Kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
Posted on: April 29, 2009
The music of “Chitralekha” (1964) was a labour of love for Roshan. He had great hopes that his music and the movie would be great success. But the movie as well as its music failed to win the approval of audience. Roshan was heartbroken.
Well, Indian audiences were not mature enough to appreciate this kind of quality that went over their head.They would rather have their familiar kind of lighter songs than classical raga based songs.
“Chitralekha” is full of superb songs that should have deserved better fate. But none of these songs came anywhere in contention in the popularity stakes ( for instance Binaca geetmala ). In fact, Ameen Sayani specially made a mention of this fact in a Binaca geetmala programme where he expressed his disappointment that “Chitralekha”, arguably one of the best ever musical blockbusters should receive such a luke warm response from audience.
Nevertheless, such songs have survived, and those we can still listen to these songs and appreciate them.
Here is a song “Kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa” from “Chitralekha”. It is based on raag Kalavati and it is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Usha Mangeshkar. Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the lyrics.
This song is a superb example of a semi classical song and dance.
Here is this song from “Chitralekha”.
Song-Kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa (Chitralekha) (1964) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Sahir Ludhianvi, MD-Roshan
Lyrics
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
jiyaraa
yauvan ritu sajan jaake naa aaye
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
nit nit jaage naa
nit nit jaa… jaage naa
nit nit jaa…jaage naa
nit nit jaage naa
soyaa singaar
soyaa singaar
jhanan jhan jhanan, nit naa bulaaye
kaahe jiyaraa tarsaaye
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
nit nit aaye na
nit nit aa…aaye na
nit nit aa…aaye na
nit nit aaye na
tan pe nikhaar
tan pe nikhaar
pawan man suman nit na khilaaye
kaahe jiyraa tarsaaye
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
nit nit barse naa
nit nit bar…barse naa
nit nit bar…barse naa
nit nit barse naa
ras ki phuhaar
ras ki phuhaar
sapan ban gagan, nit naa lutaaye
kaahe jiyaraa tarsaaye
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
jiyaraa
4 Responses to "Kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa"
May 16, 2009 at 2:07 am
Yes, this is a song that failed to take off, mainly because the movie itself failed to take off.
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3 | Shafique Pathan
June 30, 2025 at 5:58 pm
song picturized on Bela Bose, Naseem, Neeta Singh , Rehana.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:28 pm
Good Evening Atulji,
Very beautiful song.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards and blessings
Uma🙏
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May 15, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Yes, beautiful song indeed. Evokes faint memories from the dim past. I have heard this song in my childhood but then forgotten it until now.
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