I am a die hard fan of Indian Integrity and the whole concept of “Unity in Diversity”. And nothing better could represent the sole soul of the nation than “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara”
I am apalled, aghast, disgusted after seeing the new representation of India in “Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara”.
Here goes my review of the same:
Strengths
- Amitabh starting the video – gave it a powerful start. Shankar Mahadevan and gang followed it well with a good rendition
Weaknesses
- Are you trying to show India without The Taj? I mean, seriously? In the 17 min long video, you could not devote a few seconds to the most recognizable structure in India?
- No Lata!? Without her voice, can a video on India be complete? Her beautiful voice gave us goose bumps in the earlier version and we are super lucky to have had her around during the re-make – and the makers missed out on that!!?? Sad!
- No Sachin or Dravid? Basically no representation whatsoever of Cricket, the most loved religion of India!
- Too much of Mumbai in the video.. How about the ghati of Kashmir or the Backwaters of Kerala or the tea-gardens of Assam or the beaches of Goa?
- Deepika and Ranbir looked rather stupid merely acting and not adding any value to the video. From the looks of it, they seemed like they were doing yet another film and not a video on National Integrity!
- Really poor representation of WB – They could have roped in Sourav – the prince of Kolkata!
- And no one better than Gohil to represent Gujarat? They could have got Mallika Sarabhai back! Or roped in Prachi Desai or Paresh Raval.
- The fusion of Shiamak Davar and Kuchipudi was done in real bad taste
- Aamir’s portion badly shot and a novel touch to the tune of the song has made it disastrous. His portion did not add any value at all to the whole theme.
- Sonu Nigam looks disgusting… he looks like a firang bozo! His portion was sadly easily editable!
- The video was trying hard to give enough footage to all the stars involved – Just one line given to every one of them would have sufficed – ensuring little digression from the theme! In the earlier version, all the stars were shown, not as stars, but as aam aadmi. Most were just there, contributing their bit in an unobtrusive way!
- Not an iota of mention of Chandrayan? One of our bigger scientific achievements of the decade!
- Many portions of the song seemed completely out of tune!
- They could have used the famous child stars in portions involving kids.
The video frankly seemed like it was trying hard to satisfy the vanity of each of the stars involved! They could do with some serious editing! It started with a good intention, which was not successfully met. Wished they had concentrated more on showing the real “India” and less of pomp and show!
To cut a long story short, the 17 min long video no match for its short and crisp 6+ mins old counterpart!
I give it a thumbs down! Wats your take?
[PS Prepared with some creative inputs from Praveen]
Thanks for posting this. Will post my views soon.
Before the video i was so excited about this thing…….but after seeing this i would describe this video very very disturbing . i cant believe how brutally these people have killed spirit of india . Being an indian i am deeply hurt. It was a rude shock that an actress with a short skirt in a rain sequence can become a voice for india.
And seeing the biggest bollywood star doing the same antics which he do while romancing the ladies in the film was disguting.IN the name of creativity they have sold the nation. i am so angry at this moment because now its hard to ignore the cheapness of these people. THEY should realize that everything cannot be commercialized. i m sad that this video was ever made. Its a humiliation for all those freedom fighters . Its a humiliation for any true indian. Its a gross violation of freedom of expression. They have stripped india and made fun of it.MY blood boils on seeing actresses and actors of bollywood showing there cheapness with full confidence.these actors can cover there faces with makeup but cant cover the shallowness in there eyes .Today india has been raped.
You are not alone Shan! I felt humiliated too! Its a joke, the video!!
We have heard stories of foreign rulers coming to India and learning from our culture. Indian culture withstood the heat of several foregin conquests. Now we are imploding under the jaggernaut of cheap consumerism. What Mughals and British could not do, bollywood has done by selling its soul to Western consumersim. The new video makes me want to throw up at the amount of bollywood arrogance and narsicissm at display!
Havent seen it fully yet !!!
