Everything about this song is beautifully done: the camera, as it uses the balustrade and the carving of a chair as frames the desperation of Waheeda Rehman as she listens to the song, and then eventually follows it down to the distressed singer the regret in Dev Anand’s expressions the lyrics the music, Rafi’s voice… a classic.ģ. Like Hui sham unka, this too is a cry of anguish for a lost love-even though that love is lying just up the stairs. Din dhal jaaye ( Guide, 1965): Another example of melancholia brought on by alcohol.
It’s beautifully sung by the inimitable Rafi Sahib, and picturised on a lonely Dharmendra as he wanders through his home, glass in hand, bemoaning the faithlessness of his beloved.Ģ. Hui sham unka khayaal aa gaya ( Mere Humdum Mere Dost, 1968): Though Mere Humdum Mere Dost had another equally famous daaru song- Chhalkaaye jaam-I don’t count that as a real daaru song, since the hero and his cronies are only pretending to be tipsy in that one. So here’s a list of ten of my favourite daaru songs, all from films of the 50’s and 60’s that I’ve seen. Classic Hindi cinema is replete with these: songs induced by alcohol, songs praising alcohol, songs reviling alcohol (even if sung in an alcohol-induced half-stupor remember Yeh laal rang kab mujhe chhodega)?
And since I’m not one to let inspiration go a-begging, I decided I had to do a post on my favourite daaru songs. A friend of mine on Facebook recently posted her favourite daaru song, as she called it: Yeh jo mohabbat hai, from Kati Patang (1970).
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