Preity Zinta and Hrithik Roshan in the Mission Kashmir song Bumbro.
Inspired by a folk song about bumblebee – a symbol of love and joy
Dancers performing the original song in a 1962 Films Division documentary on Indian folk dances.
‘It’s too beautiful. It is an ode to Kashmiriyat’: How Bumbro went from the background to the foreground
Preity Zinta in the Mission Kashmir song Bumbro.
Twenty-five years later, Bumbro still blooms
Shehnaaz Gill dancing to Bumbro while on vacation in Kashmir
Bollywood has long romanticised Kashmir in countless films – from its snowy vaadiyaan to shikara rides in Dal Lake. However, with Bumbro, an entire generation of audience was introduced to the folk music and rhythm of Kashmir.
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