You haven’t missed much.. actually saved urself a headache 😉
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@Reema, Apar: I wonder why 😦 You can find the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mbBloTAvPE
I am totally agree with you Nova..I could not connect myself with Phir Mile Sur..I think it’s soul has lost somewhere in the crowd of stars !
My feelings ditto!
Check out Krish Ashok’s post
http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/mile-sur-mera-tomorrow-fail
I had hoped they would atleast try and have a better representation of the North East than some happy dancing people, but they didnt. That was the only thing that could have redeemed this new version. Not a patch on the original.
Quite a mismatch actually! They have not shown India… or rather shown something that we are all worried, India will turn into!
Absolutely agree with most of the things that you said about the video (I watched it just a minute ago)!
Appreciate the gesture, but the makers fail miserably. Song banate vakt socha hoga, aree..Aamir ko bulaya hain to Shahrukh ko bhi bulana chahiye..verna use bura lag jayega..and same thinking lead to the crowd of stars without a rhyme or reason. And, the actresses – Aish, Dipika, Priyanka..all of them have such model like expressions. Come on..if you are talking about your country..it shows on your face..and just in case, it doesn’t, you are actors, at least fake it for the sake of video..but no.
The old one also had stars, sports persons..but they were not above the song and the message. I very well remember the part in Calcutta metro train which had many sports persons..but as ordinary people.
Liked the part with young kids and sign language.
I will go and watch the old one now..new one is all glitter but no gold!
hahahah your avatar completely reflected your thoughts girl! 🙂
Absolutely agree with your views: I also loved the fact that stars were shown as common people in the earlier version. In fact u wud even miss some of them, if u did not notice properly! Beautiful! They ruined that subtlety!! It was too much “on ur face”!!!
I watched the old one many times after this one to remove the bad effect!!!!
Learn English. I think you meant “soul” not “sole”. OR maybe you did???
Yes I did. Thanks for pointing it out.. and yes, I probably need to learn some Angrezi!! How about u teach me some? 😉
video was not showing…but the old one is ultimate.
Btw How are you?
Hey check out the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mbBloTAvPE
M good dear. How abt u? and hows dear Aryan?
Without Sachin, Dhoni , Dravid or Saurav, it’s a big No-No for me … Even without Lataji ..
I agree with you .. I too was aghast after watching it yesterday !! ..
But kya karen, everything has become so materialistic and money-oriented .. This video looked like a bollywood-show ..
It did… By all means, it did!
Mile sur, new version is the talk of the bloggers world.
Its a hands down from me !!! The music breaks – there is no proper flow, when languages change !!!!
There are so many deserving ppl who need to be in this video and all of them are missing. Very sad.
Its funny.. how in the song for National Integrity, continuation (or integrity) is missing!!
For me ARR gave the video a powerful start. I simple loved his fingerboard and the sound that came out of it. I didnt like Sonu Nigam’s rendition also. I loved the way Dr L Subramaniam and his family presented their version.
I felt too the video was too long.
Wont say I didnt like it,but I prefer the previous version. Maybe if I hear it more,I’ll grow to like it more 🙂 .
Ya .. the continuum fingerboard is wonderful 🙂 He hd used it in Rehna Tu also na 🙂
I just dint like Sonu’s look!
yeah i agree and that was probably the only +ve for me 🙂
For me too!
Fingerboard worked for me too!! Though Sonu was a waste and L Subramanian’s family thing was a little off the mark…
I can’t give it a complete thumbsdown as I did like it in bits n pieces .. Pt.Shivkumar Sharma, Rashid Khan, Ustad and Amjad Ali Khan parts and a few more like L.Subramaniam, the sand artist etc…
Its tooo very bollywoodish and also the way the sportsmen hv been showcased like they have been given a consolation prize .. that ws way too much! And nt showing even one cricket star like u hv said .. I just dint get that one .. better than showing sooooo many Bwood stars anyday!
I thought Shankar n Co went totally off-key Nova!
They did!?? Let me listen to it again…
The maestros were all good. Its the bollywoodization which ruined it for me!
