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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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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In this article, I propose to explore the film ‘Mimi’ (2021) which was a remake of a Marathi film, ‘Mala Aai Vhhaychy!’ (2011) [meaning, I want to be a mother]. The film is about surrogacy. The Marathi film was produced by Samruoddhi Porey, a lawyer in Bombay High Court. The story was based on one of the surrogacy cases she handled in the High Court. The film won the National Film Award for the best feature film in Marathi. While the Marathi film was a complete melodrama, ‘Mimi’ (2021) added some situational comedy elements to reduce the impact of melodrama.
‘Mimi’ (2021) was produced by Dinesh Vijan under the banner of Maddock Films and was directed by Laxman Utekar. The star cast included Kirti Sanon, Pankaj Tripathi, Sai Tamhankar, Manoj Pahwa, Supriya Pathak, Evelyn Edwards, Aidan Whytock, Jacob Smith, Jaya Bhattacharya etc.
The film was majorly shot in Mandwa in Rajasthan during October to December 2019 and thereafter in around Jaipur in February-March 2020. When only 5 days’ shooting was required for completion of the film, the imposition of first coronavirus lockdown on March 25, 2020, derailed the completion schedule. The leftover shooting could be completed only in January 2021 and the patchwork shooting involving the foreign artists for continuity purposes were completed thereafter. Film was planned for a theatrical release in May 2021 when the second wave of coronavirus forced the authorities to clamp lockdown from the mid-April 2021. So, ‘Mimi’ (2021) got released on the digital platforms – Netflix and Jio TV on July 27, 2021.
The gist of the story of the film, ‘Mimi” (2021) is as under:
Mimi (Kriti Sanon), a dancer in a small town in Rajasthan is aspiring to be an actor in Bollywood. For her aspiration to become true, she needs to earn money for the preparatory work in becoming an actor which she tries to do so by her dance programme. But this does not give her enough money.
An American couple are in India who are looking for a surrogate mother. When staying in a hotel in Rajasthan, they watch Mimi’s dance and zeroes on her as the possible surrogate mother. They entrust their driver, Bhanu (Pankaj Tripathi) as a middleman to convince Mimi for surrogacy. After initial reservation, Mimi agrees to become the surrogate mother for the American couple for Rs.20 lakhs which will more than take care of her preparatory expenses to become an actor in Bollywood. She signs the contract of surrogacy. After a successful surrogacy procedure in a hospital, Mimi is declared pregnant. The American couple is happy. They take care of Mimi’s financial requirements for the next few months before they depart for the USA.
Now, the problem for Mimi is how to conceal her pregnant tummy from her parents and the rest of society in her town. Mimi lies to her parents that she is going to Mumbai for 9 months for a film shoot. She shifts to stays with her friend, Shama (Sai Tamhankar) who is her singing/dancing partner for the dance shows and stays in the other part of the town. On the instructions of the American couple, Bhanu also joins her.
After few weeks, the American couple returns to India to check the progress of Mimi’s pregnancy. They take her to the doctor for a check-up which reveals that the child is likely to be born with some deformity. Both Mimi and the American couple are shocked. The American couple returns to US without informing Mimi and advises her through Bhanu that she should get the child aborted. Mimi refuses to do abortion and instead she and Bhanu return to her home town in Rajasthan. Now the pregnancy is known to her parents as well as the town. To hide her surrogacy, Mimi tells her parents that while in Mumbai, she got married to Bhanu and the child in the womb was that of Bhanu. After some hesitation, Mimi’s parents accept to take care of her.
Few weeks later, Mimi delivers a baby boy with fair skin, blue eyes and the blond hair. People make fun of Bhanu as to how he could be father of such a fair skin and blond boy. In the meanwhile, Bhanu’s real wife and mother also comes to know that he has a son from a different woman. Bhanu, however, successfully convinces that the boy is born out of surrogacy, and he has only lent his name as Mimi’s husband to hide the truth. Due to his unique unusual appearance, the boy is loved by all around him. Both Mimi’s and Bhanu’s families accept the baby boy. They are all happy with a growing child around them. Raj is now 4-year-old.
After watching a viral short video of Mimi dancing with Raj, the American couple visits India and land in Mimi’s house. They demand the child back as per the contract. Mimi, who is now emotionally attached to Raj, refuses to part with Raj to the American couple. They plead that his wife, out of depression, tried to commit suicide and only the child would bring happiness in her. Neither Mimi nor their family is ready to hand over the child. The American couple decide to take the legal course to settle the issue. Mimi’s family also consults a lawyer who tells them that to fight the case, Raj would need to be present in the court for every hearing. Mimi does not want 4-year Raj to go through such an ordeal and confuse him further about his status. She decides to handover Raj to the American couple.
The film ends with the entire Mimi and Bhanu families unanimously agreeing to handover Raj to the American couple only to be told by them that they have already adopted an Indian girl child as they feel that Raj would be happy with Mimi, his biological mother.
The film raises the important issues – social, emotional, and legal, concerning surrogacy. After watching the film, the audience would be forced to think as to how far surrogacy is morally and ethically right due to its commercial nature. Anyway, in India, under the new Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, the commercial surrogacy has been banned. Even for altruistic surrogacy, there are very tough conditions to be met before getting approval for a surrogate mother.
The film was critically acclaimed. Kirti Sanon was appreciated for her performance as a surrogate mother. Pankaj Tripathi’s performance was excellent. Other actors fitted very well in their respective roles. Due to coronavirus, the entire financial arithmetic of the film’s budget went awry, first because of the delay in release of the film and secondly, it did not get the theatrical release. With the passage of time, the film has stated to have not only recovered the cost but has also earned some profit as per box office report.
The film has 7 songs, all written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and set to music by A R Rahman. I present the first song, ‘chhoti si chiraiyya udke chali kis gaaon’ to appear on the Blog. The song is sung by Kailash Kher. This is a very emotional song played in the background when Mimi and her families starts the day’s activities waking up Raj from the bed, getting him bathe and feeding him. He is ready with his new dress and the baggage to travel. There are melodramatic scenes involving Mimi, her family and neighbours during the duration of the song. Raj, unaware of the his final disconnect with his biological mother and the family, is in a happy mood. The family travels in the car with Raj and reach the premises to hand him over to the American couple as the background song comes to an end.
The prelude and interlude music have some shades of Carnatic style which add to the poignancy of the song.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Chhoti si chiraiyya udke chali kis gaaon(Mimi)(2021) Singer-Kailash Kher, Lyrics-Amitabh Bhattacharya, MD-A R Rahman
Chorus
Lyrics
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali kis gaaon
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali kis gaaon
reh gaya daana
reh gaya paani
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
muniya mori
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali re kis gaaon aan
ajab niraali moh ki maaya
samjhe samajh nahi aaye
angna se tohri chehak to jaaye
tohri mehak nahin jaaye
nain samandar saath bhale par
bhare na karejwaa ke ghaav
muniya mori
bhare na karejwaa ke ghaav
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
de vidaayi mein tujhe kya keemti saamaan
de jaa nindiya rain ki subah ki le muskaan
bhar ke apni chonch mein
le jaa hamre praan
aa aa aaa aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali kis gaaon
reh gaya daana
reh gaya paani
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
muniya mori
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
muniya mori
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
Naacho Naacho
Posted on: April 3, 2023
This article is written by Gajendra Khanna, 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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13th March 2023 proved to be a very special day for the Indian diaspora all over the world. It was the iconic Academy Awards aka Oscars night and all eyes were glued onto the stage awaiting the results. Indian film industry saw three nominations from it’s side and its winning two that night was something we will always remember.The Oscars are considered to be the top awards in the world by many. In my opinion, It is primarily an American Award primarily about American films and aimed at the American audience. In fact, most of the jury is also indeed American. Since, some time, it is however seen as aiming to be more ‘inclusive’ with one seeing awards beyond the usual suspects. We are seeing winners from around the world and artists of all kinds of backgrounds. Usually there are many entries sent from around the world for various categories and obviously it is not possible for all to make it to the final selections or winners. But whoever, reaches there is definitely something special.
Before talking about it further, let me talk about the awards themselves for a historical background. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy’s corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.
As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world.
The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards now officially and popularly known as “The Oscars”. The Academy had been formed on May 11, 1927 and it’s purpose in its own words is, “To recognize and uphold excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures”. It is headquartered in Beverley Hills, California.
The notion of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) began with Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). He said he wanted to create an organization that would mediate labor disputes without unions and improve the film industry’s image. He met with actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo, and the head of the Association of Motion Picture Producers, Fred Beetson to discuss these matters. The idea of this elite club having an annual banquet was discussed, but no mention of awards at that time. They also established that membership into the organization would only be open to people involved in one of the five branches of the industry: actors, directors, writers, technicians, and producers.
After their brief meeting, Mayer gathered up a group of thirty-six people involved in the film industry and invited them to a formal banquet at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on January 11, 1927. That evening Mayer presented to those guests what he called the International Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Everyone in the room that evening became a founder of the Academy.Between that evening and when the official Articles of Incorporation for the organization were filed on May 4, 1927, the “International” was dropped from the name, becoming the “Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”.
Several organizational meetings were held prior to the first official meeting held on May 6, 1927. Their first organizational meeting was held on May 11 at the Biltmore Hotel. At that meeting Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was elected as the first president of the Academy, while Fred Niblo was the first vice-president, and their first roster, composed of 230 members, was printed.That night, the Academy also bestowed its first honorary membership, to Thomas Edison. Initially, the Academy was broken down into five main groups, or branches, although this number of branches has grown over the years. The original five were: Producers, Actors, Directors, Writers and Technicians .
The initial concerns of the group had to do with labor.” However, as time went on, the organization moved “further away from involvement in labor-management arbitrations and negotiations.” One of several committees formed in those initial days was for “Awards of Merit,” but it was not until May 1928 that the committee began to have serious discussions about the structure of the awards and the presentation ceremony. By July 1928, the board of directors had approved a list of 12 awards to be presented. During July the voting system for the Awards was established, and the nomination and selection process began.This “award of merit for distinctive achievement” is what we know now as the Academy Awards.
The initial location of the organization was 6912 Hollywood Boulevard. In November 1927, the Academy moved to the Roosevelt Hotel at 7010 Hollywood Boulevard, which was also the month the Academy’s library began compiling a complete collection of books and periodicals dealing with the industry from around the world. In May 1928, the Academy authorized the construction of a state of the art screening room, to be located in the Club lounge of the hotel. The screening room was not completed until April 1929.
With the publication of Academy Reports (No. 1): Incandescent Illumination in July 1928, the Academy began a long history of publishing books to assist its members. Research Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences trained Signal Corps officers, during World War II, who later won two Oscars, for Seeds of Destiny and Toward Independence.
In 1929, Academy members, in a joint venture with the University of Southern California, created America’s first film school to further the art and science of moving pictures. The school’s founding faculty included Fairbanks (President of the Academy), D. W. Griffith, William C. deMille, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, and Darryl F. Zanuck.
1930 saw another move, to 7046 Hollywood Boulevard, in order to accommodate the enlarging staff, and by December of that year the library was acknowledged as “having one of the most complete collections of information on the motion picture industry anywhere in existence.” They remained at that location until 1935 when further growth caused them to move once again. This time, the administrative offices moved to one location, to the Taft Building at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, while the library moved to 1455 North Gordon Street.
In 1934, the Academy began publication of the Screen Achievement Records Bulletin, which today is known as the Motion Picture Credits Database. This is a list of film credits up for an Academy Award, as well as other films released in Los Angeles County, using research materials from the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library. Another publication of the 1930s was the first annual Academy Players Directory in 1937. The Directory was published by the Academy until 2006 when it was sold to a private concern. The Academy had been involved in the technical aspects of film making since its founding in 1927, and by 1938, the Science and Technology Council consisted of 36 technical committees addressing technical issues related to sound recording and reproduction, projection, lighting, film preservation, and cinematography.
The Academy Award statuette’s nickname, “Oscar,” has three possible sources. Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation that the backside of the statuette looked like that of her husband Harmon Oscar Nelson. Columnist Sidney Skolsky maintained that he gave the award its nickname. The name has also been attributed to academy librarian Margaret Herrick, who declared that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar.
Oscar Awards have evolved with passage of time. With time, the number of categories has gone up to quite an extent and even new segments have been added. At the same time, many categories that were earlier a part of Oscars have now been removed. In short, there have many inclusions and exclusions in Oscar categories, according to changing times. Presently, the Academy Awards ceremony has 24 categories, in which winners are announced. Apart from that, yet another set of award, known as the Students Academy Awards, is also presented by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, separately.
Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the Academy Awards in different categories. As of 2023, 20 Indians have been nominated and 10 have won Oscars including in the scientific and technical category.
At the 30th Academy Awards, Mehboob Khan’s 1957 Hindi-language film Mother India was India’s first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. It was nominated alongside four other films and lost to the Italian film Nights of Cabiria (1957) by one vote. In 1982, The National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producing Richard Attenborough’s biographical film Gandhi. At the 55th Academy Awards, Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes. Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Score for the same film. As of 2023, three Indian films have been nominated for Best International Feature—Mother India, Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001).
In 1992, legendary Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray was bestowed with an Honorary Academy Award, becoming the only Indian to date to receive the honour. Resul Pookutty and A. R. Rahman won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Score, respectively, for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman also won for Best Original Song alongside lyricist Gulzar for the song “Jai Ho”, becoming the first Indian to date to have won more than one Academy Award. Rahman also holds the record for most nominations for an Indian with five total nominations to date, followed by Ismail Merchant with four nominations (three for Best Picture and once for Live Action Short).
Several Indians and Indian Americans have received the Oscars in the technical category like Rahul Thakkar, Cottalango Leon and Vikas Sathaye.
This year (2023) we had three Indian nominations. Shaunak Sen and Aman Mann’s “All That Breathes’ had been nominated for the best Documentary feature but unfortunately failed to win the Oscars though it has won several other noted awards. The film follows siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who rescue and treat injured birds in India.
The second nomination was for Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga’s ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ which won the Oscars for Best Documentary (Short Feature) category. The Elephant Whisperers is a 2022 Tamil-language Indian short documentary film directed by documentary filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves in her directorial debut. The documentary is about the bond that develops between a couple and an orphaned baby elephant, Raghu, who was entrusted to their care. The Elephant Whisperers tells the story of an indigenous couple named Bomman and Bellie who are entrusted with an orphaned baby Indian elephant named Raghu. They take great pains to ensure that the fragile, injured infant survives and grows to be a healthy juvenile. A strong bond develops between the couple and the elephant. They adopt another elephant Ammukutty and eventually have to give up Raghu. Set in the Mudumalai National Park in the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states of India, the documentary also highlights the natural beauty of the location. It explores the life of the tribal people in harmony with nature.
The film is not just a heart-touching story of a bond between animal and human and co-existence, but also showcases Indian culture and tradition of environment conservation. Kartiki Gonsalves spent five years following human-elephant blended family belonging to Kattunayakan tribe to make this documentary. The beautiful film is available on Netflix for those interested. The win will prove to be a great inspiration for Indian women film makers.
The third nomination which won is “Naatu Naatu” from the film RRR for Best Original Score. It was great to see the composer M M Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose receive the award. They received it with so much dignity and it was so nice to see Keeravani sing a loved Carpenters song during his speech while accepting the award. There is a lot to say about M M Keeravani (aka M M Kreem to Hindi film audiences) and I am already planning a post with his song ‘Khoobsurat Hai Woh Kitna’ from the movie Rog (2005) which was recently introduced by Sadanand ji. I will talk about his work in that article and today we will focus on RRR and “Naatu Naatu” instead today.
“Naatu Naatu” (transl. Native, Local, Wild) is an Indian Telugu-language song composed by M. M. Keeravani, with lyrics by Chandrabose and recorded by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava for the soundtrack album of the 2022 Indian film RRR. It was released on 10 November 2021 (released on YouTube as a lyrical video song) as the second single from the album, through Lahari Music and T-Series. The full video song, featuring visuals directly from the film, was released on 11 April 2022 on YouTube.
The song was also released in Hindi as “Naacho Naacho”, in Tamil as “Naattu Koothu”, in Kannada as “Halli Naatu” and in Malayalam as “Karinthol”. The hook step dance involving N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan – the lead actors of RRR – became popular. “Naatu Naatu” became the first song from an Indian film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, as well as the first song from an Asian film to win the former.
Today’s post will of course feature the Hindi version “Naacho Naacho”.
Before we talk about the song, It would be appropriate to talk a bit about the movie first. RRR is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainment. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris. It centers around fictional versions of two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), their friendship, and their fight against the British Raj.
