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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