Do you ever have a song, an idea, a storyline, or an image stuck in your head? And it just refuses to go away? For some time at least? I have this with music — it could be a song, an instrumental piece, a jingle, etc. This becomes my “now’” song, and the “nowness” (pardon my English here) could be for any length of time.
My “now” song is Oho re taal mile nadi ke jal mein from the film Anokhi Raat and sung by Mukesh to music composed by Roshan with lyrics by Indeevar.
This song was a hot favourite during my college and University days in Pune and I have some fond memories associated with it…
- of listening to this song on Vividh Bharati
- of singing along while completing whatever assignment or journal I was working on at that time
- of hostel gatherings and antaksharis where this song was a ‘must sing’.
- of hearing this song rendered at every field trip and class picnics by a classmate who only knew this one song.
I was in Pune last week and met some friends from my University days. As it usually happens with old friends, there was some talk of the present, a little of the future and a lot of reminiscing about the past. And one of the things that came up was this song.
I sang the song then and I’m still singing it after a week. 🙂
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Oh, Roshan is a favourite music director and I love this song too. Come to think of it, all the songs in the movie are great. I loved the reminiscences about the song 🙂
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Thanks, Alarmelvalli. As a college student I loved the melody, but these days it is the the lyrics which pack in so much meaning and depth. Part of the attraction to the song is also because of Sanjeev Kumar, my favourite actor. 🙂
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One of my favorite songs, as well.
After reading your post about it, I am pretty sure that it’s going to be my “now” song for the next few days :).
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Going by the number of responses on my FB page to this post, it appears that this song has touched a chord with many, many people. 🙂
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Its truly a lovely song, Sudha…… Been humming it ever since I saw ur post this morning 🙂
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It is, Anu. And no matter what mood I am in — happy, sad, conteplative — the song always reaches out to me. 🙂
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Hai.. This is the first time i heard this song.. Nice song..
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