Gulzar Saab accesses our deepest, most visceral emotions with the magic of his words - any fan of the Hindi film industry's music will attest to being transported to a different plane while listening to his poetry. While he can arrest our very heartbeats with his souldul lyrics, his genius lies in his versatility - his non-reverent lyrics are as impactful as his serious ones - from "Chhod Aaye Hum woh Galiyaan" to " Beedi Jalailey", Gulzar Saab has made us love Hindi film stories even more thanks to his genius.
This post is basically an ode to how wonderfully he weilds his poetry to explain how eternities can be lived in moments. A few examples are below : -
1. The song is "Aanewala Pal" from the movie Golmaal, starring Amol Palekar, Utpal Datt, Bindiya Goswami, Deven Verma amongst others. The particular lyrics are :
Ek baar waqt se,
Lamha Gira Kahin,
Wahaan Daastaan Mili,
Lamha Kahin Nahi
Thoda sa hasake,
Thoda sa rulake,
Pal Ye bhi jaanewala hai ....
The song can be found here.
2. The song is "Bol Na Halke Halke" from the movie Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta. The particular lyrics are :-
Umrein Lagi Kehte Huye
Do Lafz the, Ek baat thi,
Woh ek din sau saal ka
Sau saal ki woh raat thi
Kaisa lage jo chup chap dono
Pal pal mein puri sadiyan bitaadein
The song can be found here.
3. The song is Aye Hairathe from the movie Guru starrign Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai amongst others. The particular lyrics are :-
Do char mahine se lamhon mein
Umro ke hisaab bhi hote hain
The song can be found here.
This is all for this post. Will be back with more.
