Piyu boley piyaa boley
Posted on: July 24, 2023
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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‘Parineeta’ (2005) was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and was directed by debutant Pradeep Sarkar. The star cast included Saif Ali Khan and the debutant Vidya Balan in the lead role with Sanjay Dutt, Dia Mirza, Raima Sen, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Achyut Potdar, Surinder Kaur, Supriya Shukla, Rajesh Sharma etc. Rekha made a cameo appearance in the film.
The story of ‘Parineeta’ (2005) is based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s famous Bengali novella of the same name. The first Hindi film based on this novella was made by Bimal Roy in 1953 with the same title. I will skip discussing the story of the film in this article as Peevesie’s Mom has already covered in this post. I would only add here that the debutant director, Pradeep Sarkar and the debutant lead actress, Vidya Balan gave the impression in the film that they were the seasoned artists. With this film, Saif Ali Khan proved that he could do challenging roles as well. Shantanu Moitra proved with his music direction in the film that he can compose songs like R D Burman in ‘1942 – A Love Story’ (1994).
There are 7 songs in the film of which 3 songs have already been covered on the Blog. I am presenting the 4th song which is my most favourite in the film. The song I am referring to is ‘piyu bole piya bole jiya dole jaanu na’. The song is rendered by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and Chorus on the words of Swanand Kirkire which is set to music by Shantanu Moitra. The song under discussion has impressed me so much that I have watched this song umpteen times. It turns out that minute details of the song have willy-nilly got engraved in my mind.
The background as well as situation of the song in the film is that Saif Ali Khan (Shekhar) who has more interest in Rabindra Sangeet and Elvis Presley than in his father’s business is struggling to compose a tune for a song on the piano. He calls Vidya Balan (Lalita) who is his next-door neighbour and a childhood friend to help him out.
Before the start of the main song, Saif Ali Khan plays piano for a tune and he starts humming the tune with vocables like ‘la la la la’ and ‘ hey ae ae’. Shreya Ghoshal singing for Vidya Balan helps Saif Ali Khan by joining him with his vocables. He encourages her by telling ‘not bad’ which is his catchphrase in the film. The beauty of the song is that from the start of the main song, Shreya Ghoshal sings with the accomplishment of the prominent tabla beats. And this remains throughout the singing part of the song. On a couple of occasions, solo flute is played within the antaras which is pleasing to the ears. The orchestration has been kept soft in the background throughout the song in keeping with the period of the story.
One unique feature of the song is the use of choir singing in the two interludes of the song. I think, there is some symbolism which the music director has tried to convey. The choir singing is symbolic of spirituality and union with the God. In this song, there is an inherent feeling of mutual love and the desire for the union in the minds of Shekhar and Lalita. The two antaras of the song give that indication of relationship, that is between a river and the ocean and between the rain-bearing clouds and the thirsty land. The choir singing in the interludes adds luster to the song.
The whole song is a musical conversation between Shekhar and Lalita. In my view, this song is a masterpiece because everything is perfect in this song – the lyrics, the music, the rendition, the picturisation and the performances of the actors involved in the song. I do not recall as to who said that poetry (lyrics) is the soul of a song. In this song, Shantanu Moitra has nicely ‘dressed up’ the song with the melody and rhythm. Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and the chorus singers have provided the perfect ‘ornaments’ to the song. For me, the song under discussion has, in terms of gymnastic events, the score of perfect 10.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Piyu bole piya bole (Parineeta)(2005)Song-Saif Ali Khan, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Lyrics-Swanand Kirkire, MD-Shantanu Moitra
Sonu+Shreya,
Chorus
Lyrics (Based on video clip)
hmm hmm hmm
la la la
hey ae ae
hmm hmm hmm
you are mine
hmm hmm hmm
la la la
hey ae ae
say, you are mine
hmm
achchi hai
thank you
hmm hmm hmm hmm
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
put in words (dialogue)
hmm hmm hmm hmm
piyu bole
piya bole
hmm hmm hmm hmm jaanoon na
jiya dole haule haule
kyun ye dole jaanoon na
not bad (dialogue)
dil ki jo baaten hain
baaten jo dil ki hain
dil hi mein rakhna piya
lab to na kholoon main
kholoon na lab to par
aankhon se sab keh diya
piyu bole piya bole
kya ye bole jaanoon na
jiya dole haule haule
kyun ye dole jaanoon na
piyu bole piya bole
kya ye bole jaanoon na
jiya dole haule haule
kyun ye dole jaanoon na
[Dialogues]
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa aaa
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa aaa
ek nadi se maine poochha
ithlaake chal di kahaan
door tere pi ka ghar hai
balkhaake chal di kahaan
thhoda wo ghabraayi
thhoda sa sharmaayi
uchhli yahaan se wahaan
saagar se milne ka
uska to sapna thha
meri hi tarah piya
o jiya dole haule haule
kyun ye dole jaanoon na
piyu bole piya bole
kya ye bole jaanoon na
jiya dole haule haule
kyun ye dole jaanoon na
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa aaa
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa aaa
maine poochha ik ghata se
itraake chal di kahaan
pyaas ki bhari zameen hai
barso bhi tarsaao na
thhoda wo gurraayi
thhoda sa tharraayi
garji yahaan phir wahaan
preet lutaati phir
jham jham jham barsi wo
teri hi tarah piya
hahah
piyu bole piya bole
kya ye bole jaanoon na
jiya dole haule haule
kyun ye dole jaanoon na
piyu bole piya bole
kya ye bole jaanoon na
jiya dole haule haule
kyun ye dole jaanoon na
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
(la la la la la la)
hmm hmm hmm hmm
(la………la la la)
piyu bole piya bole
(la la la la)
la la la jaanoon na
(hmm hmm hmm)
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July 25, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Sadanand Ji,
Thanks for presenting the song with a lot of your insight as to the beauty of the entire package of lyrics, tune, singing, acting,picturization ,not to speak of the choir style interlude.
I saw the visuals only while watching the movie. Having not watched any video of this song later, it was a good experience to enjoy it ,now with your write up.
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July 25, 2023 at 8:02 pm
Satish ji,
Thank you for your comments.
I am happy that you enjoyed the song analysis while watching the video clip of the song. So, my intent has been fulfilled.
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