A gorgeous melody.. not as good a picturization

Roshan stands no 3 on my list of best composers for Lata which is no mean feat considering the people just below him are legends like Salil Chowdhury, Sajjad Husain. Sachin Dev Burman, Madan Mohan etc. and one of the prime reasons for this exalted position is demonstrated in the sublime melody from "Zindagi aur hum" - "tuu hamako dekh aur hamaarii nazar se dekh". The song is a musical triumph of Lata's divine singing, Roshan's simplistic, ethereal melody creation and the romantic lyrics. I imagine a moonlit night with Nalini Jaywant gently caressing her lover's hair as he lies on her lap.. a gentle breeze blows across the trees.. Nalini Jaywant because for one she is the heroine of this film (as per the titles) and more importantly, I think she is one of the best emoters to Lata's singing. "Naubahaar" is an example. But I was sorely disappointed to see (thanks to a kind soul at Youtube) that the song was picturized on Chand Usmani and the picturization itself was patchy and hardly as romantic as the song intends to me. Where is the gentleness, that subdued but undoubtable sensuality that the song sings ? Ah well.. just another instance of the picturization and the song being in different directions altogether...

The haunting "dil bhii teraa ham bhii tere"

I am just not able to stop playing this song. I have set my iTunes to keep playing this song repeatedly all morning. What an awesome song this is ! That the composer is Roshan comes as little surprise. Apart from Anil Biswas and C.Ramchandra, I would say Roshan has managed to hold me in such a mesmerized state most often. I remember how such melodies as "kis kii nazar kaa mast ishaaraa" and "vo paas nahii majabuur hai dil" affected me in a similar way.

This melody, rendered obviously by Lata, is from "Taksaal", lyrics penned by Prem Dhawan. The song is most haunting and carries some excellent use of the flute. The orchestration is kept to a bare minimum and the song is almost all-Lata.. the lyrics


dil bhii teraa ham bhii tere
ham ko pyaare hai.n Gam bhii tere
aur bhii ho sitam to kar le
ki sitam bhii karam hai.n tere
dil bhii teraa ham bhii tere

laake tuufaano.n me rakh dii
tuune naiyyaa zi.ndagii kii
aur chalate imtihaa.N hai
ki na bhiige daaman bhii
ye bataa de kab talak yuu.N
aazamaayegaa dil ko mere
dil bhii teraa ham bhii tere

baDhate jaate.n hai.n a.ndhere
Duubii jaatii hai.n nigaahe.n
tere bhaTake hue ba.ndhe
jaaye.n to kidhar jaaye.n
duur kyuu.N hai ham se dataa
terii rehamat ke savere
dil bhii teraa ham bhii tere

tuu jo nazaro.n se giraa de
to ye jiinaa bhii guNaah hai
apanii duniyaa se uThaa le
ab to ye hii iltajaa hai
marate marate bhii rahegaa
naam teraa hii lab pe mere
dil bhii teraa ham bhii tere


An absolute stunner of a song ! Roshan saab, Prem Dhawanji- my salute to you for such a magnificent creation..