Saawan Barse Tarse Dil
Posted on: August 4, 2023
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‘Dahek’ (1999) was produced by Milan Jhaveri and was directed by Lateef Binny. The cast included Akshay Khanna and Sonali Bendre in the lead roles supported by Danny Denzongpa, Dalip Tahil, KK Raina, Anang Desai, Achala Sachdev, Anjana Mumtaz, Heena Qureshi, Achyut Potdar, Anil Nagrath, Rahul Singh etc. For both the producer, Milan Jhaveri and the director, Lateef Binny, this was their maiden film. According to director, Lateef Binny, the film took over 3 years to complete and another 2 years to get released.
Milan Jhaveri is the son of film financier, Chandrasen Jhaveri. After this film, he turned writer and director under a new name – Milap Milan Zaveri. He directed ‘Jaane Kahaan Se Aayi Hai’ (2010), ‘Mastizaade’ (2016), ‘Raakh’ (2016) and ‘Satyamev Jayate (2018). Lateef Binny came from the theatre background as an actor and director. He has assisted Rajkumar Santoshi for 8 years.
The film is about the inter-faith romance and the obstacle the boy and the girl faced from their family. The political and religious elements in both the religious groups create a divide between two communities even though the boy and the girl fall in love without the knowledge of the religion of each other. Their end is tragic. The gist of the film’s story is as under:
Sameer Roshan (Akshay Khanna), a Hindu and Neelima Bakshi (Sonali Bendre), a Muslim fall in love with each other when they first meet at the post office. They have a common interest in becoming the doctors. Their love is blossomed after they frequently meet, unmindful of their religion as their names are deceptive to get any clue to their respective religion. After a few meetings, they get to know each other’s religion and decide to break the relationship as their parent would not accept the marriage. However, they soon realise that they cannot live apart. They decide to get married.
Neelima is afraid to reveal her intention to her uncle Jabbar Bakshi (Danny Denzongpa), the head of the family. For, he is an orthodox Muslim who will not approve the marriage. Also, Jabbar has recently returned from jail after serving 12 years of imprisonment for killing the husband of his sister, Sabina (again the role played by Sonali Bendre) for marrying without his consent, even though her husband was a Muslim. Sameer’s father Bhushan (Dalip Tahil) has reservation about this marriage as he does not want a showdown with Jabbar.
Jabbar comes to know about Neelima’s affairs with Sameer. He is infuriated as Neelima is planning to get married to Sameer who is a Hindu. His attempt to get Neelima married to a Muslim boy proves futile. Having failed in his intimidating tactics with Sameer, Jabbar decides to get rid of both of them in the same way as he had done with his sister’s husband 12 years back for violating the family’s code of conduct. Jabbar’s younger brother Naseem (KK Raina) and Sameer’s father Bhushan mend ways but Jabbar is adamant. Sameer and Neelima elope from the city to an unknown place. The next morning, their elopement becomes the headline in the newspapers.
The elopement triggers the communal violence and riots turning the family issues into a political conspiracy by the interested groups. In the meanwhile, Jabbar is able to get the whereabouts of Sameer and Neelima and proceeds to kill them with a sword. Nassem, his younger brother, follows him to avoid the bloodshed. He tries to prevent Jabbar from killing them by his sword. But he is accidentally killed by Jabbar. Jabbar is arrested and put in the police custody. In the night when Sameer and Neelima come out from their hiding to meet each other, they are shot dead by those who are opposed to their relationship. The love story of Sameer and Neelima results in a tragic end.
The story of the film is contemporary and would have been great if it was handled better. It may be due to delay in the completion of the film as the director has limited options fulfilling his requirements in the delayed project. As a result, the film does not create an aura of sensitivity on the subject as it should have generated. Incidentally, the screenplay was written by the director himself. By the time the film was released, films with more or less similar theme, ‘Bombay’ (1994) and ‘Zakhm’ (1998) got released. The result was that ‘Dahek’ (1999) failed at the box office.
There are six songs in the film of which one song has two versions. The songs were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri (2), Dev Kohli (2), Madan Pal (1) and Shyam Raj (1). The songs written by Majrooh Sultanpuri were set to music by Anand-Milind. Rest of the 4 songs were composed by Aadesh Shrivastava.
