Saala main to saahab ban gayaa
Posted on: May 29, 2009
It was a song that I as a young kid just loved to listen to. I had not watched its picturisation till a few days ago, but that in no way prevented me from enjoying this song.
This lighthearted song is a drunkard song, as I can see from the picturisation. Dilip Kumar gets high on a party and sings this song, where he imagines himself to be a “Saahab” and others to be his minions. Om Prakash also joins in the singing, pooh poohing Dilip Kumar’s delusins of grandeur.
This fun song from “Sagina” was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and composed by S D Burman. Kishore Kumar sings for Dilip Kumar and Pankaj Mitra sings for Om Prakash in this song.
It is a nice fun song, and everyone will enjoy listening to this song and indeed watching it.
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Song-Saala main to saahab ban gayaa (Sagina) (1974) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Mitra Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-S D Burman
Lyrics
saalaa main to saahab ban gayaa
arre, saalaa main to saahab ban gayaa,
saahab banke kaisaa tan gayaa
ye suit meraa dekho ye boot meraa dekho,
jaisaa goraa koyi London kaa, haa!
saalaa main to saahab ban gayaa haain
saahab banke kaisaa tan gayaa
ye suit meraa dekho ye boot meraa dekho,
jaisaa goraa koyi London kaa, haa!
he he he
waah fakeere
waah fakeere, suit pahankar kaisaa koode phaande
waah fakeere
waah fakeere, suit pahankar kaisaa koode phaande
kawwa jaise pankh mayur ke apni dum mein baandhe
apni dum mein baandhe
apni dum mein baandhe !?
arre kyaa jaano hum is bhejaa mein kyaa-kyaa nakshaa kheenchaa
kyaa jaano hum is bhejaa mein kyaa-kyaa nakshaa kheenchaa
Leadar log ki oonchi baaten, kyaa samjhe tum neechaa
kyaa samjhe tum neechaa?
meraa wo sab jaahilpan gayaa!
he sala main to saahab ban gayaa
Attention !
saalaa main to to saahab ban gayaa, hain
saahab banke kaisaa tan gayaa
ye suit meraa dekho,ye boot meraa dekho,
jaisaa goraa koyi London kaa, haa!
ra pap pap pap ra pap pap pap
he he he he
soorat hai bandar ki phir bhi lagti hai albeli
soorat hai bandar ki phir bhi lagti hai albeli
kaisaa raajaa bhoj banaa hai meraa Ganguu teli
kyaa Gangu teli ?
tum langoti-waalaa na badlaa hai na badlegaa
tum langoti-waalaa na badlaa hai na badlegaa
tum sab kaalaa log kaa kismat, ham saalaa badlegaa
ham saalaa badlegaa
(cough cough)
seenaa dekho kaisaa tan gayaa !! ha.
saalaa main to to saahab ban gayaa, hain
saahab banke kaisaa tan gayaa
ye suit meraa dekho,ye boot meraa dekho
jaisaa goraa koyi London kaa, haa!
jaisaa goraa koyi London
6 Responses to "Saala main to saahab ban gayaa"
June 13, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Am hearing this song after ages !!!
Brings back memories, like most songs of the 70s.
Was very popular in its time though the movie crashed at the box-office.
Total timepass song which my friends and I used to sing a lot in school.
I was singing along today with the song “soorat hai bandar ki phir bhi lagti hai albeli, kaisa raja bhoj bana hai mera gangu teli” and “tu langoti waala na badla hai na badlega”. 🙂
I think I last sang these lines in the mid-70s.
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August 12, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Wow, another song that I completely forgot :). What a wonderful feeling to listen to it again after all these years. Thank you Atul Ji :).
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February 14, 2017 at 9:22 pm
As far as I remember this is the only song in Dilip Kumar’s career which had Kishore Kumar giving playback for him. So in a way it is a historic song.
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May 31, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Oh what a fun song this is. The film was a remake of the original Bengali “Sagina Mahato” directed by Tapan Sinha also starring Dilip Kumar and Saira Bano. It was a huge hit in Bengal. I don’t know how the Hindi version fared. It was also shot in the tea country in Darjeeling Atul 🙂 I think a song or two was picturized in that setting.
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