Viral: Video of Russian military cadets singing Mohammad Rafi's 'Aye Watan'

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**Viral: Video of Russian military cadets singing Mohammad Rafi's 'Aye Watan'**

Mohammed Rafi is considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent

Saturday November 30, 2019 7:10 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS

New Delhi: A video of Russian military cadets singing the famous Hindi patriotic song "Aye watan, aye watan, hamko teri Kasam Teri raahon mein jaan tak loota jaayenge" from the movie 'Shaheed', has gone viral on Twitter.

Sung by Mohammad Rafi "Aye Watan" was released in 1965.

Mohammed Rafi is considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.

Rafi was notable for his voice, versatility and range; his songs were varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs.

He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of an actor, lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie

A Twitter user said: "It made my day... Russian army cadets singing Ae Watan Ae Watan".

"Russia is true counterparts of India since Independence. Glad to have their support!?"

Brig Rajesh Pushkar, Military Advisor at the Indian Embassy in Moscow, could also be seen in the video. Another said: "Amazing! Ruski singing Indian patriotic song. Aye watan, Aye watan.."

Watch the Video:

Russian military cadets belt out the famous Hindi patriotic song - "Ae watan" at a gathering in #Moscow pic.twitter.com/UiKgSTKpnT
— DD India - English News (@DDIndiaLive) November 29, 2019