Aaj unse pahli mulaaqaat hogi
Posted on: September 30, 2008
Forget the talk of modernisation and all, when it comes to selecting life partners, Indians are ultra conservatives. In olden days, parents would decide whom their kids would marry and the kids, often underage would see their spouses for the first time at the time of the wedding, and sometimes, even later.
Things have come a long way since then and people have become modern. Modern in the context of Indian match making means that the parents still pick matches for their kids, but allow their kids to have a talk with his/ her would be life partner in seclusion, so that they may be able to get to know each other and see if they are compatible. Thus the would be couple have the satisfaction of not being kept in the dark about the whole affair.
The above modus operandi of match making has become more or less standardised among “liberated” families, though the less liberated families may still be deciding the match for their kids without seeking their opinions.
This song is about one such eligible bachelor from a liberated family who is going to see his would be bride for the first time. Unlike in real life, he is going alone, and not with his parents. Other than that, his feelings are very much life like. I can fully empathise with his feelings of expectancy. He is also imagining what must be going through the mind of the girl who too must be waiting to see him.
It is a wonderful situation for a movie and a song. I always wondered how one can express the feelings of a would be groom going to meet his would be bride for the first time. Ordinary less coherent janta would just say ” man me laddoo phoot rahe honge”, but Anand Bakshi very coherently describes the feelings that one goes through in a situation like this.
Kishore Kumar sings this song with passion, as was his wont. If you get involved in listening to this song, then you would imagine the scenario described above and may not even notice the music. And that in fact speaks of the quality of the music of R D Burman, which, like the parents of the boy and girl, discreetly keeps to the background and allow the couple some time alone.
It is quite a lovely song to listen to. This song from “Paraya Dhan”, though quite popular, did not come anywhere in the popularity stakes, because 1971 was a year that saw a bumper crop of a huge number of outstanding songs and this song failed to appear in the Binaca geetmala finals of 1971. The movie was no great shakes. But it is interesting to note that Rakesh Roshan and Hema Malini were the lead pair in this movie. And youngsters may find it amusing that Rakesh Roshan those days had a thick mop of hair on his head and was without a mustache. In contrast, now he sports a mustache and a bald pate. Hema Malini went on to become the dreamgirl of Bollywood, where as Rakesh Roshan could never become anything more than an also ran.
Of course, Rakesh Roshan is now basking in the glory of his son, Hritik’s success. Hema Malini, now a Rajya Sabha MP and married to Dharmendra, a Lok Sabha MP, has her two daughters acting in movies as well.
Coming to the movie, it is by now a forgotten movie. In fact, “Paraya Dhan” for most people now a days means a TV serial in Starone. The movie may have been forgotten, but this song from this movie has survived. This song must surely be regarded as among the memorable songs sung by Kishore Kumar.
The farmaish for this song was by Nandini Vishwanath, niece of Raja. Thanks for the farmaish, Nandini. Listening to this song and commenting on it was an enjoyable experience for me, and I hope you will also enjoy reading it.
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Song- Aaj unse pahli mulaqaat hogi (Paraaya Dhan) (1971) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyrics- Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics
aaj unse pahli mulaaqaat hogi
phir aamne saamne baat hogi
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
aaj unse pahli mulaaqaat hogi
phir aamne saamne baat hogi
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
lala lala lala lala
andekhaa anjaanaa mukhdaa kaisaa hogaa
naa jaane wo chaand ka tukda kaisaa hogaa
milte hi unse nazar haay dil mein
ek beqaraari si din raat hogi
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
aaj unse pahli mulaaqaat hogi
yaa yayyaya , yaa yayaya
khulke hongi tanhaai mein dil ki baatein
pyaase tanman pe hongi rim-jhim barsaatein
ai mere dil ye bhi to soch le tu
koi saheli agar saath hogi
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
baithen honge raste pe wo aankhen bichhaaye
har aahat pe sochte honge, saajan aaye
kyaa haal hogaa, wahaan kuchh na poochho
dil mein umangon ki baraat hogi
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
aaj unse pahli mulaaqaat hogi
phir aamne saamne baat hogi
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
phir hogaa kyaa, kyaa pataa kyaa khabar
4 Responses to "Aaj unse pahli mulaaqaat hogi"
October 16, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I agree that the music of R D Burman is wonderful in this movie. In that respect, this movie is similar to “Samadhi”. Both movies had wonderful music by R D Burman but both movies are lesser known today.
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[…] I had re discovered the first song of this movie two years back thanks to a farmaish. The song was Aaj unse pahli mulaqat hogi. And guess who had sent that farmaish. That farmaish was sent by a niece of Raja ! It is a small […]
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October 15, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Thanks for this song, Atul.
In my attempt to educate the younger generation about songs of yesteryear, I had sent many songs to my niece by e-mail. She listened to most of them, liked some, did not like some – and loved this one.
I also like this song.
When I saw the movie Paraya Dhan, I liked it. Its story is a bit different (“hatke”) but quite nice in its own way.
And the other songs of this movie are also very good. I would even go as far as to say that this is one of RD Burman’s best compositions of the time.
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