Doli mein bithhaaike kahaar
Posted on: April 16, 2009
S D Burman was not only an outstanding music director, he was also a singer with a unique singing style and his songs, though few in numbers, have the ability to touch the heart strings of the listeners almost without fail.
Most of S D Burman’s movie songs were sung in the movies where he himself was the music director. In these movies, S D Burman song came at the beginning of the movie with the credits rolling in on the screen. Thus S D Burman songs would pave the way for the movie to proceed. That is how it was in many movies with S D Burman music. In a movie called “Zindagi Zindagi”, S D Burman song plays at the at the beginning of the movie, and another S D Burman song plays at the end.
One may wonder why S D Burman’s voice was not used by other music directors, the way Hemant Kumar’s voice was used by others. I think other music directors were not sure that S D Burman would agree to sing as a singer. Another reason could be that all the movies requiring S D Burman’s voice already had S D Burman signed up as a music director, so services of S D Burman as a singer was in any case available in these movies.
One movie where S D Burman sings for another music director was in “Amar Prem” (1971). Here R D Burman was the music director and he got his father to sing the song “doli mein bithaaike kahaar”. This song is as good as any S D Burman songs one is privileged to have heard. The lyrics by Anand Bakshi are truly outstanding. The combination of the two Burmans and Anand Bakshi creates sheer magic in this song.
“Amar Prem” is full of memorable songs, and this song, which is played at the beginning of the movie is indeed one of the unforgettable songs in Bollywood music.
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Part II
Song-Doli mein bithaaike kahaar (Amar Prem) (1971) Singer-S D Burman, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics
ho raamaa re, ho o raamaa
doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
laaye mohe sajnaa ke dvaar
o doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
beete din khushiyon ke chaar, deke dukh man ko hajaar
o doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
mar ke nikalnaa thaa, o, mar ke nikalnaa thaa
ghar se saanwariyaa ke jeete ji nikalnaa padaa
phoolon jaise paanwon mein, pad gaye ye chhaale re
kaanton pe jo chalnaa padaa
patjhad, o ban gayi patjhad, o ban gayi patjhad
bairan bahaar
doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
jitne hain aansoo meri, o, jitne hain aansoo meri
ankhiyon mein, utnaa nadiyaa mein naahin re neer
o likhnewaale toone likh di ye kaisi meri
tooti nayyaa jaisi taqdeer
uthaa maajhi, o maajhi, uthaa maajhi,
o maajhi re, uthaa maajhi
uthe patwaar
doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
toota pahle mere man, o, tootaa pahle man ab
choodiyaan tootin, ye saare sapne yoon choor
kaisaa huaa dhokhaa aayaa pawan kaa jhonkaa
mit gayaa meraa sindoor
lut gaye, o raamaa, lut gaye, o raamaa mere lut gaye
solah shringaar
doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
laaye mohe sajnaa ke dvaar
o doli mein bithaai ke kahaar
6 Responses to "Doli mein bithhaaike kahaar"
May 29, 2009 at 2:28 am
Indeed every song from Aradhana should make it someday.
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September 18, 2010 at 2:04 am
Atul,Thank you very much for lyrics..I apreciate your hard work..
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September 18, 2010 at 9:47 am
Thanks a lot for your kind words, Mr Dilip Gajjar.
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October 1, 2018 at 6:19 pm
Working video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjgZonF4fHY
Part of the song played towards the end of the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOpCEMgEJY
In a TV interview, Manohari Singh who was the music arranger along with Basu Chakraborty and Maruti Rao Keer for ‘Amar Prem’ (1972), revealed that S D Burman himself composed the song. The orchestration and recording of the song was done under the supervision of R D Burman. However, in the credit title of the film as well as in the CD cover, only R D Burman’s name was accredited as the music director.
Contrary to the usual song recording system in which singer would sing from Singer’s room. musicians would play their instruments from the music room and song recordist along with music director and others would sit in a separate room partitioned by the sound-proof glass partitions, S D Burman insisted on singing the song siting along with musicians like a live concert song. The song was accordingly recorded as such.
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October 1, 2018 at 8:20 pm
Thank you very much for sharing this interesting information !!!
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May 28, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Oh, lovely lovely 🙂 Could also upload SD’s “Safal hogi teri aradhana” from Aradhana please?
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