We had that Onida TV with 8 channels. All 8 channels showed DD national. A TV antenna was fixed on the building terrace and the signal was boosted with a booster kept next to the TV. Each time this melody begins the TV, DD national comes to the fore. I see Pt Bhimsen Joshi sing, Lata Mangeshkar in the closing stages and yes Amitabh, Jitendra and Mithun too. Guess we have PT Usha with the torch as well and Kapil too. I will be seeing the video after this. Its fun to recollect this!!!!! Now below are the lyrics.
I am going to put subtitles with the images I remember when I litsen to the lines (even if I dont understand the other languages)
(Music begins....Sea waves..waterfall and Pt Bhimsen Joshi kicks it off)
Mile sur mera tumharaa, Thoo sur bane hamaraa.... sur kee nadhiyaan
har disha se behkee saagar mein milee. Baadalon ka roop leiker
bharse halke halke... Mile sur mera tumharaa.. thoo... sur bane
hamaara.. Mile sur mera tumhara...
(Due on a boat...Kashmir!!!)
Chaain taraj tahin nyay taraj
ek but baniye saayen taraj
Tera sur mile mere sur de naal
milke bane ek nava surtaal
(Arial view of the TAJ...Shabana Azmi comes on sceen)
Mile sur mera tumharaa....tho sur bane hamaara..
(Over to the deserts now...Narendra Hirawani in cricketing whites walks towards the camera..he made a sensational start to his career but fizzled away on the international scene..)
Mohnja sur tohi desa pyara mile jadein geet ashaanjo madhur tarano
bane tadein
(a group of senior Sikhs...the lady who sings the last part....me likes her)
Sur ka dariya bahte saagar me mile badlaan da roop leike barasan
holle haule
(Over to south. By the method of elimination this has got to be Tamil. I asked Chirstine..she deciphered the Malyalee bit and this she could not understand!!!!) :)
Isaindhal namm iruvarin suramum namadhakum.. Dhisai veru aanalum
aazi ser aarugal Mugilai mazaiyai pozivadu pol isai ...Namm
isssaiiii....
(This is what she understood!!!!...the dude on the elephant at the end of this verse...I still remember him...he sure made an impact...man look at that carefree expression on his face!!!!)
Thik thakida thathikakidA....thaka thimi thaka junu
Nanna dhwanige ninna dhwani-ya, seridante namma dhwaniya..
Naa swaramu nee swaramu sangammamai, mana swaram ga avatarinchey
Ninde swaramum ningalude swaramum otthucheiyum Namudeya swaramai....
(Over to West bengal....A Metro makes it way to the station...Me spotted Arun Lal at 3:36)
Tomaar shoor moder shoor srishti koroor koi ekshoor[2]...
Sriishti karoon woi katha
(Over to the Far East now!!!!)
Toma mora swarer milan srishti kare chalbochatano
Toma mora swarer milan srishti kare chalbochatano
(Scenes of Goa....the parties and the beach!!!)
(Over to the Gujju brothers....)
male sur jo taro maro, bane aapno sur niralo
(Scene of a local from top...and konkani ladies walkin in the background..Maay Marathi!!!)
majhya tumchya julta tara madhur suranchya barasti dhara
(Back to Hindi...I dont knw the first lady....then its Hema Malini..Asha Parekh in a saree which an aunty in the neighbourhood had..long back..followed by Lata didi..in a tricolour sari..!!!
Sur ki nadiya har disha se behke saagar mein mile...
Baadlo ka roop leke barse halke halke..
Oh...Mile sur mera tumhara tho....sur bane hamara...
(The synthesizer rakes up the beat...AB..Jumping Jack..Gun Master G9 take it away!!!Kids dressed in saffron, green and white....and forming a tricolour in the end...)
Mile Sur mera tumhara
tho sur bane hamara tho sur bane hamara
tho sur bane hamara
Enjoy the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gstRrEmTcBc