Rajamouli came across stories about the lives of Rama Raju and Bheem and connected the coincidences between them, imagining what would have happened had they met, and been friends. The film was announced in March 2018. Principal photography of the film began in November 2018 in Hyderabad and continued until August 2021, owing to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was filmed extensively across India, with a few sequences filmed in Ukraine and Bulgaria. The film’s soundtrack and background score were composed by M. M. Keeravani, with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Sabu Cyril is the film’s production designer whilst V. Srinivas Mohan supervised the visual effects.
Made on a budget of ₹550 crore (US$72 million), RRR is the most expensive Indian film to date. The film was initially scheduled for theatrical release on 30 July 2020, which was postponed multiple times due to production delays and the COVID pandemic. RRR was released theatrically on 25 March 2022 in the original Telugu as well as Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. With ₹240 crore (US$30 million) worldwide on its first day, RRR recorded the highest opening-day earned by an Indian film. It emerged as the highest-grossing film in its home market of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, grossing over ₹415 crore (US$52 million). The film grossed ₹1,200 crore (US$150 million) – ₹1,258 crore (US$160 million) worldwide, setting several box office records for an Indian film, including the third highest-grossing Indian film and second highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide.
RRR received international praise for Rajamouli’s direction, writing, performances (particularly Rama Rao and Charan), soundtrack, action sequences, cinematography and visual effects. The film was considered one of the ten best films of the year by the National Board of Review, making it only the second non-English language film ever to make it to the list. In addition to the awards already mentioned, RRR also won the Best Foreign Language Film and the Best Song award at the 28th Critics’ Choice Awards.
The plot of the movie is as follows:-
In 1920, during the British Raj, Governor Scott Buxton and his wife Catherine visit a forest in Adilabad and there abduct Malli, a young girl with a talent for artistry, from the Gond tribe. Enraged by this, the tribe’s guardian Komaram Bheem embarks for Delhi to rescue her, disguising himself as a Muslim man named Akhtar. Elsewhere, the Nizamate of Hyderabad, sympathetic to the Raj, warns Scott’s office of the impending danger. Undeterred, Catherine enlists A. Rama Raju, an ambitious officer in the Indian Imperial Police, to quell the threat. Seeking clues to Malli’s whereabouts, Raju and his uncle, Venkateswarulu, attend several pro-independence gatherings where he feigns to support independence.
Months later, Lachhu, Bheem’s gullible aide, is taken in by Raju’s ruse and attempts to recruit him into Bheem’s plot, but then discovers his true identity and flees. A short while later, Bheem and Raju encounter one other, unaware of their opposing allegiances. In the course of working in concert to save a boy from a train wreck, they form a friendship and over time grow close. Raju then assists Bheem in courting Jenny, Scott’s niece, unaware that Bheem plans to infiltrate Scott’s residence. When Jenny takes Bheem to her residence, Bheem locates the room where Malli is being held captive; he meets Malli and promises he will free her. Meanwhile, Raju deduces Lachhu’s true identity and apprehends him. While being interrogated, Lachhu goads a banded krait into attacking Raju, then warns him of his imminent fate and that the antidote is only known to the Gonds.
Dazed, Raju approaches Bheem, who immediately tends to him. Noticing similar religious features between Lachhu and Bheem, Raju deduces his true intentions. Nevertheless, Bheem divulges his tribal identity and his mission, still unaware of Raju’s true identity. At an event held in Scott’s honor, Bheem’s men barge into his residence with a lorry filled with wild animals, which creates havoc among the assembled guests. The animals maul Scott’s guards, allowing Bheem to briefly fight; however, Raju arrives and tells him Scott intends to kill Malli; he surrenders out of obligation. In the aftermath of the incident, Raju is promoted for thwarting Bheem, yet he is absorbed with guilt over his own actions, recalling his own pro-nationalistic background and his actual alter-ego as a mole within the police; he was seeking a promotion in order to gain access to shipments of guns to smuggle to his village.
At Bheem’s public flogging, Raju attempts to persuade him to recant his actions; Bheem chooses to be flogged instead. Bheem sings in defiance of his injuries, which incites the assembled crowd into rebellion. The riot further enlightens Raju, who finally realizes the recklessness of his actions. Determined to save his friend, he persuades Scott to execute Bheem in secret while preparing an ambush to rescue him. Scott figures out this scheme. While managing to rescue Malli from Scott’s men, Raju is grievously injured. Bheem, who had also managed to free himself, mistakenly interprets Raju’s actions as an attempt to kill Malli; he bludgeons him and escapes with her. Months later, Bheem, who is hiding out with his group and Malli in Hathras, is cornered by the colonial authorities. He narrowly avoids being exposed when Sita, Raju’s fiancée, repels them by claiming a smallpox epidemic as a pretext.
Unaware of Bheem’s identity, she reveals Raju’s actual, anti-colonial objectives and of his impending execution. Crestfallen upon realizing his own folly, Bheem vows to save him. With the assistance of a sympathetic Jenny, Bheem infiltrates the barracks where Raju is detained and frees him, defeating the many soldiers he aroused in the process. The pair retreat to a nearby forest, where they decimate more soldiers with the use of a longbow taken from a Rama shrine. Taking the fight to Scott, they hurl a flaming motorcycle into the barracks’ magazines, setting it afire. The subsequent explosion kills many within Scott’s company, including Catherine. Having finally cornered a wounded Scott, Raju has Bheem execute him with a British rifle, fulfilling their respective objectives. They steal a cache of Scott’s weaponry and reunite with Sita and Jenny.
To mark the completion of their missions, Raju asks Bheem to make a wish he can grant; Bheem asks Raju to provide education for him and his community.
So this was about the film’s story. Now we come to the song itself. The entire process of producing the song took over 19 months. Keeravani composed 10 to 20 different tunes based on that particular point in the script. Later, the team finalized this particular tune based on a voting process from their inner circle. The Telugu word naatu variously translates to ‘native’, ‘local’, ‘countryside’, ‘raw and rustic’, ‘ethnic’. Chandrabose wrote the lyrics based on his childhood memories. According to Chandrabose, he wrote 90% of the song in half a day but it took 1.7 years to write the remaining 10%. The word ‘naatu’ would be similar to word ‘Desi’ and it is not a surprise that the song is introduced as ‘Desi Naach’ in the Hindi film introduction.
The composer Keeravani likened the sound to the traditional beats of folk songs in Indian villages. Keeravani used duffs, an Indian skin drum for the instrumentation and added in mandolins for the melody. The song features a beat popular in South Indian music and “distinctive” to the dappankuthu genre of popular music.
RRR director Rajamouli conceived “Naatu Naatu” as a kind of fight sequence in which the Indian duo outdance their British counterparts. He also used the song as a foreshadowing for the climax sequence. “I think the biggest achievement for me was incorporating how the song comes into the film, without breaking the narrative,” he noted. Rajamouli described the sequence as “the story behind the story” and is like a short film of its own with different sub-plots.
Prem Rakshith choreographed the dance sequences. Rajamouli wanted steps “that would look great with two people doing it together, but not so complicated that no-one could do it.” Rakshith choreographed 110 moves for the hook step.
“Naatu Naatu” was shot in August 2021 in Ukraine as a part of the final leg of shooting of RRR. Filming took place at the Mariinskyi Palace, the official residence of the president of Ukraine in Kyiv, a few months before the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The song picturization took 15 days. The music video featured about 50 dancers and 300 to 400 extras.
The music video is a direct clip from a scene in RRR, which features Ram (Ram Charan) and Bheem (Rama Rao) singing the lyrics and out-dancing the rich British men at a fancy British party, encouraged by Bheem’s love interest Jenny (Olivia Morris). By the song’s climax, Ram and Bheem ignite a dance battle between themselves and the British men, who each fall down one by one as they fail to keep up; and despite being cheered for, Ram pretends to injure his leg and falls over to allow Bheem to win the battle and impress Jenny.
Within 24 hours of its release, the song crossed over 17 million views in Telugu (becoming the most-viewed Telugu song), and 35 million views in all five languages on YouTube. It also became the fastest Telugu song to cross 1 million likes. In February 2022, the song crossed over 200 million views in all languages.
The song received positive reception from audiences, praising the music. The hook step, performed by Jr NTR and Ram Charan, went viral on social media. Charan and Rama Rao often recreated the viral portion of the dance in the film’s promotions, as did director Rajamouli at the film’s success party with encouragement from Rama Rao.
In an article, Brenda Haas of Deutsche Welle referred to the song as a “global sensation”. She further opined and wrote that, “the song’s international popularity also underscores the fact that language is no barrier to enjoying music across borders”.
At Edison, New Jersey in 2023, numerous Tesla cars were assembled to have a show of light & sound, set to the music of this song.
We of course had a live performance at the Oscars by the singers of Naatu Naatu, Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava (who is also Keeravani’s son) with lots of dancers which was introduced by Deepika Padukone.
The combination of good music, lyrics, dance steps along with a back story featuring anti-coloniolism theme definitely struck a chord with the audience worldwide which explains the song’s huge popularity and the many awards it has been getting. In addition to the music and lyrics, As a youtube commenter observed The choreography, co-ordination of the actors’ moves, energy output and positive vibes from the actors is just outstanding. Another has observed This song belongs not only to India but to the world. The Hindi version Naacho Naacho has successfully conveyed the same emotions. Here Vishal Mishra replaces Kaala Bhairava in the singing department and the lyricist is Riya Mukherjee.
Here is the video of the song for your viewing pleasure, definitely a song to be seen and heard. Hats off to the team who created it.
Detailed credit courtesy Youtube Video
Music Director: M. M. Kreem
Lyricist: Riya Mukherjee
Singers: Vishal Mishra, Rahul Sipligunj
Choreography by: Prem Rakshith
Programmed by: G. Jeevan Babu, Siddharth S
Mixed and Mastered by: G. Jeevan Babu
Recorded at JB Studios.
Song-Naacho naacho (RRR)(2022) Singers-Vishal Mishra, Rahul Sipligunj, Lyrics-Riya Mukherjee, MD-MM Kreem
Lyrics(minus the dialogues by Riya Mukherjee)
Bail Jaise Dhool Uda Ke, Seeng Utha Ke Tum Bhi Naacho
Baaje Jam Ke Taal-Dhol, Beta Raju, Ud Ke Naacho
Teeron Se Bhi Tez Koi Kar Sake Jo Bhed Naacho
Astabal Mein Ghode Jaise Baag-Dor Chhod Naacho
Mitti Jota, Rot Mota, Mircha Khaa Ke Aise Naacho
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Haan, Aaja, Gore
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Veere, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Yaara, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Kachchi Keri Jaisa Khatta Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Bichchu Kaata Laage Aisa Naacho
Goonje Dhol Aise Dekho Dhan-Dhana Ke Rogi Naache
Shor Sun Lo Hai Dhamaka, Jaise Sher-Haathi Naache
Dekho, Dil Ka Ye Mela, Yaara, Apne Saath Naacho
Ediyon Ke Joron Pe Dhoom-Dhadaak Desi Naacho
Who Paseena Maathe Ka Chamke-Damke Aise Naacho
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Haan, Aaja, Gore
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Veere, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Yaara, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Aa Dobaara Raag Chheda, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Usne Chakha Laage Teekha, Naacho
Jhoome Gaon, Hai Rela, Ooncha Paon Yun Patka
Hai ye Desi Ek Mela, Kaisa Raha Yakayaki
Naacho, Naacho, Naacho, Aa-Ha, Naacho
Are, Dhoom-Dhoom Thirke Jaa, Paaon Mein Jaan Jaga
Dhumuk-Dhumuk Naache Ja, Duniya Hila De Saari
Naacho, Naacho, Naacho
Dhink-Chaka
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
Haan, Wahi
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
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Devnagari script Lyrics (Provided by Gajendra Khanna) (minus the dialogues by Riya Mukherjee)
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बैल जैसे धूल उड़ा के, सींग उठा के तुम भी नाचो
बाजे जम के ताल-ढोल, बेटा राजू, उड़ के नाचो
तीरों से भी तेज़ कोई कर सके जो भेद नाचो
अस्तबल में घोड़े जैसे बाग-डोर छोड़ नाचो
मिट्टी जोता, रोट मोटा, मिर्चा खाके ऐसे नाचो
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
हाँ, आजा, गोरे
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, वीरे, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, यारा, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, कच्ची केरी जैसा खट्टा नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, बिच्छू काटा लागे ऐसा नाचो
गूँजे ढोल ऐसे देखो धन-धना के रोगी नाचे
शोर सुन लो है धमाका, जैसे शेर-हाथी नाचे
देखो, दिल का ये मेला, यारा, अपने साथ नाचो
एड़ियों के ज़ोरों पे धूम-धड़ाक देसी नाचो
वो पसीना माथे का चमके-दमके ऐसे नाचो
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
हाँ, आजा, गोरे
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, वीरे, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, यारा, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, आ दोबारा राग छेड़ा, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, उसने चखा लागे तीखा, नाचो
झूमे गाँव, है रेला, ऊँचा पाँव यूँ पटका
है ये देसी एक मेला, कैसा रहा यकायकी
नाचो, नाचो, नाचो, आ-हा, नाचो
अरे, धूम-धूम थिरके जा, पाँव में जान जगा
धुमुक-धुमुक नाचे जा, दुनिया हिला दे सारी
नाचो, नाचो, नाचो
ढिंक-चका
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
हाँ, वही
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
Jhoome jo pathan meri jaan
Posted on: April 2, 2023
This article is written by Gajendra Khanna, 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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While browsing the songs posted for various years on the Atul’s Song A Day website, I realised that the current year 2023 is still to make it’s debut on the blog and decided to make a post from the movie which is being reported as the biggest hit of the year so far – Pathaan.
Pathaan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and written by Shridhar Raghavan and Abbas Tyrewala, from a story by Anand.
This is the fourth movie in the YRF (Yash Raj Films’) Spy Universe. YRF Spy Universe is an Indian shared universe centered on a series of spy action-thriller films, which feature various fictional RAW agents. It is produced and distributed by Yash Raj Films. The franchise is commercially successful by having grossed ₹2,422 crore on a combined budget of ₹635 crore, thus becoming the second highest-grossing Indian franchise. The shared universe, initially started out as a single movie series, later was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters.
The first film Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and its sequel Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) centre on a fictional R&AW agent played by Salman Khan. War (2019) tells the story of a RAW agent played by Hrithik Roshan who goes rogue. Before making War, producer Aditya Chopra and director Siddharth Anand came up with the idea of merging these films and creating a shared universe by crossing over the characters who all belong to the RAW. However, War was still made as a standalone film without directly connecting to the first two Tiger films—supporting the idea of creating a proper foundation for the War characters before a proper crossover. The fifth movie of the series, Tiger 3 starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif is scheduled to release on 10 November 2023, coinciding with Diwali.
Pathaan (2023) starring Shah Rukh Khan as the titular character and a RAW agent, directed by Anand, is the first film to have characters appearing from both the Tiger franchise and War. It is the fourth film in the SPY Universe and the first YRF film to have a crossover.
Pathaan which released on 25th January 2023, on the eve of the Indian Republic Day is reportedly breaking all sorts of box office records. Some reports claim that it has already crossed 1040 crores of revenue worldwide. The day the movie released, I happened to be on Bengaluru’s M.G. Road for some window shopping. I saw that the Fame Symphony cinema had a huge crowd in front of it thanks to the release of this film. This was quite an anticipated movie for the audience since Shah Rukh Khan was appearing in a film after 4 years (Zero had last released on 21st December 2018). There was a huge publicity campaign for the movie’s release which had got even more accentuated due to a controversy over Deepika Padukone’s orange bikini featured in the video and lyrics of the film’s hit song ‘Besharam Rang’. Before, I share my views on the movie let me share the movie’s plot below:-
In 2019, the Indian Government revokes Article 370, which grants special status for Jammu and Kashmir. The news impacts a cancer-ridden Pakistani army general, Qadir, who decides to exact vengeance against India. He signs a contract with Jim, who leads “Outfit X”, a private terrorist organization. Meanwhile, Pathaan, a former RAW agent, and his senior officer Nandini Grewal open a unit dubbed the “Joint Operations and Covert Research” (JOCR) unit, to recruit former RAW agents who were forced to retire due to past trauma or injury, but want to serve the country.
With RAW joint secretary, Colonel Sunil Luthra’s acceptance, Pathaan and his team head to Dubai to stop Outfit X’s plans of attacking the President of India at a scientific conference. However, they realize that their actual plan was to kidnap two scientists, Dr. Farooqui and Dr. Sahani instead and the information they received about the imminent attack on the President was a ruse to mislead them. Jim attacks the scientists’ convoy and Pathaan tries to stop him. A fight ensues, where Jim manages to escape with Dr. Sahani. At the debrief back at the agency, Luthra reveals that Jim was a former RAW agent and Kabir Dhaliwal’s partner, who was awarded with the Vir Puraskar for his bravery after the agency could not find his body when Somalian terrorists killed his wife and unborn child in a negotiation gone-wrong. He had apparently faked his death in order to seek vengeance against the agency and country for not saving his family.
