Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Aane Wala Pal Jaane Wala Hai..

Kal Kya Hoga Kisko Pata
Abhi Zindagi Ka Le Lo Mazaa..


Gulshan Bawra's verse were simple in expressing the sentiments which are quite similar to Longfellow's A Psalm of Life, where he wrote:

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead! 

Much closer to these sentiments lies another song, shot on Amol Palekar and Bindiya Goswami in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Gol Maal - one of the most rollicking comedies of Hindi Cinema - besides being original unlike the series of Golmaals of recent years. 

A brilliant composition, with western instruments set in Raag Kirwani to the award-winning lyrics by Gulzar, it became an instant hit, and has remained so. 

It is easy to understand the reason for its popularity - that brilliant usage of Saxophone through out giving company to Kishore Kumar's mesmerising vocals - the song subtly, but surely, manages to reach right inside one's soul, specially when he sings: 

Ek bar waqt se lamha gira kahee 
Wahan dastan milee lamha kahee nahee
Thoda sa hasake, thoda sa rulake
Pal yeh bhee janewala hai ho ho.......

Here it is:

1 comment:

  1. Ashish, your research and commentary on each of these gems is exemplary. Keep it up, my friend.

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