Zindagi kya hai kaantaa hai ya phool
Posted on: October 13, 2023
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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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#the Decade of Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #
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(A Tribute to Kishore Kumar – The Versatile Genius)
Today (13 October 2023) we pay our tributes to the ‘versatile genius’ Kishore Kumar (04.08.1929 – 13.10.1987) on his thirty-sixth ‘Remembrance Anniversary’.
Much has already been written about Kishore Kumar in the media and on this blog too. So I am not going to repeat the same today. But I would like to mention that Kishore Kumar will be discussed till HFM exists on this planet. Much will be written about him till the HFM exists on this planet. People of future generations will keep coming across his songs and his biography and his acting and musical skills and his writing skills and his directing skills and … we can go on adding about this multifaceted personality, and a simple yet sometimes eccentric human being.One needs to into depth into his life to understand Kishore Kumar fully. So people will keep discoving facts about him.
On this occasion I am presenting a lesser heard song sung by Kishore Kumar. I became aware of this song a little while ago. This song is from the ‘1988’ movie ‘Aakhri Muqaabla’. I was unaware about this movie till recently. I had never listened to this song in the past. I became aware of this song thanks to the book – ‘When Ardh Satya met Himmatwaala- The many lives of 1980s’ Bombay Cinema’ by Avijit Ghosh which I added to my library recently. The author mentions this song under ‘super songs that never hit the charts’ (from the eighties). On the musical front the decade of ‘eighties’ was ruled by ‘Bappi Lahiri’ music and of many songs that people would like to forget about, but there was also ‘unforgetteble’ music created during this decade and today’s song is one such song. Listening to the today’s song also reminds me of a composition from the movie ‘Sitamgar-1985’ which was composed by R.D. Burman. However the today’s song is composed by Usha Khanna. The singer for the both songs is Kishore Kumar.
Today’s song is from the movie ‘Aakhiri Muqaabla’ (passed by Censor Board on 19.12.1988).
‘Aakhiri Muqaabla’ was directed by Sudesh Chandra Issar for ‘Lily Films, Bombay’. It was produced by Dr D.D. Singh and Mrs Baljinder Kaur. The cast of this movie included Shashi Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Rajan Sippy, Divya Rana, Padmini Kapila, Puneet Issar, Asha Sachdev, Paintal, Shammi, Dev Kumar, Brahmachari, Pradeep Kumar, Chandrashekhar, Junior Mehmood, Chand Usmani, Mac Mohan, Nandita Thakur, Ram Mohan, Bob Christo, Tej Sapru, Shivraj, Dharmesh Tiwari, Vyjanti, Jerry, Asha Sharma and others. This movie introduced D.D. Singh and Palaaki Singh. And the movie had Dharmendra in an ‘above all-special appearance’.
Story of this movie was written by Jag Mohan Singh. Screenplay was by Surinder Kaul and Dialogues were written by Raja Bedi. Editing of this film was done by Padmakar Nirbhavane.
There were thrree lyricists in this movie. They are Gauhar Kanpuri, Jag Mohan Singh and Indeevar. Kishore Kumar (who had passed away in 1987), Asha Bhonsle and Suresh Wadkar had given their voices to the songs in this movie. Music for this movie was composed by Usha Khanna. This movie has total three songs including the multi-part song under discussion. However the lyricistwise breakupfor the individual songs is not known. An Audio link of the song mentions the lyricist name as Indeevar for this song but it needs to be confirmed. The link mentions Usha Khanna’s voice in the duet version, but her name does not appear in the title of this movie under the list of singers for this movie.
This song is available in three parts. The first part is played in background and video of this song is available. This song is played when the titles are rolling and we can see Shashi Kapoor as a Doctor and others on the screen. The video of the second part could not be found as of now. The third part is played at the end of the movie in the background. Here we can see Shashi Kapoor, Rajan Sippy, Padmini Kapila, and Divya Rana on the screen. Also seen is Dharmendra smiling as ‘all ends well’ 🙂
I hope readers will enjoy this song. It is a philosophical song.
Let us listen to this song now …
With this song the movie ‘Aakhiri Muqaabla-1988’ makes its debut on the blog.
