mile-sur-mera-tumhara-the-song-of-united-india/438921|title=Remembering 'Mile sur mera tumhara', the song of united India|first=Sandeep|last=Goyal|date=14 August 2017|website=Campaign India|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Mullick decided to fuse together [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] and [[Hindustani classical music]] with modern music for the same, choosing ''Raga Bhairavi'' as the base (as per Pandit Joshi's suggestion). The lyrics were written by a young Piyush Pandey and were approved after seventeen other drafts were rejected. Mullick chose Louis Banks and L Vaidyanathan to blend the music correctly and arrange the final score, which was sung by M Balamuralikrishna, Pandit Joshi and Lata Mangeshkar.<ref name="FEAnthem07" />

Producer and director Kailash Surendranath filmed the opening sequence with Pandit Bhimsen Joshi at Pambar Falls in Kodaikanal, where Surendranath had previously filmed a famous ad for [[Liril]] soap (leading to the falls being known popularly as "Liril Falls"). With the help of an [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] and an [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] helicopter, he shot the aerial view of the Taj Mahal. This led both Surendranath and the Air Marshal in to trouble. The video also features the [[Kolkata Metro]] and the [[Deccan Queen]]. Kamal Hassan's cameo was initially unplanned but he was included only because he accompanied M Balamuralikrishna for the shooting at the beach.<ref name="CNTravellerThings18" /> At the request of Doordarshan, many actors agreed to be a part of the film, with only [[Naseeruddin Shah]] declining. While Kavita Krishnamurthy had recorded most of the initial track for the actresses to [[lip sync]], Lata Mangeshkar made time in her schedule at the last minute and recorded the song in the studio, wearing a [[sari]] with a ''pallu'' ({{translation|drape}}) in the colours of the Indian flag. The last shot of the film, featuring school children, was shot at Mullick's [[alma mater]] in [[Shimla]].<ref name="CampaignIndiaInterview17" />

==Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara==
Twenty years after the tune's debut, it was re-recorded with an updated cast for telecast on 26 January 2010 by [[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom TV]]. This version, titled "Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara", features Indian musicians, singers, sportspersons and film personalities from the current generation. The current version's 16 min 17 sec length exceeds the older 6 min 9 sec version and was directed by [[Kailash Surendranath]] who had produced the original version as well. The new version retains music composer/arranger [[Louis Banks]]. It attracted criticism in a large part of the population among them were the [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] community which were upset over the deletion of the Sindhi lines "Muhinjo sur tuhinje saan pyara mile jadein, geet asaanjo madhur tarano bane tadein" present in the original.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sindhis-demand-their-place-in-mile-sur-mera-tumhara/674552|title=Sindhis Demand Their Place in 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara'|date=14 February 2010|website=Outlook India|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> Further criticism arose over the omission of notable personalities such as, [[A.P.J. Abdul Kalam]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]] and [[Viswanathan Anand]]. It also failed to capture the soul and essence of the original version, focusing excessively on Bollywood actors, ignoring eminent personalities in other fields.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sachin-called-in-to-save-phir-mile-sur-mera-tumhara-333215.html|title=Sachin called in to save Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara|website=News18|date=8 February 2010|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/appraisals/phir-mile-sur-mera-tumhara-fails-to-rekindle-emotions/10182/1|title='Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' Fails To Rekindle Emotions|first=Saumya|last=Roy|date=17 February 2010|website=Forbes India|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>

The new version featured the following people:
* Musicians: [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]], [[Anoushka Shankar]], [[Shivkumar Sharma]], [[Rahul Sharma (musician)|Rahul Sharma]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], [[Bhupen Hazarika]], [[Sivamani]], [[L. Subramaniam]], [[Amjad Ali Khan]], [[Amaan Ali Khan]], [[Ayaan Ali Khan]], Louis Banks, [[Darshan Doshi]], Siddharth Mahadevan
* Singers: [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Gurdas Maan]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[KJ Yesudas]], [[Vijay Yesudas]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Karthik (singer)]], N. C. Karunya, Shreya Ghoshal, Amitabh Bachchan.
* Actors: [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Suriya]], [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]], [[Abhishek Bachchan]], [[Mahesh Babu]], [[Juhi Chawla]], [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]], [[Rituparna Sengupta]], [[Shilpa Shetty]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Deepika Padukone]], [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Mammootty]], [[Shobana]], [[Sonali Kulkarni]], [[Atul Kulkarni]], [[Aamir Khan]], [[Shahid Kapoor]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]].
* Sportspeople: [[Abhinav Bindra]], [[Bhaichung Bhutia]], [[Mary Kom]], [[Vijender Singh]], [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]], [[Pullela Gopichand]], [[Saina Nehwal]]
* Others: Sand artist [[Sudarshan Pattnaik]], choreographer [[Shiamak Davar]], film director Karan Johar

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|4rs7dG-0WcE|Mile Sur Mera Tumhara}}
* {{YouTube|C9WMr7FQfHE|Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara}}

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[[Category:Indian patriotic songs]]
[[Category:Lata Mangeshkar songs]]
[[Category:Kavita Krishnamurthy songs]]

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara - Revision history

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