Raahi mil gaye raahon mein
Posted on: September 15, 2009
“Dil Deke Dekho” (1959) was one of the earlier Shammi Kapoor movies where Shammi Kapoor was seen with his tradmark mannerisms.
This song is a car song, where Shammi Kapoor is driving and a very young Asha Parekh is seated in the passenger seat. The car is obviously a US make convertible, seeing that it is a left hand drive vehicle.
They are followed close behind by Shammi Kapoor’s trusted sidekick, Rajendranath, wearing a vest and driving a right hand drive car.
Rafi sings this song with the usual gusto that he reserved for Shammi Kapoor songs. Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist and Usha Khanna is the music director. So O P Nayyar and Usha Khanna had the distinction of creating Shammi Kapoor style music before Shankar Jaikishan.
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Song-Raahi mil gaye raahon mein (Dil Deke Dekho) (1959) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-Usha Khanna
Lyrics
laralala
hmmm hmmm
larala
hoho haha
raahi mil gaye raahon mein,
baaten huyin nigaahon mein
dil samjhaa ham samjhe
iqraar ho gayaa
hoho ho
raahi mil gaye raahon mein,
baaten huyin nigaahon mein
dil samjhaa ham samjhe
iqraar ho gayaa
wallaah pyaar ho gayaa
pyaar ho gayaa
hamen pyaar ho gayaa
pyaar ho gayaa
jo huaa so huaa
dard mile yaa dawaa
jo huaa so huaa
dard mile yaa dawaa
ulfat mein kaahe kaa gham
jo hogaa dekhenge ham
ulfat mein kaahe kaa gham
jo hogaa dekhenge ham
honaa thaa dil ko
shikaar ho gayaa
ab to pyaar ho gayaa
pyaar ho gayaa
haay pyaar ho gayaa
pyaar ho gayaa
koyi chalaa jaayegaa
phir koyi pachhtaayegaa
koyi chalaa jaayegaa
phir koyi pachhtaayegaa
jaagenge soye soye
sochenge khoye khoye
jaagenge soye soye
sochenge khoye khoye
koyi thaa unpe nisaar ho gayaa
aeji pyaar ho gayaa
pyaar ho gayaa
hamen pyaar ho gayaa
pyaar ho gayaa
ho raahi mil gaye raahon mein,
baaten huyin nigaahon mein
dil samjhaa ham samjhe
iqraar ho gayaa
wallaah pyaar ho gayaa
haan pyaar ho gayaa
hamen pyaar ho gayaa
pyaar ho gayaa
5 Responses to "Raahi mil gaye raahon mein"
September 16, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I love this too, and I’m *so envious* of Asha sitting next to Shammi as he drives and sings.
Plus, Rajendranath is hilarious. Lalitha—it’s being towed because Rajendranath and Asha were driving together and his car broke down—his rival for her affections, Shammi, just “happens” to come along and rescue them—but only if she will sit up front with him in his car.
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September 16, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Rajendranath is hilarious. But what is the explanation for Rajendranath wearing a vest ? Did he literally lose his shirt ?
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September 17, 2009 at 8:32 pm
He had taken it off to tinker with the car engine, and I guess never put it back on 🙂 That’s how I remember it anyway. Just looking at him usually gets me giggling—and he was quite a good-looking man too.
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September 18, 2009 at 8:43 am
yes he was a good looking man, and available too- as he never married.
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September 15, 2009 at 11:11 pm
I love this song! I remember seeing it with friends (or maybe my cousins!) and remarking on the fact that the car at the back, being driven by Rajendranath, is actually being towed by the first car, and you can see the tow rope every now and then! I have absolutely no idea why it was being towed.
I love the energy in the song.
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