Meanwhile, Pathaan learns about the codeword dubbed “Raktbeej” and also that the dead people in Dubai were ex-agents and their money was transferred from the account of Rubina “Rubai” Mohsin, a Pakistani doctor in Spain. He travels to Spain and is captured by Jim’s men, where he also learns that Rubai is an ex-ISI agent. When Jim leaves his hideout, Rubai attacks Jim’s men and escapes with Pathaan. Rubai reveals that Raktbeej is in Moscow, where they travel to steal it before Jim does. However, Rubai betrays Pathaan and has him captured by the police. It is revealed that Jim used Rubai to make Pathaan steal the Raktbeej for himself. Pathaan is captured and taken to prison by train, but is saved by Avinash “Tiger” Singh Rathore.Three years later, Pathaan travels to Africa and captures Jim’s henchman Raafe. He meets Nandini and reveals about Jim purchasing two saber missiles, while Nandini reveals Rubai’s location in Paris. Pathaan meets Rubai, who reveals that the Raktbeej is a mutated smallpox virus, which was forcibly developed by a captive Dr. Sahani under Jim’s orders. She also expresses guilt about betraying Pathaan without knowing that her country would plan such an heinous attack. They travel to Jim’s lab in Siberia and manage to recover one orb containing the virus with great difficulty, while Jim escapes with the other orb. Luthra and Nandini reach Jim’s lab to take the orb back to the Indian Institute of Contagious Diseases (IICD), in India in order to develop a vaccine. Luthra also has Rubai arrested for having questionable loyalties.
At the IICD in India, Dr. Farooqui demonstrates the orb to Nandini. Jim calls them and reveals that the orb has already spread the virus in the facility. The infected scientists, along with Nandini die in the facility by shooting themselves, to curb the spread of the virus. Later, the facility is destroyed in a controlled blast. Jim provides an ultimatum to evacuate Indian soldiers out of Kashmir within 24 hours. Pathaan interrogates Raafe about the location of the missile, and learns that the missile is situated in Afghanistan. After rescuing Rubai, they lure Jim’s associates into a trap, and attack Jim’s base. Qadir is killed by Rubai before activating the missile containing the virus. Pathaan chases after Jim with a jetpack and they both crash land into a cabin.
Meanwhile, Rubai deactivates the missile, but finds that Raktbeej is not in the missile, but instead in a passenger-bound airplane, which is about to land in Delhi. She informs Pathaan, who finds that Jim has the detonator. Luthra calls the air traffic control to prevent the plane from landing in Delhi. In the cabin, Pathaan and Jim fight brutally, resulting in the cabin begin sliding off a cliff. Despite getting stabbed by Jim, Pathaan steals the detonator, deactivates Raktbeej and throws Jim out of the cabin as the foundation is about to break. While Jim holds onto a plank, Pathaan takes away his Vir Puraskar, deeming him unworthy of it. He stomps and breaks the plank Jim was holding onto, resulting in him falling to his apparent death. Afterwards, Pathaan is reinstated into RAW and made as the head of JOCR, while Nandini is posthumously awarded with the Vir Puraskar for her bravery.
In a mid-credits scene, Pathaan and Tiger are seen pondering about retiring and suggesting young agents who can replace them, but eventually decide to keep fighting the threats themselves.
So that was the movie’s ‘plot’. From the reviews of colleagues I gathered that the movie is a total masala film and moviegoers are going to see Shah Rukh’s latest outing on the big screen after a long time. I got mixed reviews about the movie from colleagues and due to my busy schedule at the time could not manage to walk it in the cinemas. Finally, I was able to manage to watch it on 22nd March on Amazon Prime when it released there as it happened to be a holiday.
Now, why was it a holiday may be a surprise to some people in some parts of India but it is a very normal annual occurrence for us here in Bengaluru. Let me take the opportunity to talk a bit about the ‘holiday’ here, on occasion of ‘Ugadi’. This day is very important as per our Sanatana Dharma. This is the day our Vikram Samwat calendar starts. King Vikramaditya is recorded to have started this calendar in 57 B.C to commemorate his victory over the Sakas. His kingdom had many important Geographers like Varamihir and it was based on their calculations that the calendar was made. The calendar or ‘panchaang’ had been calculated as per precise time calculations in those days. As per their calculations, the moon travels through the twelve Raashis (constellations) in 354 days. Thus, the moon travels each constellation in 29days, on the basis of which the calendar year was divided into twelve months. It was for the first time in the world that a year was divided into twelve months. In the calculation, the year is counted on basis of the sun’s movement while the months are calculated as per the movement of the moon. This same principle was also adopted by the Greeks, Arabs and the British later. It is also interesting to note that in comparison to the western calendars, here the names of the months of the calendars is quite scientific. While the western calendars are named according to the names of kings, queens or Gods/Goddesses, our Hindu Navsanvatsar technique names the months according to the Nakshatras the moon is in at the time of the Poornima (full moon). For example, if it is in Chitra, it is called Chaitra, in Vishakha it is Vaishakh, In Shravan it is Shraavan and when in Phalguni it is Phalgun. Thus our calendar’s months are not only scientific but they also consider the natural changes in the solar system. Due to the speed of the Sun and moon, every year, a difference of ten days occurs due to which they also catered for an ‘Adhimaas’. The original British (Gregorian) calendar had only ten months and due to which every year the time of Christmas used tochange. Due to such discrepancies, European countries had taken inspiration from the provision of 12 months in our calendar.
This new year day falls in the Chaitra month and there is a lot of significance of it. Some people may be surprised and ask that why does the ‘new year’ start fifteen days into the Chaitra month. The western calendars normally start on the new year after all, isn’t it? Like the calendar, there is a rational explanation for this too in our Sanatan philosophy. The belief is that during the Krishna Paksh due to the decline in the moon for 15 days the sky starts to become dark. Our Sanatan Dharma is based on moving from darkness to light (the principal that the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad mentions as Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya -which incidentally was my school’s motto too- which means From darkness, lead me to light). Due to this reason, in Chaitra after 15 days in Shukla Paksh due to increase in size of the moon, the brightness of light also increases and on the Pratipada tithi we celebrate the Hindu New Year.
This day marks the beginning of the Chaitra Navratras which are considered very auspicious. Chaitra Navratri is the first of four navratris of the year and being the first is very important. During these navratris in Punjab and other areas where the Shakti philosophy is followed, the nine forms of the Goddess Shakti, Durga, Shailputri, Brahmcharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skand Mata, Katyayini, Kaal Raatri, Maha Gauri and Siddhi Daatri are prayed to by the Devotees (Bhakts). According to traditional kathas, Devi Durga had descended from the heavens to visit her paternal home (Maayka) and spend time with her devotees on this day. People undertake fasts on each day praying to the specific form of the goddess for the day and finally it ends the Chaitra Navmi (Also celebrated Ram Navmi or Vasant Navratri). Kanjak or Kanya Poojan, also called as Kumari Pujan, is a significant ritual related to the Hindu festival of Navratri done on the Ashtami in which little girls, preferably nine girls (called as Kanya – Kanjak in Punjabi) are worshiped in the nine form of goddess Durga. Many people think there are only two navratris in the year, one this Chaitra Navratri and the other before Dussehra but there are actually four navratris as per our ancient practices with the other two being ‘gupt’ or secret Navratris. The second Navratri and the first gupt Navratri is the Aashaadh Navratri celebrated during the Krishna Paksh of the Aashaadh month (which occurs around June-July) during which the Goddess is made happy by tantra sadhna. The third Navratri is the Sharadiya Navratri which is celebrated during the Shukla Paksh of the Sharad month (which occurs around September-October) till the Navmi which is considered the beginning of the winter season and the nine forms of Goddess Durga are prayed to during the nine days. The fourth and final Navratri of the year is the Magh Navratri (second Gupt Navratri) which is celebrated during the Shukla Paksh of the Paush Maas (December-January) during which prayers for secret Siddhis are done.
Here in Karnataka and Andhra-Telangana we celebrate the new year by the name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and ādi (beginning): “the beginning of a new age”. Yugadi or Ugadi falls on “Chaitra Shudhdha Paadyami” or the first day of the bright half of the Indian month of Chaitra. The Telugu, Kannada, Kodava and the Tulu diaspora in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu celebrate the festival with great fanfare; gatherings of the extended family and a sumptuous feast are ‘de rigueur’. The day begins early with ritual showers, rubbing the body with perfumed oil, followed by prayers.
Ugadi Pacchadi is a symbolic dish prepared by Hindu people on this festival.
Preparations for the festival begin a week ahead. Houses are given a thorough clean. People buy new clothes, including dhoti, and buy new items for the festival, decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh mango leaves. Mango leaves and coconuts are considered auspicious in the Hindu tradition, and they are used on Ugadi. People also clean the front of their house with water and cow dung paste, then draw colorful floral designs. People offer prayers in temples. The celebration of Ugadi is marked by religious zeal and social merriment. According to Vasudha Narayanan, a professor of Religion at the University of Florida:
The pacchadi festive dish symbolically reminds the people that the following year – as all of life – will consist of not just sweet experiences, but a combination of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter episodes. Just as the different substances are bound together, one is reminded that no event or episode is wholly good or bad. Even in the midst of bitter experiences, there are sweet moments. One is also reminded that the experience of taste is transitory and ephemeral; so too, is life, and one has to learn to put pain and pleasure in proper temporal perspective.
Special dishes are prepared for the occasion. In Karnataka, foods such as Holige or Obattu, and mango pickles are made. In addition, a speciality of yugadi in Karnataka is to create “bEvu-bella” a mixture of neem and jaggery. This symbolizes life’s own experiences with a little bit of bitternes and a hint of sweetness. In Andhra Pradesh, foods such as pulihora, bobbatlu (Bhakshalu/ polelu/ oligale), New Year Burelu and Pachadi, and preparations made with raw mango go well with the occasion. Of these, pachadi (or Ugadi pacchadi) is the most notable, and consists of a chutney-like dish which combines ingredients to give all six flavours of food (ṣaḍruculu) : sweet (tīpi), sour (pulupu), salty (uppu), spicy (kāraṁ), bitter (cēdu) and astringent (vagaru). This festive Hindu food is made from tamarind paste (sour), neem flowers (bitter), brown sugar or sweet jaggery (sweet), table salt (salt), green chilli (spicy) and raw mango (astringent). It is a symbolic reminder of complex phases of life one should reasonably expect in the new year.
Maharashtran Hindus refer to the festival, observed on the same day, as Gudi Padwa. The Sindhis celebrate the same day as Cheti Chand, which is the beginning of their calendar year as well as the Jayanti of Bhagwan Jhoole Lal. Manipuris also celebrate their New Year as Sajibu Nongma Panba on the same day.
The Hindus of Bali in Indonesia also celebrate their new year on the same day as Nyepi. Ugadi is one of the five Hindu national public holidays in Mauritius.
As per our scriptures, there are other significances of this day too. It is said that it was on the day of the Chaitra Pratipada that Brahma ji had created the universe. Thus, Satyuga had started on this day and it was the first day of the Kaal Chakra. Bhagwan Ram had killed Bali on this same day and it thus marked an important milestone towards his endeavour to bring back Sita ji from Lanka. It was also the day on which Yudhishthir had become the King. (Thus it is an important day both in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata). Finally, the Arya Samaj had also been established on this day.
After all these asides, I come back to how I had a holiday on 22nd March on occasion of Ugadi which also happened to be the day Pathaan was released on OTT platform Amazon Prime. After a solid lunch with some excellent puranpoli (sweet and savoury variants), I along with a close family decided to finally catch the movie. I have already talked about the plot above. The story line as such is fairly limited and I feel in terms of story depth and screen play there was a lot that could have been done (wish someone like Neelesh Mishra from Ek Tha Tiger could have been there to firm it up). The film keeps you seated but it is not a very pleasant experience. An ISI agent who helps India, A Raw Agent against India, Really?? Lots of elements remind you of the Mission Impossible series as well as Matrix and probably other Hollywood movies too. Shah Rukh and Deepika Padukone make their presence felt as does Salman Khan in this guest appearance as Tiger. However, for me, it is John Abraham as the villain Jim and Dimple Kapadia who plays Nandini Jaiswal as head of JOCR (not Joker but Joint Operations and Covert Research. We, the audience are the jokers!) who stand out in the acting department for me. They both played their roles very well and give an emotional depth to the movie. Without these two, I probably wouldn’t have sat through the whole movie. The animation standard could have been better (never mind the inspirations from the Hollywood movies I already mentioned) and leaves one missing the finesse one is used to in Hollywood blockbusters. Pathaan’s real name is not revealed (unlike Tiger’s whom we know as Avinash Singh Rathore though we do get the back story as to how he got the name due to an act of ‘bravery’ in an Afghan village) as is the quality storyline which one would have expected. Over all, I would say that if you have nothing else to do and like these actors, Go ahead and watch it. To say that it would be worth multiple watches is too much of a stretch. It is a one time watch masala film. SRK isn’t just a word! It’s an emotion for millions of fans across the world and will be loved by his die hard fans. For the rest, It doesn’t have that redeeming quality which defines timeless movies. Never mind the huge box office (if true).
I would now like to leave you with the lyrics of the title song, Jhoome Jo Pathaan. It is a nice dance number which is being loved by the kids (just the other day saw cricketer Irfan Pathan’s cute son dance to it with his father on Twitter) and is set in posh locales with good choreography. Worth seeing definitely as evident from the 402 Million views the song has already got on Youtube.
The hummable lyrics are by Kumaar who is a popular lyricist from Punjab known for his danceable songs and the music is by the Vishal-Shekhar duo. In some post in the future, I will discuss a bit about their careers. The composer duo are joined by Arijit Singh (flavour of the season or is it decade?) and Sukriti Kakkar in the singing department. I am sure this song will be playing in discos and all over for a while.
