radha na bole na bole na bole re

I love this song, if I could dance, as in the future when I learn to dance I would love to dance to this song. Waiting :D

taaron ki zuban par hai mohabbat ki kahani

I love this song, well that is sounding redundant now. after all why would i bother to put it on my blog if I did not like it. right!

anyways

तारों कि ज़बान पर है मोहब्बत कि कहानी
ऐ चाँद मुबारक हो तुझे रात सुहानी

कहते हैं जिसे चांदनी है नूर-ऐ-मोहब्बत
तारों से सुनहरी है हमेशा तेरी किस्मत
जा जा के पलट आती है फिर तेरी जवानी --> This here is my favourite line,because it is a beautiful idea, this concept of your youth coming back to you. Besides, इस बरस मुझ पर भी पलट कर आई है - जवानी. Yes, you are right, this just might be the euphoria that precedes a terrible mid life crisis, but if it is okay with you I would like to go ahead and enjoy it while it lasts. तो फिर मेरी तरफ़ से भी ऐ चाँद मुबारक हो तुझे रात सुहानी

I wrote this post a month back and here is the trouble, already ja chuki hai, I feel old again, must have been some euphoria when I wrote that part up there, it lasted a while too, for the past sometime i have been very happy and hopeful. Right now, not so much. नही नही ठीक है ठीक है, मुझे positive thinking वाला ज्ञान मत दो अभी, मुझे उसका इल्म है, पर, hard to think positive when you are churning your guts out all the time, and no, I am not complaining stating a fact here is all.



Movie: Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957)
Singers: Lata mangeshkar ,Mohammad Rafi
Music: C. Ramchandra
Lyrics:Parvez shamsi

Deewana banana hai to

It is a very beautiful ghazal by Behzad Lakhnawi, I am trying to write the lyrics because a) they are eloquent and b) I can't see them on the web, at least not found on a rudimentary search. :) There, my contribution to the world, today's good act. ha ha, okay sorry am not doing it for altruistic motives this is purely for my own enjoyment.

Deewana banana hai to deewana bana de
Varna kahin taqdeer tamasha na bana de

Ai dekhne waalon mujhe has has ke na dekho
Tumko bhi kahin mohabbat mujh sa na bana de (Oh! that is ..... well, it has happened to me and i am sure to a lot of other ppl, when you make fun of someone, life shows you their side eventually doesn't it? ;) )

Main dhoond raha hoon jisko meri vo shamma kahan hai
Jo bajzm ki har cheez ko parwaana bana de ( Ahem ! hmm... biased opinion but, whatever)

Akhir koi soorat to ho khana-e-dil ki
Kaba nahi banta to butkhana bana de (Waah waah! my feelings exactly)

Behzad har ek gaam pe ek sajda-e-masti
Har zarre ko sang-e-dar-e-jana na bana de ( :D um hmm, sure, why not? )

Here a link to Begum Akhtar's rendition

Bade armaano se rakha hai balam

pyar ki duniya me ye pehla kadam

I capital L love this song, unfortunately the video is not too good, but I could not find a better one, besides I just listen to it. :) I think I posted another song from this movie long back, kahan ho tum zara aawaz do hum yaad katen hain. Like this one way better



Movie: Malhaar (1951)
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh

jab se tumhe dekha hai

aakhon me tumhi tum ho

:) Infectious happy song. I cannot stop smiling when I listen to it, or not sing along. they both look so young and full of life and of course this famous Brindavan Garden brings back a lot of memories. saari hindi filmon me mysore jaa kar ke ek gaana to yaahan shoot hota hi hoga nahi? I remember walking through this park as a little girl, and pretending to be a hindi film heroine, hopping along, and my dad yelling in the background you will fall in to the water, come back. ugh!

shoot did I just admit that? whatever...

dil ke naye naghmon ki taano mein tumhi tum ho. hum bhi yehi kehten hain saanson me tumhi tum ho.



Movie: Gharana (1961)
Singers: Mohd. Rafi Asha Bhosle

mere tumhare beech mein

ab to na parbat na saagar
nis din rahe khayalon mein tum
ab ho jaayo ujagar
ab aan milo sajna

Jhuk gaya aasman has to be my most favourite movie. Ever. I have seen it I do not know how many times and I can still watch it over and over again. I never get bored of it.

This particular song I think I like the audio better than the video, no reason, just generally, Lata Mangeshkar's voice is so beautiful, I would rather close my eyes and listen to it.



and then ofcourse, kaun hai jo sapno mein aaya.... is beautiful. My favourite part of that song is
jism ko maut aati hai, lekin rooh ko maut aati nahi hai. Ishq roshan hai roshan rahega, roshni iski jaati nahi hai.

and that one about bekhudi ka ye aalam na poocho, manzilon se bradha ja raha hoon. :) hmm... kaafi bevakoofi ki baat hai, but I can so relate to it.

yaad na jaaye beete dino ki

It is one of those songs you cannot listen to and not feel bad. *(too many negatives in that sentence ? argh!)

