Dikhayi Diye Yoon This outstanding gazal originally penned by Mir Taqi Mir featured in the 1982 film Bazaar sung by Lata Mangeshkar set to the tune of Khayyam. This song was often played on Vividh Bharti during my teens. That’s a good 40 years ago! I never really understood the meaning then, but thanks to an internet friend now now I am able to get the sense of the words. The film highlights the tragedy of young girls being sold by needy parents to affluent Indians in the Gulf. The song is about love. And every person on the screen is experiencing a form of intense devotion or blinding desire. The song takes on a different meaning for whoever who is listening and watching. The song is picturised on a very young Shabnam (Supriya Pathak) in a small get together. Sarju (Faroukh Sheikh) is her paramour. They are accompanied by Najma (Smita Patil), her lover Akhtar (Bharat Kapoor). Salim (Naseeruddin Shah) with his unexpressed love to Najma, Nasreen (Nisha Singh) and Akhta