I present the first song “Saawan Barse Tarse Dil” from the film to appear on the Blog to time with the Hindu calendar month of Saawan. The song is rendered by Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam which is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and set to music by Anand-Milind.
The background of the song is that Sameer (Akshay Khanna) sends a letter to Neelima (Sonali Bendre) asking her for a date. Though it is raining, both set out from their respective houses and are determined reach their destination with whatever the mode of transport available. Sameer travels even on road roller and handcart to finally reach their meeting point.
According to an article, ‘The Stories Behind Five of the Best Rain Songs in Hindi Cinema’ which appeared in scroll.in, the film’s director, Lateef Binny has been quoted as saying that the song under discussion was shot over three years and was shot all over Mumbai – in Goregaon, Andheri and South Mumbai. At the time of the shooting of the song, both Akshay Kumar and Sonali Bendre were newcomers. Being unrecognized faces, it was possible to shoot them in live rains in Mumbai. While Sonali Bendre did the shooting in the rains enthusiastically, Akshay Khanna was the reluctant participant. Nearly 70 percent of the song was shot in live rains, while the rest was shot indoor due to the delay by which time, the actors became the known faces.
This song reminds me of, more or less. a similar scene in the iconic rain song in Lata Mangeshkar’s version, “Rimjhim Gire Saawan Sulag Sulag Jaaye Mann” in ‘Manzil’ (1979).
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Audio
Song – Saawan Barse Tarse Dil (Dahek) (1999) Singer – Hariharan, Sadhna Sargam, Lyrics – Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD – Anand Milind
Male Echo
Female Echo
Lyrics
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
dekho kaisa beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ke intezaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
dekho kaise beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ki intezaar mein
ek mohabbat ka deewaana
dhoondhata sa phire
koi chaahat ka nazaraana
dilruba ke liye
ho ek mohabbat ka deewaana
dhodhata sa phire
(dhoondhate sa phire)
koyi chaahat kaa nazaraana
dilruba ke liye
(dilruba ke liye)
chham chham chale paagal pawan
aaye maza bheege balam
bheege balam
phisle kadam
barkha bahaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
(barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai)
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
(ye pyaar nahi to kya hai)
dekho kaise beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ke intezaar mein
ek haseena idhar dekho
kaisi bechain hai
raaste par lagey kaise
uske do nain hai
ho ek haseena idhar dekho
kaisi bechain hai
(kaisi bechain hai)
raaste par lagey kaise
uske do nain hai
(uske do nain hai)
sach poochhiye to mere yaar
dono ke dil beikhtiyaar
beikhtiyaar
hain pehli baar
pehli bahaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
(barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai)
ye pyaar nahin to kya hai
(ye pyaar nahin to kya hai)
dekho kaisa beqraar
hain bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ki intezaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
(barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai)
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
(ye pyaar nahi to kya hai)
dekho kaise beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ke intezaar mein
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
एक मोहब्बत का दीवाना
ढूँढता सा फिरे
कोई चाहत का नज़राना
दिलरुबा के लिए
हो एक मोहब्बत का दीवाना
ढूँढता सा फिरे
(ढूँढता सा फिरे)
कोई चाहत का नज़राना
दिलरुबा के लिए
(दिलरुबा के लिए)
छम छम चले पागल पवन
आए मज़ा भीगे बलम
भीगे बलम
फिसले कदम
बरखा बहार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
(बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है)
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
(ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है)
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
एक हसीना इधर देखो
कैसी बेचैन है
रास्ते पर लगे कैसे
उसके दो नैन हैं
एक हसीना इधर देखो
कैसी बेचैन है
(कैसी बेचैन है)
रास्ते पर लगे कैसे
उसके दो नैन हैं
(उसके दो नैन हैं)
सच पूछिए तो मेरे यार
दोनों के दिल बेइख्तियार
बेइख्तियार
हैं पहली बार
पहली बहार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
(बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है)
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
(ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है)
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
(बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है)
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
(ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है)
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
3 Responses to "Saawan Barse Tarse Dil"
August 5, 2023 at 4:55 pm
Thank you Sadanandji for this song. hearing it after years. It has stopped coming on any channel- radio, television etc. It has gone on to the category of forgotten songs
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August 5, 2023 at 12:09 pm
Sadanand Ji,
I have heard this song more than once, but never looked for credits. Nice song. Thanks for the post
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