LagaN lagi re tose piya re...

Someone mentioned this movie on a blog and I was curious to see the film preview of it so went on youtube to see it. I don't remember what it had except that I couldn't stop listening to this song. It reminds me of my favorite songs from films like Dharm (2007) and Swades. It's so beautiful, thanks to the music, amazing voices of both singers (I can't decide who is better of the two) and lyrics.


KS: (lagaN laagi re tose piya re
balam kesari tose piya re
lagaN laagi re tose laagi re
balam kesari tose laagi re) (2)

SG: jee mein aise base
jaadu sa kyaa kar diya hai
mogare phool si main kheeli
lamhaa har pal juDaa
tumse hi rangeeniyaan hai
saundhi si khushbuen mehki si

KS: lagaN laagi re tose laagi re
balam kesari tose laagi re

(love the music here!)

SG: hmm..
aanch aisi jagi
nainon mein neend na abhi
tumse jo mili
umang ati jaagi hai

KS: saath jo tera hai saanware.. dhola re
nain saveraa hai saanware.. dhola re

SG: chunari meri ude
paijaniyaan itaraaye
saanjh dulhan si dekho saji
lamhaa har pal juDaa
tumse hi rangeeniyaan hai
saundhi si khushbuen mehki si

Both: lagaN laagi re tose laagi re
balam kesari tose laagi re

SG: lagaN laagi re tose piya re
balam kesari tose piya re
lagaN laagi re tose laagi re
balam kesari tose laagi re

(this one reminds me of "tum ne hum ko hansna sikhaaya.. rone kahoge ro lenge hum")

Film: Trishna (2011)
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyrics: Shellee
Singers: Shreya Ghoshal, Kavita Seth
Picturized on: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed

MukhDaa ni maaya laagi re.. Mohan pyaara.. (Gujarati)

Last week on my usual business trip to PA, I ran into Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. It was a very pleasant surprise for me and meeting him and his sons just made my trip so much more exciting than it usually is. They personally invited me to attend their concert that was happening at the Bharatiya temple there as part of a 10-day Shri Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Fortunately, despite parking being a challenge and lot of people not getting entry to the concert, I made it to the temple and to the concert both and felt utterly blessed to have attended the concert and the temple visit was simply divine! First time ever I felt this unique feeling of being in a temple and being engrossed in the aarti and it reminded me of aarti they do at Mata Na Madh in Kutch, Gujarat. It was truly an out-of-this-world experience! Any how, the concert was also very beautiful and it was great to listen to the magical sarod played by the maestro and his young boys. Both Amaan and Ayaan play amazing sarod as well and it was a treat to listen to them. All three of them took turns playing for almost three hours accompanied by Vineet Vyas on the tabla. It was a treat!! One of the pieces was so amazing I absolutely loved it. Too bad I forget the name of the raag it was based on but it kept on bringing me back to this song that I'm posting today. It was funny how my mind was playing tricks on me. I was so mesmerized by both the sarod's version of this raag and this song, which I am almost certain is based on the same raag, I had to post the song. It's a beautiful Gujarati bhajan by Meerabai about how she is fascinated by Shri Krishna's beautiful face and what it has done to her. You have to listen to it to enjoy it! The flute, tabla, manjira, and other instruments make it even more beautiful along with the beautiful voice of singer, Dipali Saumaiya.


mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re, mohan pyaara (2)
mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re

mukhDu me joyu taaru, sarv jag thayu khaaru (2)
man maaru rahyu nyaaru re, mohan pyaara
mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re

sansaari nu sukh evu, zaanzhavaana neer jevu (2)
tene tucchh kari devu re, mohan pyaara
mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re

sansaari nu sukh kaachu, paraNi ne ranDaavu paachhu (2)
tene to shid jaachu re, mohan pyaara
mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re

paraNu to pritam pyaaro, ankhanD saubhaagya maaro (2)
me to karsaayo taaro re, mohan pyaara
mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re

meerabai balihaari, aasha mune ek taari (2)
sansaar thi rahi nyaari re, mohan pyaara
mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re, mohan pyaara (2)
mukhDaa ni maaya laagi re


Singer: Dipali Somaiya
Composer: Meerabai
Music: ?

