Jaane kahaan gaye tum
Posted on: August 30, 2025
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Nowadays, it’s very rare to come across a Rafi Saab’s solo which is not already posted here on the blog. So it came as a huge surprise that this song “Jaane Kahan Gaye Tum” sung by Mohd. Rafi Saab, penned by MK Javed (Manohar Khanna – Usha Khanna’s father) and composed by Usha Khanna, was not yet covered on this blog.
This song is from a C grade flop movie called “Aa Jaa Sanam” released in 1975.
The movie was directed & written by Yusuf Naqvi for producer S. A. Mahmood. The Music Director was Usha Khanna and there were three lyricists – Indeevar, M. K. Javed, Kafil Azar.
Aaja Sanam starred Feroz Khan as Dr. Satish, Tanuja as Shanti, Deven Verma as Dr. Kaushal Verma with Mukri, Sulochana Chatterjee, Bipin Gupta, and Indu Shivraj also featuring prominently.
Story:
Dr. Satish, an idealistic and compassionate physician, gives up city comforts to practice medicine in a small, underserved village. There he meets Shanti, a lovely young woman living with her widowed father, Radhekiran, a watchman. The two fall deeply in love and vow to marry .
However, tragedy strikes when Radhekiran dies in an accident, and Shanti is forced to leave the village without telling Satish, leaving him heartbroken and desperate to find her.
Years later, fate brings them back into each other’s lives under unexpected circumstances. Despite their reunion, misunderstandings, societal pressures, and emotional scars keep them from being together immediately. The story follows their attempts to overcome these obstacles and find their way back to each other.
The song is picturised on Feroz Khan, who lip sings in Rafi Saab’s voice.
The song comes at a point in the story when Dr. Satish (Feroz Khan) is overwhelmed with longing and sorrow after being separated from his beloved Shanti (Tanuja). He sings in a reflective, melancholic mood, expressing his pain and confusion about her sudden disappearance from his life.
Feroz Khan is shown in a lonely, contemplative frame, walking through natural surroundings and empty places, his expressions matching the lyrics’ despair. Tanuja appears fleetingly in memory sequences, reinforcing the sense of absence.
Mohd. Rafi Saab’s rendition is soulful, restrained, and deeply emotional—he conveys sadness without over-dramatization, which gives the song timeless charm. As I always say, his was an ethereal voice!!!
Listen to this beauty where the orchestration is soft and haunting, with gentle strings and flute interludes that underline character’s solitude and yearning.
One song has already been posted on the blog. This is the second of six songs from the movie.
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Song-Jaane kahaan gaye tum (Aaja Sanam)(1975) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-M K Javed, MD-Usha Khanna
Lyrics:
jaane kahaan gaye tum
jaane kahaan gaye tum
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
jaane kahaan gaye tum
jaane kahan gaye tum
chaaron taraf veeraaniyaan hain
chaaron taraf
chaaron taraf veeraniyaan hain
khaamoshiyaan hain
tanhaaiyaan hain
aaaa aaaaa aaa
jaane kahaan gaye tum
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
jaane kahaan gaye tum
tum bin udaas
mausam kee baahein
tum bin udaas
tum bin udaas
mausam kee baahein
tum bin udaas
jeevan kee raahein
aaaa aaaa aaa aaa
jaane kahaan gaye tum
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
jaane kahaan gaye tum
tumko pukaare
toota hua dil
tumko pukaare
tumko pukaare
toota hua dil
ashkon mein aahon mein
dooba hua dil
aaaa aaaa aaa aa
jaane kahaan gaye tum
jaane kahaan gaye tum
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
bechain hain rangeen nazaare
jaane kahaan gaye tum
jaane kahaan gaye tum
jaane kahaan gaye tum
jaane kahaan gaye tum
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