I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 23 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
Last time, I gave you Beautiful Duet #38 – O shama mujhe phoonk de. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #39
Ye kaali kaali aankhen
Happy Birthday Shah Rukh Khan and Anu Malik 02 Nov
Whether or not you believe it, it is a duet between Kumar Sanu and Anu Malik, the composer of this song. Anu Malik sings in the interludes of the song (just as Rahul Dev Burman as Music Director used to do sometimes) whilst the main song was sung by Kumar Sanu for Shah Rukh Khan.
Shah Rukh Khan is all of 55 years old today. He was 23 years old when he acted in his first movie, a Lekh Tandon movie called Dil Dariya.
In his early days in the movies, the role he loved doing was that of anti-hero and this he did in two consecutive movies Darr and Baazigar. The 1993 movie Baazigar is the movie from where I have taken this song. His complete role was vengeful. This is the first of the many movies that he did with Kajol.
Anu Malik is 60 years old today. He made his debut as composer in Hunterwali 77, a 1980 movie.
Whereas Shah Rukh Khan has won 14 Filmfare Awards, including for this movie Baazigar, Anu Malik won two: one for this movie and another for 2005 movie Main Hoon Na, which too was a Shah Rukh Khan starrer.
The Song
Kumar Sanu won his fourth consecutive Filmfare Award for singing Yeh kaali kaali aankhen. Anu Malik has composed many songs that are “inspired” (a milder word for plagiarised). This one was “inspired” by an African hit “yeke yeke”.
This song was penned by Rani Malik:
ये काली काली आँखें
ये गोरे गोरे गाल
ये तीखी तीखी नज़रें
यह हिरणी जैसी चाल
देखा जो तुझे जानम
हुआ है बुरा हाल
मैं मिला
है तू मिली
तू मिली तू मिली
दुनिया जले तो जले
प्यार करेंगे
धक् धक् दिल यह करे
उफ़ तेरी दिल्लगी दिल को जलाने लगी
दिलरुबा तू मुझे नखरें दिखाने लगी
गैरो की बाहों में इठलाके जाने लगी
ये तेरी पैरों की मुझको सताने लगी
छोडो जी छोडो सनम
ज़िद अपनी छोडो सनम
नाज़ुक है दिल यह मेरा
दिल को न तोड़ो सनम
ये लम्बी लम्बी रातें
आखिर ले मुलाक़ातें
जाने क्यों दिल यह मेरा
तेरा ही होना चाहे
उसे मैला ना कर
ये गोरे गोरे गाल
न तू कर हाथ पैट
कर ब्याह जातपात
मेरी आ जा तू दिक़्क़त
करते प्यार का टिकट
न तू जुल्फें झटक
न तू पैर पटक
अरे ऐसा न मतक
दिल गया है बीटा
चहरे पे तेरे सनम
लैला की हैं शोखियाँ
हीर से बढ़के है
आँखों की ये मस्तियाँ
जूलिएट की तरह होठों
पे हैं सुर्खियां
देख ले खुद को
तू नज़र से मेरी जान-इ-जा
देखि जो तेरी अदा
मैं फिदा हो गया
सीने से लग जा ज़रा
जीने का आये मज़ा
ये बिखरे बिखरे ज़ुल्फ़ें
ये झुकी झुकी पलके
ये गोरी गोरी बाँहें
हम क्यों न तुम्हें चाहे
ऐसा तो हम ने पहले
देखा नहीं कमाल
ये काली काली आँखें…..
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy (I just made it one minute before the day ended): Yeh kaali kaali aankhen
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #39.
Please await Beautiful Duet #40- Aaja re ab mera dil pukara.