Anondo loke, mongola loke, birajo, sotto sundaro (Bangla)

Back on June 30th, bay area had celebrations of Gujarat Day 2013. About 10 or so professional singers of bay area participated in the musical morning function that involved presentation of Rabindra Sangeet. What was extraordinary about this presentation was that the songs were not in Bangla/Bengali but in Gujarati! :) That made it so much more fun to listen to as the lyrics made sense. Not just to me but almost entire audience, which I'm kind of disappointed to say consisted of mainly folks in their late 30s and above. I wish generations passed on their Gujarati language knowledge to next generations. That'd be a topic for another day. Back to Gujarat Day musical function. It was amazing to realize the quality of lyrics and the music that goes with it. The singers kept everything the same, except for the lyrics. Here translation experts kicked in and shared their talent of translating the original Bangla lyrics to Gujarati and boy! did they do justice to it or what!! It blows my mind when I read those lyrics again. Here's my favorite song from the collection, which I think is a prayer. Absolutely beautiful to listen to and totally goosebumpy. It spreads peace around and within.


Original Bangla Lyrics:

anondo loke, mongola loke birajo sotto sundaro

mohima tabo udbhasito maha gagon majhe
bisso jagato moni bhushan besTito charane
anondo loke, mongola loke birajo sotto sundaro

groho taroko chondro tapono byakulo druto bege
koriche pan, koriche snan, akkhayo kirane
anondo loke, mongola loke birajo sotto sundaro

dharon par jhare nirjhar, mohon modhu shobha
phul pallab gito gandho sundaro barane
anondo loke, mongola loke birajo sotto sundaro

bahe jiban rajonidin chiro nutan dhara
koruna tabo abishram janame marane
anondo loke, mongola loke birajo sotto sundaro

sneho prem daya bhokti komol kare pran
kato santan karo barshan santap harane
anondo loke, mongola loke birajo sotto sundaro

jagote tabo ki mahotsabh, bandan kare bisso
shri sampad bhumaspado nirbhoy sharone
anondo loke, mongola loke birajo sotto sundaro


Film: Krantikaal (2005)
Singers: ?
Music Director: Chirodeep Dasgupta
Lyrics - Ravindranath Tagore
Picturized on: ?
Bangla lyrics source: http://ramrv.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/anondo-loke-mongola-loke-birajo-sotto-sundaro/


Gujarati Translated Lyrics:

આનંદ લોકે, મંગલા લોકે, વિરાજો, સત્ય સુંદર!

મહિમા તારો ઝળહળતો મહાગગનમાં
વિશ્વ-જગત મણિ-ભૂષણ રહે તારે ચરણે
આનંદ લોકે, મંગલા લોકે, વિરાજો, સત્ય સુંદર!

ગ્રહ તારા ચંદ્ર સૂરજ વ્યાકુળ બની દોડે
કરે પાન કરે સ્નાન અક્ષય કિરણે
આનંદ લોકે, મંગલા લોકે, વિરાજો, સત્ય સુંદર!

ધરણી પર વહે નિર્ઝર મોહન મધુ શોભા
ફૂલ પાલવ અતિ સુગંધ સુંદર વરણે
આનંદ લોકે, મંગલા લોકે, વિરાજો, સત્ય સુંદર!

વહે જીવન રજની દિન નિત નવ નવ ધારા
કરુણા તવ અવિશ્રામ જનમે મરણે
આનંદ લોકે, મંગલા લોકે, વિરાજો, સત્ય સુંદર!

સ્નેહ પ્રેમ દયા ભક્તિ કોમલ કરે પ્રાણ
કરે સાંત્વના કરે વર્ષણ  સંતાપ હરે
આનંદ લોકે, મંગલા લોકે, વિરાજો, સત્ય સુંદર!

જગ માં તવ મહાઉત્સવ વંદન કરે વિશ્વ
ભૂમિ સંપત્તિ સમ્રીદ્ધી તવ નિર્ભીક ચરણે
આનંદ લોકે, મંગલા લોકે, વિરાજો, સત્ય સુંદર!