Here is the link to the video:-
Song Credits:
Music: Vishal and Sheykhar
Lyrics: Kumaar Singers: Arijit Singh, Sukriti Kakar, Vishal and Sheykhar
Director of Choreography: Bosco-Caesar
Recording At: YRF Studios (Abhishek Khandelwal, Chinmay Mestry, Dileep Nair)
Mixed By: Abhishek Khandelwal (YRF Studios), Dileep Nair (Assistant Mixing Engineer – YRF Studios)
Mastered By: Gethin John (Hafod Mastering, Wales UK)
Additional Music Credits:
Song Editor: Adele Pereira
Song Arranged By: Meghdeep Bose
Guitar: Meghdeep Bose
Video
Audio
Song-Jhoome jo pathan meri jaan (Pathan)(2023) Singers-Arijit Singh, Sukriti Kakar, Vishal, Sheykhar, Lyrics-Kumaar, MD-Vishal-Sheykhar
Lyrics
Tumne Mohabbat Karni Hai
Humne Mohabbat Ki Hai
Iss Dil Ke Alawa Kisi Se Bhi
Na Humne Ijaazat Li Hai
Hunar Hai Yeh Bhi Ishq Ka
Kisi Kisi Ko Aata Hai
Jaan Luta Ke Dushman Ki
Humne Hifaazat Ki Hai
Baat Karte Hain Hazaron
Hazaaron
Hai Tajurba Humein Yaaron
Haan Yaaron
Baat Karte Hain Hazaron
Hai Tajurba Humein Yaaron
Aisi Hai Ada
Bandh Loon Hawa
Mujhpe Woh Khuda
Dil Se Dua Barsaye
Jhoome Jo Pathaan Meri Jaan
Mehfil Hi Lut Jaaye
Dede Jo Zubaan Meri Jaan
Uspe Mar Mit Jaaye
Jhoome Jo Pathan Meri Jaan
Mehfil Hi Lut Jaaye
Dede Jo Zubaan Meri Jaan
Uspe Mar Mit Jaaye
Muqabla Kaise
Hum Karte Hain Yaar
Abki Baar Tareeka Hum Batayenge
Tareeka Hum Batayenge
Kaise Dushman Pe
Hum Marte Hain Yaar
Abki Baar Tareeka Hum Batayenge
Tarika Hum Batayenge
Yaar Karde Jo Ishaara
Ishaara
Dil Main De Doon Dobara
Dobara
Yaar Karde Jo Ishaara
Dil Main De Doon Dobara
Pyar Ka Nasha
Aisa Hai Chadha
Hoke Yoon Fida
Dushman Gale Lag Jaaye
Jhoome Jo Pathaan Meri Jaan
Mehfil Hi Lut Jaaye
Dede Jo Zubaan Meri Jaan
Uspe Mar Mit Jaaye
Jhoome Jo Pathan Meri Jaan
Mehfil Hi Lut Jaaye
Dede Jo Zubaan Meri Jaan
Uspe Mar Mit Jaaye
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Devnagri script Lyrics (Provided by Gajendra Khanna)
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तुमने मोहब्बत करनी है
हमने मोहब्बत की है
इस दिल के अलावा किसी से भी
न हमने इजाज़त ली है
हुनर है ये भी इश्क का
किसी किसी को आता है
जान लुटा के दुश्मन की
हमने हिफाज़त की है
बात करते हैं हज़ारों
हज़ारों
है तजुर्बा हमें यारों
हाँ यारों
बात करते हैं हज़ारों
है तजुर्बा हमें यारों
ऐसी है अदा
बाँध लूँ हवा
मुझपे वो खुदा
दिल से दुआ बरसाए
झूमे जो पठान मेरी जान
महफिल ही लुट जाए
दे दे जो ज़ुबान मेरी जान
उसपे मर मिट जाए
झूमे जो पठान मेरी जान
महफिल ही लुट जाए
दे दे जो ज़ुबान मेरी जान
उसपे मर मिट जाए
मुक़ाबला कैसे
हम करते हैं यार
अब की बार तरीका हम बताएँगे
तरीका हम बताएंगे
कैसे दुश्मन पे
हम मरते हैं यार
अब की बार तरीका हम बताएँगे
तरीका हम बताएँगे
यार कर दे जो इशारा
इशारा
दिल मैं दे दूँ दोबारा
दोबारा
यार कर दे जो इशारा
दिल मैं दे दूँ दोबारा
प्यार का नशा
ऐसा है चढ़ा
हो के यूँ फिदा
दुश्मन गले लग जाए
झूमे जो पठान मेरी जान
महफिल ही लुट जाए
दे दे जो ज़ुबान मेरी जान
उस पे मर मिट जाए
झूमे जो पठान मेरी जान
महफिल ही लुट जाए
दे दे जो ज़ुबान मेरी जान
उसपे मर मिट जाए
Koi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye
Posted on: March 31, 2023
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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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For more than a month, I have been coming across short videos (mostly of less than 30 seconds) of a song ‘jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai’ with young boys lip syncing the song. In some tik tok videos, I have also seen some girls and boys enacting scenes with the song in their own ways. I was attracted to the song as it gave retro vibes of Hindi film music. So, I checked on video sharing platforms as to whether it is filmy or non-filmy song. The song turned out to be from the film ‘Qala’ (2022) which was released on Netflix on December 01, 2022. I also heard the remaining songs from the film which also gave me the same retro feeling.
I read an interesting article on the film which mentioned the similarities in the life of the ghazal singer and a child prodigy, Master Madan and that of the character of Jagan (Babil Khan) in the film. This prompted me to watch the film. Obviously, the film was not available for viewing on the video sharing platforms. So, I watched the film on Netflix..
‘Qala’ (2022) was produced by Karnesh Sharma and was directed by Anvita Dutt. The main actors in the film were Tripti Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee, Babil Khan (son of the late Irrfan Khan) with the supporting cast of Amit Sial, Sameer Kochhar, Girija Oak, Varun Grover, Tasveer Kamil, Anushka Sharma (in a cameo role) and many more. The film is a period family drama with psychological elements.
The film’s story is narrated in many layers of flashbacks. So, I have given the gist of the story as they appear in the film in sequential order.
Qala (Tripti Dimri) wins the Golden Vinyl award for her most popular song. This is followed by a press conference in Kolkata where she is based. One of the journalists asked Qala what happened to her brother who was to be launched by her mother. After some agitation, Qala says that she has no brother as she was the only child. (Actually, journalist was referring to Jagan (Babil Khan) whom Qala’s mother had adopted him to groom as a classical singer).
In a flashback, her mother Urmila (Swastika Mukherjee), a thumri singer, delivers twin, a boy, and a girl at her home in Shimla. However, the boy dies. Urmila is very sad that the boy did not survive but the girl survived. Qala grows up and Urmila decides to teach her Hindustani classical music as a boy to carry forward the family tradition. Ultimately, it is Urmila’s desire to make Qala a great classical singer to get the honour of becoming a ‘Pandit’ rather than a ‘Bai’.
Again, the story goes in the present mode where Qala in Kolkata gets up in the morning to see her photograph with Golden Vinyl award in a newspaper. But it would have pleased Qala more if her mother telephoned her to get the appreciation. But this does not happen, and she gets depressed. Qala goes for a photoshoot during which she suffers from hallucination and sees Jagan who tells her that whatever fame she has got belongs to him. Her secretary, Sudha (Girija Oak) gets worried, and she calls a doctor. He sees no medical problem with Qala and suggests her to take a break and relax.
The story goes again in flashback mode where Urmila is scolding Qala for her poor riyaaz as she has her maiden vocal performance in front of a Ustad after 3 days. The day comes and both mother and daughter go to Solon where the concert is arranged. In the concert, there is one more boy who is also getting opportunity to sing. His name is Jagan. Both Qala and Jagan give their solo vocal recitals during which Urmila is impressed by Jagan’s performance. Qala becomes sad as she did not get such appreciation from her mother. After the performance, Urmila calls Jagan when she comes to know that he is staying in an orphanage in Solon. Judging his potential as a singer, Urmila offers him to teach Hindustani classical music and ask him to shift to her place. This is not liked by Qala as she thinks that her mother is sidelining her.
Jagan tries to be friendly with Qala and suggests that both do the riyaaz together, which she rejects. All the actions of Urmila give Qala a feeling that her mother is promoting Jagan over her own daughter. Slowly, jealousy is born in the mind of Qala towards Jagan. During the same period, Urmila is trying to fix the marriage of Qala with an Air Force Officer so that after her marriage, Urmila can fully concentrate on Jagan in promoting him as a singer.
Urmila hosts a party and invites several influential people including Chandan Lal Sanyal (Sameer Kochhar), an influential and popular film singer. Urmila has instructed Qala to play tanpura for Jagan who is to sing in the party. This is not liked by Qala as she herself is a singer. Just before the party, Qala gives a glass of milk to Jagan which he drinks. During the singing, Jagan falls sick due to bouts of coughing which prompts Urmila to take him to a room. To fill the gap, Qala sings which impresses the guests.
Jagan continues to be sick, and he has almost lost his voice. His fever is not receding. Urmila takes care of him and Qala feels neglected by her mother. Sumant Kumar, a music director, visits Urmila’s house to fix the time for recording the debut song of Jagan. Finding him sick, Sumant Kumar promises Urmila that he would wait till Jagan is fit as he wants his first song to be recorded under his music direction. Qala hears this conversation and feels jealous. She decides to get a chance to record the song under Sumant Kumar by seducing him and she succeeds. In the same night, a depressed Jagan commits suicide by hanging on a tree branch in the vicinity of Urmila’s house. Urmila is devastated as her dream of making Jagan as ‘Pandit’ is shattered.
The next day, Qala informs her mother that she has to leave for Kolkata to record a film song. There is a heated arguments between the two as her mother feels that she would become ’Bai’. She forbids Qala from coming back to their house if she goes ahead with the recording in Kolkata.
Qala leaves for Kolkata to record the film song. Her mental state and the nervousness affect her recording. It is only when she could not sing properly even on the 11th takes, Sumant Kumar decides to cancel the recording. Qala asks for a last chance which she gets after she provides sexual favour to Sumant Kumar. This time her recording is successful as she is reminded of Jagan’s philosophy that a singer should sing for his own pleasure.
This song gives Qala the immense popularity and she becomes one of the most sought after singers. In one of her interviews, while journalists are asking her questions, she suffers from hallucination and sees Jagan in her vision and starts conversations with him. This conversation gets recorded by journalist which was heard by Urmila on the radio. This gives Urmila a doubt whether Qala is responsible for the death of Jagan.
Qala’s mental health deteriorates. While recording a song, she suffers from hallucination forcing the cancellation of recording. Qala attempts suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. She is saved. The doctor calls her mother and informs her of Qala’s suicide attempt. Urmila comes to Kolkata and finds that she has committed suicide by hanging in her bedroom. The film ends with Urmila taking Qala’s dead body on her lap with ‘amma puchh di sun dhiye meriye’, a folk song of Himachal Pradesh, playing in the background.
The two most important thing to learn from this film are (i) never breaks communication with near and dear ones, especially with those having mental health issues, and (ii) parents/teachers should give the equal treatment their wards irrespective of their gender.
The honour for the top performance in the film goes to Tripti Dimri for her difficult role of a singer with psychometric problems. She effectively depicts the emotions with her body movements and the facial expression. Next in honour is Swatika Mukherjee in the role of a dominating mother with bias towards patriarchy. Babil Khan has done well in his debut film. His one scene which caught my attention is the facial expression of his helplessness and disappointment when he is holding tanpura for riyaaz but he has lost his voice. In some camera angles, he has the look of his father, Irrfan Khan. In addition, credit must go to the Art Director and the Costume Designer to create a rich and ‘true to the life’ ambivalence of retro period.
Director, Anvita Dutt’s visualization of the story has some streak of the parallel cinema. She has used symbolism very effectively. For instance, when Qala finds Jagan’s dead body hanging on a tree, she hug him tightly with her face showing deep regret. Probably, she did not expect that her jealousy would result in his death. In the same scene, Urmila is seen holding the dead body of Jagan in her lap symbolising that she has once again lost a son.
‘Qala’ (2022) has six songs which are in sync with the golden period of Hindi film music as the film’s story is set in that period. Songs are written by Sant Kabir (2), Amitabh Bhattacharya (1), Varun Grover (1), Kausar Munir (1) and Swanand Kirkire (1). The songs are set to music by Amit Trivedi except for one Kabir song by Sagar Desai. In keeping with the story setting of 1940s, music director, Amit Trivedi has avoided electronic musical instruments and mostly used Accordion, Dholak, Tabla, Violin, Sitar, Rabab etc. All the six songs are inseparable part of the film.
I am presenting the first song from the film, ‘Qala’ (2022) which has become viral on social media. The song is ‘jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai’ sung by Sireesha Bhagavatula. The song is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and is set to music by Amit Trivedi. Lyrics of the song give an impression of a teasing cum preaching song. But the song has a deep meaning that falling in love is not a T-20 cricket match but a Test Match where patient is required.
With this song, Sireesha Bhagavatula has become the internet sensation. She hails from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, born to a musically inclined parents. She is a gold medalist in her engineering graduation and worked in an IT company before she took playback singing as her professional career. She participated in Indian Idol Season 12 which gave her opportunity to meet eminent music directors. A R Rahman gave her the first break as a playback singer in a Tamil film in 2019. Later, she did playback singing for some more Tamil and Telugu films. ‘Qala’ (2022) is her debut Hindi film as a playback singer in which she renders 3 songs.
The song under discussion appears in the film on two different frames. The first, at the time of the recording of the song during which only the mukhda is played. The background to this scene is that due to her mental condition and nervousness, Qala (Tripti Dimri) gets the song okayed only after 11 retakes. The song appears in the film for the second time as a part of the song picturization on Devika (Anushka Sharma) of a film produced by Rai. (The hint is that Rai could be Himanshu Rai and Devika could be Devika Rani, both of Bombay Talkies). Unfortunately, the video clip of the song does not contain this part. It is interesting to note that Majrooh (Varun Grover) is the name of the character doing the role of a song writer for this song.
In a TV interview on the eve of the release of audio album of the film, Amit Trivedi revealed that this song was recorded along with musicians playing simultaneously as was being done in 1940s. So, any one of the musicians or the singer doing wrong would have resulted in retake of the full song afresh.
The overwhelming responses for this song before and after the release of the film proves that the Hindi film music of the golden period is still popular among the current generation of the 21st century.
Audio Clip (Full Song):
Video Clip (Partial Song):
Song-Koi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye (Qala)(2022) Singer-Sireesha Bhagavatula, Lyrics-Amitabh Bhattacharya, MD-Amit Trivedi
Lyrics (Based on Audio Clip)
koyi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye
sajaniya ke mann mein abhi inkaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai ae
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
dheere dheere jatan karne se
dulhaniya ke khulte hriday ke dwaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai ae
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
ho o o
ho o o
ho o o
baalon mein badh ke gajra lagaana
nazdeek aane kaa hai bahaana
sab jaan ke bhi chhaliya ke chhal se
mushkil hai bach paana
ho..o..o ankhiyon se thhag ke
bharna woh jaane
batiyon se zurmana
haan jo main tokoon
kaha na mera maane
bhavon ko aise taane
bahas bekaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
koyi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye
sajaniya ke mann mein abhi inkaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
ha aa aa aaa
ha aa aa aaa
ha aa aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa aa
la la la la ra la ra laa
la ra laa
ha aa aa aa aaaaaaaaa
Aise kyun kuchh to likhti hoon
Posted on: March 27, 2023
This article is written by Gajendra Khanna, 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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Aise Kyun (Ghazal-ish Version)
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Continuing from my previous post, Netflix’s OTT series Mismatched had it’s second season release on 14th October 2022. Season 2 is also directed by Akarsh Khurana and Nipun Dharmadhikari and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, featuring Prajakta Koli, Rohit Saraf, Vihaan Samat, Taaruk Raina, Muskkaan Jaferi, Devyani Shorey, Rannvijay Singh, and Vidya Malvade.
I was not aware of the second season coming out. This second season had a second version of Aise Kyun coming out this time in a Ghazal-ish format with the main singing being done by Rekha Bharadwaj who has taken the song to another level. Another artist would not have been able to do the same justice to it. I came across the song one day in an Instagram reel and thereafter was listening to this song on loop. Rekha ji is a wonderful singer about whom I would definitely like to take opportunity to talk a bit about here.
Rekha is more known as the better half of ace composer Vishal Bharadwaj but beyond that She is a very competent singer with a unique voice quality and texture. She gives her own touch to the songs She gets which are lapped up very lovingly by her listeners. No wonder, She has got so much appreciation as well as awards. For many film goers, they noticed her only due to hit songs, Beedi Jalayi Le and Namak Ishq Ka in Omkara(2006) but for me it had happened many years before it. I still vividly recall going to watch the movie Chachi 420 in 1997 in the Chandragupt Talkies in my hometown Indore with my brother. It was a very big cinema hall to which I used to often go for advance bookings and first-day-first show viewing. Though it may not be around any more but I remember the wonderful times spent there watching lots of hit movies and songs.
Towards the end of the movie, when Tabu is running away from Kamal Haasan, we had Rekha Bharadwaj singing a brilliant song ‘Ek Woh Din Bhi The’. This movie had lovely songs which were the kind that don’t make a very great impact on the first listen but gradually grow onto you. This film deserves a post to itself and is yet to make it’s debut on the blog. I shall take it up in one of my next posts with this song.
Later I heard her album ‘Ishqa Ishqa’ after which I am always on the look out for new released songs sung by her. She is one of the fabulous artists these days who need more songs coming to them. It is a real pity that though our blog has over 17500 songs, only one song featuring Rekha ji is on the blog (Sasural Genda Phool from Delhi 6). I would love to do a few posts of her songs if readers are interested.
This song is about those meaningful silences as mentioned on the Netflix Youtube Channel. Lyricist Raj Shekhar has done a great job making a ‘Ghazal’ version of this song with so many gem of lines in it (can’t get over some lines like ‘Ghar Sa Lagta Hai’, ‘Aise Kyun Uske Honthon Par Achcha Lagta Hai Apna Naam’, ‘Aise Kyun Kuchh Bhi Who Bole Mann Mein Ghulta Hai Zaafraan’ and ‘Beeti Baaton Se Dil Ko Dukhaana Zaroori Hai Kya’).
Raj Shekhar is an artist who has not got as much limelight compared to some of his contemporaries. He started his film career as an assistant director to Anand L Rai. He also assisted Abbas Tyrewala in Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na and Sujoy Ghosh in Home Delivery.
It was in Anand L Rai’s film ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ in 2011 in which he made his debut as a lyricist. At the time of it’s release it’s song ‘Jugni’ had been loved by me. After that he next gave lyrics for this movie’s sequel ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ in 2015. Tanu Weds Manu has only one song posted on the blog which too is about reuse of Kajra Mohabbatwala from Kismat in the film while the sequel is yet to make debut (which incidentally had Geeta Dutt’s Ja Ja Bewafa being reused. It’s so great to hear Shamshad ji and Geeta ji’s songs being reused in films!).
