Song: Mile Sur Mera Tumhara Ek sur (One Tune) (languages of India), or Mile Sur Mera Tumhara 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 Indias sole TV broadcaster) and Indias Ministry of Information. The song was composed by Ashok Patki, co-composed & 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 and directed by Suresh Mullick (then all India Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather) and recorded by people from all walks of life, including a supergroup of Indian celebrities—musicians, sports persons, movie stars, etc. The national integration video was intended to instill a sense of pride and promote unity amongst Indians, highlighting Indias different linguistic communities and societies—Indias unity in diversity, so to speak. Mile Sur 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. It quickly captivated India, gaining and maintaining near-anthem status ever since. Hindi, Telugu, Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Odia, Assamese and Marathi. (Among the languages present, then in 1988, in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India). This list is partial list and not in order of appearance. Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Kamal Hassan, Tanvir Ashai, K. R. Vijaya, Revathi, Jeetendra, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini, Tanuja, Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi, Deepa Sahi, Om Puri, Dina Pathak, Meenakshi Seshadri, Suhasini Maniratnam (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, Shubangi Bose, Suchitra Mitra (Singers) Narendra Hirwani, S Venkataraghavan, Prakash Padukone, Ramanathan Krishnan, Arun Lal, P. K. Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Syed Kirmani, Leslie Claudius, Gurbux Singh (Sportsmen), N. C. Karunya, Pratap Pothan, and AV Ramanan. Released 15 August 1988 Recorded 1988 Writer(s) Piyush Pandey Producer(s) Aarti Gupta & Kailash Surendranath with Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad, India
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