Ghar Se Dola Chala Laadli Ka: Biding Farewell
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Only parents can truly understand what it is to give a daughter away. Because their little doll, whom they have seen from the time she was a small little bundle of joy grew up so fast that now she is leaving them and going away. Although they always knew that she was bound to go away one day, they always secretly thought that there was a lot of time for that to happen. Was it not just yesterday that she was running around in little pigtails with the other children of the neighborhood playing hide and seek? Time sneaked up on them and they find themselves seeing her away. So painful, it just rips at your heart to know that you are going back to an empty house leaving a little part of your heart behind to become some one else’s.
Mohammed Rafi knew what this pain means. In his private rendition “ghar se dola…” which is a Bidai song, he goes through the same ordeal of joy mixed with pain that every father of the bride goes through. In my opinion, he is not a singer as far as this song is concerned. Instead, he is a father, jut like any other father who has a daughter whom he has cherished since she was born. He sang this song at his own daughter’s wedding and the raw emotion runs through the entire song.
He sings about how his darling daughter is leaving and the bitter-sweet emotions he goes through as his pride and joy is leaving him - he is happy, but is overcome with emotion. He cries and the only other person who can understand what he is going through, is his wife. His little nymph is long gone and replaced by this beautiful girl on her way to become a woman. She leaves her home to make someone else’s home bright, but she leaves behind the shadow of her absence.
Trying to be encouraging, he tells her that she was just a treasure which belonged to someone else; he was merely taking care of it. All he wishes now is that she is happy forever. Praying to God, he begs for her well being and good health. He tells his daughter that she should be happy as she has found her prince charming. Urging her to compose herself and not weep over leaving them. He bids her adieu and cries his heart out at losing the most important thing in his life.
The song has been composed by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and there are actually no words to describe how he has managed to capture the several emotions a father goes through. Undoubtedly, he has been in the same position because he could not have been more accurate.
Rafi Saab has also handled the music for this traditional song and it fits the mood perfectly.
When you hear this song, you imagine yourself as the father and the loss he feels so acutely, because he will never see the little angel who leaves him. She will be replaced by a wonderful woman and though that is what he wants, somewhere within his heart, he wants to hold on to his little girl forever. By the end of the song, you will find silent tears coursing down your cheeks. Such is the beauty in this song.
Download: Ghar Se Dola Chala Laadli Ka
Album: Bidaai Geet
Music: Mohd Rafi
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
July 3rd, 2007 at 8:55 am
dear fans
how many songs composed by rafi himself available at the present?
secondly, can any one send me kishore rafi duets?
July 3rd, 2007 at 12:06 am
I wonder sometime as how a saint like rafi saab sang songs like
“ai aiya suku suku…” or “Japan love in tokyo…” or “Jiya ho jiya
kuchh bol do…” or “Aaj ki raat ye kaisi raat…” !!!
he was one of the simplest man of the film industry…or you can
say of this world.
A man-cum-farishta. A man of simple nature and regular namazee.
I wonder how he was capable to perform any sexy/romantic song
so perfectly !!!
One can not go revesre to his nature…and how this “farishta” has
sung these sexy and romantic songs with full perfection !
This is perhaps….Mohammad Rafi !!!
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Dear Rafians,
the doli song is written by Majrooj Sultanpuri and more details
about the maestro’s daughters marriage you can find in the
SARGAM Magazine… special issue on Mohd Rafi saab.
it is contributed by the legends close friend Mr. Ahmed bhai
who is now settled in Calicut….. Kerala…
Rafi saab has toured many state and world venues for concerts
with RAFI SAAB and ahmed bhai is among those few friends of
rafi saab now discovered by the RAFI FOUNDATION TEAM FROM
MUMBAI.
binu nair
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Dear Mr. hussein,
Thanks for sending me the song ‘ghar se dola…’
you are a true rafian who cares other rafians.
please keep it up.
Mr. Parvez is also praiseworthy for sending songs.
my salute to all this kind of rafians !!!
