Ghunghtaa gira hai zara ghunghtaa uthaa de
Posted on: June 11, 2009
“Palkon ki Chhaon mein”(1977) was a movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini. Despite boasting such big names, and despite a very nice storyline, the movie was a box office failure.
Those days Gulzar was at the peak of his lyrical prowess. He would mostly work with R D Burman, but here he got to work with Laxmikant Pyarelal. and what nice songs they created in this movie !
Like the movie, its songs too have been forgotten, but one cannot but love the songs of this movie if one gets an opportunity to listen to them.
I have posted the heart touching song “Daakiyaa dak laaya” from this movie earlier.
Here is another very nice song from this movie. This song “Ghunghtaa gira hai zara ghunghtaa uthaa de” is bound to touch the heart strings of the listeners.
It is sung by Lata and picturised on Hema Malini. What a gem of a song this is !
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Song-Ghunghta gira hai zara ghunghtaa utha de..Koi mere maathe ki bindiya saja de(Palkon Ki chaaon mein) (1977) Singer-Lata, Lyrics- Gulzar, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Lyrics
ho ho
ho o ho ho ho
ghunghta giraa hai zara ghunghta utha de re
ghunghta giraa hai zara
ghunghta giraa hai zara ghunghta utha de re
koi mere maathe ki bindiyaa sajaa de re
koi mere maathe ki
koi mere maathe ki bindiyaa sajaa de re
main dulhan si lagti hoon
dulhan bana de re
koi mere maathe ki
aankhon me raat kaa kaajal lagaake
main aangan me thande sawere bicchaa doon
aankhon me raat kaa kaajal lagaake
main aangan me thande sawere bichchaa doon
main aangan me thande sawere bichchaa doon
ke pairon me mehandi ki agni lagaa de re
koi mere maathe ki bindiya sazaa de
ghunghta gira hai zaraa
na chithhi hi aayi na sandesha aaya
har aahat pe aane ka andesha aaya
na chithhi hi aayi na sandesha aaya
har aahat pe aane ka andesha aaya
har aahat pe aane ka andesha aaya
koi jhoothi moothi kiwadiya hilaa de re
koi mere maathe ki bindiya sajaa de re
main dulhan si lagti hoon
7 Responses to "Ghunghtaa gira hai zara ghunghtaa uthaa de"
June 12, 2009 at 4:48 am
Thanks for this upload Atul. “Palkon…” was such a lovely film, beautiful music as you say, it’s got one of Kishore’s saddest songs (Ladkhadaane do mujhe hosh mein ruswaai hain). Pity about it failing mainly I suspect because that was Rajesh’s down period. One of his best performances in my opinion. And for once, a fairly authentic portrayal of village life in India. I understand though that it was very popular in the small towns and villages and the ‘dakiya’ song is the iconic postman song. Apparently ‘Palkon..’ inspired Benegal’s ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ that released in 2008 and got written about a bit in the papers because of the connection.
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June 12, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Yes, “welcome to Sajjanpur” bears some resemblance to this movie.
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June 13, 2009 at 7:31 pm
At first I did not recognise this song…till I heard “koi mere maathe..”.
That clicked immediately. I used to like this song a lot.
Very nice song.
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March 20, 2012 at 4:00 pm
New and clear video link eventhough the audio is not clear:
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
June 11, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Wow..Daakiya Daak Laya was from this same movie…I had heard that song so many time, but never knew which movie it was from.
This melody reminds me of the one from Lamhe too where the second Sridevi would sing in anticipation of Anil Kapoor’s love.
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