Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

---

BHARAT, the latest song from the movie Manikarnika, is beautifully written by Prasoon Joshi and composed by the inimitable Shankar Ehsaan Loy. Hear this Republic Day Special in the mellifluous voice of Ronkini Gupta only on Songfest India.

"Desh se hai pyaar toh
Har pal yeh kehna chahiye,
Main rahoon ya na rahoon
Bharat yeh rehna chahiye."

ORIGINAL SONG CREDITS:
Song - Bharat
Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Vocals - Shankar Mahadevan
Lyricist- Prasoon Joshi
Chorus - Mani Mahadevan, Ravi Mishra, Binaya Mohanty, Latesh Poojary & Mohammed Arshad
Arranged by Indrajit ‘Tubby’ Sharma
Flute - Naveen Kumar
Strings Performed by Bombay String Orchestra

COVER SONG CREDITS:
Singer: Ronkini Gupta
Arrangement: Ronkini Gupta
Mixed & Mastered by: Saikat Sarkar

LYRICS:
Desh se hai pyaar to
Har pal ye kehna chahiye
Main rahoon ya na rahoon
Bharat ye rehna chahiye

Silsila ye baad mere
Yun hi chalna chahiye
Main rahoon ya na rahoon
Bharat ye rehna chahiye

Meri nas nas taar kar do
Aur bana do ik sitaar
Raag Bharat mujhpe chhedo
Jhanjhanaao baar baar
Desh se ye prem
Ankhon se chhalakna chahiye
Main rahoon ya na rahoon
Bharat ye rehna chahiye

Shatru se keh do zara
Seema mein rehna seekh le
Ye mera Bharat amar hai
Satya kehna seekh le
Bhakti ki iss shakti ko
Badhkar dikhana chahiye

Main rahoon ya na rahoon
Bharat ye rehna chahiye

Hai mujhe saugandh Bharat
Bhooloon na ik kshan tujhe
Rakt ki har boond Teri
Hai Tera arpann tujhe
Yuddh ye sammaan ka hai
Maan rehna chahiye
Main rahoon ya na rahoon
Bharat ye rehna chahiye

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK at
facebook.com/SongfestIndia

FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM at
instagram.com/songfestindia

_________________________________________________________

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE & SUPPORT