Thumbs down for me too!
Didn’t like it…
Too little has been shown of South and east India…
No sports footage! none! Isn’t that slightly unbelievable?!!
Didn’t like it one bit.
Only few things I did like were – ARR’s start, Ustad and Amjad Ali Khan parts and Pt.Shivkumar Sharma, Rashid Khan.
And we were all waiting for it for soooo long! 😦
for me its a complete thumps down… even the 1st point u mentioned was a big turn off for me I am sick and tired of amitabh trying to do a poetry recital everywhere
16 minutes of video failed of evoke any emotions in me and the old 8 min video still made my eyes wet
Hahahhaa being a die hard AB fan that I am… that dint bother me much… but what followed sure as hell made me sick!!! 😕
Nova,
Just seen half of it! but reading a truck load of criticism for it. Did not like the glimpses – Priyanka, deepika mdoelling , salman in a ganji! The bachchan clan – 1 pe 2 free!!!! Is India only about filmstars????
Sad!!!
My sentiments ditto!! The whole family marketing did not work for me at all!!
couldn’t have agreed more ..
Absolutely True!!! There is no value in it!!! Why in the world did they choose ranbir kapoor, Deepika padukone, Shahid kapoor!! What about Taj Mahal which is still in the 7 wonders?? why it is not included? Too many flaws in this video! Total disppointment!!
Utterly Butterly disappointed!!!
Absolutely agree with all the points!!! If they were real patriots, that would be shown in the video. They have themselves showed their real colors to the nation. Film industry is NOT THE FACE OF INDIA! They are actually responsible for declining our Indian culture day by day. How would they ever attempt to even touch such precious patriotic songs??!!
Its our fault, really!! We give these stars wayyyyy too much attention!!! It is us who have glorified them soooo much!!!
after watching this video COMPLETELY. ( with taking Jawans Heart )
I Become speech less. so giving My comment here.
the old one is same as DTH.
This song cannot reach to ear Heart is very long.
Deepika this is not a movie and not a addv. of any beauty soap.
Who is Editor of this song man i think it may be alien who not know about india.
if you ask me to give marks to this Video song( in zoom style ).
I will Give 0 out 10.
Sorry for the people which take there true effort for this Bakwas video.
( NOT LYRICS )
0/10 from me too!! Negative, in fact, if thats allowed!! :O
Same pinch….it was like expecting kheer and getting punched in your stomach instead
I blogged about it too at http://nourishncherish,wordpress.com (though not as nicely as you have here)
hahahahhah good analogy!! 🙂 Thanks for ur kind words… and welcome to my blog 🙂
i think the salman part was a good idea about using sign language … but if the idea of this video was national integration , then it falls flat on its face..
Absolutely!@
My Special thanks to Nova who started this worth a discussion. I personally feel telecast of this version of Mile Sur should be stopped as soon as possible. And to apologise older version should be telecasted for sometime. Thats the remedy I personally see……
Thanks Rohin! I totally agree with your remedy! I wud love to watch the old one being telecasted every now and then!
Didn’t like it.
It gave an impression that India is Bollywood ONLY.
And without due respect to other areas where we have excelled like few sports here and there or science and technology where Indians are leaving a mark or lots of cultural heritage (e.g. Taj, as mentioned) not there … the soul would always be missing!
Its yet another bollywood video! No substance whatsoever!!
I too waited eagerly for the premiere on Zoom But it never gave me any goos bumps .. It lloked like a bollywood promotional campaign.. Come on….
Amitabh’s opening was excellent and although it was not as gripping as Bhimsen joshi’s opening..
But What really puzzled me was the presence of priyanka chopra, Deepika padukone and ranbir kapoor in the video….
I mean what have they contributed …Even in their chosen field.. they are not icons … Deepika’s lip sync for the song was bad…(Imagine the grace and beauty of hema who sang the same lines..)
Where is kamal hassan for the tamil portions..
Likewise dada for bengal…
Eventhough they are not immensely popular Atul agnihotri and sonali kulakrni atleast had some expression and looked humble for the marathi portion..