Mohd. Rafi's voice is unsurpassed. My favorite part is the way he sings:
तस्वीर उनकी छुपाके, रख दूँ जहां जी चाहे
मन में बसी ये मूरत
लेकिन मिटी न मिटाए
कहने को है वो पराए




Movie: Dil Ek mandir (1963)
Music: Shankar jai kishan
Singer: Mohd. Rafi
Lyrics: Shailendra

piya aiso jiya mein samayi gayo re

ki main tan man ki sudh budh gavan baithi

It is one of those rare songs that the video is as amazing as the audio. I cannot pick which I like better, Geeta Dutt's haunting voice or Meena Kumari's ethereal beauty. The cinematography is way over the top too. :) Love it.



Movie: Sahib Bibi aur Gulam (1962)
Singer: Geeta Dutt
Music: Hemant Kumar
Lyricist : Shakeel Badayuni

mohd rafi for kishore kumar

I like this video link, Mohd. Rafi singing for Kishore Kumar. Some people might hate it, purists who like either one of them too much that is. No, I am not one of them. I think it is possible to admire both. oh and there is still room for Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan :P

na jee bhar ke dekha

na kuch baat kii
badi aarzoo thi mulaqat kii

This from experience, always happens, the stuff you anticipate, disappoints you like no body's business. Moral of the story - do not get your hopes up, no matter what.

:)

Here are two versions, I like the words in the first one better

khuda ke liye kuch to irshad ho
duhaai ho shikwa ho fariyaad ho
koi tarjumani ho jazbaat ki
badi aarzoo thi mulaqat ki

tumne mujhe dekha ho kar meherbaan

ruk gayi ye zameen, tham gaya aasmaan.

It's a beautiful song, I love his voice, I am not too crazy about the presentation in the movie, but I guess the movie is for storytelling. To me personally, this is a very happy song, vibrant, apart from the fact that I worry ki zameen kitni baar rukegi yaar, aur kis kis ke liye rukegi, aur baaz ek logon ke liye to baar baar rukti hogi na ;) some people just have all the luck in life.Don't you hate those people. :D

Here are both the videos, you decide for yourself which one you like better.





Movie: Teesri Manzil (1966)
Singer: Mohd. Rafi

jeet hi lenge baazi hum tum

On the whole I think this is a very hopeful song. These are my most favourite lines
१) प्यार का बंधन जनम का बंधन, जनम का बंधन टूटे न
२) मिलने कि खुशी न मिलने का गम ,ख़त्म ये झगडे हो जाये
एंड
३) मैं भी न छोडूँ पलभर दामन, तू भी पलभर रूठे न....

okay wait, I think I like all of it :)




Movie: Shola aur Shabnam (1961)
Singers: Mohd. Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director : Khaiyyaam

ek tera saath humko do jahan se pyara hai

I love this song, its just... beautiful, a bit too idealistic, but, yeah, that is not a flaw in my book so...

I love that part
हम अकेले हैं, शहनाईयां चुप हैं, तो कंगना बोलता है
तू जो चलती है, छोटे से आँगन में, चमन सा डोलता हैं
आज घर हम ने, मिलन के रंग से संवारा है

here a you tube link, I could not find the video if you have one send me the link.

chal ri sajni

I love this song for it stands for a philosophy of life.

चल री सजनी अब क्या सोचे?
कजरा न बह जाये रोते रोते.

The way I look at it, it says, there is a time to think and a time to NOT think. You see, जब डोली जा रही है, अब वो तो सोचने का टाइम नही है न । टाइम तो तब था न, जब घरवाले पूछ रहे थे कि बेटे शादी करनी है कि नहीं। तब सोचने का टाइम था । अब इस वक़्त सोचने से किसी का भला नहीं होने वाला, अब तो जो होना था वो हो गया। तो भाया राम नाम जपो और जितनी हो सके उतनी अच्छे से निभाओ। बस।

so, I think it is very important in life to learn when not to think. When not to unnecessarily complicate your life.

tum to dil ke taar ched kar

tum to dil ke taar ched kar ho gaye bekhabar
chaand ke tale jalenge hum, ai sanam, raat bhar

oooooooooh! beautiful :D

I kinda like this part:

Tumko neend aayegi,
tum to so hi jaaoge,
kiska le liya hai dil,
ye bhi bhool jaaoge,
ye to keh do ek baar,
khaab me to aaoge….

i guess it is hard to not like a Dev Anand Song.

its not a very good print, but this is the best i found so far so...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnhmRhjTM8

ik pardesi mera dil

i love this song.
ik pardesi mera dil le gaya, jaate jaate meetha meetha gam de gaya....

