{"id":1961494,"date":"2025-08-15T05:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1961494"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:16:29","slug":"independence-day-2025-pankaj-tripathi-divya-dutta-and-others-share-favourite-patriotic-melodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/independence-day-2025-pankaj-tripathi-divya-dutta-and-others-share-favourite-patriotic-melodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day 2025| Pankaj Tripathi, Divya Dutta and others share favourite patriotic melodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"storyMainDiv\" data-vars-storyid=\"101755171073757\" data-story-section=\"htcity\" data-story-subsection=\"cinema\" data-vars-author=\"Yashika Mathur\" data-premium-story=\"false\" data-performance-type=\"not-set\">\n<div class=\"actionDiv flexElm topTime\">\n<p>Published on: Aug 15, 2025 10:32 am IST <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sortDec\">As India celebrates its 79th Independence Day today, celebrities share their favourite patriotic song and that one special memory associated with it<\/h2>\n<div class=\"storyDetails taboola-readmore\">\n<div class=\"detail \" dataid=\"\/htcity\/cinema\/india-79-independence-day-2025-pankaj-tripathi-divya-dutta-aahana-kumra-and-others-share-musical-memories-101755171073757.html\">\n<div class=\"storyParagraphFigure\">\n<p>India&#8217;s 79th Independence Day celebrations today are incomplete without music, expressing our love for the nation. While several songs have been written and sung about the glory of the country&#8217;s victory against British rule, celebrities share their favourite musical memory associated Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"\">   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2025\/08\/15\/550x309\/Independence_DAY_1755233663794_1755233663962.jpg\" alt=\"Bollywood celebrities share their favourite patriotic song.\" title=\"Bollywood celebrities share their favourite patriotic song.\"\/>  <\/span> Bollywood celebrities share their favourite patriotic song.  <\/div>\n<p>From Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo by Lata Mangeshkar, to Vande Mataram by AR Rahman, some of the classics continue to a hit amongst Indians. Here&#8217;s a look at the stars&#8217; favourite melodies.<\/p>\n<h2>Pankaj Tripathi<\/h2>\n<p>  <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2025\/08\/14\/original\/Pankaj_1755172077979.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pankaj Tripathi calls Lata Mangeshkar's Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo his favourite.\" title=\"Pankaj Tripathi calls Lata Mangeshkar's Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo his favourite.\"\/><\/span> Pankaj Tripathi calls Lata Mangeshkar&#8217;s Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo his favourite.  <\/p>\n<p>Actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/bollywood\/mahua-moitra-admits-she-has-a-big-crush-on-pankaj-tripathi-says-she-wrote-him-a-note-and-asked-for-coffee-101754302947652.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Pankaj Tripathi\">Pankaj Tripathi<\/a> shares with us, &#8220;Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Kavi Pradeep, has been a part of my life since childhood and holds a deeply special place in my heart till date \u2014 as it does for every Indian. The moment someone mentions a song for Independence Day, this is the very first one that comes to my mind.<\/p>\n<h2>Divya Dutta<\/h2>\n<p>  <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2025\/08\/14\/original\/Diva_1755172128823.jpeg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Divya Dutta calls Shaheed movie's song her favorite.\" title=\"Divya Dutta calls Shaheed movie's song her favorite.\"\/><\/span> Divya Dutta calls Shaheed movie&#8217;s song her favorite.  <\/p>\n<p>For actor Divya Dutta, her all time favourite \u201chas to be Ae Watan Humko Teri Kasam&#8230;from Manoj Kumar\u2019s Shaheed. It still gives me goosebumps as it used to be in school.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Aahana Kumra<\/h2>\n<p>  <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2025\/08\/14\/original\/Aahana_Kumra_1755172370940.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Aahana Kumra's shares the love for patriotic songs with her mother Shivani Kumra.\" title=\"Aahana Kumra's shares the love for patriotic songs with her mother Shivani Kumra.\"\/><\/span> Aahana Kumra&#8217;s shares the love for patriotic songs with her mother Shivani Kumra.  <\/p>\n<p>Sharing how she and her mother Shivani Kumra are both very patriotic people, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\/cinema\/world-book-day-aahana-s-kumra-makrand-deshpande-got-me-back-to-reading-101745313493615.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Aahana Kumra\">Aahana Kumra<\/a> says, \u201cAe mere Watan Ke logon is my favourite song because my mother is a cop and she always listens to this and starts crying. I also get emotional but my mom always cries. She is very patriotic and loves India the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also Read |<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lifestyle\/festivals\/independence-day-2025-who-is-the-man-behind-the-design-of-national-flag-101755153712392.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Independence Day 2025: Who is the man behind the design of national flag?\"> Independence Day 2025: Who is the man behind the design of national flag?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Adarsh Gourav<\/h2>\n<p>  <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2025\/08\/14\/original\/Adarsh_1755172675084.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Adarsh Gourav recalls listing AR Rahman sing live at Gateway of India.\" title=\"Adarsh Gourav recalls listing AR Rahman sing live at Gateway of India.\"\/><\/span> Adarsh Gourav recalls listing AR Rahman sing live at Gateway of India.  <\/p>\n<p>Actor Adarsh Gourav, his favourite patriotic song also has a connection with his love for acting. He says, \u201cI love the song Vande Mataram and my fondest memory is him singing Vande Mataram by ar Rahman at the gateway of India. That was the day I was asked if I wanted to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Rithvik Dhanjani<\/h2>\n<p>  <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2025\/08\/15\/original\/rithvik_1755232213373.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Actor Rithvik Dhanjani recalls Independence day celebration during his school days.\" title=\"Actor Rithvik Dhanjani recalls Independence day celebration during his school days.\"\/><\/span> Actor Rithvik Dhanjani recalls Independence day celebration during his school days.   <\/p>\n<p>Sharing an important memory from his childhood, actor Rithivik Dhanjani says, \u201cMy favourite patriotic song of all times is Vande Mataram by AR Rahman and the only one memory that comes to my mind is when I was in 9th grade in Dubai and we had this 15th August sort of a parade and they made us perform on that song. I used to dance a little back then and I performed on that song. Even now every single time I hear this song I get goosebumps and that is why it is going to be my forever favourite Independence day song.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"trendTops\">\n<div class=\"shareIconSec\">\n<div class=\"trendingIcon\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1y\/ht\/story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"followHT trendSeo__1\">\n<div class=\"mb5 mt5\" id=\"bottomBreadCrumb\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\">News<\/a> <span>\/<\/span> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"HTCity_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/htcity\" data-vars-event-cta=\"HTCity\">HTCity<\/a> <span>\/<\/span> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\/cinema\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Cinema_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/htcity\/cinema\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Cinema\">Cinema<\/a> <span>\/<\/span> Independence Day 2025| Pankaj Tripathi, Divya Dutta and others share favourite patriotic melodies <\/div><\/div>\n<p> See Less <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hindustantimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published on: Aug 15, 2025 10:32 am IST As India celebrates its 79th Independence Day today, celebrities share their favourite patriotic song and that one special memory associated with it India&#8217;s 79th Independence Day celebrations today are incomplete without music, expressing our love for the nation. 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