Growing up, I
believed Ramaiya Vastavaiya was a
random phrase.
But that’s not
the case. It’s a Telugu phrase meaning, “Ramaiya, will you come?”
It’s well known
that composer Shankar spent his formative years in Hyderabad, where that’s the
native tongue.
So when he and
Jaikishan were working on what would go on to become possibly the catchiest
song on the soundtrack of Shree 420,
the retention of the phrase was agreed upon, while Shailendra penned the
remainder.
The six-minute,
ten-second-long song was sung by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh,
accompanied by a chorus.
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