Solo (Part I) (video)
Duet (Audio)
Solo Part III (Audio)
Solo part I and III (Audio)
Song-Zindagi kya hai kaantaa hai ya phool (Aakhri Muqaabla)(1988) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-Gauhar Kanpuri/Indeevar/Jag Mohan Singh, MD-Usha Khanna
Unidentified voice
Lyrics
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Part I
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zindagi kya hai ae
kaantaa hai yaa phool
kaantaa samajhnaa hai bhool
zindagi hai phool
jeewan hai maalaa
sukh dekh ke motee ee
in motiyon se
jeewan mein jyoti
jeewan hai maalaa
sukh dekh ke motee ee
in motiyon se
jeewan mein jyoti ee ee
zindagi kya hai ae
aansoo hai yaa muskaan
aansoo nahin naadaan
zindagi hai muskaan
tez badi ye samay ki
dhaaraa hai ae
aashaa niraashaa
iskaa kinaaraa hai
tez badi ye samay ki
dhaaraa hai
aashaa niraashaa
iskaa kinaaraa hai ae ae
zindagi kya hai
toofaan hai yaa patwaaar
toofaan na samjho yaar
zindagi hai patwaaar
zindagi kya hai ae
kaantaa hai yaa phool
kaantaa samajhnaa hai bhool
zindagi hai phool
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(Duet version)
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zindagi kya hai
toofaan hai yaa patwaaar
toofaan
toofaan
toofaan
toofaan na samjho yaar
zindagi hai patwaaar
zindagi kya hai ae
kaantaa hai yaa phool
kaantaa
naa naa
naa naa
saanson ki bagiyaa
man apnaa maali
pyaar ki khushboo
aashaa ki daali ee
saanson ki bagiyaa
man apnaa maali ee
pyaar ki khushboo
aashaa ki daali ee ee ee
zindagi kya hai
maati hai yaa sonaa
maati
maati
maati
maati samajh ke na khonaa aa
zindagi hai sonaa
jeewan hai maalaa
sukh dekh ke motee ee
in motiyon se
jeewan mein jyoti
jeewan hai maalaa
sukh dekh ke motee
in motiyon se
jeewan mein jyoti ee ee
zindagi kya hai ae
aansoo hai yaa muskaan
aansoo
aansoo
aansoo oo
aansoo nahin naadaan
zindagi hai muskaan
tez badi ye samay ki
dhaaraa hai
aashaa niraashaa
iskaa kinaaraa hai
zindagi kya hai
toofaan hai yaa patwaaar
toofaan
toofaan
toofaan
toofaan na samjho yaar
zindagi hai patwaaar
zindagi kya hai ae
kaantaa hai yaa phool
kaantaa
naa naa
naa naa
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(Part-III with dialogues, dialogues are not included here)
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zindagi kya hai ae
kaantaa hai yaa phool
kaantaa samajhnaa hai bhool
zindagi hai phool
jeewan hai maalaa
sukh dekh ke motee ee
in motiyon se
jeewan mein jyoti
jeewan hai maalaa
sukh dekh ke motee ee
in motiyon se
jeewan mein jyoti ee ee
zindagi kya hai ae
aansoo hai yaa muskaan
aansoo nahin naadaan
zindagi hai muskaan
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Devnagri Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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भाग I
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ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
कांटा है या फूल
कांटा समझना है भूल
ज़िंदगी है फूल
जीवन है माला
सुख देख के मोती ई
इन मोतियों से
जीवन में ज्योति
जीवन है माला
सुख देख के मोती ई
इन मोतियों से
जीवन में ज्योति ई ई
ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
आँसू है या मुस्कान
आँसू नहीं नादान
ज़िंदगी है मुस्कान
तेज़ बड़ी ये समय की
धारा है ए
आशा निराशा
इसका किनारा है
तेज़ बड़ी ये समय की
धारा है ए
आशा निराशा
इसका किनारा है ए ए
ज़िंदगी क्या है
तूफ़ाँ है या पतवार
तूफ़ाँ न समझो यार
ज़िंदगी है पतवार
ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
कांटा है या फूल
कांटा समझना है भूल
ज़िंदगी है फूल
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(युगल गीत )
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ज़िंदगी क्या है
तूफ़ाँ है या पतवार
तूफान
तूफान
तूफान
तूफ़ाँ न समझो यार
ज़िंदगी है पतवार
ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
कांटा है या फूल
कांटा
ना ना
ना ना
साँसों की बगिया
मन अपना माली ई
प्यार की खुशबू
आशा की डाली ई
साँसों की बगिया
मन अपना माली ई
प्यार की खुशबू
आशा की डाली ई ई ई
ज़िंदगी क्या है
माटी है या सोना
माटी
माटी
माटी
माटी समझ के न खोना आ
ज़िंदगी है सोना
जीवन है माला
सुख देख के मोती ई
इन मोतियों से
जीवन में ज्योति
जीवन है माला
सुख देख के मोती ई
इन मोतियों से
जीवन में ज्योति ई ई
ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
आँसू है या मुस्कान
आँसू
आँसू
आँसू
आँसू नहीं नादान
ज़िंदगी है मुस्कान
तेज़ बड़ी ये समय की
धारा है ए
आशा निराशा
इसका किनारा है
ज़िंदगी क्या है
तूफ़ाँ है या पतवार
तूफान
तूफान
तूफान
तूफ़ाँ न समझो यार
ज़िंदगी है पतवार
ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
कांटा है या फूल
कांटा
ना ना
ना ना
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(भाग III संवादों के साथ, संवाद यहाँ पर शामिल नहीं किए गए हैं)
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ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
कांटा है या फूल
कांटा समझना है भूल
ज़िंदगी है फूल
जीवन है माला
सुख देख के मोती ई
इन मोतियों से
जीवन में ज्योति
जीवन है माला
सुख देख के मोती ई
इन मोतियों से
जीवन में ज्योति ई ई
ज़िंदगी क्या है ए
आँसू है या मुस्कान
आँसू नहीं नादान
ज़िंदगी है मुस्कान
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
October 13, 2023 at 9:36 pm
Thank you Avinashji/ Atulji for this post. I was wondering why there was no post remembering the Ganguly brothers
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