Madan Mohan-ji's soulful compositions makes me most emotional. There are so many songs that I can list that move me so much when I hear them years after years. The magic of those songs never fades. I will list few here---
Film: Woh Kaun Thi (1964)
Lyric: Raja Mehendi Ali Khan
lag jaa gale ke fir ye, haseen raat ho naa ho
shaayad fir is janam me, mulaakaat ho naa ho
hum ko milee hain aaj ye ghadeeyaan nasib se
jee bhar ke dekh lijiye, hum ko kareeb se
fir aap ke nasib me, ye baat ho naa ho
shaayad fir is janam me, mulaakaat ho naa ho
paas aaeeye ke hum naheen aayenge baar baar
baahe gale mein daal ke, hum ro le jaar jaar
aakhon se fir ye, pyaar kee barasaat ho naa ho
shaayad fir is janam me, mulaakaat ho naa ho
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Film: Aapki Parchhaiyan (1964)
Lyric: Raja Mehndi Ali Khan
agar muz se mohabbat hain, muze sab apane gam de do
in aankhon kaa har yek aansoo, muze meree kasam de do
tumhaare gam ko apanaa gam banaa loo, to karaar aaye
tumhaaraa dard seene mein chhoopaa loo, to karaar aaye
wo har shay jo, tumhe dukh de, muze mere sanam de do
shareek-ye-jindagee ko kyo, shareek-ye-gam naheen karate
dukhon ko baatakar kyo, in dukhon ko kam naheen karate
tadap is dil kee thodee see, muze mere sanam de do
in aakhon mein naa ab muz ko kabhee aasoo najar aaye
sadaa hasatee rahe aankhe, sadaa ye honthh musakaye
muze apanee sabhee aahe, sabhee dard-o-alam de do
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Film: Haste Jakhm (1973)
Lyric: Kaifi Azami
betaab dil kee, tamannaa yahee hain
tumhe chaahenge, tumhe poojenge
tumhe apanaa khudaa banaayenge
sune sune khwaabo mein, jab tak tum naa aaye the
khushiyaan thee sab aauron kee, gam bhee saare paraaye the
apane se bhee chhupaayee thee, dhadakan apane seene kee
hum ko jeenaa padataa thaa, khwaayeesh kab thee jeene kee
ab jo aa ke tum ne, humei jeenaa seekhaa diyaa hain
chalo duniyaan nayee basaayenge
bheegee bheegee palakon par, sapane kitane sajaaye hain
dil mein jitanaa andheraa thaa, utane ujaale aaye hain
tum bhee hum ko jagaanaa naa ,baaho mein jo so jaaye
jaise khushaboo fulon me, tum mein yoo hee kho jaaye
pal bhar kisee janam me, kabhee chhoote naa saath apanaa
tumhe ayese gale lagaayenge
waade bhee hai, kasmei bhee, beetaa wakt ishaaronkaa
kaise kaise aramaan hai, melaa jaise bahaaron kaa
saaraa gulashan de daalaa, kaliyaa aaur khilaao naa
hasate hasate ro de hum itanaa bhee to hasaao naa
dil mein tum hee base ho, saaraa aanchal wo bhar chukaa hain
kahaa itanee khushee chhupaayenge
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The last one was sung by Supriya in C2005 prelim round. I go back to my archieve and hear it many times. That song literally moved all the mentors. They were speechless for a while... HR said something like-- ye gana hi itana achha hai ke koi bhi gata to hum itnehi emotional ho jate.... such beautiful are Madan-ji compositions......
Edited by salilu - 19 years ago