No female hindustani or carnatic singers.. why?
In fact no one singing carnatic…
Tabu , shabana, Javed akhtat, shuba Mudgalji, sudha raghunathan would all have been valuable additions.. and probably removed the focus from bollywood..
And how come ranbir kapoor was in it but not Hrithik who is a far more accomplished actor…
Even Abhi-ash jodi didn’t look convincing.. Shiamak stood out like a sore thumb in front of shobana’s grace…
Shahrukh did a standadrd yashraj-johar.. film pose…
Bottomline.. stop representing anything and everything with bollywood…
Sonu Nigam looked like a criminal let loose ..
Nice review there! Agree totally with it…
i hated the new version of phir….. more than any thing in my life.it feel insulting even comparing it with the old MSMT. For me this new song is nothing more than a cold soul and cheap commercial venture. MSMT was the astonishing anthem for me and various other people like me who went to their childhood memories after seeing it any time anywhere. and for whom those are grown up with it… by watching it again and again. every time i see the old version i feel a new essence of indiawhich new versions lacks. at the age of 8 my favourite section was to have a glimse of my favourite three actor(amitabh, mithun, jitendra)but this was tottal juveineil act . i hope other people do have the same feeling but as i grown up, everytime i saw it, i fetched a knew package of learning , a new vibes which always gave me a relaxation and every thing feels so great.
now in 21 centaury i think we are commercialised, corrupted and molesed to the peak, that even our soul anthem got corrupted. This new song shows us the fine example of our development through last 2 decade that that we are now become machine we have no sentiments.are we still acting juveneil like i used to do in my childhood.this PMSMT song is totally exhibiting our todays value that we still want to know what shahrukh is doing and to whome kareena is dating …what the crap.
MILEY SUR MERA TUMAHRA…even this 4 words didnt able to bring these three so called egoistic khans superstar together. than how can we assume that these people bring our nation pride . i was ashamed watching these so called bollywood actor took 10 minutes of precious time and leave nothing to the popular sportpersons, industrialists, scientist and painters. are we only known by bollywood people? is nothing far above this idiotic bollywood?
sory to say but the director had even made a biggest mistake than ram gopal verma. i know that the song is made with the right sentimentiments but it got lost in the crowd of these filthy actors. does deepika priyanka , abhishek, shahid are far bigger than the asha bhosle, lata mangeskar, sania irza, leander pace, bhaputi, dravid and most probably who can forget sachin tendulkar …. i dont think so that i would be an indian if i forget the national hero to bring in any thing which exhibits national pride.
it feels that our bollywood hero become huge and our nation become small
SORry to say but
I CAnt RELATE MY SUR
with this new MILEY SUR MERA TUMAHRA…………
The new version???? ….. I hate it … I hate it … I hate it … I hate it … I hate it …. 😡
Me too!
Disgusting performances …. no one was up to the mark ! Better if they havn’t made this . After all materpieces can’t be copied ……
how come hrithik not added when shahid nd ranbir are added in the video..i really hate this new version..without tajmahal,carnatic singers.nd esp lata mangeshkar ji,bala subramanyam…who directed this version?all of us have to sent these comment to the director of this version…this is such a hit song before and now they dont have any idea of doing this remake? pity..
shahid dosent know to sing then why he is holding mic in his hand !!!!!!!! no sur of shahid at all !!!! he is besur
Remember the old video by Suresh Mallick? You’ll get a message in the beginning by Azgar Khan. Ye that showed diversity, culture and yes a rich India, with aam aadmi.
BUT in NEW you’d find shitheads trying to gasp another breath out of their vanity fairs.
It’s a sheer shame Ms and Mr Surendranath, you have got miles to go for a match with the old one. After all its not your page 3 party pics from newspaper, you had a task to display united india.
1) Why full of Bachhans ? – ( God… What are you people trying to say ?
