Pawan … this word for the wind is used extensively in the Hindi film songs. The way it is pronounced decides the mood of the one singing… If it is .. Ari pawan dhunde kise mera mann.. chalte chalte.. the wind is supposed to be a friend & give the answer.
Today I am talking of the song from the 2000 Hindi movie, “Kaho Na… Pyar hai!” the year tells us that it isn’t an old film & yet the songs were very popular.. The use of the old good, words done beautifully with the lead pair, fresh as ever. Good Looking & modern!
The rush at the theatres had small children cooing to the tunes, one would feel if we have come to watch a children’s film! The locales exotic, beautiful… this dream-like quality made Hritik Roshan … a super star overnight with the beauty… Amisha Patel! Different from her name .. never heard of.
Kyun chalti hai Pawan, Kyun jhoome hai gagan… Kyun machalta hai mann… Na tum jano na hum ! Why does the wind blow, why do the skies move… why is my mind on a roll or singing… it is tough to fit the hindi verse in English. The flair & the flavour of the language is in the original…
Why is my mind singing or humming… no one knows.. neither you nor me….
Kyun aati hai bahar… Kyun loot ta hai karar…kyun hota hai pyar… Na tum jano na hum… why does it spring.. why is the mind unsettled… why do we fall in love… Nobody knows…
The beauty is in the simple verse that touches & remains forever in the memory… itched.. I don’t believe it is 2021 … & the scenes still play on my mind when I hear the lines…
Yeh Madhoshiyan…yeh Tanhaiyan… Tasavur mein hai kiski parchaiyan…in the fizz & in the waiting… it is the shadows or the whiffs of memories ….
The lyricist Ibrahim Aska has made it with a lot of Urdu words which we may not follow but the purity is there. The meaning just hits you. Yeh bhiga sama… the wet surroundings… or the atmosphere laden with or heavy with emotions… the clouds crowding & about to burst! That sense is hidden in the verse.
Umange jawan… mujhe ishq le ja raha hai kaha…. My spirits young… are making me go where? …kyun gum hai har disha… kyun hota hai nasha… kyun aata hai maza… na tum jano na hum… The directions are fazed… why is there this intoxication… and the joy everywhere… in the confused stage I am having fun… enjoying it…no one knows…neither you nor me.
Dhadakta bhi hai, tadapta bhi hai, Yeh dil achanak bahakta bhi hai… mehekta bhi hai…chahakta bhi hai… yeh dil kya wafa ko samajhta bhi hai… the heart beats… it torments… it gets unruly… flavours & becomes talkative… as the sparrows do or the small girls giggle & laugh together… besides beating the heart is learning new ways…
Has the heart learny what is loyalty? Does it now know about it? Kyun milti hai nazar… kyun hota hai asar… kyun hoti hai sahar…. na tum jano na hum…
Why do the eyes meet….and why does it have an effect… Sahar is early morning…why does it dawn? Nobody knows…
A beautiful song from a beautiful film worth watching & singing along… again & again…
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