Thursday, September 7, 2017

Was falling in love (Ra)f(orb)idden?

It wouldn’t be incorrect to say that so melodious was Mohammed Rafi that if he were a member of a committee tasked with ensuring the enforcement of the laws that had been framed, people would adhere to them.

One of the songs he rendered was Keh Do Koi Na Kare Yahaan Pyaar (because, “Is mein khushiyaan hain kum, beshumaar hai gham.”)

The Vasant Desai composition from Goonj Uthi Shehnai, which V(y)as penned by Bharat, could be translated to, “Nobody should fall in love here, because there’s only a little happiness, and a lot of sorrow.”    

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