Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Dutt was indeed (Bew)afantastic solo

How apt is it that Ja Ja Ja Ja Bewafa, the Geeta Dutt solo from Aar Paar, was penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri*?. Majrooh is Urdu for injured. A synonym for the word is hurt, the emotion that was conveyed in the O P Nayyar composition.

The next three lines of the song’s opening verse went, “Kaisa pyaar kaisi preet re, tu na kisi ka meet re, jhoothi teri pyaar ki kasam” (What love? You cannot be anyone’s mate, because your promise of love is a lie).

(*Note: His real name is Asrar ul Hassan Khan.)

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