Translation by: Meghlata Mehta

Bangla Song Version 1 (Partial song):


Bangla Song Version 2 (Complete song):

Tohre naina bade.. dagaabaaz re..

I love new songs like these that leave me wanting to listen to the songs again even after the movie is over. Very few new movies actually do that trick, and Dabangg 2 is definitely one of them. I think the singers and music have something to do with this feeling. Greedy me wants one more stanza in this one too. If only the lyricist was generous and bathroom breaks lasted longer. Hahaha.. do people still take bathroom breaks in Indian movie theaters when songs come up? I wonder. That reminds me of the scene from Golmaal (1979) when Helen's "mungda" song plays and Ramprasad is out changing clothes from work clothes to evening clothes in movie theater bathroom.

Back to our song: doesn't the music here remind you of music of abhi na jaao chhod kar, especially the ending part of the old song?

dagaabaaz re haaye dagaabaaz re
tohre naina bade dagaabaaz re
ho tohre naina... haaye
naina naina naina... haaye

("abhi na jaao" kind of music plays here)

dagaabaaz re haaye dagaabaaz re
tohre naina bade dagaabaaz re
kal mile.. haan kal mile hoye
yeh hum ko bhool gaye aaj re haaye
dagaabaaz re haaye dagaabaaz re
tohre naina bade dagaabaaz re

(this music reminds me of yet another Hindi film oldie, can't recall it though; love the harmonium here!)

kaahe khafaa aise chulbul se bulbul
kaahe na tu maane batiyaan haaye
F: kaahe padaa peechhe jaan pe bairi
na jaanu kyaa tori batiyaan haaye
M: zindagi apni hum tohka daan dai de
muskuraa ke jo maange praan dai de
kal mile.. ho kal mile... haaye
kal mile bhi hum ko bhool gaye aaj re
haaye dagaabaaz re (2)
tohre naina bade dagaabaaz re
tohre naina
dagaa (3)
dagaabaaz re
re dagaabaaz re
naina re

(dartaa jahaan hum se hum to usse darte
ih sab jaane mori raniyaa haaye) (2)
F: maskaa lagaao na chhodo ji chhodo
samajhti hai tori dhaniyaa haaye
M: is adaa pe to hum qubaan gaye ji
tohri naanaa main hum hi hai jaan gaye ji
kal mile... ho kal mile haaye
kal mile re hum ka bhul gaye aaj re
dagaabaaz re (2)
tohre naina bade dagaabaaz re
dagaabaaz (3) re haaye
tohre naina bade dagaabaaz re


Film: Dabangg 2 (2012)
Singers: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal
Lyrics: Sameer
Music Director: Sajid-Wajid
Picturised on: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha

Audio song:


Video song:

Dil keh raha hai dil se... meri yaad rakhna..

Having discovered new Adnan Sami and Atif Aslam songs over the long weekend in July, I just can't stop listening to some of these songs. They're so amazing and I love the music and lyrics so much. Not to forget the beautiful voices of the singers to go with it. Some parts of the music in this song reminds me of khaayi hai re hum ne kasam.


(dil keh rahaa hai dil se
waadaa karo dil se
chaahe tum jahaan bhi jaana jaanam
meri yaad rakhna
oh meri yaad rakhna) (2)

hmm mausam bhale badle tum na badalna dilbar
chaahat ki raahon pe tum saath chalna
pyaar ki bekhudi keh rahi aashiqi
jaan-e-jaan meri yaad rakhna
oh meri yaad rakhna

dil keh rahaa hai dil se
waadaa karo dil se
chaahe tum jahaan bhi jaana jaanam
meri yaad rakhna
oh meri yaad rakhna

(love the music here)

jaldi se laut aanaa tum mujhse door jaake
yoon na sataana baatein banaake
chaandni raat mein neend mein khwaabon mein
jaan-e-jaan meri yaad rakhna
oh meri yaad rakhna

dil keh rahaa hai dil se
waadaa karo dil se
chaahe tum jahaan bhi jaana jaanam
meri yaad rakhna
oh meri yaad rakhna


Album: Tera Chehra (2002)
Singer: Adnan Sami
Lyrics: Sameer
Music Director: Adnan Sami
Picturized on: Adnan Sami & Others