Ye zindagi hai yo-yo
Posted on: September 26, 2010
When I was a kid, I obviously loved to play with toys. One toy that I loved was the one that had a round object attached to an elastic string. You held one end of the strings to your hand and threw the round object away, which would come back to your palm again. This back and forth motion of the object where the object, despite being thrown away always came back to you, like a bad coin or an obedient dog, was a source of great amusement to kids like me.
And inteestingly, we did not know what that plaything was called. I think we knew it by some unique Bihari name which I no longer remember.
Only much later I came to know that it was called yo-yo.
And now I find that yo-yo was not a plaything of 1970s, rather it was in existence from a much earlier date.
I never know that this humble yo-yo find a mention in a Hindi song. In fact, this is not just a passing mention, rather the entire song is devoted to yo-yo and the word yo-yo figures in the song almost fifty times.
And who is the actor on whom this fun song is picturised. One would guess a comedian like Johny Walker or Mehmood, but that is not the case. The song is picturised on Manmohan Krishna, who is normally known for playing bit roles of a person who is always miserable and who makes others around him miserable too. So it is a goo change of image for Manmohan Krishna. I in fact never imagined in my wildest of dreams that Mamohan Krishna ever figured in the picturisation of a song.
There is more ! The song is not only picturised on Manmohan Krishna, the song is sung by Manmohan Krishna too. Yes, indeed he is the singer of this fun song.
Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist and Anil Biswas is the music director. This song is from “Aaraam” (1951).
Here is this obscure, but fun song from “Aaraam” (1951).
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Ssong-Ye zindagi hai yo-yo (Aaraam)(1951) Singer-Manmohan Krishna, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics
ye
zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye
zindagi hai yo-yo
yo-yo yo-yo yo-yo yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye
zindagi hai yo-yo
yo-yo ki beqaraari hissaa hai zindagi kaa
yo-yo ki beqaraari hissaa hai zindagi kaa
yo-yo ki gardishon mein kissaa hai zindagi kaa
kissaa hai zindagi kaa
gardish to zahar peenaa
jeenaa nahin hai pyaare
gardish mein hi mazaa hai
ye kah rahi hai yo-yo
garadish mein hi mazaa hai
ye kah rahi hai yo-yo
garadish mein hi mazaa hai
ye kah rahi hai yo-yo
ye
zindagi hai yo-yo
yo-yo yo-yo yo-yo yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye
zindagi hai yo-yo
chhede koi taraanaa
aur koi ro rahaa hai
chhede koi taraanaa
aur koi ro rahaa hai
din-raat ik tamaashaa
duniyaa mein ho rahaa hai
duniyaa mein ho rahaa hai
jo kuchh bhi ho rahaa hai
hotaa rahegaa pyaare
chal tu bhi aise jaise
ye chal rahi hai yo-yo
chal tu bhi aise jaise
ye chal rahi hai yo-yo
chal tu bhi aise jaise
ye chal rahi hai yo-yo
ye
zindagi hai yo-yo
yo-yo yo-yo yo-yo yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye
zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
ye zindagi hai yo-yo
6 Responses to "Ye zindagi hai yo-yo"
July 24, 2012 at 8:23 am
how surprising that man who does a little bit of role as sad person of any role whether garib , paisewalla or orphan or father, uncle and what not of role. but always sad , is given to sing for the character and again he is singing himself. may i request music lovers to tell me whether any film or films where he has sung?
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November 4, 2012 at 4:55 pm
A very interesting and different song :). Thank you Atul Ji.
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March 28, 2015 at 6:16 pm
There are at least three other songs picturised on Mamohan Krishna in other films.
1. “Tu Hindu banega na Musalman banega” – Rafi, N. Dutta, Sahir Ludhiyanvi from “Dhool ka Phool” – already mentioned in an earlier comment.
2. “Basti basti, parbat parbat” – Rafi, Madan Mohan, Sahir Ludhiyanvi from “Railway Platform”.
3. “Badi der bhai” – Rafi, Shankar Jaikishan, Shailendra from “Basant Bahar”. Binaca geetmala -1957:22
In the other song from Aaram – “Shukriya ae pyaar teraa”, I believe the following can be observed. Manmohan Krishna introduces Talat Mehmood and then accompanies him as a tabla player.
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March 28, 2015 at 9:36 pm
Manmohan krishna was a regular singer in his early career.
He sang in his debut film-Jeevan Yatra-46,then in Andhon ki duniya-47,Matwala shayar Ramjoshi-47(8 songs),Apna desh and Afsar-50,Aaram-51,Railway Platform etc. Last song was in Shahar aur sapna-63. He did few Radio programmes also in the 60s. He acted in almost 250 films too.
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May 20, 2021 at 2:47 pm
Saw the movie for the first time ever. Interesting to note that Manmohan Krishna also had some comedy in his character and a little dishoom dishoom in the climax. God knows how he got stuck in fatherly roles and serious characters.
Even Durga Khote was different in this, not the sacrificing sugar coated mother but a rather selfish (not mean mind you) one who has the good of her son in her mind. That is rather realistic
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September 27, 2010 at 10:35 am
hey this is a nice discovery. an entertaining song. is this also a stage song? and was it Master Jagdeep towards the end of the song. and lastly this is not the only song featuring Manmohan Krishna. even “tu Hindu Banega Na Muslmaan Banega” was on Manmohan Krishna. yes?
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