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Aaj Holi Khelenge Saajan Ke Sang
Posted on: March 4, 2026
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6438 | Post No. : | 19985 |
A Very Happy Holi celebration to all.
Well yes, coming at almost the end of the celebration day. But the greetings and good wishes are being delivered with a one year warranty, valid for a full year, till we come to the next instalment of this celebration.
Maybe many folks did not notice it, but this year’s occurrence of this festival of colours is likely the most rare and unique play out of the celebrations ever. At least I do not remember having encountered this version of the celebration ever in my life. And I would like to hear from the readers, if anyone else has. Like a few other things that happen once in life, this celebration of Holi is once in a lifetime experience.
So let me tell you what is rare and unique about this year’s Holi. In normal circumstances, the Holi is an eight days affair, which is called the holashtak in regular parlance. On the seventh day of this period, we celebrate the Holika Dahan, with the lighting of a bonfire at sunset time. And then on the 8th day, the folks will have a play of colours and water, lot of dancing and music, lot of funny songs – and the folks will do a lot of acts and pranks which one will never think of doing on any of the rest of the 364 days of the year. And the saying that goes along with all that is – Bura Naa Maano Holi Hai – please don’t mind, today is Holi.
A real prank that I remember in my family. Many years ago, when my elder sister had got married, and the first Holi celebration came around for the new couple, my mother invited them and the family members who could join, to come for tea and snacks to our home, during the Holi celebration hours. They came, we had arranged simple snacks and tea. And my mother, without even telling me or my dad, prepared some barfi at home. It was not barfi, it was kneaded maida flour, cut into barfi size pieces, with some elaichi daana stuck on it, giving a very real appearance of plain white barfi. And served it at the end. After the tea, everyone picked up a piece, with the expected outcome of expressions and reactions – which were only controlled by us repeating the adage – Bura Naa Maano Holi Hai.
Ah but I digress. We want to know about the rare peculiarity of this years Holi celebration. Well, for the first time in my memory, a Lunar eclipse has intervened, and that too on the very day of the full moon, which is the final day of the Holi – the one celebrated with water and colours. So in keeping with the ancient wisdom of this land, the astrology and the panchaang and the pundits in temples disallowed the playing of water and colour Holi on the day it was supposed to be. And said that the water and colour Holi be celebrated on the day next to the full moon day. To the children and regular followers of this festival, did that make any difference? Not at all. It just meant that everybody got one extra day of celebrating the Holi. So actually this year’s Holi was celebrated today, on the officially first day of the next lunar fortnight cycle.
Ah but then, you will ask, what is the big deal. Well the big deal is not really a big deal – it is a mid sized deal. 😀
Under regular circumstances, discounting the Holashtak effect, there are two days Holi is played – one is called chhoti Holi and the other is called badi Holi. That we are all familiar with.
And this year – well, a new concept got introduced – that of majhli Holi – the day of Holi in between. I was taken by surprise yesterday when memes started flowing in the morning congratulating me on the first-time-in-life celebration of majhli Holi. 😀
Today’s song is from the very first decade of Hindi films – a song from film ‘Aurat’ from 1940. ‘Aurat’ is a magnum opus by producer director Mehboob, a much celebrated film of its era, that was remade by Mehboob himself, as a significantly more celebrated and iconic film in 1957 –‘Mother India’. The latter creation also carries within its list of songs one of the most celebrated Holi songs of all times – “Holi Aayee Re Kanhaai Rang Barse Sunaa De Zaraa Baansuri”.
The song for today is created by Dr. Safdar Aah Sitapuri, and it is tied into the scintillating threads of music by Anil Biswas. One of the cases where the video of the film is available. The song is a chorus only song. Although the Geet Kosh lists Anil Biswas as one singer, the song itself does not exhibit any solo singing portion.
Once again, greetings to all on today’s celebration of this colourful festival, delivered with a warranty of one year, till we get to the Holi festival in 2027. Enjoy.