2) Ash taking over Surely Goel’s voice ??? – Damn you should have sung the song in your own voice. Amitabh did that in his own voice , why didn’t you do that ?
Oh ye, you dont do that for FREEEEE …. right ??
2) Shankar Mahadevan gang made this complete pop hysteria.
3) Deepika ? LOL, its not your date mate, a very important song,
BSNL ad “Hindustan bol raha hai” , you were trying to become an Indian girl, with Indian outfit.
But in the song, its mere a doll with skirt. Were you high with your pride ?
Some positives were,
Pt Jasraj, Anushka, Surely, Juhi, Gurdas ( made it simple, tried to match with old pace )
Sonu, what were you trying to do ? Looked complete hooligan.
In 16min video where does it show real India in it ?
You missed on every aspect which shows the real India.
Gawd, dont have words to express the khutzpa of old one.
But after seeing dis, any dumb person in da world, would feel pity for you suckers !!
hahahahahha so true!
I left India in July 2009 and miss it since then. Nothing can compare to India. So, I was extremely pleased to hear about a new version of Mile Sur…especially since I loved the older version a lot. Here are a few of my thoughts on the new version:
1. It sucks, big time
2. AR Rahman’s rendition on the keyboard was superb and eclectic. But things went downhill from then on.
3. Deepika, in a mini skirt??? I mean, come on….Is that your display of India? Is that the national garb of Indian women??? We all know nothing makes a woman more beautiful than a saree. She would have looked so elegant had she worn it. Instead she looked cheap and disgusting.
4. Aishwarya looked like she was shooting for a song…with her icy looks and fake expressions…total letdown.
5. Sonu Nigam…who is he trying to emulate?? Who does he think he is??? He looked soooo horrible, my suggestion is to completely delete his portion.
6. No cricketer involved…stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar missing from this one…
7. APJ Abdul Kalam — one of the most gifted scientists we have seen and the most adorable president of this country…where is he???
8. Salman Khan with the kids using sign language was a refreshing break
9. Shahrukh again looked like he was shooting for a romantic yash chopra/karan johar song
10. The whole
hahahahaha I can totally understand your frustration. It is a despicable attempt!
I left India in July 2009 and miss it since then. Nothing can compare to India. So, I was extremely pleased to hear about a new version of Mile Sur…especially since I loved the older version a lot. Here are a few of my thoughts on the new version:
1. It sucks, big time
2. AR Rahman’s rendition on the keyboard was superb and eclectic. But things went downhill from then on.
3. Deepika, in a mini skirt??? I mean, come on….Is that your display of India? Is that the national garb of Indian women??? We all know nothing makes a woman more beautiful than a saree. She would have looked so elegant had she worn it. Instead she looked cheap and disgusting.
4. Aishwarya looked like she was shooting for a song…with her icy looks and fake expressions…total letdown.
5. Sonu Nigam…who is he trying to emulate?? Who does he think he is??? He looked soooo horrible, my suggestion is to completely delete his portion. Looked like a firang…are these people representing India? These are the Indian Born Confused Desis.
6. No cricketer involved…stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar missing from this one…
7. APJ Abdul Kalam — one of the most gifted scientists we have seen and the most adorable president of this country…where is he???
8. Salman Khan with the kids using sign language was a refreshing break
9. Shahrukh again looked like he was shooting for a romantic yash chopra/karan johar song
10. Where is the Taj Mahal? One of the seven wonders of the world? How can you show India without the Taj? especially since lots of foreigners associate India with the Taj? My american friend inquired why Taj was not shown if this song is about national integration? I was speechless and quite frankly, also embarrassed.
11. The whole song somehow did not make sense…we looked lost and disillusioned when watching it
Here are a few of my suggestions:
1. Reduce the time to less than 10 mins
2. Try and get as many Bollywood actors in one frame instead of picturing them separately.
3. Include cricketers like Sachin, Saurav and Dravid.
4. Deepika in a saree with her father, Prakash Padukone would have been better
5. Include the Taj Mahal
6. Should also show the military might of the country.
I am with you my friend! I wish they would scrap this and make a whole new one!
