India, May 14 -- Be it a group of women rowing the boat in the Kerala backwaters, the Sikhs praying at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, hermits with their ash-smeared bodies bathing at the Kumbh, a mother cradling her baby, children holding the national flag at schools or all the four flags, showcasing four major religions in the country, changing to the Tiranga within the blink of an eye - the music anthem One India My India/ Ek Bharat Mera Bharat makes one run through the streets of nostalgia.

Written and directed by Shailendra Singh, the song he tells us, took more than a year to complete. "It included real-time expressions of people. No scene is scripted. The moments have been captured by their due permission. However, they are absolut...