Celebrating ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign, the Indian Railways released a revamped version of the iconic song ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’. The 1988 song was originally sung by Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. The six-minute-long clip was uploaded on the official social media handle of the Railways.

The video, according to the tweet, honours all employees of the railways. Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s message of development kicks off the reel. He says, ‘Desh ko agar gati chahiye to bhi rail se milegi, desh ko pragati chahiye, to bhi rail se milegi’.

The video shows picturesque locations that trains pass through pan India and also the loco pilots and workers who put in lots of hard work throughout the year.

The clip also features Indian sportsperson likes PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Neeraj Chopra and Ravi Dahiya. Apart from them, it has a montage of India’s outing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The song is an extension of the ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign, it includes initiatives taken up by the ministry to celebrate India’s 75 years of Independence.

The new version of the song has been sung in 13 different languages.

The video concludes with ministry officials, including Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw singing the national anthem.

‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’, widely known as Ek Sur( One Tune), was recorded in 1988. It showed India’s inclusive nature and promoted unity in diversity. At the time of writing this article, the video had received more than 50,000 videos.

“That’s excellent way of presenting ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’. Nothing connects India (it’s cities- citizens- culture- diversity- nature- hospitality) like Indian Railways does,” said a user.

“Goosebumps. Tears of Pride and Joy. I am proud that I am an Indian,” said another.

However, few of the users pointed out that the Sindhi version that was in the original song was missing and urged the ministry to bring it back.

“We need sindhi version also,” said a user, while another asked, “Great Initiative and work. But I would like to bring to your kind attention that the old version of “mile sur mera tumhara” had a verse sung in ‘Sindhi’ this has been removed from the new version. Can you tell us why has this been done?”