I will keep these films as candidates for future posts. Raj Shekhar has done songs for some other movies like Qarib Qarib Single, Veere Di Wedding, Tumbbad, Hichki, Meri Nimmo, Uri: The Surgical Strike, Jabariya Jodi, Saand Ki Aankh, Bamfaad, Khaali Peeli, Raat Akeli Hai, Meenakshi Sundareshwar, Good Luck Jerry and Nazar Andaaz. Hope Raj Shekhar will get more songs and more hits in the days to come.
The composer Anurag Saikia + Team have done a great job to make this a wonderful song along with Rekha ji and Raj Shekhar.
Without taking up more time, I would like to leave the song for your listening pleasure.
Credits as per Netflix Youtube Channel
Directed by Akarsh Khurana.
Singer: Rekha Bhardwaj, Anurag Saikia (probably only in chorus)
Music: Anurag Saikia
Lyricist: Raj Shekhar
Music Produced by Oblong Sioni, Ishan Das
Additional Programming & Live dub Conducted by Gauranga Shekhar, Arabinda Neog
Guitars : Ishan Das
Bass Guitar: Abhinav Bora
Tabla: Sanjiv Sen
Woodwinds: Bhaskar Jyoti Kalita, Kiran Vinkar
Sitar: Bhagirath Bhatt Backing
Vocals: Gauranga Shekhar, Bishal Sharma, Arabinda Neog, Pratikhyaa Sharma, Dipakshi Kalita , Kavya-Kriti.
Vocal recorded @contrail by Nijei Nijok
Rekha Bhardwaj’s vocal Recorded at The Islanders@studio208
Recording Engineer: Alok Punjani Mixed and Mastered by Pankaj Borah(Neo Sound)
Mix Assistant: Pranjal Borah
Song-Aise kyun kuchh to likhti hoon (Mismatched season 2)(2022) Singer-Rekha Bhardwaj, Lyrics-Raj Shekhar, MD-Anurag Saikia
Lyrics
Aise Kyun
Kuchh To Likhti Hoon
Likh Ke Mitaati Hoon Main Raat Bhar
Aise Kyun
Baaten Khud Ki Hi
Khud Se Chhipaati Hoon Main Aaj Kal
Par Yeh Sab Sochna
Dil Ko Yun Kholna
Sab Kuchh Keh Kar Hi
Sab Ko Bataana
Zaroori Hai Kya
Aise Kyun
Aise Kyun Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun
Uske Honthon Pe
Achcha Lagta Hai Mera Naam
Aise Kyun
Kuchh Bhi Bole Wo
Mann Mein Ghulta Hai
Zaafraan
Girta Hai Gulmohar
Khwabon Mein Raat Bhar
Aise Khwabon Se Baahar Nikalna
Zaroori Hai Kya aa aa
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na
Aksar Tumse Mil kar Mujhko
Ghar Sa Lagta Hai
Phir Kyun Dil Hi Dil Mein Koi
Darr Sa Lagta Hai
Aksar Tumse Milkar Mujhko
Ghar Sa Lagta Hai
Phir Kyun Dil Hi Dil Mein Koi
Darr Sa Lagta Hai
Beeta Jo Vaakya
Sochoon Main Kyun Bhala
Beeti Baaton Se Dil Ko Dukhaana
Zaroori Hai Kya aa aa
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na aa aa
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Devnagari script Lyrics (by Gajendra Khanna)
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ऐसे क्यूँ
कुछ तो लिखती हूँ
लिख के मिटाती हूँ
मैं रात भर
ऐसे क्यूँ
बातें खुद की ही
खुद से छुपाती हूँ
मैं आज कल
पर ये सब सोचना
दिल को यूँ खोलना
सब कुछ कह कर ही
सब को बताना
ज़रूरी है क्या
ऐसे क्यूँ
ऐसे क्यों कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यों कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यूँ
उसके होठों पे
अच्छा लगता है
मेरा नाम
ऐसे क्यूँ
कुछ भी बोले वो
मन में घुलता है
ज़ाफ़रान
गिरता है गुलमोहर
ख्वाबों में रात भर
ऐसे खवाबों से बाहर निकलना
ज़रूरी है क्या
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
अक्सर तुमसे मिलकर मुझको
घर सा लगता है
फिर क्यूँ
दिल ही दिल में कोई
डर सा लगता है
अक्सर तुमसे मिलकर मुझको
घर सा लगता है
फिर क्यों दिल ही दिल में कोई
डर सा लगता है
बीता जो वाक्या
सोचूँ मैं क्यों भला
बीती बातों से दिल को दुखाना
ज़रूरी है क्या
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
Keti ko keti ko
Posted on: February 25, 2023
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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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Hullo Atuldom
India is celebrating the 75th year of its Independence. Mumbai based Rajshri productions and distribution company is also celebrating its 75th year.
I am sure we have many knowledgeable followers in the blog who will give us information on how Rajshri took to making critically acclaimed films that were also commercially successful. Most of their films had stories that stressed on values, family ties, unity etc. and provided opportunity for family outings. I recall a cinema hall in Chembur, Mumbai was decked up, almost like a wedding hall, when Rajshri’s ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ was released and all of the outfits worn by its characters became a rage at that time.
Rajshri Productions have been instrumental in giving life to careers of many actors, introducing new faces on the silver screen, etc. Sachin (Pilgaonkar), Sarika, (Master) Satyajit, Junior Mehmood, had their first adult roles in films made by Rajshri Productions. Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhadhuri, Ranjeeta, Amol Palekar, Farida Jalal, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher and numerous other actors have featured in Rajshri films in the initial part of their career. There will be many many more artists who have been associated with this film making house at various times and in various capacities.
There is one actor though, I don’t recall, seeing in a Rajshri movie – Danny. The handsome actor from Sikkim who has been actively entertaining his fans since 1971, in Hindi, Bengali, Nepali and even a Tamil film. He has sung a few songs too and the first time was under S. D. Burman’s baton in “Ye Gulistaan Humara” alongside Lata Mangeshkar (mera-naam-yaao-mere-paas-aao/) an event that he has said was ‘a dream come true.’ It seems that it was a daring experiment that Burman dada conducted and he asked Danny to sing with a comic effect while maintaining melody. He has shared the recording room with Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, and Mohd. Rafi.
He was named Tshering Phintso Denzongpa at birth and on a recommendation from his then-classmate, at FTII, Jaya Bhadhuri he changed his name to a simpler sounding ‘Danny’. But his son has not done any such thing – he made a debut in the 2021 released, ‘Squad’ as Rinzing Denzongpa.
Danny has played a large variety of characters – positive, negative and the in-betweens too. But gave up a chance to play Gabbar Singh in Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Sholay’ as the dates were clashing with Feroz Khan’s ‘Dharmatma’. He is a two-time winner of the Filmfare award for Best supporting actor- for ‘Sanam Bewafaa’ in 1992 and ‘Khuda Gawah’ in 1993.
My husband is a Danny-fan. He loves the way he has maintained himself and his age is not visible in his demeanour. He is turning 75 today.
The last film of Danny that I saw in a cinema hall was “Uunchai” that released on 11th November 2022. (I saw it on 12th, night show). I discovered the movie rather by accident. I was seeing some video on youtube when this video popped up.
My first reaction was – “wow!! what a cast.” Amitabh Bachchan & Danny together on-screen again….. after 18 years; their last film together came in 2004 “Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo”.
The last time Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher & Danny were in a film together was Mukul Anand’s ‘Hum’ (1991). And the tadka on all of this is it was a Rajshri Film. So we were guaranteed of wholesome entertainment (it was good entertainment). It brought together the stalwarts as friends who are goaded to undertake a trek to the Base Camp of Mount Everest. I forgot to mention that Boman Irani played the fourth friend. Bhupen (played by Danny) makes arrangements for the trek to which Amit (Amitabh Bachchan retained his original name Amit Shrivastav) agrees. He manages to convince Boman Irani and Anupam Kher too, but Bhupen dies before the friends (of a lifetime) can embark on the trip. The remaining three undertake the trek in the process they battle their physical limitations, and discover what true freedom is. Parineeti Chopra played their guide in the trek, Sarika (returning to Rajshri films after years) played Bhupen’s lost love who joins the trio on the trek. Neena Gupta played Boman Irani’s wife, Nafisa Ali was Amitabh Bachchan’s wife (in a guest appearance).
“Uunchai” was a visual treat. And as I was seeing the film I kept thinking of our Sadanand Kamath ji and his passion for trekking.
Today’s song doesn’t feature the magnificent Himalayas though it is a major part of the film. Today’s song happens in the film as the friends get together to celebrate their friend Bhupen’s (Danny) birthday. I had Goosebumps as I saw the song in the film. The singer for this song NaKash Aziz with Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant, and Arun Kamath being the backing vocals. The song was written by Irshad Kamil and Amit Trivedi was the music director.
Song-Keti ko keti ko (Uunchai)(2022) Singers- NaKash Aziz, Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant, Arun Kamath, Lyrics-Irshad Kamil, MD-Amit Trivedi
Lyrics
Ho Ho Ho
Ho o o
ho ho ho ho
ho o o
ho o
ho o
ho o o
ho o
ho o
ho o o
ho o o
ho o
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
kanchan kaanchi kori
natkhat naami chhori
jabran jora jori
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
Oh Keti Ko Keti Ko
barf badan hai
Keti Ko Keti Ko
surkh agan hai
mushqil jeena khaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
mushqil sona gaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Ho Baanke
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
lampat yaari jaisi
nartaki naari jaisi
katkhani aari jaisi
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi ee
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
Ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
ho ho
uski chhoti chaandi ki
choomoon kaise bolo jee
mujhse badi door hai woh
uske baalon mein ghata
dhoop ka hai ghoonghta
jaise koyi Hoor hai woh
Keti Ko Keti Ko
sard chubhan hai
Keti Ko Keti Ko
naram chhuan hai
mushqil jeena khaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
mushqil sona gaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Ho Baanke
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
hmm..hmm hmm
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
kanchan kaanchi kori
natkhat naami chhori
jabran jora jori
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi ee ee ee ee
o o o o o
o o o o
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
pyaar se milo
pyaar se milo o o o
Tum bhi raahee hum bhee raahee
Posted on: December 31, 2022
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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‘Cinema’ remains the biggest entertainer for common man in our country. We tend to forget our daily life at least for those three hours when we are watching the movie. Movies are discussed a lot even now and actors and actresses are ‘stars’ (if not ‘super stars’ 😊) .
Music and particularly ‘film music’ is our best friend, companion, motivator and much more…
We are ‘music lovers’ and ‘movie-goers’!!! We love Hindi movies and Hindi Film Music and non-film music too!!!
Regulars on the blog are aware how much I love watching the movies in the theatres. This year ‘2022’ was much better than the last year ‘2021’ in terms of ‘watching movies in the theatres’ for me. In addition to that I watched some movies on OTT platform too. 😊
For me it was like going back into those days when I was studying in 11-12th Standard at Akola and used to watch movies regularly.
This year ‘2022’ saw as many as 106 Hindi films released in theatres and on OTT platform.
Here are the tentative figures (as compiled from the details available on ‘Wikipedia’. But I have doubt for the number of movies mentioned for the month of January’2022.)
| SNo | Month | No of Movies Released |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | 2 |
| 2 | February | 6 |
| 3 | March | 7 |
| 4 | April | 9 |
| 5 | May | 8 |
| 6 | June | 8 |
| 7 | July | 11 |
| 8 | August | 7 |
| 9 | September | 15 |
| 10 | October | 8 |
| 11 | November | 11 |
| 12 | December | 14 |
| TOTAL | 106 | |
I will not go into the details of the names of the movies and discussing which were successful and unsuccessful among them neither will I try to review them here. But I would only like to mention the movies I watched this year and how I find them.
Readers will remember that we end the year ‘2021’ on a ‘happy note’ where I watched the movie ‘83’ two times on consecutive Fridays of its release.
Two songs from this movie ‘83’ were also discussed on the blog then.
I started this year by watching ‘Gumnaami’ (Bangla) on OTT. That was in January 2022. Thereafter it was all preparation started for the marriage of my elder daughter which was scheduled in March 2022. So, though I wish to watch few movies during this period it did not happen.
It was only in the month of May 2022 that we again started watching movies in the theatres with ‘Bhool Bhulaiyya-2’. Then followed ‘Jugg Jugg Jeeyo’, ‘Bramhaastra’, ‘Chup’, ‘Goodbye’, ‘The Last Film Show’ (Chhello Divas), ‘Ram Setu’, ‘Drishyam-2’ and some movies on OTT like ‘RRR’, ‘Cuttputlli’, ‘Freddy’, ‘Drishyam-1’, and one Japanese (😊) movie) (I am forgetting its name) which my younger daughter was watching.
I had earlier mentioned that I get to listen songs on FM radio every morning while travelling to workplace. In this time the first program I listen to is ‘Ham hai Raahi Pyaar ke’ on ‘Vividh Bharati’ which mainly consists of ‘older songs’ and thereafter it is ‘Big FM’ for two-three songs which they play from the ‘seventies’ and again back to ‘Vividh Bharati’ for ‘Bharat Ki Goonj’ which starts at 08:05 in the morning. In this program they play songs from newer movies or latest movies and movies from recent years.
Today’s song is one such song which I like and I am presenting to you today. This song is from the movie ‘Mili-2022’.
I think this title ‘Mili’ is not used as frequently, and we have this title used after the ‘1975’ movie ‘Mili’ again only now.
Today’s song is sung by A.R. Rehman and Shashaa Tirupati.
‘Mili-2022’ is directed by Mathukutty Xavier for ‘Zee Studios’.
It had Janhvi Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal, Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa, Jackie Shroff (special appearance), Hasleen Kaur, Rajesh Jais, Vikram Kochhar, Anurag Arora, Sanjay Suri, Joginder Goyat, Raghav Binani and others.
This movie has five songs (including one two-part song of today). Music for this movie is composed by A.R. Rehman and lyrics are by Javed Akhtar.
I have yet to watch this movie. But I like the today’s song from this movie.
This song is a background song and in the picturization we can see Janhvi Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal, Manoj Pahwa, and others on the screen.
Lyrics are by Javed Akhtar and music is composed by A.R. Rehman.
The ‘genre’ of the today’s song is my favorite one and I like such songs very much. Because it is about our journey … we are all travelers… we have to complete our journey…
PS: I was preparing this write-up I got a email from my employers that my contract has expired today and it is not being renewed for now 😊 So I have got the much needed break now …No issues … music is there with me …
Audio
Video
Song-Tum bhi raahi hum bhi raahi (Mili)(2022) Singers-A R Rahman, Shashaa Tirupati, Lyrics-Javed Akhtar, MD-A R Rahman
Lyrics
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
ham tum bas chalte ae chalen ae
hmm hmm
hmm hmm
hmm hmm
hmm hmm mm mm mm
hmm hmm
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
ham tum bas chalte ae chalen ae
jitney bhi hain raste
denge hazaaron mushqilen
jitney bhi hain raste
denge hazaaron mushqilen
ab jo bhi ho
ab jo bhi ho
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
in raaston mein dooriyaan
majbooriyaan hain
sang sang dard ke saaye hain
chalte ae
par jo kahen ham haarenge
wo galat hain
haaregi har ek tabaahi
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
(hmm mmm aa aaa
hmm mmm aa aaa )
(aa aa aaa
aa aa aaa )
ham tum bas chalte ae chaley ae
Deewaar aaye to laut jaao
Aisi na bhool karna aa
Deewaaron se takraate rehnaa aa
Deewaar aaye to laut jaao
Aisi na bhool karna aa
Deewaaron mein darwaaze ban jaate hain
Samjhe naa aa
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalten chalen ae
ho o o
ho o o
tum dariyaa ho
tumhen koi parwat rok nahin paaye
tum apni hi mauj mein
bahnaa aa
tum dariyaa ho
tumhen koi parwat rok nahin paaye
paani se to patthhar bhi
kat jaate hain
samjhe naa
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
ham tum bas chalte ae chalen ae
hmm mm hmm
hmm mm hmm
hmm mm hmm
hmm mm hmm
Jeetega jeetega
Posted on: December 25, 2021
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I became aware that the movie ’83’ was releasing on 24 December 2021. I watched the trailer that was released on YouTube. Like most Indians, the trailer struck a chord with all normal Indians. Normal Indian means one who is interested in movies as well as cricket.
Like most normal Indians, I loved the trailer. What impressed me was the fact that Ranveer Singh, playing Kapil Dev, looked, acted, spoke and performed so much like Kapil Dev that it convinced the viewers that the movie makers had taken great pains in making the movie as authentic as possible.