Nova, I think you are being too hard a critic about this video. And well you have got a gang of people who commented in your favor. Surprising .. not a single one who has different opinion!
Honestly, I loved this video. I am always in favor of ‘Change’ and ‘New’. This video without Lataji, without cricket and without Taj is showing MANY new sides of India. Many new faces from different talent industry. One side you always give importance to Sports and now you only are being so biased about over-hyped sport Cricket. It’s good they are giving importances to sports which have been recognized in Olympic where India has achieved some name.
Frankly, it looks like you are being too closed to what you want to see rather than what they are showing!
Sorry! this time I defer to agree with your and your follower gang’s opinion…. I LOVED this new Video 🙂
~Krupa
I will give a detailed reply to your comment.
Nova, I think you are being too hard a critic about this video. And well you have got a gang of people who commented in your favor. Surprising .. not a single one who has different opinion! Nova: There is a very valid reason for that. Din ko raat nahi kaha ja sakta, gulab ko champa nahi… just like villains like Gabbar and Mogambo cant be loved!
Honestly, I loved this video. I am always in favor of ‘Change’ and ‘New’. Nova: I would like to believe that I am in favour of Change too… albeit a good one! You cant break down Taj Mahal, build another WTC there and expect everyone to accept that. Every thing, every place has its sanctity which should be maintained. And the makers ruined the sanctity of the original one. This video without Lataji, without cricket and without Taj is showing MANY new sides of India. Nova: And what according to you are those sides? Sons/daughters of celebrity parents? Is India really about celebrities? No! Are we not giving out a latent message that if you have to be something in India, you have to be related to someone big! And thats not true! Thats not what India is about. India is about a common man – you and me… Many new faces from different talent industry. Nova: Did you sit back and for once think what different talents are we talking about? Shahid kapoor crooning like a lunatic on a microphone (when he cant carry a tune) or Deepika modeling on a river? One side you always give importance to Sports and now you only are being so biased about over-hyped sport Cricket. It’s good they are giving importances to sports which have been recognized in Olympic where India has achieved some name. Nova: By showing them for a few seconds towards the end??? I do not believe in over-hyping sports, but our Men in Blue have earned us more laurels than any sport in this country. Name one Indian who doesnt feel proud when he/she looks at that picture of Kapil Dev holding the World Cup in 1983. Is it fair to ignore them? No, Its a crime to do so!
Frankly, it looks like you are being too closed to what you want to see rather than what they are showing! Nova: Trust me, I was waiting for this video for a very very long time… I just loveddddd the older version… so wanted this to be better! I am sure their intention was good, but they lost their way somewhere in the middle.
Sorry! this time I defer to agree with your and your follower gang’s opinion…. I LOVED this new Video
~Krupa
Reply to your reply babes… 😀 (I replied to you on my blog post also check it out there)
Take it easy and don’t do emotional atyachaarrrrrr 😉
~Krupa (I am safe since you are not in India.. otherwise I would had not replied like this! :))
on some aspects like not showing taj and lataji u r absolutely right. This video shows does not different aspects of india it only shows different aspects of glamour of BOLLYWOOD which is not the only thing that INDIA has . Sayad iske producers bhikari hai kyon ki mumbai chod ke aur koi location hi nahi hai where is KASHMIR the so called ‘ paradise on earth ‘ . Where r the ppl of andamans , nagaland , manipur , mizoram ,
rajasthan , shahrukh , ranbir look like as if they r shooting for a romantic song . Though i have 2 disagree that shahid and deepika r not fitting into the soul of the india as they represent the modern youth of india . And i m sorry 2 say but adding cricketers sachin and dravid would b bullshit as the only thing they do is make ads and talk rubbish . Ppl like juhi chawla though look very patriotic. Actually this vid is so crappy as there is so much that make up the soul of india that these money oriented makers can’t show them properly in this vid . On the whole only the audio is good( though lataji should have been given some part ) but the vid is crappy.
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