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Raah Pe Rahte Hain

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Today's song is one of the best compositions of Pancham-Gulzar-Kishore – Raah Pe Rahte Hai from Namkeen. Another fabulous song after Phir Se Aiyo Badra Bidesi. The movie had bombed at the box office and the song got lost wilderne ss. Everything about this song is top class – RD’s music, Gulzar’s words and Kishore’s rendition. Namkeen was made by Gulzar was based on Samaresh Basu's Akal Basant. In Gulzars words, Namkeen is a story of an incomplete family of three sisters and their mother, their alcoholic father and the tenant truck driver with fabulous performances by Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi and Waheeda Rehman.   Orchestration and arrangement: Resso resso, Bongo, Bass Guitar, violins, santoor and chorus. The entire song is woven around a basic rhythm played on resso resso, bongos and bass guitar. Trivia- The words ख़ुश रहो अहले वतन, हम तो सफ़र करते हैं are actually taken from Ram Prasad Bismil's poem. He was a revolutionary and Bhagat Singh'