Kisike Vaadepe Kyu Aitbaar Humne Kiya

The unreleased song - Kisi Ke Vaade Pe Kyu

(The text in blue letters are links to those songs)

“The Burning Train” was an album with songs belonging to unique genres. The title song by RD and Annette has imposing sounds from the Brass section and superb setting on Bass Guitar. The sounds of the passing train were recorded by RD himself on a train station! This song does not have an Antara.

The next song “Teri Nazar Hai Mujh Pe” has Asha Bhosle crooning for both Parvin Babi and Hema Malini. For Parvin she goes Western and for Hema she goes classical. RD Burman has seamlessly fused in sounds of Drums, Guitars, Tabla, Flute and Sitar while retaining the same tune for both the actors.

Another song “Pehli Nazar Mein Humne To” was another experiment such that the entire song is is sung by chorus of established singers. The female parts are sung by Asha and Usha Mangeshkar while the male parts are rendered by Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi.

Another song “Pal Do Pal Ka Saath” is a typical qawwali sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha. This qawwali is set in Raag Kedar.

The last song in the movie is a prayer “Teri Hai Zameen”. This song is obviously inspired by The First Noel by Pentatonix.

So, five songs of five distinct genre’s!

There was another song in this movie of a completely different genre. It was a ghazal by Sahir Ludhianvi set to the tune of a Mujra. However, this was cut from the movie. Here is the unreleased song

किसीके वादे पे क्यों ऐतबार हमने किया
न आनेवालोंका क्यों इंतज़ार हमने किया

 Depending upon whom you ask, different people give different reasons for the axing of this beautiful song. Some say that the song was cut to reduce the length of the movie. Others say, that this song did not go with the flow of the movie.

The background of this song is that Ashok (Dharmendra) is heart-broken after Seema (Hema Malini) turns him down. In his depressed state of mind, he (predictably) gets drunk and goes to a kotha. The nautch girl sings this ghazal set to the tune of a Mujra.

This mujra is resplendent with the sounds of Sarangi and Tabla. Asha’s harkat’s add to the richness of the tune. Maruti Rao Keer is credited for creating the rhythm of this song. Right from the start you notice that the sounds are clear and crisp – be it the Tabla, Ghungroo’s, Sarangi, Violin’s or even Asha’s vocals. Her opening Aalap reminds us of Parveen Sultana. Couple of years after Burning Train was released Parveen Sultana sang Hamein Tumse Pyar Kitna (Kudrat) in a similar setting.

The first antara has Sahir in his classic heart broken lover mode. He was one of the best poets in India and listening to this song one wonders why we had so less output from the RD-Sahir combo?

The first line is repeated twice – first with a stress on न वो हमारे हुए and then stressing on और न हम रहे अपने. Hear it to see how the gaayki (the way a song is sung) brings out the meaning

न वो हमारे हुए और न हम रहे अपने
मुहब्बतोंका अजब कारोबार हमने किया
किसीके वादे पे क्यों ऐतबार हमने किया

 The music before the second antara is more Sitar’s, Tabla Tarang and Violins setting up the tempo.

वो खेल खेल रहे वो खेल खेल चुके
खता हमारी थी उनसे प्यार हमने किया
किसीके वादे पे क्यों ऐतबार हमने किया

बिछडके उनसे ना जब दिल किसी तरह बदला
शराबखाने का रुख़ इख्तेयार हमने किया
किसीके वादे पे क्यों ऐतबार हमने किया