Yaad aa gayi wo nasheeli nigaahen
Posted on: September 16, 2009
I found Greta (Memsaab) discussing some sharaabi songs in her blog and that set me thinking. Obviously there must be a large number of such songs, and I too have posted many such songs in this blog. But there must be countless more.
As if on cue, I stumbled upon this dipsomaniac song from “Manzil” (1960). This song had Dev Anand heavily drunk and singing in Hemant Kumar’s voice. Unlike many drunkard songs, where the singing voice is steady, even when the character is supposed to be punch drunk, this song is sung convincingly by Hemant Kumar, and he sings it the way a drunkard would sound.
Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist and S D Burman is the music director.
Considering that I was not aware of this song till now, this song may be a relatively rarer song. Or may be this speaks more about my ignorance than the rarity of this song itself. In any case, I am happy to have stumbled upon this gem of a song.
According to HFGK, this song has one happy version and one sad version. The movie appears to have one Romantic (happy version) whereas two sad versions- one shows Dev Anand singing in a drunk condition and another where he is seen singing in a stage infront of housefull audience.
Romantic version
Sad version I
Sad version II
Song-Yaad aa gayin wo nasheeli nigaahen (Manzil) (1960) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-S D Burman
Lyrics
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Happy version
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yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
yaaron thhaam lena
thhaam lena meri baahen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
yaaron thhaam lena
thhaam lena meri baahen
yaad aa gayi
wo nasheeli nigaahen
jaam kab hamne piya hai
ye gham-e-dil ka nasha hai
jaam kab hamne piya
hai ye gham-e-dil ka nasha
hai
kya jaanoon girke sambhalana aa
haan
mera sang sang chalna
yaaro thaham lena
thhaam lena meri baahen
yaad aa gayi
wo nasheeli nigaahen
hai unhin aankhon ki nishaani ee
ye meri zakhmi jawaani ee
hai unhin aankhon ki nishaani ee
ye meri zakhmi jawaani
main in zakhmon ko see ke ae
kya karoon hosh mein j eeke
yaaron thhaam lena
thhaam lena meri baanhen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
yaaron thhaam lena
thaam lena meri baanhen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
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Sad version I
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yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
yaaron
thhaam lena
thhaam lena
meri baanhen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
jaam
kab hamne piya
hai ye
gham e dil ka nasha
haan
jaam kab hamne piya
hai ye
gham e dil ka nasha
aa
kyaa jaanoon gir ke sambhalna
aaa
mere sang sang chalna
yaaron thhaam lena
thhaam lena
meri baanhen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
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Sad version II
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yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
yaaron
thhaam lena
thhaam lena
meri baanhen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
yaaron
thhaam lena
thhaam lena
meri baanhen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
jaam
kab hamne piya
hai ye
gham e dil ka nasha
haan
jaam kab hamne piya
hai ye
gham e dil ka nasha
main
kyaa jaanoon gir ke sambhalna
aaa
mere sang sang chalna
yaaron thhaam lena
thhaam lena
meri baanhen
yaad aa gayin
wo nasheeli nigaahen
hai unhin aankhon ki nishaani ee
ye meri zakhmi jawaani
hai unhin aankhon ki nishaani ee
ye meri zakhmi jawaani
main in zakhmon ko see ke
kya karoon hosh mein jee ke
8 Responses to "Yaad aa gayi wo nasheeli nigaahen"
September 16, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I just realised that S D Burman used quite a few singers to sing for Dev Anand, viz Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar. There may be a few more too.
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September 17, 2009 at 2:33 am
Yes. Talat mahmood “Jayen to Jayen Kahan” from the film Taxi Driver.
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September 17, 2009 at 3:09 am
Yes, I had forgotten about Talat Mehmood. So it means that S D Burman used five different singers to sing for Dev Anand, viz- Talat Mehmood, Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar !
Who knows, he may have used Mukesh too.
I know that other music directors have used Mukesh as the voice of Dev Anand.
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March 14, 2019 at 1:09 pm
Ghulam Mohd. used the voice of Mukesh beautifully for Dev Anand in Shair–Ye Duniya Hai Yahan Dil Ka Lagana Kis Ko Aata Hai. I am not aware about other MDs
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September 17, 2009 at 3:46 pm
If you add “vahaan kaun hai tera musaafir jaayega kahaan” by dada himself from guide, then you will have six singers.
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March 14, 2019 at 9:03 am
No complaints about the song. A great one by HK. But in the song scene( Stage SCene) the mike is kept away from the singer Dev Aanand just as an unavoidable nuisance. . But still the voice is clearly heard.Must have been a highly sensitive mike.
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March 15, 2019 at 1:09 am
S D Burman ,using Mukesh in background song on Dev Anand.
https://atulsongaday.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/chal-ri-sajni-ab-kya-soche/
Even S-J, used Talat Mehmood and Hemant Kumar for Dev Anand in Patita 1953.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
September 16, 2009 at 3:33 pm
This film, though not as popular as other Dev Anand- Nutan films had some very good songs, because of which it ran fairly well. This song was of course classic.
Music Director S.D.Burman, had this ability of choosing the right singer for the song he composed. Picturisation of the song, the lip movement of the hero synchronizing with the lyrics, bringing out right emotions all made the songs memorable.
Madhusudan,
Hyderabad.
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