BEAUTIFUL DUET #45 – EK DAAL PAR TOTA BOLE

I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 23 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.

Last time, I gave you Beautiful Duet #44 – Chand jaane kahan kho gaya. So here, then, is the next one:

Song #45
Ek daal par tota bole

A Song that can be COVID 19 Song

Yes, avoidance of COVID 19 is all about social distance and in this song penned by Inderjeet Singh Tulsi and composed by Ravindra Jain, it seems, the guys were far ahead of their times (the movie was 1974 movie Chor Machaye Shor) for they referred to Love being there despite social distance between, say Tota and Maina.

Once again, this beautiful and popular duet was sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar for Shashi Kapoor and Mumtaz respectively.

Chor Machaye Shor – 1974 Movie

I was impressed with the songs of the movie, eg, that beautiful Kishore Kumar song in Raag Jhinjhoti: Ghungru ki tarah bajta hi raha hoon, and Le jaayenge, le jaayenge, dilwale dunhaniya that I actually made the mistake of seeing the movie. It was awful and the second half was seen by me in fast forward. Absolute trash. It was similar to watching a Shah Rukh Khan movie – highly rated but actually trash.

There is no point in telling you the story since it didn’t have one. It meandered on to accommodate scenes and songs and fights and comedy.

The Song

Nevertheless, the lyrics are pretty good and composition fine.

Hence, ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Ek daal par tota bole…

एक डाल पर तोता बोले, एक डाल पर मैना
दूर-दूर बैठे हैं, लेकिन प्यार तो फिर भी है ना
बोलो है ना, है ना, है ना

एक डाल पर तोता बोले, एक डाल पर मैना
मैं तेरे नैनों की निंदिया, तू मेरे दिल का चैना
बोलो है ना, है ना, है ना
एक डाल पर तोता बोले

ये क्या मुझको हो गया साजन, कभी रोऊँ कभी गाऊँ
पेड़ से लिपटी बेल जो देखूँ, लाज से मर-मर जाऊँ
ये पागलपन कैसा, कब से हो गया ऐसा
बिन बतलाए समझो साजन, आज नहीं कुछ कहना
बोलो है ना, है ना, है ना
एक डाल पर तोता बोले

आंधी आए, तूफ़ाँ आए या बरसे बरसातें
इक दूजे में खो जाएँ हम, ख़त्म न हो दिन-रातें
ख़त्म न हो दिन-रातें, मीठी प्यार की बातें
होंठ अगर ख़ामोश रहे तो बोल उठेंगे नैना
बोलो है ना, है ना, है ना
एक डाल पर तोता बोले

जनम जनम की प्यास, रे साजन, पल में बुझेगी कैसे
जीवन भर ये संग न छूटे, अंग लगा लो ऐसे
आ मिल जाएँ ऐसे, सागर-नदिया जैसे
सीख लिया है प्यार में हमने मिट कर ज़िंदा रहना
बोलो है ना, है ना, है ना
एक डाल पर तोता बोले…

I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #45.

Please await Beautiful Duet #46 – Kisi raah pe kisi mod par.

Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

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