Chanda jaa Chandaa jaa re jaa
Posted on: November 23, 2009
There are songs with similar opening lines in “Ziddi” (1948) and well as in “Private Secretary” (1962). Both these songs are sung by Lata and both are superb songs.
I was not familar with the “Chandaa jaa” song of “Manmauji” (1962). I became aware of this song only because of farmaish of this song by Lalitha. When I searched for this song and listened to it, I was awestruck.
This song too is sung by Lata. She has sung it beautifully. Rajinder Krishan’s lyrics are superb, as always. In fact, in my opinion, he was perhaps the most versatile lyricist of that era, who could write superb songs on any genre.
What what does one say about Madan Mohan. In this same movie, he came up with the music of “Zaroorat hai zaroorat hai” and “main to tum sang nain milaake”. And then this song !
What creative geniuses we had those days.
And I have not yet talked about the picturisation. The song is picturised beautifully on Sadhana and Kishore Kumar. sadhana is singing about her love in private, certain that she is alone. But Kishore Kumar is also there, eavesdropping on her.
It is a very nice and beautifully picturised song. They do not make songs like this now a days.
Song-Chandaa jaa Chanda jaa re jaa (Manmauji) (1962) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Madan Mohan
Lyrics
laa laa laa laa laa laa
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
kaahe aayaa hai akelaa tujhe maanoon albelaa
mere piyaa ko bhi sang le aa
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
aa tujhko pahchaan bataa doon wo lagtaa hai kaisaa
nadiyaa mein mukh dekh le apnaa wo bhi hogaa waisaa
vo jo aaye to bindiyaa sajaa doon
kaali-kaali ye lat bikhraa doon
meraa itnaa sandesaa de aa
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
kaahe aayaa hai akelaa tujhe maanoon albelaa
mere piyaa ko bhi sang le aa
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
dekh use kahnaa meri nindiyaa ho gayi sautan meri
mere sang-sang bairan hogi baat takat hai teri
chandaa denaa tu meri gawaahi
ham donon hain pyaar ke raahi
bas itnaa to saath nibhaa
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
kaahe aayaa hai akelaa tujhe maanoon albelaa
mere piyaa ko bhi sang le aa
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa re
chandaa jaa chandaa jaa re jaa
5 Responses to "Chanda jaa Chandaa jaa re jaa"
November 24, 2009 at 9:30 am
Nice to see you back here, bemused321. And thanks for the information about the youtube videos.
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November 24, 2009 at 8:42 am
‘Awestruck’ is the right expression to describe the reaction after watching this song . Everything about it is beautiful. Keep up the good work.
By the way, someone recently posted the original film videos of Har Koi Chahata Hai in 4-parts on Youtube. You may want to see them. I used them to make a combination to go with the audio that you had reviewed. You may want to update your link.
Also, for your information, someone also uploaded a video of Dil Unko Uthake from Baap Bete on Youtube.
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