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Khaali Hath Shaam Aayi Hai

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Pancham – Khaali Hath Shaam Aayi Hai Awesome song. This song from Ijaazat brings to fore RD’s command on classical. The song is picturised on Rekha (Sudha) who has walked out from Naseer’s (Mahender) home as she (despite making attempts) is unable to come to terms to his past (Anuradha Patel as Maya).    The dictionary meaning of "Loneliness" is "The pain of being alone, but having a desire for a connection". This is Sudha's state of mind.  For her, each evening arrives and departs without altering her emotional landscape. She expects sorrow, but that too refuses to visit her, leaving her numb.    In the song "evening" and "night" are personified as entities that just come and go without bringing ant resolution or closure. They are so familiar now that they are almost ritualistic in their futility.   Evenings are a time that a person in love looks forward to. But for a broken heart, evening can be a time of suffering waiting endlessly for...