Gore nahin hum kaale sahi
Posted on: October 26, 2008
In Bollywood masala songs, there is this typical situation where the hero must enter the high security den of the villain. The hero makes it to the den in disguise and the villains are unable to identify, despite his disguise often being nothing more than a thin moustache.
I was wondering how to classify such songs. Now I have christened such songs as “disguise song”. This particular “disguise song” from “Desh Premee” sees both hero and heroine entering the villain’s den in disguise as the lead dancers of the dancing troupe in the den. Just how exactly the lead actors convinced the dancing troupe to let them beome the lead dancers is a secret that Bollywood movie makers have not yet made public to this date.
In this song, the disguise consisted of painting the body black and make the hairs curly and thus pose as being blacks. I would have thought that they should not have sung a Hindi song in that case. They should have sung a Carribbean song to make it look more authentic. The hero takes so much care in being disguised. He does not even sing in the voice of Kishore Kumar. His playback voice is also disguised. He sings in the voice of Laxmikant.
But in all this attention to detail, it is not explained how another Amitabh Bachchan ( father of the disguised Amitabh Bachchan) makes it to the party undetected. Not only the goons of the villain, even the disguised Amitabh fails to notice the resemblance.
All these inconsistencies make this a fun song. In fact, all songs of this movie are fun to listen to. Just listen to this song, and enjoy.
Video
Song- Gore nahin hum kaale sahi (Deshpremee) (1982) Singers-Laxmikant, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Lyrics
Gore nahin ham kaale sahi
ham naachne gaanewaale sahi
he
Gore nahin ham kaale sahi
ham naachne gaanewaale sahi
uu
tumsa ek nahin lalala humsa ek nahin
tumsa ek nahin lalala humsa ek nahin
Gore nahin ham kaale sahi
eh
ham naachne gaanewaale sahi
tumsa ek nahin lalala humsa ek nahin
tumsa ek nahin lalala humsa ek nahin
kya hai kahan hai hamen sab khabar hai ye maan lo
uuu uuu
kya hai kahan hai hamen sab khabar hai ye maan lo
sab par hamari baraabar nazar hai ye jaan lo
uuu uuu
masti me ham matwaale sahi
he
ham naachne gaanewale sahi
tumsa ek nahin lalala humsa ek nahin
tauba hamari muhabbat hamari jawaaniyan
uuu uuu
tauba hamari muhabbat hamari jawaaniyan
aankhen hamari sunaye hazaaro kahaaniyan
uuu uuu
hothon pe chhup ke taale sahi
he
hum naachne gaanewaale sahi
tumsa ek nahi lalala humsa ek nahi
dhoka karishma tamasha yahan ka riwaaz hai
uuu uuu
dhoka karishma tamasha yahan ka riwaaz hai
baahar shahar me sadak par andheron ka raaz hai
uuu uuu
andar ye dilkash ujaale sahi
he
hum naachne gaane waale sahi
tumsa ek nahi lalala humsa ek nahi
tumsa ek nahi lalala humsa ek nahi
2 Responses to "Gore nahin hum kaale sahi"
October 26, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Indeed a fun song.
I like your new classification “disguise” song. I am sure this can be quite a popular category. You need to also put “haal kya hai dilon ka” in this category.
How about another fun song that you could put up ? “Anhonee ko honee kar de…” ? Also in the “disguise” category ?
And “Raaz ki baat keh doon to…” ? Another nice song in this category.
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October 26, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I liked this movie a lot. In those days, popularity of a movie was judged by its repeat audience. If people watched a movie multiple times, then that movie was regarded as super hit. I recall news items mentioning people who watched “Sholay”, “Muqaddar ka Sikanrar” etc multiple times. Personally I watched this movie more times ( 5 times) than most other movies. That is how much I liked this movie.
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