Phir Se Aiyo Badra Bidesi
Phir Se Aiyo Badra Bidesi Namkeen - 1982 RD Burman, Gulzar & Asha Bhosle – the trio has set songs in so many moods. This one is poignant. The song is about hope and despair of a mute girl. Shabana plays the role Mithu, the mute girl living in a small hamlet in the hills somewhere in North India with her sisters and mother. She is full of hope and longs for the truck driver Gerulal (Sanjeev Kumar) who visits them once in a while. That’s the only bright spot in her silent world. The song is set with Mithu walking barefoot aimlessly on the hills engulfed in a blanket of mist. The look on her face is of being content in her thoughts of Gerulal. The sounds used in the song are equally haunting and heavy on bass. Taar Shehnai, flute provides the sadness while Bass guitar adds to the fuller tones. RD must have been challenged to set music to a song that is picturized on a mute person. The song can be heard on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNVJZf1Momw फिर से आ...