Normally people go to watch a movie without knowing the story line, but here was a movie whose story was very well known to everyone. People were interested to know how the story was told and how the actors playing various cricketers had performed. For someone like me who knew the details of the world cup quite well, I realized that the plot of the World cup, as it unfolded, actually made it fit for a thrilling Hindi movie. The movie had ingredients like David vs Goliath fight, where David slays the Goliath. The movie had great drama where the team snatches win from the jaws of a certain defeat, and with that the self belief of not just a team but that of an entire nation gets ignited.
I know the story, but what about the younger generation who were not born at that time. Their knowledge of 1983 world cup is sketchy, and this movie would give them details that they were not aware of. So the main reason why I wanted to watch the movie was not to know the story (which I already knew), but for the following reasons:-
1. How the story has been told
2. How the actors have performed.
3. Refreshing the memories of those days
4. To watch the reaction of the younger generation
5. the usual reason- to watch a movie for entertainment
Like most normal Indians, the movie had caught my imagination and I began to toy with the idea of watching this movie first day first show. But then first day was 24 december 2021 and first show would have coincided with the prime time of office, so I thought that may be I should watch it second day, which was a Saturday (a holiday) as well as Christmas, making it a holiday for even those who do not have their holidays on Saturday. After lots and lots of thought, I decided that I would watch the movie first day first show and I would take CL for 24 December.
By a happy coincidence, my wife as well as daughter had to join me at my place. I was keen that they should join me in watching the movie. My wife joined me first, on 11 December. I gradually started to discuss the subject of the movie with my wife. Were you aware of the fact when India had won the cricket world cup in 1983? I asked her. Why I would not be aware? You think you are the only person aware of such matters? My wife retorted back.
She claimed that she had watched the match on TV. How could you be watching this match on TV in 1983? She claimed that TV had already arrived in Jabalpur in 1983 when she was studying in the Jabalpur Medical college. She also stated that one of her brothers, a great Jhumri Tilaiyya style farmaish sender had won a black and white TV in a radio or magazine quiz, and so her household already had a TV on those days.
When our daughter joined us one week later, I asked her whether she would like to watch the movie ’83’ first day first show. She agreed. So it was finalized. She herself booked the tickets online on her mobile. But she put a condition. We would go to the movie hall in our car, and she would drive. This made me nervous because she is not a very experienced driver, but she wants to gain expertise on car driving. In any case, her car driving skill is vastly superior to that of my wife, and she has the experience of driving cars in Goa and Mumbai so I reluctantly agreed.
It was on 22 December that I gave my application for CL. My steno came informing me that my CL card is blank, so the previous place has not sent the updated figure for my CLs. I told him that it is the updated figure as I had not taken any CL for the entire year, or for that matter any leave of any nature in the whole year.
The next day, while it was time to go home, I inquired whether the CL was sanctioned. I was informed that it was, so I went back home on the evening of 23 December knowing that I was watching the movie first day first show.
The movie was released in Gorakhpur in two different locations. The morning show on one location was at 9:30 AM and at another place it was 11:45 AM. The 9:30 AM timing was going to be too early, seeing that the daughter does not even wake up by that time so we had chosen 11:45 show which happened to be the first day first show for that location. It had the added advantage that the place was located close to our residence, so it needed less driving skill on the part of our daughter.
We left for the show with the daughter at the driver’s seat. Just as we left after the gate was opened, our junior dog Izza saw her opportunity and escaped from the gate. Now we were chasing her in the car, and she was running away on the road ahead of us. Just when we were worried that she would run up to the busy main road, she came across two street dogs. Those street dogs began to chase her. She turned back and began to run towards the residence. We turned the car back, and saw that the driver of my office car, who was asked to stay back, had caught Izza. He took her back to the residence. He is used to this task as he had to perform this task of catching the habitually “bhagodi” Izza and taking her back to the residence on quite a few occasions.
That done, we left for the show. I was not much impressed with the driving skill of the daughter, which I thought needed lots of polishing, but thankfully she managed to brave the heavy traffic (including perhaps the busiest chauraaha of Gorakhpur (called Mohaddipur chauraaha) and reached the multiplex. While parking the car in the parking lot, her reversing skills left something to be desired. but finally she managed to park the car.
When we reached the multiplex, we realized that it had four halls and the movie ’83’ was scheduled to be shown in all the four halls. But the first show that we had arrived to watch, was being showed in just one hall. It is a 3 D movie and so every movie goer was being handed over a 3 D goggle. I recalled that I had first watched a 3 D movie way back in 1980s. I recalled that I had also watched a 3 D animation movie in Bareilly in 2016. So it was going to be the third time that I would be watching a 3 D movie.
The hall was quite empty. Not more that 50 people were there. It was first show and there were obviously not too many takers for first day first show on a working day. Most viewers appeared to be old timers. Our daughter was one of the few who was not.
From the beginning on the movie, it became clear to me that the movie makers had made lots of efforts in research and story telling and what they were trying to show was more or less how it was back then in 1983.
The movie opens with PR Man Singh (played by Pankaj Tripathi) trying to arrange logistics for the Indian players who had to leave for England. Youngsters today do not realize that India was a desperately poor third world country those days. Today we may be flush with foreign currency (over $ 650 billions) and so an Indian traveler going abroad can spend any amount of foreign currency but that was not so back then. Any Indian touring abroad was looked as a financial burden on the economy because he would exhaust the scarce foreign currency that the country had. So there was a limit on the foreign currency that an India tourist could take with him. And the amount allowed was ridiculously low.
Not just Indian government even the country where you went as an Indian looked down upon you. People looked down upon Indians with condescension because Indians had not achieved anything of note at the world stage. The initial scenes of the movie captures it nicely. We see West Indian cricketers are received at the Heathrow airport with fanfare by the British Media. When the West Indies team leaves and the area clears up, we find Indian cricketers standing there, looking unwanted and uncared for. No media attention, and no one available to receive them.
There are Indians who take such humiliations lying down as a matter of life and do nothing about it. There is a small minority of Indians who tell themselves- OK, today I am getting this treatment. But I will make sure that it will not remain that way in future. It is very clear that the Indian team contained some such Individuals in its side. Gavaskar was one, Kapil Dev was another. And the rest of Indians would get molded into this way of thinking with time. There were such people in India in the other walks of life as well. Personally I counted myself among such Indians. Indians who had not achieved much but wanted to achieve it in future. Indians who had smaller ego and big self respect, who had urge to progress.
The first few scenes of the movie drives this message home emphatically and I heartily concur. And I dare say, so do most viewers watching the movie. So the movie had conquered its viewers in the first few minutes itself. The rest of the movie that followed was a glorious icing on the top of the cake.
The matches of the tournament are well chronicled. We all know about them. The matches actually followed the pattern that a well made thriller movie needs.
The initial scenes show how India loses all its practice matches, even against teams as nondescript as minor counties.
The movie shows Indians watching videos of West Indian cricketers. Indian viewers who were not born at that time get some scary introduction about the dreaded pace battery that West Indies possessed at that time. We find Srikkanth (played by Jeeva) exclaiming – “is it a cricket video or a horror film video?”
The first match that India played was against West Indies, the defending champions. The match was rain interrupted and it needed two days to get completed. The picturisation builds up the narrative nicely and beautifully. Rain interruption is used to mock Indians- “they are being saved by the rain”. When rain stops and match begins, the mocking tone changes to -“Indians did not pray to rain gods hard enough. Now they have no choice but to face the West Indians on the field.”
India kept losing wickets at regular intervals, but they kept the scoreboard moving thanks to useful contributions by most Indian batsmen, and the effort was capped by Yashpal Sharma who scored 89. India ended up on 262/8. It was the highest score of India in a world cup match. Yashpal Sharma’s 89 was the highest Individual score by an Indian batsman in a world cup match till date.
When West Indies began their chase, they were expected to overhaul the total with ease. Whether it was overconfidence, or whatever, West Indies after reaching 49 for no loss, began losing wickets at regular intervals. They were soon 130/8 and then 157/9. But not for nothing were they a two time world champions. In the first world cup in 1975, in thematch between West Indies and Pakistan, Pakistan had scored 268. West Indies while chasing, kept losing wickets at regular intervals were reduced to 203/9. Still the tenth wicket partnership of Derek Murray and Andy Roberts added 64 runs to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Here in the match against India, the tenth wicket partnership of Garner and Roberts threatened to do the same. They had added 71 runs for the tenth wicket to take the score to 228. At that score, Garner became a bit overconfident and stepped out to hit Ravi Shastri for a six. The ball elude his bat and reached the gloves of Kirmani who effected a stumping to earn India a historical win in the world cup. It was the first world cup defeat for West Indies. It was easily the first real win for India in a world cup match.
India defeated Zimbabwe easily as expected in their second match. Then normal service seemingly resumed for India. In the next match, Australia, who had lost in a major upset to Zimbabwe in their first match pulverized India by 162 runs. In the next match, West Indie s hammered India by 66 runs. So, things were back to normal. We expected that India, apart from that upset victory against West Indies would only beat Zimbabwe, and get eliminated in the group stages.
But in the next match against Zimbabwe, the demons of 1979 seemingly surfaced again. India kept losing wickets after wickets. At 17/5, India had no business staying in the tournament, but Gods in heavens had something big in store. In that divine scheme of things, India did something that was not done before. There was a semblance of recovery when the sixth wicket partnership took the score to 77. It became 77 for six and then 78 for 7. Even the mentally toughest human would throw in the towel after that. But not the Indians at the crease. The batsmen at the crease were Kapil Dev and Madan Lal. They took the score to 140 and then it was 140 for 8. Madan Lal gone. Now only Kirmani, a decent batsman, and Sandhu, a certified rabbit with the bat were left. Kirmani kept defending, not risking his wicket, while Kapil Dev began to take calculated risk. When the curtains were drawn on Indian innings, India had not lost another wicket and had reached 266/8.
This match was not covered on TV, and so this gave the movie makers a good opportunity to picturise this match as they wished. The movie makers took some liberty with the story as well. For instance, Kapil Dev is shown using Mongoose bat during the second half of his innings. In reality, Mongoose bat was introduced by Australians (namely Mathew Hayden) some three decades later.
Kapil Dev is shown hitting sixes that clear the ground and break windscreens of cars parked there. Then Kapil Dev finds everyone applauding a single that he takes. He wonders why everyone is applauding a single. Even his partner Kirmani is clueless. Kapil Dev turns to the umpire who is also applauding. He asks the umpire what is the matter ? “You have just broken the world record. That is what is the matter.”- the umpire informs him. Indeed, Kapil Dev, while playing the knock of his life had broken the record of highest one day individual total of 171 not out, which was earlier held by New Zealand’s Glen Turner.
The Indian total was deceptively similar to the total that India had reached against West Indies in the first match that India won. When Zimbabwe chased, their start was quite West Indies like. If West Indies were 49 for no loss at one stage, then Zimbabwe too were 44 for no loss. After the first wicket fell, Zimbabwe too started to lose wickets at regular interval. They became 6 down for 117. Then Kevin Curran began to bat like Kapil Dev and took Zimbabwe to 230 for 8. Then he fell, caught by Shastri, while trying to hit Madan Lal for a six. With Curran out, India mopped up the final wicket too at 235 and thus snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
This match was the one that suddenly ignited hopes in the minds of Indian cricket followers. For the first time ever, we could entertain hopes of qualifying for the semifinals if India could somehow win their last remaining group match against Australia. India had two defeats in group matches, whereas Australia had three (two against West Indies and one against Zimbabwe). So the last group match between India and Australia was going to be very important.
It was this match from which many Indians began to follow the world cup with heightened expectations. That was certainly the case for me.
That day was 20 June 1983. It was my birthday. As was the tradition the birthday boy would arrange for jalebi and he would be given his birthday greeting by throwing him up in the air. My birthday being celebrated thus in the evening, it was time for us to follow the India vs Australia match with eager anticipation. India in the first innings had reached a so so total of 248. It was an achievable target for Australia. India hopes lay in picking some quick wickets.
The matches were followed on transistor radios. Every one had transistor radios, but gregarious creatures that hostel dwellers were, they would gather up around one transistor and listened to the commentary gathered around that one transister belonging to one person. In our case, that transistor belonged to Anupam Sharma, one year senior to us. I vividly remember a few of us (from his batch as well as juniors like me) gathering in his room, and listening to the commentary of the second innings in the India vs Australia match. Trevor Chappel, who had single handedly crushed India in the first match was fortunately dismissed cheaply. Australia 3 for one. But then the second wicket partnership steadied the ship. 46/1. Easy Australia win coming up, this was the despairing thought crossing our mind.
Then much against the run of play, the second wicket falls. Australia 46/2. We all celebrated the fall of the wicket and braced for a long lull before the fall of next wicket. But soon enough, the third wicket fell, then the fourth, then the fifth. Ausralia, from 46 for one were reduced to 52/ 5. It was Roger Binny, who did the damage, claiming three wickets in no time. It was too good to be true, but Alan Border was still around.
But Indian bowlers kept claiming wickets at the other end. It was 69/6 then 79/7. Some people may have been reminded of the fact that India too were placed at that position in their previous match against Zimbabwe. The eight wicket threatened to do that. But it was at the score of 116 that the eight wicket fell (Lawson). After some more resistance, Australia lost their ninth wicket at 129 (Alan Border) followed by Geoff Thomson at the same total. Australia were bowled out for 129. India won by a huge margin of 118 runs and they stormed into the semi final, qualifying as the second team behind West Indies.
It was for the first time that India qualified for the semi final. The qualifiers from the other group were England and Pakistan. England topped their group (group A), winning five matches out of six. Their only defeat was a narrow 2 wickets defeat against New Zealand. They batted first twice and they scored 300 plus totals on two out of three occasion. They chased thrice and won these three matches by eight, seven, and nine wickets. They had a net run rate of 4.671. The mighty West Indies topped Group A with five wins as well. They batted first twice and failed to reach 300 even once. They chased on four occasions, and won three of these matches with ease, by 8, 7 and ten wickets. West Indies had a net run rate of “just” 4.308. The other qualifier from Group A was Pakistan, that tied on points with New Zealand but qualified on better run rate.
It is easy to guess that England were overwhelming favorites in the semi finals. Under normal circumstances they would have hoped to play against Australia, but they got to play India. They must have felt like it was a walk in the park in the semi final.
England indeed started well against India. Their batting line up boasted of names like Greame Fowler, Chris Tavare , David Gower, Allan Lamb, Mike Gatting and Ian Botham. They were 69 for no loss at one stage which was easily their best opening partnership while batting first. They would have expected to notch another 300 plus total. They lost their first wicket for 69, when Chris Tavare was caught behind off Binny. Then wickets began to fall at regular intervals. From 69/0 , they were reduced to 160/6. There was no heroic rearguard action from the tail, and England were bowled out for 213.
The target was not much, but could India do it ? Out of the four Indian wins in the group stages, three were while defending totals. The only time they won by chasing was against Zimbabwe when they chased a lowly total of 155. The total of 213 against England was a way bigger target and that too in the high pressure match that the semifinal was.
We, listening to the commentary on Radio were tense. India started well and were 46 for no loss. But soon enough both openers were dismissed and the total became 50/2. Mohinder Amarnath and Yashpal Sharma were at the crease. It appeared to us that Mohinder Amarnath and Yashpal Sharma were playing a test match. That is how slow they batted. 72 runs were needed and the asking rate was getting stiff. When Mohinder Amarnath departed, the score was 142. Some of us listening to the commentary felt that Mohinder Amarnath’s dismissal was a blessing in disguise. It was then that Sandip Patil, the next batsman in played in the fashion he was so well known in Indian domestic circle. He thrashed the English bowling all around and scored 51 from only 32 deliveries. It reminded us that it was just one year ago that Patil had hit Willis for six fours in one over in a test match against England in England just the previous year, reaching from 80 to 104 in one over.
So, India defeated England, bearded the English lion in its own den, so to say, and reached the final.
In the other semifinal. Pakistan, batting first scored 184. This target was easily chased by West Indies. They won by eight wickets. Viv Richards was unbeaten on 80.
So, it was West Indies vs India final. India were put into bat by West Indies. Indian batsmen struggled and they were all out for 183. They scored one run less than what Pakistan had scored against West Indies in the semi finals.
