Aaja piyaa tohe pyaar doon
Posted on: June 19, 2009
“Bahaaron ke sapne” (1967) was one of the first movies of Rajesh Khanna. In fact, it was the first Rajesh Khanna movie that tasted some box office success ( his earlier two movies “Aakhri Khat” and “Raaz” were damp squibs) and thus his career as an actor took off in Bollywood .
In this movie, Rajesh Khanna is paired with Asha Parekh.
This movie had music by R D Burman, who himself was new to music direction, in the sense that after his music direction debut in “Chhote Nawaab”, he cooled his heels for a few years before catching the eyes of Nassir Hussain who signed him up as music director in “Teesri Manzil”(1966). In fact, “Bahaaron ke sapne” too was a Nassir Hussain movie.
Here is a superb song from this movie. This song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar and is picturised on Asha Parekh. It is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.
I have heard this beautiful song “aaja piya tohe pyaar doon” many a times, but all these days I was not aware which movie this song was from. Now that I know that this song is from “Bahaaron ke sapne” and that it was composed by R D Burman, one can only admire the versatility of R D Burman. In this song, as in his debut song with Lata (“aaja ghir aaye badra” in “Chhote Nawaab”), R D Burman has utilised Lata’s voice nearly as nicely as Madan Mohan did.
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Song-Aaja piyaa tohe pyaar doon (Bahaaron ke sapne) (1967) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics
aa jaa piyaa tohe pyaar doon
gori baiyaan tope waar doon
kis liye tu, itnaa udaas
sookhe sookhe honth, ankhiyon mein pyaas
kis liye kis liye ho,
aa jaa piyaa tohe pyaar doon
ho gori baiyaan tope waar doon
kis liye tu, itnaa udaas
sookhe sookhe honth, ankhiyon mein pyaas
kis liye kis liye ho,
aa jaa piyaa tohe pyaar doon
ho gori baiyaan tope waar doon
jal chuke, hain badan kayi
piyaa isi raat mein
thake huye in haathon ko
dede mere, in haath mein
ho, sukh meraa lele, main dukh tere leloon
sukh meraa lele, main dukh tere leloon
main bhi jiyun tu bhi jiye
ho, aa jaa piyaa tohe pyaar doon
ho gori baiyaan tope waar doon
hone de re, jo ye julmi hai
path tere in gaaon ke
palkon se chun daaloongi main
kaante tere in paaon ke
ho, lat bikhraaye, chunariyaa bichhaaye
lat bikhraaye, chunariyaa bichhaaye
baithi hoon main , tere liye ho,
aa jaa piyaa tohe pyaar doon
ho gori baiyaan tope waar doon
kisliye tu itna udaas
sookhe sookhe honth ankhiyon me pyaas
kisliye kisliye
ho aaja piya tohe pyaar doon
ho gori bainaa
apni to jab ankhiyon se
bah chali, ik dhaar si
khil padi, wahi ek hansi
piyaa tere, is pyaar ki
ho, main jo nahin haari, saajan zaraa socho
main jo nahin haari, saajan zaraa socho
kis liye, kis liye ho, aa jaa piyaa tohe pyaar doon
ho gori bainya to pe waar doon
kisliye tu itna udaas
sookhe sookhe honth ankhiyon me pyaas
kisliye kisliye
ho aaja piya tohe pyaar doon
gori bainaa tope waar doon
10 Responses to "Aaja piyaa tohe pyaar doon"
June 20, 2009 at 3:37 am
Great film except for the last 15 minutes or so when it totally goes off the rails–a very compromised ending 😦 A very different Nasir Hussain. Dickensian style poverty, the despair of the educated graduate not being able to find a suitable job because of the absence of the right kind of connections, class issues–powerful stuff. Sublime songs. Beautifully shot in B/W. It got the award for best cinematography. Memsaab’s was a great review as usual.
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June 20, 2009 at 3:52 am
By the way, I thought I’d share this interesting anecdote from Rajesh on how RD composed his tunes especially as this dates from their “Baharon Ke Sapne” days.
“…At times he would even ‘dream’ of a melody and jot down the notations when he woke up. Just about any bizarre sound would inspire him. From a discordant car honking to an ear-splitting aircraft drone could inspire him. Once, Pancham and I were flying together to Delhi for the premiere of Baharon Ke Sapne. When the plane took off and started cruising, he started humming a catchy tune. The moment I heard it, I cajoled him to use it for one of my playback songs.
Months later, we were at the sitting of Kati Patang and we just could not get the right tune for a particular song which had a waltz metre. That’s when, fortunately, I could recall the same tune that RD had sung at 32,000 feet. This melody, which was instantly approved by director Shaktida Samanta, was none other than ‘Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai’. ”
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June 20, 2009 at 8:29 am
Lovely anecdote. It is this kind of snippets that I always look for. Thanks for sharing it.
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September 22, 2010 at 11:43 am
Rajesh Khanna – The Greatest Living Legend and the real & only Super Star of Indian Cinema till date.
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December 30, 2011 at 7:30 am
Very sultry and beautiful song sung in seductive tone. Not too many like this with Lata ji. You would expect this type of song, mostly from Asha Bhosle.
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February 17, 2017 at 12:14 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMsGd0HzKtM
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
June 19, 2009 at 9:15 pm
This is a gem of a song.
Btw, Atul, I think there is a typo in your description.
Where you say “Evening in Paris”, I suppose you meant “Teesri Manzil”.
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