Raah mein unse mulaaqaat ho gayee
Posted on: February 16, 2023
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The other day when this song from the film Takshak(1999) appeared in the blog, it invoked memories of another film song of the same actors, a similar dance song, where Tabu is dancing with a group of girls, in day light this time. The song is from the film “Vijaypath”(1994), already posted in the blogAaiye aapka intezaar thhaa.
This is the only song to appear here. But this movie had other songs which were more popular, and one song became a controversial one. My own favourite song is this song filmed in outdoors, near a magnificent waterfall, parts of the song are filmed at the famed location of Vrindavan Garden in Mysore, which was as common location as Kashmir. It could be more common due to it being in south where more and more films were being made. Shooting for lots of hindi films produced by filmmakers from Mumbai were also largely done in Madras, Hyderabad etc.
The song in question is a romantic song tastefully composed by Anu Malik, and filmed on the same two actors, Tabu and Ajay Devgan. This was early on in both of their film career. Tabu’s first movie with Sanjay Kapoor, made by Boney Kapoor got delayed by several years. As artists both Tabu and Ajay Devgan have come a long way from those early years. Both have won laurels, recognition, and awards. Ajay Devgan was just another star kid, a small star’s kid, launched as action hero cum angry young man. His father being a fight master, he was showcased as a fight and stunt Hero with a soft heart and tendency for romance. He also had to do the song and dance routine with heroines. His movies did well mainly with Kajol, or they turned out to be well. I remember films like “Dil hi to hai” and “pyar to hona hi thha”. After the release of “Kuchh Kuchh hota hai”,Kajol and Ajay Devgan got married. Kajol stopped working for a few years. Making sporadic come backs, in Karan Johar’s films and Ajay Devgan’s home productions.
In this regard, I also remember an article in a film magazine, which gave detailed forecast about the career and personal life of some of the top leading actresses of the time. I remember reading about Tabu and Rani Mukherjee, and the life and career of these two are predicted accurately. Predictions, about careers is understandable, but personal life and life’s struggles, hurdles, how could anyone predict? and they turned out to be very close to what happened to them in general. Rani Mukherjee is a recluse now, just like her husband Aditya Chopra. Both Rani Mukherjee and Tabu were ambitious and serious about their careers, and they got their name and fame, in the film industry. Tabu is active in films and OTT, also. Notable film in recent times is “Drishyam’ and its sequel, which had both Ajay Devgan and Tabu in pivotal characters, giving performances of critical acclaim.
Ajay Devgan’s remarkable films are ‘Zakhm” and ‘Hum Dil de chuke sanam”. I have other songs filmed on him, which I plan to post. But a lingering memory from “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam”, of a scene, where Ajay Devgan sings “Chingari koyi bhadke to saawan usse bujha de”. I personally like all the songs of ‘Amar Prem” barring this one. And that scene affirmed my not liking the song. People sing and remember many RDB-Kishore-Rajesh Khanna songs, but no one goes to touch this one.
Here is the song, written by Zameer Kazmi, 8 minutes long, for only 3 stanzas, but absorbing one. The singers are Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu. The song talks of “mulaquat”, an interesting word in Urdu which means a magnitude of things. For the time being, I will suffice to say that it means, a meeting, an encounter, a surprising coming across, what and what not. Appropriately, there is a restaurant on the main street of a popular weekend destination for Mumbaikars named “Mulaaquat”. I personally do not know of any other place named such.
I have wanted to post this song for a long time now. So here is it, and I have hummed this one to myself many a times, visiting that restaurant.
