Saturday, August 26, 2017

This track was (Ra)fiercely patriotic

A song, which is already iconic, assumes epic proportions when a dig, which is far from subtle, is taken at it decades later.

That’s exactly what happened in the case of Yeh Desh Hai Veer Jawaanon Ka from Naya Daur.

Sahir Ludhianvi penned the track, which was rendered by Mohammed Rafi and the little-known S Balbir.

When there’s a discussion on songs with a dash of desh-bhakti, there seems to be a tendency to ignore the O P Nayyar composition, which was three minutes and twelve seconds long. While it was obviously different, that’s inexplicable. 

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