Ye dostee hum naheen todenge
Posted on: March 30, 2026
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Hullo Atuldom
30th March marks 24 years since Anand Bakshi bid goodbye to this mortal world. He was all of 72 then. In the 45 years that he was active in the Hindi film industry he had worked with nearly 95-100 music directors (as per google) beginning with “Silver King” (1957) which had music by Sudipta (knowledgeable Atulites, please confirm if this music director is same as Sudipta Bhattacharya) & “Bhala Aadmi” (1958) with music by Nisar Bazmi; Bakshisaab first wrote for ‘Bhala Aadmi’ but ‘Silver King’ released first is what I discovered on google as I sat to write this post.
We all know that he made a great team with all the music directors of his time & I found that he has associated with Laxmikant Pyarelal for maximum songs, followed by R.D.Burman, Kalyanji Anandji, Anu Malik, Rajesh Roshan, S.D. Burman. (I won’t give numbers here as there will be discrepancy about the exact number and I don’t want to give approximations). Google tells me that he was written songs to composition of the stalwarts Anil Biswas, Naushad, C. Ramchandra, as well as music directors of the NOW generation (or the 1990s, for want of a better terminology) like Anand-Milind, A.R. Rehman, Shiv Hari etc.
{There is a table on ‘anandbakshi.com’- which is maintained & owned by Rakesh & Rajesh Bakshi (Anand Bakshi’s sons)- that gives us a list of all the music directors that Bakshisaab had worked with as also the number of songs and films associated with each of them.}
Anand Bakshi was one of the popular lyricists of his time. Like his associate Majrooh Sultanpuri, he enjoyed a long and illustrious career in Bollywood lyricism and was still going strong after more than 40 years. Like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Bakshisaab wrote simple poetry that could be understood by all, and he was in wide demand by all filmmakers. The 1960s were the years when he found his footing in films with songs written by him for ‘Aaye Din Bahaar Ke’, ‘Mr. X in Bombay’, ‘Chandan Ka Palna’, ‘Jab Jab Phool Khile’, Mehndi Lage Mere Haath’, etc. finding place in listeners’ hearts & minds.
In one of my previous posts, for the birthday of poet/lyricist Gulzar, I had quoted what I had heard him say in an interview about how a “A lyricist is a poet at heart.” I read a quote today, that said, Bakshisaab also thought similarly. He is also said to to have said that “As a lyricist in films, one has to write for every conceivable situation and for characters ranging from a tawaif to a child, a boatman to a pop star. I hate using heavy language – anything can be written with simplicity.” Possibly that explains why what Bakshisaab, Majroohsaab or Gulzarsaab wrote were devoured by the ‘aam aadmi’
On the way to writing this post I made an interesting discovery. I screamed I have hit ‘JACKPOT’ etc. and Peevesie’s Dad looked at me with a question mark on his face.🤔
Now, it is common knowledge that Indian films & their music ‘know no boundaries’. We also know that music composers try & incorporate tunes of songs from one language to the other-specially if they are popular & melodious. We also know that there are fans of Hindi film songs even in the non-Hindi speaking belt of the country & by this I mean the 5 South Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Telengana. But, being from non- Hindi speaking region doesn’t stop them from hearing & appreciating a good/ popular song.
The song with this post is one such popular song. It’s popularity is such that it used by anyone who wants to express the depth of their friendship. There are many songs on ‘friendship’ before and after this particular song but the popularity that this one enjoys cannot be described.
I am sure that I have everyone waiting to know which song, from which film etc. So I shall cut the suspense.
“Four Friends” (2010) is a Malayalam language film that was directed by Saji Surendran and produced by T. Mulakuppadam. It had popular Malayalam actors Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya, Meera Jasmine (all of who’s work I appreciate)and a host of seasoned Malayalam character actors. Kamal Haasan is also seen in the posters of the film, as he had a cameo as himself (I need to see the film to know more about it).
Music for the film was by M. Jayachandran who was barely 4 years old when today’s song hit collective public hearts & ears. The film credits Arjith Singh as the lyricist for remaking the song but I couldn’t find any words different from what Anand Bakshi had written 52 years ago. The singers for the song are Shankar Mahadevan & Udit Narayan. The iconic motorbike from the original as also the forest of Banayan trees feature in this remake.
{I don’t know if the ‘Arjith Singh’ associated with this film is the popular ‘Arijith Singh’ from Hindi & Bengali music, who recently announced his retirement from playback singing. There is also a difference the way the names are spelt}
Hope my excitement & ‘JACKPOT’ moment will be explained when the readers see the song. Imagine the pleasure to re-present a song that is an all-time favourite.
Thank you Anand Bakshisaab for making songs for the general public.
“accha to hum chalte hain”
Song-Ye dostee hum naheen todenge (Four Friends)(Malayalam)(2010) Singers-Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan, Lyricist-Anand Bakshi, MD-M Jayachandran
Lyrics
yeh dostee ham naheen todenge
todenge dam magar tera saath na chhodenge
yeh dostee ham naheen todenge
todenge dam magar tera saath na chhodenge
arre meree jeet teree jeet
teree haar meri haar
sun ae mere yaar
tera gham mera gham
meree jaan teree jaan
aisa apna pyaar
arre jaan pe bhee khelenge
tere liye le lenge
ho jaan se bhee khelenge
tere liye le lenge
sab se dushmanee
yeh dostee ham naheen todenge
todenge dam magar tera saath na chhodenge
logon ko aate hain do nazar ham magar
dekho do naheen
arre ho juda ya khafa ae khuda hai dua
aisa ho naheen
arre khaana peena saath hai
marna jeena saath hai
khaana peena saath hai
marna jeena saath hai
saaree zindagee
yeh dostee ham naheen todenge
todenge dam magar
tera saath na chhodenge
yeh dostee ham naheen todenge
todenge dam magar
tera saath na chhodenge
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March 30, 2026 at 12:18 pm
Nalini Ji
I enjoyed reading the post. I am someone who normally does not take note of lyricists most of the time, concentrating on everything else, like tune, MD, picturisation , director of the film. I even take note of lyrics but hardly look for the one who wrote it, many a times
Now, the confession. I realised only today that ‘Yah dosti…” was written by Anad Bakshi. I, of course, remember some of the songs by him like ‘ Chingari koyi bhadke…( Amar Prem)
Perhaps Atulites will disown me from today.
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March 30, 2026 at 12:43 pm
thank you so much for liking the post.
I shall also confess that I have been looking up details about lyricist, MD, maker of the film etc. only in the last 14 years i.e. after associating with this blog. Until then for me a song was the actors on the screen and the film & the song-situation.
so I should be thankful that I am part of Atuldom
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