Monday, 5 March 2012

Song of The Week

Today’s song is ‘Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna’ from Guide. The soundtrack of this classic movie has may more evergreen songs, like ‘Tere Mere Sapne’, ‘Din Dhal Jaaye’, ‘Piya Tose Naina Laage Re’ to name a few. But Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna is an all-time favourite. The song has this ‘I’am a free bird’ kind of a feeling to it. There is so much life, so much hope to this song. And its so beautifully sung by Lata Mangeshkar. It makes you sing. It makes you dance!

There is an interesting story about this song. If you’ve noticed, the song doesn’t really have a mukhda. It directly begins with an antara or a stanza. The song comprises of such stanzas only, written by Shailendra. The director, Vijay Anand was initially reluctant to use a song that doesn’t have a mukhda. It was only after S.D.Burman talked him into it, that he agreed to include it in the film. The song picturised on Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman became a huge hit, and so did the movie.

* Apne hi bass mein nahin main
Dil hai kahin toh hoon kahin main
Darr hai safar mein kahin kho na jaaun main
Rasta nayaa*


Song : Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna
Film: Guide
Music: S.D. Burman
Lyrics: Shailendra
Vocals: Lata Mangeshkar




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