Pahlaj Nihalani's Modi song is anything but desi: this Twitter listicle proves it

If you're watching this song for the first time, chances are you might miss some serious awesomeness hidden in a burst of colour meant to blind you.

But watch it again and you will see India in a new light. Or you won't see India at all.

That's right, for a song titled Mera Desh Hai Mahaan, the irony as pointed out by Twitter user @sandygrains is pretty great here. The chief of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), popularly known as Censor Board for obvious reasons, Pahlaj Nihalani has belted out what is possibly the most entertaining Modi-deshbhakti song we could have ever imagined. [I mean, just look at that screenshot.]

Unfortunately for him though, more than the lyrics that scream out his love for Swachh Bharat, it's the video that's stellar. Right from the three male Hindu-Muslim-Christian representatives with all their stereotypes intact, to the schoolchildren, to Modi himself trying out the Lord Shiva pose, everything is just swell.

But nothing, I repeat, nothing, beats the fact that most of these 'Mera Bharat' shots are more like 'Mera US' or 'Mera Dubai'.

Thank you, @sandygrains. You've really made our Sunday.

That's expressway construction in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/S7gC0cso7E

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's the US Air Force's Tomcat. pic.twitter.com/pg2GgssnTM

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's Moscow's International Business Centre. pic.twitter.com/FA2RxVLFtg

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's Japan's HTV-3 exiting the ISS. pic.twitter.com/bTXNICpOiA

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's NASA's Atlantis space shuttle with the NASA logo photoshopped out. pic.twitter.com/fSBjyFPKYW

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

And I think that's INS Vikramaditya, but that flag... pic.twitter.com/nBxbr5pixs

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's Tour de France pic.twitter.com/Z6yF67X1wF

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's most std ever stock photo of "solar panels & wind turbines" from California. I mean even *i* have used this. pic.twitter.com/FSEjLBhGTn

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's the International Space Station, FFS. You can't point at it, put a lion on it, & say "Yeh kamal hai Modi ka." pic.twitter.com/ThpQg5kpTf

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

(Or the Chinese station, I could be wrong) But it's definitely not made in India.

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

That's the Discovery shuttle. At least find stuff people can't recognise on sight. pic.twitter.com/g4hP3RdndY

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

Okay that's all I've got. There are other things like fields and cities which I couldn't recognise but it doesn't matter. What a joke.

- Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015

Let me point out a few more. That muscular chap is wearing a NYC themed banian. This place is the VLA in New Mexico pic.twitter.com/Ra16biRLZG

- Ashok (@krishashok) November 15, 2015

Of course, we found some more questionable shots.

Guessing games, anyone?

Whoa look, Superman! Let's take a shot of him and call him Shaktimaan?

This is supposed to be a gaon in the song. Yep.

Hmm. Nope.

Could totally be India. Or a YRF film shot. But we're doubting everything now.

Oh hullo, Windows 98 wallpaper. Didn't know you were desi.

We know you want to watch the video now. Look no further.

You're welcome.