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Song-Aaj Holi Khelenge Saajan Ke Sang (Aurat)(1940) Singers – Chorus, Lyrics-Safdar Aah Sitapuri, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
saajan ke sang piya rajan ke sang
haan haan
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
bhar bhar pichkaari maarat bihaari
bhar bhar pichkaari maarat bihaari
dhadkat hai jiyaara larjat hai rang
haan haan larjat hai rang
dhadkat hai jiyaara larjat hai rang
haan haan larjat hai rang
maarat hai sakhiyon pe holi ka rang
wo to maarat hai sakhiyon pe holi ka rang
haan haan
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
saajan ke sang piya rajan ke sang
haan haan
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
साजन के संग पिया राजन के संग
हाँ हाँ
आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
भर भर पिचकारी मारत बिहारी
भर भर पिचकारी मारत बिहारी
धड़कत है जियरा लरजत है रंग
हाँ हाँ लरजत है रंग
धड़कत है जियरा लरजत है रंग
हाँ हाँ लरजत है रंग
मारत है सखियों पे होली का रंग
वो तो मारत है सखियों पे होली का रंग
हाँ हाँ
आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
साजन के संग पिया राजन के संग
हाँ हाँ
आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
Aayee hai aaj pehlee holee
Posted on: March 3, 2026
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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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6437 | Post No. : | 19982 |
#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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#Bhoole-Bisre Geet #
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(Lyricist Kavi Pradeep-60)
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Holee-2026 is being celebrated all over !!! On this occasion it is customary for us to have ‘Holee songs’ presented here on this blog.
Today’s song is from the movie ‘Hari -Darshan-1972’. It was directed by Chandrakant for ‘Joy Films, Bombay’. This movie was passed by Censor Board on 24.08.1972. The star cast of this movie includes Randhawa, B. Saroja Devi, Abhi Bhattacharya, Shahu Modak, Asit Sen, Sujata, Kalpana Deewan, Padma Rani, Sanjana, Sadhna Khote, Sarla, Anwari, Rekha Chouhan, Babu Raje, Himmat Singh Chouhan, Ram Rasila, Satyajit, Jr. Mehmood, Baby Rupa, and others. And Dara Singh, Jayshree Gadkar, Arvind Trivedi in special appearance.
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Holee aayee re holee aayee
Posted on: February 6, 2026
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, 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.
This article is his 100th post on Mukesh as a playback singer.
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6412 | Post No. : | 19899 |
Mukesh and his Co-Singers –16
I begin this very special post with a video of Asha Bhosale ji on her own youtube channel.
A short video wherein she speaks about her first 3 songs in Hindi Films.
I tried to trace the chronological accuracy of the songs enlisted in the video. What I found was that the films mentioned seem to be correct, but she has sung two songs in her second film and so her duet in Lekh (1949) could be her fourth and she mentions it as her third.
Sometime later, I will try to trace the exact chronology, but what matters for this post is her first duet in Hindi Films.
A duet with none other than Mukesh.
I request readers to watch the interesting video as Asha ji talks of her initial days in the industry.
I wish the video was fully on Mukesh, but then she digresses on some other topic.
Anyway, her first interaction with Mukesh is quite interesting and only reaffirms and confirms the godly title given to Mukesh, “a noble soul”.
As is evident from the video, Mukesh right from his initial days had no qualms on worldly pleasures and led a simple, honest and righteous life. No wonder the voice emanating from such a noble soul continues to enthral music lovers all over the world to this day.
Coming to this post, I call it special as it is my 100th Mukesh post on the blog.
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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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6310 | Post No. : | 19535 |
#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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(Lyricist Kavi Pradeep- 41)
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The Holy Festival of Chhathh Pujaa is going on at present. This festival is dedicated to ‘Chhathh Maiyyaa’ (Mother Chhathh) and ‘Surya Devta’ (Lord Sun). ‘Chhathh Pujaa’ is one of the biggest festivals of India which was confined to the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and some parts of Uttarakhand in the past. But nowadays now it is observed all over the country whereever people from these states have migrated for job and cannot make it to their native places. Moreover those who have settled elsewhere in India have started to observe it in their new residences instead of going back to their original native places on this occasion.
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Phailee deepon kee ujiyaalee
Posted on: October 20, 2025
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6303 | Post No. : | 19509 |
I cannot but help notice that the festivals of Holi and Deepawali are almost diametrically opposite to each other. They fall six months apart. Holi is observed on Poornima. Deepawali is observed on Amawasya. Holi is celebrated in day time (mostly first half of the day). Deepawali is celebrated at night time. On the day of Holi, roads are deserted. Public transport services that are usually jam packed run empty on this day. During Deepawali, public transport services run overbooked and there is no way one can get accomodation on trains on this day.
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