Sharing a hauntingly beautiful song that is from a very old but popular Bollywood movie Disco Dancer (1982). Before I mention about the song, I should mention about this movie and the lead actor Mithun Chakraborthy. All the songs and the dance steps of the actor in this movie are so famous that his unique moves are attributed to him (akin to the moonwalk or other specific dance steps attributed to Michael Jackson). Moreover, this movie had a massive popularity in the Soviet Union (Russia) apart from India, and in an old interview when the actor was asked about the movie's success and his success in Russia, he replied that the success of the movie is only because it was destiny and comes from God. He also replied that he thinks he had a strong past life connection to Russia that's why he became an icon in Russia :)
The particular song I am sharing is so nostalgic as I had this song especially recorded in my cassette player in my childhood and used to hear it a lot. I liked its melody and its deep lyrics which reverberate in my heart till today. The song is:Disco Dancer - Yaad Aa Raha Hai Tera Pyar Kahan Hum Kahan - Bappi Lahiri
I am also sharing the specific movie clip (actually the whole movie in available on YouTube freely), where the teacher/ Guru/ Murshid (played by Rajesh Khanna) speaks to the actor to sing, urging him to sing for the sake of his mother's soul.
(167) Disco Dancer - Mithun Chakraborty - Part 13 Of 13 | Bollywood Movie Scenes - YouTube
One noticeable thing is that the actor (Mithun) has formed a deep phobia of even touching his electric guitar, let alone hold it and play and sing to its tunes, which is happening as in his last performance, he was about to hold his electric guitar, but his mother reaches the stage hurriedly in time (as she was informed of a secret plot to kill her son by having the guitar under live electric voltage) and before her son could touch, she picks up the guitar and is sadly, electrocuted and dies in front of her son. That traumatic memory and scream of his mother remained imprinted in his soul memory, and he cannot seem to get over his grief, especially since his mother had suffered a lot in her earlier life as well and she unconditionally loved him and wanted him to sing and follow his heart, almost a huge sacrifice. Moreover, after that the villains also physically attack the actor breaking his legs (so he cannot dance on stage). Even though his lover (played by some actress) helps him rehabilitate his physical injury, the wound in his soul remains unhealed. At the time of a critical upcoming dance show, she urges the actor to sing (and there is a full song on that which is a very famous song by the name Jimmy Aaja Disco Dancer - Jimmi Jimmi Jimmi Aaja Aaja Aaja Aaja Re Mere - Parvati Khan) but her attempts fail. Until we see the entry of the actor's murshid (a teacher who had been there with the actor since his childhood watching him and teaching him music and singing with him songs). He then sings another beautiful song and speaks to him to listen to his soul, his specific dialogues (see below) help him finally take the leap to overcome the fear. Interestingly, as the healing occurs, we see the actor (Mithun) breaks apart the old personal guitar (which caused his mother's death) and takes the electric guitar thrown by his murshid in the auditorium. And the song which the actor then sings is in fact devoted to his mother and is remembering her love...
The dialogues spoken by the guru in Hindi and English are here:
Hindi:
"Gaa, apni maa ki aatma ki cheekh se apne sur ko mila de
main kehta hoon gaa!
agar aaj tune nahi gaaya
to hamesha hamesha ke liye
teri maa mar jayegi...."
English:
"Sing, unite your melody with the scream of your mother's soul
I say to you sing!
If today you did not sing
Then forever and forever
your mother will die..."
I personally felt that moment was beautiful and very deep, as it showed that the source of trauma (the guitar) was broken to give space to a new version of that same object which then turned into a symbol of healing (through music). For some reason I was getting reminded of the story of Surah Yusuf from the holy Quran where the same shirt of Prophet Yusuf (A.S.) that caused trauma to his father Prophet Yaqub also later became the source of his healing. Basically, the same shirt which was torn but lacked blood spots was brought by his other sons to make-believe that Yusuf was killed by wolves, but 40 years later, Yusuf sent another shirt (but his personal shirt) that actually healed the sight of his father.
The lyrics of the song are:
"Yaad aa raha hai, tera pyaar
Kahaan hum kahaan tum
Hue tum kahaan gum
Aa bhi jaa aa bhi, jaa ek baar
O, Yaad aa raha hai, tera pyaar
Yaaron, main to yahaan jeeta raha
Saare gham dil ke bhula ke
De ke tumhein, saari khushi
Maine, maine yahaan kuchh bhi to paaya nahi
Sab kuchh paa ke
Mujh ko mili, kya zindagi
O, Yaad aa raha hai, tera pyaar
Kahaan hum kahaan tum
Hue tum kahaan gum
Aa bhi jaa aa bhi, jaa ek baar
Ho, Yaad aa raha hai, tera pyaar
Ae dil, main wohi tu wohi
Wohi hain yeh duniya ke mele
Bichhde woh din, jaane kahaan
Roothe, sab yahaan jaane kahaan
Reh gaye hum to akele
Aawaaz dein, kis ko yahaan
O, Yaad aa raha hai, tera pyaar
Kahaan hum kahaan tum
Hue tum kahaan gum
Aa bhi jaa aa bhi, jaa ek baar
Ho, Yaad aa raha hai, tera pyaar
Waada, waada raha saathi mere
Tere liye gaata chala jaaun
Tu mera dil, tu meri jaan
Jeena, jeena mera jeena yahin
Tere liye zindagi lutaoon
Tu jo nahi, kya hai yahaan
O, Yaad aa raha hai, tera pyaar
Kahaan hum kahaan tum
Hue tum kahaan gum
Aa bhi jaa aa bhi, jaa ek baar"
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