Audio:
Video:
Song-Raah mein unse mulaaqaat ho gayee (Vijaypath)(1994) Singers-Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Lyrics-Zameer Kazmi, MD-Anu Malik
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Lyrics (as per audio)
Ah ha ha aaaa
ah ha ha haaa aaa
raah mein unn se
mulaquat ho gayee ee
raah mein unn se
mulaquat ho gayee ee
jis se darte thhe
wohi baati ho gayee
Ah ha ha aaaa
ah ha ha haaa aaa
raah mein unn se
mulaquat ho gayee ee
raah mein unn se
mulaquat ho gayee ee
jis se darte thhe
wohi baati ho gayee
Ah ha ha ha aaaa
ah ha ha haaa aaa
ishq ke naam se
dar lagtaa thha
dil ke anjaam se
dar lagtaa thha
ishq ke naam se
dar lagtaa thha
dil ke anjaam se
dar lagtaa thha
dil ke anjaam se
dar lagtaa thha
aashiqui wo hi
mere saathh ho gayi ee
aashiqui wo hi
mere saathh ho gayi ee
jis se darte thhe
wohi baati ho gayee
Ah ha ha ha aaaa
ah ha ha haaa aaa
tere bin kuchh nahin
bhaata hai mujhe
har taraf tu nazar
aat hai mujhe
tere bin kuchh nahin
bhaata hai mujhe
har taraf tu nazar
aat hai mujhe
har taraf tu nazar
aat hai mujhe
Zindagi taaron ki
Baaraat ho gayi ee
Zindagi taaron ki
Baaraat ho gayi ee
jis se darte thhe
wohi baati ho gayee
Ah ha ha ha ha aaaa
aa ha ha haaa aaa
aankh roye naam pe tere
saawan ki tarah
tu samaayee dil mein mere
dhadkan ki tarah
aankh roye naam pe tere
saawan ki tarah
tu samaayee dil mein mere
dhadkan ki tarah
dhadkan ki tarah
har taraf pyaar ki
barsaat ho gayi ee
har taraf pyaar ki
barsaat ho gayi ee
jis se darte thhe
wohi baati ho gayee
Ah ha ha ha aaaa
ah ha ha haaa aaa
raah mein unn se
mulaquat ho gayee ee
raah mein unn se
mulaquat ho gayee ee
jis se darte thhe
wohi baati ho gayee
Ah ha ha ha aaaa
ah ha ha haaa aaa
3 Responses to "Raah mein unse mulaaqaat ho gayee"
February 16, 2023 at 11:54 pm
Atul Sir,
One correction required in the above post. This sentence in the third para is incorrect:
“After the release of “Kuchh Kuchh hota hai”, the longest running film in theatre, and a hit bigger than any movie of the last century, Kajol and Ajay Devgan got married.”
It should be:
“After the release of “Kuchh Kuchh hota hai”, Kajol and Ajay Devgan got married.”
I have mixed up both films DDLJ & KKHH, which are different from each other.
Thanks.
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February 16, 2023 at 6:33 pm
Nice post Nahm ji. I like this song. Though I have not watched this movie till now. But have watched this song on TV.
I think ‘chingaari koyi bhadke’ is one of the great songs from ‘Amarprem’ and I like it very much like the other two Kishore Kumar songs from ‘Amarprem’.
Also I think ‘chingaari koyi bhadke’ is one of the greatest songs by Anand Bakshi.
Regards,
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February 17, 2023 at 12:11 am
I too like both Lata Solos and Kishore solos of this film, but ‘chingari kyi bhadke”, not much. It was a regular on Chhaya geet and radio too. But I thought the water in hooghly looked murky in the song picturization.
Since you think it one of the greatest by Anand Bakshi, I checked it has any awards etc. but I found this trivia:
This song, known for its depiction of a boat ride on Hooghly at night, was actually filmed in Natraj Studios, Mumbai. The stench of the stagnant water had made it very difficult to shoot this romantic scene. In an interview many years later, Sharmila Tagore recalled chewing gum while shooting this song to help her bear the smell.
The lyrics of this song were inspired by lines written by Qamar Jalalabadi and Verma Malik for the Hindi film song “Jab Raat Nahin Katati” (“Changez Khan”, 1957). The original lines went “Jo aag lagi dil mein ashkon ne bujhaai hai / Ashkon ne jo bhadkaai aag woh kaise bujhegi”.
Regards.
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