Holi khele brij kee har baalaa
Posted by: Atul on: March 14, 2025
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Hullo Atuldom
Just heard this absolutely melodious Holi song in the voice of Shreya Ghoshal which I felt should find a place in this blog.
It is from a recent film- “Begum Jaan” which released in 2017 (already 8 years). It was directed and co-written by National Film Award-winning director Srijit Mukherji in his Hindi directional debut and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Vishesh Bhatt and Play Entertainment. The film is co-produced by Sakshi Bhatt and Shree Venkatesh Films with executive producer Kumkum Saigal. Lyrics, additional screenplay and dialogues have been penned by Kausar Munir and Rahat Indori. Anu Malik was the music director of the 6 songs that were sung by Asha Bhonsle, Shreya Ghoshal, Kavita Seth, Sonu Nigam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Srijit Singh, Kalpana Patowary, Altamash Faridi, and Anmol Malik (Anu Malik’s daughter).
Vidya Balan played the title character of Begum Jaan. From the others in the cast I recognized the names Ila Arun & Gauhar Khan who played important female protagonists. From details about the film available on the internet I saw the names of Pallavi Sharda, Priyanka Setia, Ridheema Tiwari, Flora Saini, Raviza Chauhan, Poonam Rajput, Mishti, & Gracy Goswami who seem to have played the female supporting characters.
Then there are Ashish Vidyarthi, Chunky Pandey, Rajit Kapoor, Vivek Mushran, Rajesh Sharma & Naseeruddin Shah who are familiar names (for me) in the cast. Then there are actors who played Sardar Patel, Pandit Nehru, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Lord Mountbatten, Hastings and Cyril Radcliffe as this was a film based in the 1940s or at the time of India’s partition to be precise.
The plot of the film is that “Begum Jaan runs a brothel in villages along the Radcliffe Line. However, she desperately strives to save her declining business amidst the changing political scenario during the Partition of India.” It is basically a fictional story, a remake of the 2015 Bengali film “Rajkahini”.
This melodious Holi song by Shreya Ghoshal (who turned a year older on 12th March) and Anmol Malik. Vivek Mushran, Ila Arun & Vidya Balan are the only faces that I could recognize in the song. The film has been in my to “be seen list”
Happy Holi once again to One and all. 🪻🌷🌼🌻🌺 let there be color.
Video (Partial)
Audio (Longer)
Song-Holee khele brij kee har baalaa (Begum Jaan)(2017) Singers-Shreya Ghoshal, Anmol Malik, Lyrics-Kausar Munir, MD-Anu Malik
Lyrics
holi khele
brij ki har baala
holi khele
brij ki har baala
tan se khele
man se khele
kaanha ke sang
ang rang daala
and rang daala
holi khele
brij ki har baala
holi khele
brij ki har baala
tan se khele
man se khele
kaanha ke sang
ang rang daala
and rang daala
holi khele
brij ki har baala
mor pankhudi udi udi latakat bansee bajee bajee
gagan giri
gopee sajee
vrindavan ki gali gali
kaanha ke rang khili khili
kaanha ke rang khili khili
holi holi holi khele
brij ki har baala
brij ki baala
holi khele
brij ki har baala aa aa aa aa
parja aayi
raaja aaye
kaanha sang natraaja aaye
thhumak thhumak kar ramchandra sang
awadh ke saare khwaaja aaye
awadh ke saare khwaaja aaye
dam mast kalandar
ang ragadkar
shankar hamre ae dar par aaye
hori hori yeh kya ho gaya
hare rang sang geruwa mil gaya
phaagan rang ka bhed na jaane
phaagan rang ka bhed na jaane
ang se ang laga jag khil gaya aa
jab rang daala
holi khele
brij ki har baala
tan se khele
man se khele
kaanha ke sang
ang rang daala
and rang daala
holi khele
brij ki har bala aa aa
mor pankhudi udi udi latakat bansee bajee bajee
gagan giri
gopee sajee
vrindavan ki gali gali
kaanha ke rang khili khili
kaanha ke rang khili khili
holi holi holi khele
brij kee har baala
brij kee baala
holi khele
brij ki har baala aa aa aa aa
ghanan ghanan ghan saawan jhoome
chhanan chhanan chhan tan man jhoome
dhanan dhanan dhan bhaag hamaare
hamre angna har rang jhoome
hamre angna har rang jhoome
aaj na laaj sharam ho bhaiya
aaj na koi dharam ho bhaiya
pyaase ke sang paanee jhoome
daasee ke sang raanee jhoome
hori hori yeh kya ho gaya
hare rang sang geruwa mil gaya
phaagun rang ka bhed na jaane
phaagun rang ka bhed na jaane
ang se ang laga jag khil gaya
jab rang daala
holi khele
brij kee har baala
holi khele
brij kee har baala
tan se khele
man se khele
kaanha ke sang ang rang daala
and rang daala
holi khele
brij ki har baala aa aa
mor pankhudi udi udi latakat bansee bajee bajee
gagan giri
gopee sajee
vrindavan ki gali gali
kaanha ke rang khili khili
kaanha ke rang khili khili
holi holi holi khele
brij kee har baala
brij kee baala
holi khele
brij ki har baala aa aa aa aa
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