Living Diagonally In My Parallel World!

  Tu Baat Karein Ya Na Mujh Se   This song from Yashraj's Salman-Anushka starrer “Sultan” stuck with me for a while. Sung by Papon, Lyrics of the song are by Irshad Kamil and music by Vishal-Shekhar.  The song is about love and devotion of the main character to his wife. The song makes reference to Bulleh Shah's poetry and spiritual teachings, as a way to express the deep emotions and longing of the characters in the film. So who is Bulleh Shah? His real name was Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri. He was popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and Bulleya. He was a 17th-century Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformist and Sufi poet, regarded as the "Poet of the People". He said he was willing to go to any extent to please his Lord- even willing to dress up as a woman and dance to show his love to his God. Sufism equates love for the beloved at the same level a person loves his God. Love is equal to divinity. Coming back to the film. Sultan played by Salman gets pul...

माज्या सारंगा, राजा सारंगा Lyrics : Shanta Shelke  Composer : Hrudaynath Mangeshkar Singer : Lata Mangeshkar   गाण्याची पार्श्वभूमी : कोळीवाड्यातली एक स्त्री जिच्यावर अकाली वैधव्य आलंय. नवरा गेल्याचं दुःख विसरून ती कामाला लागलीय. दहा वर्षांचा तिचा दीर आता कुटुंब प्रमुख झालाय. जबाबदारीच्या जाणिवेनं तो शिडाची बोट घेऊन समुद्रात मासेमारीला निघालाय. त्या लहानग्याला सोबत म्हणून ती  ही त्याच्या बरोबर गेलीय. अन पौर्णिमेची समुद्रात भरती आलीय. नंतर वादळ वारा ही सुटतो. ती दिराला समजावतेय की कोळीवाडा दूर राहिला, आता परत जाऊ या. "शिड फाटलं" चा संदर्भ हा श्लेष (pun in English) आहे. तो जसा वादळी वाऱ्यानं फाडलेल्या बोटीच्या शिडाशी आहे तसंच तिच्या उजाडलेला संसाराशी आहे - शिड फाटलं धावतं पाठी, तुटलंय्‌ सुकानू मोरली काठी..  माज्या सारंगा, राजा सारंगा डोलकरा रं धाकल्या दीरा रं चल जावया घरा ! आज पुनवा सुटलंय दमानं दरियाच्या पान्याला आयलंय उदान पिऊन तुफानवारा शीड फाटलं धावतं पाठी तुटलंय्‌ सुकानू मोरली काठी फेसाल पान्याचा घेरा कोलीवारा रं राहिला दूर डोलां लोटिला पान्याचा पूर संबाल स...

Disclaimer - All copyrights owned by the respective entities. Raat Chup Chap Dabein Paao Chali Jaati Hai   This song featured in HMV's (now Saregama) 1987 album Dil Padosi Hai created by Gulzar, RD Burman and Asha Bhosle. Not many of us know that the origins of this song go back to the 1960’s when Hemant Kumar set tune to Gulzar’s words. The song then appeared as “Kash Ek Baar Kabhi Neend Se Uthkar Tum Bhi”. Check the below link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P2_KcppG_8    The form of the song sung by Hemant Kumar is different. It starts with the last two lines of the song (as we know it) and combines it with the first two lines (of the song we know 😊 ) to form am Mukhda of four lines. Gulzar did this earlier with Dil Dhoondta Hai from Mausam where he changed the structure of Mirza Ghalib’s ghazal like below The song that we know (sung by Asha Bhosle) has Mukhda of two lines. The last two lines of this song are the climax where it suddenly dawns upon us, that th...