It was Sunday, 25 June 1983. We in our hostel had our dinner and the customary after dinner walk towards the golf ground. West Indies had begun their chase by then and had lost an early first wicket, in the form of Gordon Greenidge. But that only brought to the crease Vivian Richards the most destructive batsman in the world in all formats. He was hitting boundaries at will, when we went for our after dinner walk. When we were entering the hostel gate after finishing the walk, we heard a roar and ran to the person with the transistor. We came to know that the dangerous Richards had just been dismissed, caught Kapil Dev bowled Madan Lal. It was a great sigh of relief, but then we realized that the next man in was Clive Lloyd. His batting record against India was better than even Richards. But soon enough, Larry Gomes departed, Clive Lloyd (limping) departed and even Bacchus departed. West Indies, from being 50-1, found themselves at 77/6. Now it was up to the lower order batsmen. The target was not big, so it was not beyond the ability of West Indian tail. The seventh wicket partnership between Dujon and Marshall began to flourish, and began to gave headaches to Indian side. Come to think of it, Indian bowling consisted mostly of military medium bowlers. Tail enders traditionally bat better against such bowlers. Just when Indian fans are becoming desperate and frustrated, Kapil Dev handed the ball to Mohinder Amarnath. It was a desperate throw of the dice. Mohinder Amarnath got the breakthrough, by clean bowling Dujon. Marshall too followed caught by Gavaskar off Mohinder. Kapil Dev dismissed the ninth wicket by trapping Andy Roberts LBW. The last wicket partnership wagged a bit and then Mohinder Amarnath got one of his trademark deceptive inswinging delivery to beat Garner’s bat. The umpire readily upheld the appeal of LBW. West Indies were bowled out for 140. India had achieved the most improbable feat! They had defeated the undisputed world champions and had lifted the World Cup against all odds. India were 66-1 in betting circles before the world cup started. Those who were foolish enough to bet on India laughed all the way to the bank.
If someone was to dethrone West Indians from their lofty pedestal, then India was the last team that anyone would have thought of as the likely candidate, but it was indeed India that had done it !
The movie brought back all those happy memories. The fact that the movie was in 3 D made it feel like I was watching the matches on the ground. That is how realistic it appeared on 3 D.
This tournament was not just a world cup cricket title for India. It was far far far bigger than that. It changed the game of cricket for ever. West Indies won the title twice earlier and that hardly changed much, but this title win, which was a fluke win changed the game of cricket itself for ever. And that was mainly because Indians unlike West Indians, had the ability to take the win to the next level. Indians began to believe in themselves. Not just Indian cricketers but sportsmen in other sports as well. Till then, there was no Chess Grandmaster in India. A few years later, we had our first Chess Grandmaster in India (Vishwanathan Anand). He changed Indian chess the way this 1983 Cricket title win changed Indian cricket. Today India is in the top four among chess playing nations (all nations in the world play chess).
Cricket administration in India, alongwith Indian industry, began to assert themselves. The next world cup was held in Indian subcontinent and it was sponsored by Reliance, then an up and coming industrial house, and today a mega Indian business house.
By 1990s, BCCI had started to have a say in the running of ICC. Today BCCI in fact can be said to run world cricket economy. Today 70 % of revenue that ICC gets is from the Indian market, which ICC then distributes among its member countries. So India is helping run cricket in other countries around the world. All this was made possible because of that one freak and fluke 1983 world cup title win! Fluke it may have been, but what happened in India after that win had nothing to do with fluke. It had much to do with a new found self belief among Indians (at least among some Indians, if not all).
When India does something, it influences other countries in the neighborhood. These neighborhood countries may not admit it but they are influenced by what India does. We can see that in cricket. Cricket got a big fillip not only in India but also in neighboring countries, Pakistan won the world cup in 1992 and Sri Lanka in 1996. Bangladesh too started playing cricket seriously. Afghanistan and Nepal too followed.
If one thinks that Indian influence on its neighbors is overrated, then please realize that hockey is the national game in India and Pakistan. Till 1970s, India vs Pakistan hockey matches received same attention as India vs Pakistan cricket matches enjoy today. But India lost interest in its hockey. Today India plays hockey with Pakistan and nobody takes notice of these matches. Same is going to happen to cricket in the neighborhood of India if India stops taking interest in cricket. Even in cricket, the neighbors of India cannot go far in a sport without the support of India. As an example, cricket was included in Asian games but BCCI was not interested and it did not send its teams to Asian games. After two Asian games, cricket got dropped from Asian games. It shows that Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricket board on their own have negligible say even at Asian games level.
To cut a long discussion short, this 1983 World Cup title view had changed not just Indian cricket, but World cricket. It has not just changed Indian cricket, it has changed the outlook of Indian sportsmen playing other sports as well. Moreover, it had changed the outlook of Indians and also Indian industry. It was quite some transformation in the collective national psyche of India. And for that we have to say a big thank you to the Indian cricket team that brought home the 1983 world cup.
I enjoyed the movie thoroughly. The last time I enjoyed a movie like this was ‘Don’ (1978). This movie ’83’ (2021) is a movie that I can watch as many times as I can get an opportunity. I hope such opportunities come soon. In fact I am hoping to get an opportunity to watch this movie with my hostel mates with whom we followed that world cup 38 years ago. Two of my batch mates and one senior are at present posted with me in Gorakhpur. The senior whose transistor brought us the commentary of those matches is today posted as General Manager in the adjacent zone. Such great memories. Reliving those fond memories is simply priceless. The movie affords us that opportunity.
I did some research to find out who plays whom. It is interesting to note that Sandeep Patil’s role is played by his son Chirag Patil. Likewise Late Malcolm Marshall’s role is played by his son, Mali Marshall. Carl Greenidge played the role of his father Gordon Greenidge. Clive Lloyd’s son also played a role. He was 6’8″ tall, so he was signed up to play Joe Garner (6’9″). Shivnaraine Chanderpaul’s son Tej Narayan Chanderpaul was signed up to play Larry Gomes. Mohinder Amarnath, man of the match in the final, played the role of his father late Lala Amarnath. 🙂 Nina Gupta, whose dalliance with Viv Richards is well known, plays Kapildev’s mother. 🙂
Here are the details of the actors and their roles in the movie:-
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ranveer Singh | Kapildev |
| Deepika Padukone | Romi Kapildev |
| Pankaj Tripathi | P R Man Singh (Manager) |
| Tahir Raj Bhasin | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Jeeva | Krishnammachari Srikkanth |
| Saqib Saleem | Mohinder Amarnath |
| Jatin Sarna | Yashpal Sharma |
| Chirag Patil | Sandeep Patil |
| Dinkar Sharma | Kirti Azad |
| Nishant Dahiya | Roger Binny |
| Harrdy Sandhu | Madanlal |
| Sahil Khattar | Syed Kirmani |
| Ammy Virk | Balvinder Singh Sandhu |
| Adinath Kothare | Dilip Vengsarkar |
| Dhairya Karwa | Ravi Shashtri |
| R Badree | Sunil Valson |
| Neena Gupta | Rajkumari Nikhanj (Kapildev’s mother) |
| Boman Irani | Farokh Engineer (Former India Wicketkeeper) |
| Aditi Arya | Inderjeet Bhardwaj |
| Satish Alekar | BR Sheshrao Wankhede |
| Wamiqa Gabbi | Annu Lal (Madan Lal’s wife) |
| Mali Marshall | Malcolm Marshall |
| Carl Greenidge (son of Gordon Greenidge) | Gordon Greenidge |
| Jason Lloyd (son of Clive Lloyd) | Joel Garner |
| Tejnaraine Chanderpaul (son of Shivnarine Chandarpaul) | Larry Gomes |
| Mohinder Amarnath | Lala Amarnath (Mohinder Amarnath’s father) |
| Kapildev | A spectator at the Tunbridge Wells match |
The original song that I wanted to post was already taken up by Avinash Scrapwala whose article on this movie appeared yesterday on 24 December 2021 as he was watching the movie fist day first show at 8:30 AM. I watched first day first show at 11:45 AM and my article is appearing one day later. The song that accompanies the article is another soul stirring song “Jeetega Jeetega”. It is sung by Arijit Singh. Kausar Munir is the lyricist. Music is composed by Preetam.
PS-We managed to arrive back safely despite may dissatisfaction with the driving of the daughter. Hopefully her driving will improve soon enough to the level I feel comfortable with. 🙂
Here is this goosebump inducing song from “83”(2021)
Video (Partial)
Audio (Full)
Song-Jeetega jeetega (83)(2021) Singer-Arijit Singh, Lyrics-Kausar Munir, MD-Preetam
Lyrics
aage aage sabse aage
apna seena taan ke
aa gaye maidaan mein
hum saafa baandh ke
aage aage sabse aage
apna seena taan ke
aa gaye maidaan mein
hum jhande gaadne
ho ab aa gaye hain
jo chhaa gaye hain
jo dam ye zamaana dekhega
dekho junoon kya hota hai
zidd kya hoti hai
hum se zamaana seekhegaa
aa aa aa
jeetega jeetega
India jeetegaa
hai dua har dil ki
hai yakeen laakhon ka
jeetega jeetega
India jeetegaa
waada nibhaayenge aaaj
sar uthha ke yoon chalenge aa
phir jhuka na paaye jo ye jahaan
darr mitaake yoon ladenge aaj
phir hara na paaye jo ye jahaan
jo ab aa gaye hain
jo chha gaye hain
jo dam ye zamaana dekhega
dekho junoon kya hota hai
zidd kya hoti hai
hum se zamaana seekhhega
aa aa aa
jeetega jeetega
India jeetegaa
hai dua har dil ki
hai yakeen laakhon ka
jeetega jeetega
India jeetegaa
waada nibhaayen aaaj
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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आगे आगे सबसे आगे
अपना सीना तान के
आ गए मैदान में
हम साफा बांध के
आगे आगे सबसे आगे
अपना सीना तान के
आ गए मैदान में
हम झंडे गाड़ेंगे
हो अब आ गए हैं
जो छा गए हैं
जो दम ये ज़माना देखेगा
देखो जुनून क्या होता है
ज़िद्द क्या होती है
हम से ज़माना सीखेगा
आ आ आ
जीतेगा जीतेगा
इंडिया जीतेगा
है दुआ हर दिल की
है यकीं लाखों का
जीतेगा जीतेगा
इंडिया जीतेगा
वादा निभाएंगे आज
सर उठा के यूं चलेंगे आज
फिर झुका ना पाये जो ये जहां
डर मिटा के यूं लड़ेंगे आज
फिर हरा ना पाये जो ये जहां
जो अब आ गए हैं
जो छा गए हैं
जो दम ये ज़माना देखेगा
देखो जुनून क्या होता है
ज़िद्द क्या होती है
हम से ज़माना सीखेगा
आ आ आ
जीतेगा जीतेगा
इंडिया जीतेगा
है दुआ हर दिल की
है यकीं लाखों का
जीतेगा जीतेगा
इंडिया जीतेगा
वादा निभाएंगे आज
हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
(हे)
हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
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हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
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हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
(हे)
हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
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हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
(हे)
हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
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हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
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हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
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हम्म म्म म्म
हम्म म्म म्म
(हे)
Lehraa do lehraa do
Posted on: December 24, 2021
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Date: – 11.12.2021
Today is 11th December’2021 and its still thirteen days’ wait for the release of the movie ‘83’ on the big screen. I am eagerly waiting to watch this movie on its very first day and if possible, I will be watching its ‘first show’ whether it’s a morning or noon show 😊
In fact, I am waiting for this movie for more than a year since it was originally planned for a theatrical release in April’2020. However due to ‘Corona Pandemic’ its release kept getting postponing to new dates and nfinally it will be released on 24th December2021.
The year 1983 has been an important year of my life when I appeared for my tenth standard board exams in March-April 1983, and we were waiting for the results to be declared in June 1983.
Secondly it was the most memorable year for us- cricket loving and cricket playing boys- as India emerged victorious in the ‘1983’ cricket world cup.
I got to watch the teaser of this movie around 29th November 2021, and the teaser mentioned that the official trailer of the movie would be released on 30th November’2021. So, I was eagerly waiting to watch the ‘trailer’ because the teaser itself was very interesting.
On 30th November I watched the trailer of this movie, and I was lost in nostalgia of this famous win of Indian Cricket Team. Since then, I have been regularly watching the trailer (in Hindi and other languages) twice or thrice daily.
On 6th December2021 this song ‘lehraa do’ from this movie was released on YT and it gives me goose bumps everytime I watch it. I am thrilled and now impatiently waiting for the release of this movie in theatres. I am sure I am going to enjoy it on the big screen, with emotions and memories playing in the ‘flashback’ in my mind.
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Date: – 17.12.2021
One week to go for ‘83’ to release in theatres. As said earlier I am already very excited to watch this movie on big screen. For the last few days I have been watching its trailer daily . On the last Sunday I watched the trailer and its song ‘lehraa do’ again on my TV at home (earlier I was watching it on the laptop 😊).
Due to my regular clicking to this movie trailer and other associated visuals of the 1983 world cup, the suggestions appearing on YT are also filled with the videos of the interviews of the real heroes of the 1983 cup, their appearances on TV show, there appearances on the launch of the movie, its poster, and similar things.
Other than the trailer of this movie ‘83’ what I watched during the recent days is the highlights of the final match of ‘world cricket cup 1983’, and highlights of the semifinal between India and England.
I repeatedly watched the famous catch of Vivian Richards by Kapil Dev in the finals.
TV had not arrived in our colony when India won the world cup in 1983. We had to listen to the commentary on Radio only. However, the ‘video parlors’ had come up in the nearest city – Akola. The operators arranged the video of the finals, after India’s famous win, for a ticket of Rs. 10/- with a complimentary cold drink.
I recall that the print of the video was not good or it may have been a copied version. But whatever was available was enough for us to enjoy the win. (My board exam results were already declared on 17th June, and I had passed in first class with 72% marks only. And now I was applying for polytechnic courses and filling up forms and submitting them. This gave me chance of visiting the city frequently. Slowly I was more on watching movies in theatres and video parlors. 😊 )
Coming back to cricket again, I was discussing about the memories of ‘world cup 1983’. As mentioned earlier, we (me and group of friends) enjoyed all the matches while listening to the commentary on Radio/Transistors.
I could not forget how I walked alone in the ground near my house with my transistor to listen to the commentary of the India-Zimbabwe match of 18th June’1983.
I recall that I had gone to the city Akola on this day of 18th June’1983. I no longer recall the purpose of that visit.
I came back from Akola by train to Paras. Reaching there I could not get any transport and decided to go home by walking. On the way I was asking friends (who had their homes on the way) the score of the match which was played between India and Zimbabwe.
I was shocked to know that India had already lost four wickets. By the time I reached home and grabbed the control of the transistor. The commentary with lot of disturbance in the network, informed me that India had lost five wickets.
In order to get better reception, I took the transistor to open field near our house where we used to play cricket. By this time Kapil Dev had started scoring runs and I was holding the transistor closer to my ears not to miss the exciting commentary of that ‘famous match’.
When I try to recollect, I can not remember more than this (now my memory is also deteriorating day by day I think 😊)
My guess is that the story of this match must be the ‘high-point’ of this movie, or it could be more than that. We all are aware that no camera team was available that day at the Royal Tunbridge Wells stadium to cover the visuals of this match. So, the video of this match is not available. (However, some photographs (very few) are said to be available now).
As a cricket fan of that era what more could we ask for than a ‘complete movie’ on this historic India win where Kapil Dev led the team to this triumph.
The eager wait is finally over. We are going to enjoy the ‘true story’ on the bigger screens on the coming 24th december 2021. Watching the movie-trailers, and other promos almost daily, has put me in full ‘83’ mode now … Other than this I also enjoyed a TV show/s where all the members of this team come together and shared the anecdotes of the tournament.
Moreover, there is one clip of the launch of the poster of the movie in Chennai and here we have Kapil Dev, Srikkanth, Kamal Hasan, other promoters of the movie and all the team member actors 😊
I had forgotten many statistics of this tournament for India’s matches so I revisited them on wiki-pages and revived the nostalgia associated with those beautiful days.
At this point we will have a brief look on India’s journey in this tournament.
| SNo. | Date | Opponent Team | Ground | Scores (India/ Other Team) | Result of the match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP MATCHES | |||||
| 01 | 09.06.1983 | West Indies | Old Trafford, Manchester | 262/8, 228 | India won by 34 runs |
| 02 | 11.06.1983 | Zimbabwe | Grace Road, Leicester | 157/5, 155 | India won by 5 wickets |
| 03 | 13.06.1983 | Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 158, 320/9 | Australia won by 162 runs |
| 04 | 15.06.1983 | West Indies | The Oval, London | 216, 282/9 | West Indies won by 66 runs |
| 05 | 18.06.1983 | Zimbabwe | Nevill ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells | 266/8. 235 | India won by 31 runs |
| 06 | 20.06.1983 | Australia | County ground, Chelmsford | 247. 129 | India won by 118 runs |
| KNOCK-OUT MATCHES | |||||
| 07 | 22.06.1983 | England | Old Trafford, Manchester | 217/04. 217 | India won by 6 wickets |
| FINALS | |||||
| 08 | 25.06.1983 | West Indies | Lords, London | 183, 140 | India won by 43 runs |
One thing I specially want to mention here is about the atmosphere at the night of 25th June’1983. Everybody at home and in the neighborhood were all excited and celebrating the win. I went to sleep to rise as early as possible the next day. And while the evening of 25th June’1983 was great for all, the morning of 26th June’1983 was not less than that. There were more celebrations. All the newspapers were carrying the news of India’s historic win.
