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**MeeveStesia** · 07-10-2006, 08:00 AM

now for the song i have been meaning to take up:
film gumraah, sahir's lyrics set to tune by ravi and sung by mahendra kapoor for sunil dutt.

chalo ek baar phir se
ajnabi ban jaaye hum dono
chalo ek baar

na main tumse koi ummeed rakhoon
dilnawaazi ki
na tum mere taraf dekho chalak angaar
nazron se
na mere dil ki dhadkan ladkadaaye
meri baaton se
na zaahir ho tumhaari kashm-a-kash ka
raaz nazron se

this song simply blows me away every time i hear it. the lyrics, by the incomparable sahir, are believed to be autobiographical (the story is that he was in love with amrita pritam, but they couldn't come together. he promptly took to the bottle and when he once met her at a party, he sang these lines. of course, the story is probably apocryphal, but it could well have been true, when we take a look at the lines, which could have only written by a man who has lost in love, or one whose genius was unmatched (sahir was reputed to be both).

07-10-2006, 08:00 AM	#32
MeeveStesia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	now for the song i have been meaning to take up: film gumraah, sahir's lyrics set to tune by ravi and sung by mahendra kapoor for sunil dutt. chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jaaye hum dono chalo ek baar na main tumse koi ummeed rakhoon dilnawaazi ki na tum mere taraf dekho chalak angaar nazron se na mere dil ki dhadkan ladkadaaye meri baaton se na zaahir ho tumhaari kashm-a-kash ka raaz nazron se this song simply blows me away every time i hear it. the lyrics, by the incomparable sahir, are believed to be autobiographical (the story is that he was in love with amrita pritam, but they couldn't come together. he promptly took to the bottle and when he once met her at a party, he sang these lines. of course, the story is probably apocryphal, but it could well have been true, when we take a look at the lines, which could have only written by a man who has lost in love, or one whose genius was unmatched (sahir was reputed to be both).
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