Timeless 'Ghar Kab Aaoge' Song: A Mother's Hope, A Nation's Tears
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News18•13-01-2026, 10:06
Timeless 'Ghar Kab Aaoge' Song: A Mother's Hope, A Nation's Tears
- •The song 'Ghar Kab Aaoge' from the upcoming film Border 2, a new version of 'Sandese Aate Hain', was launched at the India-Pakistan Longewala border.
- •Film producer JP Dutta's daughter, Nidhi Dutta, revealed the emotional true story behind the original song's creation.
- •The song was inspired by Nidhi's grandmother's unwavering hope for her son, Nidhi's uncle, who was fighting in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
- •Every evening, the grandmother would listen to the radio, hoping her son's name wouldn't be on the list of martyred soldiers, telling JP Dutta, "My son will come home."
- •Javed Akhtar penned the lyrics for 'Sandese Aate Hain', which won a National Award, based on this powerful story of maternal love and longing.
Why It Matters: The iconic 'Sandese Aate Hain' song was born from a mother's unwavering hope during wartime.
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