The love for music is universal. Almost everybody likes some form of music. Over the years, I have loved a lot of songs. Somewhere down the road, many of these songs have become hits. I don’t have a favorite song as such but I have a whole list. Being a hit means that a song is loved by many people. Also it means that it is heard more number of times than normal. I have found myself falling out of love to these overplayed songs so much so that I wished they had never become such a hit.
And there are some songs which never become hit for some reason of the other. The lyrics are good, the song is good, the singer has sung it well but then it does not work with the people. Over a period of time, it gets lost in time somewhere and when you hear it once in a blue moon, its bliss. These songs could have been hits and for some reasons, they never were or they did not enjoy the success that they deserved.
This is about those songs;
The Bhoole bisare Geet, The lost songs!
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Gharonda is 1977 movie about Mumbai biggest problem, space. Its about a couple in love who want to buy a house and get married. They get duped and the boy convinces the girl to marry an older guy so that on her husband’s death she gets all his money and then she can buy a house for themselves. Things don’t go according to plan when the girl falls in love with her husband only to leave the boy and the movie ends with the boy still without a gharonda (house).
The movie had three songs, two are the same version of the same song and both version were quite a hit. There was a third song sung by Runa Laila., “Tumhe Ho Na ho..” and one of my favorite song. The song was shot on the lead pair of Amol Palekar and Zarina Wahab and sung beautifully by Runa Laila. They are shot while roaming around Mumbai and the song plays in the background
More than anything I like the lyrics of the song. The words play and the way it is sung. A girl says she does not love the boy but still is clueless why she feels sad without him but she is still quite sure about the love for him or no love for him. The way Runa Laila sings it, she makes the song special. Watch out after the first stanza when she says
Itna yakeen hai mujhe pyar tumse nahi hai nahi hai.
Mujhe pyar tumse nahi hai nahi…..(pause)…Hai
There is a pause between the last Nahi and Hai which signifies the dual state of the heroine. No doubt only Gulzar can play with such words
Song: Tumhe Ho Na Ho….
Movie: Gharonda
Year:1977
Music: Jaidev Verma
Lyrics: Gulzar
Director: Bhimsen
Tumhe ho naa ho, mujh ko to itanaa yakeen hai Mujhe pyaar tum se nahin hai, nahin hai Mujhe pyaar tum se nahin hai, nahin hai Magar maine ye raaj ab tak naa jaanaa Ke kyon pyaari lagati hai, baatien tumhaari Mai kyon tum se milane ka dhundoo bahaana kabhi maine chaha, tumhe chuu ke dekhu Kabhi maine chaaha, tumhe paas laanaa Magar phir bhi... Magag phir bhi is baat kaa to yakeen hai..Mujhe pyar tum se nahi hai nahi haiMujhe pyar tum se nahi hai nahi............. hai Phir bhi jo tum door rahate ho mujh se Toh rahate hain dil pe, udaasi ke saaye Koi khwaab unche makaanon se zaanke Koi khwaab baithhaa rahe, sar jukhaye kabhi dil kee raahon mane faile andheraa Kabhi door tak roshani muskuraye magar fir bhee.....Magar phir bhi is baat kaa to yakeen hai ..Mujhe pyar tum se nahi hai nahi hai
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this is one of our favorite songs.
btw, Runa Laila was on a song (no pun intended) during this period. She was one of the ‘counter Lata’ option used by quite a few composers. However, she faded quite quickly.
Hey, Thanks for bringing back memories of the 80s. What a great song this is. The movie was also really good, its a real shame that Hindi cinema of today does not generate more movies which are rooted in current social issues. I have a similar thread on my blog (only on Gulzar’s bhoole bisare songs). I was planning to write on this song, but I guess your post did it first.
Cheers!
One of my favourite songs too!!!
esp:
kabhi dil kee raahon mane faile andheraa
Kabhi door tak roshani muskuraye
Goes well with my bipolar disorder
LOL, just joking!
Hey Mr.lover of bhoole bhisre geet,
Came here in search of lyrics of this song. Good that you posted the youtube link. I am stuck on this page playing the song in the background while checking your other stuff
Liked the way in which you wrote about the song. Mannnnnn you think so much like me. It is a sweet surprise to meet like minded people right
Especially when the similarity is found in some rare topic like this for example. Kyon?
Anyways, nice song, great lyrics, I sing it with full enthu. I had a few friends who are very close to me and felt like singing this song for them:-)
Cheers,
Madhuri
Prashant
Yes she was on a high for some time but the decrease was quite fast too.
Ajit
People look at cinema as a entertainment medium now and they dont want to face reality when they spent ample lot of money on movies.
Deepti
Glad you enjoyed it
Vi
Kabhi Kushi Kabhi gum
Madhuri
Glad you liked the rest of the post and hope you come back again! 
What to say? Great minds think alike
- Punds
Beautiful song…so melodious…one of my favourites. I miss the melody of these songs…the songs of today fade so fast from memory and one doesn’t ever feel like listening to them again. Thanks for putting the song here! I’ll be humming the song all day today
Lovely song.. just amazing.. the melody is haunting. this is an old song.. truly old is gold.. the lyrics..everything is beautiful. just love listening this song again and again..
very nice…..and ….medolious song…
like listening this song again and again ,one of my favourate songs,
One of my favourite songs too! I heard it too late and that too at an office get-together sang by one of the colleagues. So melodious and genuine. Thanks to all associated with the song and this site too!