its this weird thing, its fun, its bubbly and yet it is somehow sad. i have a very hard time saying why this feels like a sad song to me, inspite of its upbeat tone. the crazy thing is even that bit about - mere pardesia ki yehi hai nisani, akhiyan billaur ki seese ki jawani - i find sad, ab matlab isme to koi dukh ki baat nahi hai, par... and the thing is it is not the kind of sad that makes you want to cry or something, its the kind of sad that makes you smile and sing and dance, just walk around with this gay happy expression while carrying a core of sadness inside you. shoot, i love this song.

tu husn hai main ishq hoon

i remember this definite period in third sem, when i was smitten and i mean smitten by hamraaz songs. its like you have heard something all your life and then out of the blue you listen to it again and you go, wow that was amazing. and then you sit and wonder how come you never noticed that before. that is a lot like what happened to me with hamraaz songs, particularly the
tu husn hai main ishq hoon tu mujh me hai main tujhme hoon,
main isse zyada kya kahoon tu mujh me hai main tujhme hoon

and specifically by these lines, the way they are sung, written , all of it
kahaan saleeeeeeeeem ka rutba, kahan aanrkali
ye aisi shaakh-e-tammana hai jo kabhi na phali
na bujh sakegi bujhane se ahel-e-duniya ke
vo shamma jo teri aankhon se mere dil me jali
:D

and then this one part
huzoor ek na ek din to ye baat aayegi
ke takht -o-taaj bhalen hain, ki ik kaneez bhali?

and then the response, which only the very young, the very naive, or the die hard romantics can find romantic
main takht-o-taaj ko thukra kar, tujhko le loonga,
ke takht-o-taaj se teri gali ki khaak bhali...

right! if you insist.

main tere ishq me

i don't think i ever paid attention to this song too much, only tonight as i was driving home i had an exceptionally blank mind and i ended up listening to it.
main tere ishq me mar na jaoon kahin tu mujhe aazmaane ki koshish na kar...
so, i wouldn't say i missed something over the years or anything, the lyrics are fine, but i must say i liked this particular line
yaad beshaq na kar tu mujhe gham nahi
han, magar bhool jaane ki koshish na kar
i don't know why, but that says something to me. i get it. i sort of understand where she is coming from, that if he tries to forget her, that is an active rejection, its not the general, i got so busy with my life i never really thought of you, its like yeah you were that bad, i wanted to forget you.

wait, actually, i am re-thinking this now. may be it is a good thing that he is trying to forget her, she at least had that sort of an impact. to merit an effort ...

ah! i don't know i am too tired and its way too late... gnite.

hum yaad karten hain

i like this song, the rest of the lyrics are not that great, but the starting is nice
kahan ho tum
zara awaaz do
hum yaad karten hain

it sounds very royal, regale, just short of an order. bilkul haq se koi kahe, ki, dhyan kidhar rehta hai tumhara, kis kis chakkar me pad jaate ho, ab ho gaya ho sab kuch, to zara awaaz do, hum yaad karten hain.



Movie: Malhaar (1951)
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh

hum tum se juda ho ke

हम तुम से जुदा हो के,
मर जायेंगे रो रो के

झूठ है जी । बिलकुल मिथ्या है, गप्प है, कपोल कल्पना है। कोई ना मरता किसी से जुदा हो के । मैंने तो न देखा जी ऐसा नजारा ।

तो अब आप कहोगे की फिर क्यों चुना है यह गाना songs i like की category में ?तो मैं कहूँगी की फिर क्या हुआ ? अगर खुशी के आंसू हो सकतें हैं, तो थोडी देर के लिए झूठ मूठ की बात पसंद भी तो आ सकती है | अब आप कहोगे की ये क्या logic हुआ? चलो फिर, पसंद इसलिए है कि इस गाने में एक पंक्ति आती है, which happens to be a very powerful combination of words.

एक मौज किनारे से
मिलने को तरसती है

एक तस्वीर सी नही बनती? कि दूर समंदर के बीचों बीच, एक लहर है, जो बाहर आना चाहती है। उस अथाह सागर के बोझ तले दबी हुई - कैद । उसकी सांसो में समुद्र हिलता है। उसकी विकलता पर जहाज़ तैरते हैं। उसकी वेदना वाश्प बन कर उड़ती है - जिससे जल चक्र चलता है। वो धरती के गर्भ से ऊर्जा ले कर जल्जन्तुओं को पहुंचाती है, और जब वो खर्च हो कर सतह तक पहुँचती है तो उसकी आह बदल बन कर उठती है। चांदनी रात में वो जब रुक कर अपने साहिल को देखती है तो लोग समझते हैं कि समुद्र ज्वार पर है।

तो अब आप कहोगे कि लो भइया, बेगानी सादी में अब्दुल्लाह दीवाना। किसी और के तकलीफ पर तुम काहें कविता कर रही हो? तो मैं कहूँगी कि, कि,....

तो मैं कहूँगी कि भाई तुम सवाल बहुत पूछते हो। चुप चाप रिक्से चलाओ अपना। देर हो रही है हमें। चबर चबर लगा रख्खी है। हुंह ।