Our group of cricket-playing boys had gathered and took a round of the whole colony decorating the roads and walls of common places like club etc. we were ‘shouting’ 😊 slogans of India’s win and roaming around with joy. That was a very ‘special Sunday’ for all Indians.
At this point I would like to reproduce a brief from the ‘Moments of History’ on completion of India’s 64 years of freedom on August 15th, 2011. This was shared to me by my Guruji on mail. The winning of 1983 world cup is mentioned as below in the ‘visual chronology of post-Independent India-moments that stood out in each year of the nation’s triumphant, troubled history’ –
1983 – Kapil’s Devils go from underdogs to top dogs
Seen as underdogs going into the tournament with no hopes of clearing the league matches, the Kapil Dev-led Indian cricket team triumphed over all odds, including wagers of 100-1 in favour of the Windies in the finals of the World Cup. With a modest score of 183 to defend, the match, and subsequently the trophy, belonged to the Indian medium-pacers. When Balwinder Singh Sandhu swung the ball, Gordon Greenidge had no other choice but to edge it, helping India to its first wicket. WI’s swashbuckling batsmen had a rather meek task of adding runs to the scoreboard in little trickles, but some smart bowling, swift fielding and superlative catches by the Indian team ensured that the Cup belonged to India and India alone on that unforgettable day of June 25, 1983.
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19.12.2021
The online advance bookings for the movie ‘83’ has started from today. As I mentioned earlier, I am going to book tickets for first day first show. The earliest show starts at 08:00 in the morning. And next is 08:15 am and 08:30 am at different locations. I should be able to catch the 08:30 show. 😊
Earlier I had planned that my younger daughter and I could be going to watch this movie as other members would be busy. But now my wife is also insisting to watch the first day – first show with me 😊. Watching the trailers of the movie have triggered her interest to watch this movie with me 😊
One slight change – now my elder daughter will be joining us in watching this movie. One family friend from her office will also join us. My younger daughter will not be able to come as she has coaching assignment that day. Maybe she will join me in my repeat watch of this movie. 😊
Meanwhile the movie’s promotional video was shown at ‘Burj Khalifa- UAE’ on 16.12.2021 evening.
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22.12.2021
As in the news now, the movie has been screened for special invites and dignitaries. Everybody is praising the director of this movie Kabir Khan and main actor Ranveer Singh. The transformation of the actors into the ‘83’ players and their nuanced performances have been appreciated by all ‘reviews’ so far.
Also, the movie is carrying many things not known to us e.g., what was going in the minds of the players then in 1983, what personal problems they faced, and how they kept playing against all odds to win the cup.
Regarding the players of this 1983 Team, I would just quote here what Kapil Paa ji has said about his teammates on TV when the movie was launched.
“inko handle karnaa aasaan nahin tha. Ye bade character hain, aap ke liye bahot mushkil kaam honewaala hai aise character dhoondhne India mein. Aap ko nahin mil sakte, aap koshish kar sakte hain, par mil nahin sakte”
I guess Kapil Dev is saying this to the director of this movie Kabir Khan when they launched this movie four years back.
I remember the book which I had read in 2015-16 wherein Balwinder Singh Sandhu is the co-author of the book. This book is ‘The Devil’s Pack’. I would suggest that all cricket lovers of that era and current era should read this book.
Here is the brief about this book. (Reproduced from amazon.in).
When India participated in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, a handful of cricketing pundits singled the team out as a dark horse, but few expected them to win. They were up against the West Indies, England Australia, Zimbabwe, and Pakistan, all of whom had a greater reputation. India had also performed disastrously in the two previous world cup editions. But there was something different about the Indian squad of 1983. Each player in that team dreamt big, worked hard, contributed immensely to the team effort and above all, truly loved the game. Led from the front by Kapil Dev, it was a team whose members were intriguing personalities, many of whom went on to be cricketing legends.
In this book, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a member of that 1983 squad, talks about his team-mates, drawing an intimate portrait of India’s cricketing greats. He reveals previously unknown facts about the players, the stress they faced, their behaviour off the field and how they pushed one another to excel. The Devil’s Pack is the story of a group of cricketers, seen from up-close and how they conquered the cricketing world against all odds.
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Today we are going to enjoy this song from the movie, which is composed by Pritam, sung by Arijit Singh, and written by Kausar Munir from this movie ‘83’.
‘83’ is directed by Kabir Khan for – Reliance Entertainment, Phantom Films, Vibri Media, KA Productions, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, Kabir Films.
This movie has Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinkar Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Harrdy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Ammy Virk, Adinath Kothare, Dhairya Karwa, R. Badree, Neena Gupta, Boman Irani, Aditi Arya, Satish Alekar, Wamiqa Gabbi and others.
‘83’ is based on ‘India’s journey at the 1983 Cricket World Cup’.
This movie is produced by Deepika Padukone, Kabir Khan, Vishnuvardhan Induri, Sajid Nadiadwala, Reliance Entertainment, Phantom Films and 83 Films Ltd.
Screenplay of this movie is written by Kabir Khan, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and Vasan Bala.
Dialogues of this movie are written by Kabir Khan and Sumit Arora. Editing of this movie is done by Nitin Baid.
Cinematography of this movie is done by Aseem Mishra.
Music for songs of this movie is composed by Pritam and background score is composed by Julius Packiam.
This movie has four songs composed by Pritam and written by Kausar Munir, Ashish Pandit, Jaideep Sahni and Prashant Ingole. Arijit Singh, Benny Dayal and Amit Mishra have given their voices to the songs in this movie …
So, everything is set now …
With today’s song the movie ‘83’ being released in theatres today – makes its debut on the blog today.
I am signing off from writing this article today on 22.12.2021 evening and sending it to our respected editors for further needful 😊
I hope you enjoyed my feelings and all about ‘1983’ ‘Cricket World Cup’ and the movie ‘83’. (It is possible that when this article is posted on the blog I may be in theatres watching this movie on 24.12.2021)
Enjoy the movie in the theatres and enjoy this song on the blog …
Video (Partial)
Audio (Full)
Song-Lehra do lehra do(83)(2021) Singer-Arijit Singh, Lyrics-Kausar Munir, MD-Preetam
Chorus
Apna hai din ye aaj ka aa aa
duniya se jaa ke bol do
bol do
aise jaago re saathhiyon
duniya ki aankhen khol do
khol do
lehra do o o
lehra do
sarkashi ka parcham lehra do
gardish mein aen phir apni
sarzameen ka parcham lehra do
lehra do o lehra do
sarkashi ka parcham lehra do
gardish mein aen phir apni
sarzameen ka parcham lehra do
ho
haathh dhhar Ke baithhne se
kya bhala kuchh hota hai
ho haathh dhar ke baithhne se
kya bhala kuchh hota hai
ja lakeeron ko dikha
kya zor e baazu hota hai
ja lakeeron ko dikha
kya zor e baaju hota hai
himmat e mardaan agar ho
sang Khuda bhi hota hai
jaa zamaane ko dikha de
khud mein dum kya hota hai
lehra lo o lehra do
sarkashi ka parcham lehra do
gardish mein phir apni
sarzameen k parcham lehra do
lehra do o lehra do
sarkashi ka parcham lehra do
gardish mein phir apni
sarzameen ka parcham lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
lehra do
sarkashi ka parcham lehra do
gardish mein phir apni
sarzameen ka parcham lehra do
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Devanagari Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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अपना है दिन ये आज का आ आ
दुनिया से जा के बोल दो ओ
बोल दो
ऐसे जागो रे साथियों ओ ओ ओ
दुनिया की आँखें खोल दो ओ
खोल दो
लहरा दो ओ ओ
लहरा आ दो ओ
सरकशी का परचम लहरा दो ओ
गर्दिश में ए ए फिर अपनी ई
सरज़मीन का परचम लहरा दो ओ
लहरा दो ओ ओ
लहरा आ दो ओ
सरकशी का परचम लहरा दो ओ
गर्दिश में ए ए फिर अपनी
सरज़मीन का परचम लहरा दो ओ
हो ओ हाथ धर के बैठने से
क्या भला कुछ होता है
हो ओ हाथ धर के बैठने से
क्या भला कुछ होता है
जा लकीरों को दिखा
क्या ज़ोर ए बाजू होता है
जा लकीरों को दिखा
क्या ज़ोर ए बाजू होता है
हिम्मत ए मर्दा अगर हो तो
संग खुदा भी होता है
जा ज़माने को दिखा दे
खुदमें दम क्या होता है
लहरा दो ओ ओ
लहरा दो ओ
सरकशी का परचम लहरा दो ओ
गर्दिश में ए ए फिर अपनी
सरज़मीन का परचम लहरा दो ओ
लहरा दो ओ
लहरा दो ओ
सरकशी का परचम लहरा दो ओ
गर्दिश में ए ए फिर अपनी
सरज़मीन का परचम लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो
लहरा दो ओ ओ
लहरा दो ओ
सरकशी का परचम लहरा दो ओ
गर्दिश में ए ए फिर अपनी
सरज़मीन का परचम लहरा दो
O des mere teri shaan pe sadke
Posted on: December 16, 2021
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This day that year 50 years ago.
16 dec 1971
It was on this day 50 years ago that the biggest surrender of an army was signed at 16:01 IST at Dacca. Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora of Indian Army got Pakistan Army’s Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi to sign on the instrument of surrender. The original of this surrender memo is available in National Museum, New Delhi. The text of the instrument of surrender read :
The PAKISTAN Eastern Command agree to surrender all PAKISTAN Armed Forces in BANGLA DESH to Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA, General Officer Commanding in Chief of Indian and BANGLA DESH forces in the Eastern Theatre. This surrender includes all PAKISTAN land, air and naval forces as also all para-military forces and civil armed forces. These forces will lay down their arms and surrender at the places where they are currently located to the nearest regular troops under the command of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA.
The PAKISTAN Eastern Command shall come under the orders of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA as soon as the instrument has been signed. Disobedience of orders will be regarded as a breach of the surrender terms and will be dealt with in accordance with the accepted laws and usages of war. The decision of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA will be final, should any doubt arise as to the meaning of interpretation of the surrender terms.
Lieutenant General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA gives a solemn assurance that personnel who surrender shall be treated with dignity and respect that soldiers are entitled to in accordance with provisions of the GENEVA Convention and guarantees the safety and well-being of all PAKISTAN military and para-military forces who surrender. Protection will be provided to foreign nationals, ethnic minorities and personnel of WEST PAKISTANI origin by the forces under the command of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA.
signed signed (JAGJIT SINGH AURORA) (AMIR ABDULLAH KHAN NIAZI) Lieutenant-General Lieutenant-General General Officer Commanding in Chief Martial Law Administrator Zone B and India and BANGLA DESH Forces in the Commander Eastern Command Eastern Theatre (Pakistan) 16 December 1971 16 December 1971
Ironically, the Pakistani public was still being kept in the dark by Pakistani rulers. They were being told that Pakistani army was scoring victories after victories and Pakistan was on the verge of a historical victory.
“War Till Victory” screamed the front page headline of Pakistan’s “Dawn” newspaper on its edition of 17 December 1971, when Pakistani army had already surrendered.
Pakistani public were kept in the dark about the fact that Pakistani army had launched a genocide of East Pakistanis in march 1971 codenamed “operation searchlight” during which they murdered 3 million intellectuals of East Pakistan and raped half a million East Pakistani women. All this, because East Pakistani party Awami League had won the national general election and were eligible to form the national government. It was a prospect that was not acceptable to west Pakistanis, namely Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and Pakistani army (mostly Army of West Pakistani Punjab).
The genocide naturally caused largescale fleeing of hapless East Pakistani refugees into neighbouring areas of India. Ten million refugees poured into India. India, one of the desperately poor nations on earth, was in no position to take the burden of this huge population of refugees. Indian government appealed for other nations to help, but to no avail. The entire world, led by USA (supposedly leader of the free and just world) supported Pakistan while it was carrying out a genocide of its own people which put to shame the genocide of jews by Nazis during the second world war. About 7 million jews were murdered by Nazis in about five years. On the other hand, Pakistani army murdered 3 million people in East Pakistan in just seven months. Overall, Pakistani army murdered nearly 5 % of the population of East Pakistan !
It was only India (supported by USSR) that was on the side of East Pakistanis. To prevent India from defeating its ally Pakistan, USA went to the extent of threatening to nuke India by sending its nuclear armed seventh fleet to Indian ocean. Thankfully, USSR came to the rescue of India and sent its own nuclear submarines and that discouraged US Navy’s seventh fleet to venture into the war theatre.
As mentioned earlier, India those days was a desperately poor country, one that was not self sufficient even in the matters of foodstuff. Entering into a war was the last thing that India was interested in. But naive pacifist ways of Indian government, and unfriendly neighbours on its boundaries meant that India were forced into wars repeatedly. It was in 1962 that China attacked India and India, totally nprepared for war, suffered a humiliating defeat. This defeat broke Indian PM Nehru and he died soon thereafter, throwing India into disarray. Pakistan seized this opportunity and attacked India. India could have suffered another reverse, but thanks to the bravery of field level personnel, India not only fought back, but also began to gain ground. Pakistan, heading for a humiliating defeat, appealed to China. China came to Pakistan’s rescue and opened another front at Sikkim. India got unnerved and entered into a ceasefire. This helped Pakistan save face. This 1965 war is described as a win in Pakistani textbooks.
Pakistan was trying to enter into a ceasefire in 1971 as well, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had rushed to UN to get UN to force India into accepting ceasefire, but USSR vetoed such attempts. If there was any delay in India securing this surrender, Pakistan would have forced a ceasefire. Then East Pakistan would have remained East Pakistan and the genocide of East Pakistanis would have continued. Thankfully for India as well as East Pakistanis, Indian army made speedier progress than was considered possible and unnerved Pakistani army into surrendering on 16 December 1971.
This surrender was very important for humanity because it stopped one of the biggest genocides in human history. It helped defeat a rouge army that never won any war, but kept awarding itself medals for murdering its own people. If one watches the famous surrender photograph, one will find that A A K Niazi was wearing more medals than any other Indian army officers seen in the photograph.
50 years have passed. Ironically, the people who failed Pakistanis, namely its army, still rule the roost in Pakistan and still manage to brainwash their public. It is just that Pakistani army themselves no longer enter into war. They have sub contracted this work to terrorists whom they themselves train. The world, including their erstwhile benefactor USA have only just now begun to realise their folly. They kept supporting this rogue country against world’s biggest democracy for decades, only to get betrayed.
On this occasion, here is a song from “Bhuj the Pride of India”(2021). This movie is based on the 1971 war. The song is sung by Arijit Singh. Manoj Muntasir is the lyricist. Music is composed by Arko.
With this song, “Bhuj the Pride of India”(2021) makes its debut in the blog. This song is the first song of the third decade of this millenium to appear in the blog.
Song-O des mere teri shaan pe sadke(Bhuj The Pride of India)(2021) Singer-Arijit Singh, Lyrics- Manoj Muntasir, MD-Arko
Lyrics
o des mere
teri shaan pe sadke
koi dhan hai kya
teri dhool se badh ke
teri dhoop se raushan
teri hawa pe zinda
tu baag hai mera
main tera parinda
hai arz ye deewaane ki
jahaan bhor suhaani dekhi
ik roz wahin shaam ho
kabhi yaad kare jo zamaana
maati pe mar mit jaana
zikr mein shaamil mera naam ho
o des mere
teri shaan pe sadke
koi dhan hai kya
teri dhool se badh ke
teri dhoop se raushan
teri hawa pe zinda
tu baag hai mera
main tera parinda
aanchal tera rahe maa
rang biranga
o ooncha aansaam se
ho tera tiranga
jeene ki izaazat de de
ye hukm shahaadat dede
manzoor hamen
jo bhi tu chune
resham ko ho dushala
ya kafan sipaahi waala
odhenge hum jo bhi tu bune
o des mere
teri shaan pe sadke
koi dhan hai kya
teri dhool se badh ke
teri dhoop se raushan
teri hawa pe zinda
tu baag hai mera
main tera parinda
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