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