Yeh laal ishq yeh malaal ishq...

Awesome thing about most of the new movies is the one or two slow songs that they add to the sound track. Today, while watching Ram Leela, this is the song that got stuck in mind. What an awesome song!! It reminds me of so many other songs like "sat srishtitaanDav rachayita", "shri raamchandra kripalu bhajaman", "jab deep jale aana". Makes me wonder if it's because it's based on raag yaman-kalyan because of all the songs I am getting reminded of. It has kind of a sufi feel to it also and I think that's what makes it so awesome... What beautiful voice Arjit Singh has! SLB has done such an awesome work with music of this song it makes me want to listen to it over and over again.


M: ho ho..
aye re re na na hm hm hm..
Ch: (yeh laal ishq yeh malaal ishq
yeh aib ishq yeh bair ishq) (2)
ishq ishq (2)

M: tujh sang bair lagaaya aisa (2)
rahaa na main phir apne jaisa
ho rahaa na main phir apne jaisa

mera naam ishq tera naam ishq (3)
mera naam tera naam
mera naam ishq
(yeh laal ishq yeh malaal ishq
yeh aib ishq yeh bair ishq) (2)
Ch: ishq ishq (2)

hey hey
M: apna naam badal doon.. badal doon
ya tera naam chhupa loon.. chhupa loon
ya chhod ke saari yaad main bairaag uthaa loon
bas ek rahe mera kaam ishq
mera kaam ishq (2)
mera naam ishq tera naam ishq
mera naam tera naam
mera naam ishq
(yeh laal ishq yeh malaal ishq
yeh aib ishq yeh bair ishq) (2)

yeh kaali raat jakaD loon
yeh thanDa chaand pakaD loon
ho yeh kaali raat jakaD loon
ye thanDa chaand pakaD loon
din raat ke andheri bhed ka
rukh moD ke main rakh doon
tujh sang bair lagaaya aisa
rahaa na main phir apne jaisa
ho rahaa na main phir apne jaisa

mera naam ishq tera naam ishq (3)
mera naam tera naam
mera naam ishq
(yeh laal ishq yeh malaal ishq
yeh aib ishq yeh bair ishq) (3)


Film: Ram Leela (2013)
Singer: Arjit Singh
Music Director: Monty Sharma, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Lyrics: Siddharth-Garima
Picturized: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone

Filmein shilmein chalti thi... woh raatein ab kahaan gayi...

Best song of film Desi Boyz! That's how I like to describe it. I just got a chance to watch the movie last night and loved it. This was the song that stuck and I kept humming it while it was playing in the background for those 5-10 mins. Feel-good song of the feel-good movie. That's all I got to say. It takes me back to childhood as the lyrics say and then stay there. Describes how life used to be simpler because there was less. Less of everything. Simple. The best! As is the song. :)

PS. While searching for the lyricist, I just realized that it's all by Shahvaar Ali Khan. What a talented person! The song reminds me of "woh kaagaz ki kashti", and "give me some sunshine".


(filmein shilmein chalti thi hum gaane shaane gaate the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the) (2)

fail fool ho kar hum maare shaare khaate the (2)
jeb bhi khaali hoti thi phir kahaan se himmat laate the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the

filmein shilmein chalti thi hum gaane shaane gaate the

(june mein tab bhi garmi thi par hum yoon kam lagte the
gaadi shaadi kab hoti thi par sadke sab apni thi) (2)

gareeb jab ek ladke pe ameer ladki marti thi
aur yeh duniya apne liye waqt nikala karti thi
waqt nikala karti thi
botal shotal peeke hum kaise khush ho jaate the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the

filmein shilmein chalti thi hum gaane shaane gaate the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the

(maacho? kitna achha tha dushman bhi tab saccha tha
haar ke jab hum girte the to hume uthane padta tha) (2)

dost bhi koyi kam na tha tum mein bhi tum na tha
woh umar kuch aisi thi ke hum se koyi kam na tha
hum se koyi kam na tha
tedhe medhe log bhi kitne seedhe saade hote the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the

filmein shilmein chalti thi hum gaane shaane gaate the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the

fail fool ho kar hum maare shaare khaate the (2)
jeb bhi khaali hoti thi phir kahaan se himmat laate the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the

(filmein shilmein chalti thi hum gaane shaane gaate the
woh raatein ab kahaan gayi jab pal bhar mein so jaate the) (3)

Film: Desi Boyz (2011)
Singer: Shahvaar Ali Khan
Composition: Shahvaar Ali Khan
Music Director: Pritam
Lyrics: Shahvaar Ali Khan
Picturized on: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone


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