July 2nd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Hi All
Please if you can also send me the Ghar Se Dola Chala song at k.rashid@tees.ac.uk
Many many thanks
Khalid Rashid
July 2nd, 2007 at 1:34 am
Anybody need the song “Ghar se Dola Chalaa Laadli Ka…”, can mail me, this song a must for all Rafians. So nicely and emotionally sung by the legend.
rafi-fan@hotmail.com
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:28 am
Dear Mr. Ilahibaks,
Please send me the song ‘Ghar se dola…’ if you find it.
Thanks.
July 1st, 2007 at 2:47 am
Dear fans of Rafi,
Can somebody send Gharse dola for me please? Email to ailahibaks@gmail.com
Bye,
Azad
June 30th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
hi rafians—truly a very good nonfilmi song sung by rafisaab.The duration of this song is above 10 minutes—-not many have its complete version.i have a version of around 6 minutes.I have heard that this song has 3 bits-that is, GHAR SE DOLA CHALA LADLEE KA is broken in 3 different parts.the 1st and the 2nd are easy to get but the last part is the difficult one to possess.In the last part you will actually hear rafisaab singing his own name in it which goes something like this “de raha hai RAFI bhi duaven,ghar me gham tere kabhi na aaye…..”
I request rafians to pls email me the complete version of this song if you do have it—my email id is monty_ch2005@yahoo.com. thanx ——SANJEEV
June 30th, 2007 at 8:41 am
dear fans
send me also
kuloomian@yahoo.com
June 29th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Hi friends, I am eager to listen to this song, can anybody send to me? Thanks.
montybb@yahoo.com
June 29th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
“Chal ud jaa re Pancchi” is like many other songs singed by some one else(Talat Ji) I request you to please email me this song if any one have in Talat Ji voice.A511@hotmail.com
RAVI(MD) said once he is luck that when is wedding they play his two songs the songs are Aaj Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and babul ki duayen and both songs was singed by Mohd Rafi.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:39 am
The song ‘Chal ud jaa re pancchi…’ is from a movie called “BHAABHI”.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
There is one more great song from the movie–bin maa ke bachche. song is chod babul ka ghar angganna aaj gori chali. great song if you have listen it.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Actually, ” chal ure jaa re panchi ke ab jeh desh hua begana” is not a ( wedding) bidaai geet. This is a song that’s plays when somebody dies. Or when someone is dead. Our radio station uses always this song when they tell the demise of someone.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Dear Parvez,
u r right the song which u compared is from the film Umang.
Jai Rafi Saab u have made our day.weeks,months,years n decades.
Yes I agree with all Rafians that it will take more than 1 birth to listen to our big boss Rafi Saabs treasure of gems.
Narayanan
June 28th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
it is well said by rajkumar akela this is true rafi saab said this in the interview one more song i would like to aad is babul kaun gadi ye aayi kal ti men teri ladly beti ho aaj parayi it was piturised on show man subash gayi ji i dont remember the name of the film i think it is from umang ihave babul ki duayen song and babul kaun gadi ye aayi song with me if any body need please e mail me my email adress is mohamed987@sify.com
June 28th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
it is said that during the recording of “neel kamal” song “babul ki
duaen leti ja…” recently one of rafi saab’s daughters was married
and departed from “rafi villa”….so the pain was fresh on our legend’s
heart.
We can see the ‘pain’ in of a loving father in this beautiful song.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Hi!
I am not able to download this song from Rapidshare. I request you to please email me the song to my email ID drshoeb@yahoo.com or upload it on Megashare and send me the link.
Thanks in advance.
June 28th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Rafi Saab Tusi Great Ho
June 28th, 2007 at 9:38 am
I think the song was penned by Hasrat Jaipuri.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:57 am
The Neel Kamal song was not sung by Balraj Sahni in the movie but comes in the back-ground. The other Bidaai song which comes to mind is ‘Chal Udjare Panchi’ from “Choti Bahan”. Perhaps these songs are the two best Bidaai songs in the Hindi Films.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:28 am
Good article this is one of the best bidaaie geet
June 27th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
What a song; no father or mother should miss this RAFI number
for its true value could be weighed only in pure g o l d .
I was amazed to know that the legend has tuned the song.
truly memorable like babul ki duwaye leti jaa from neel kamal
sung by Balraj Sahni on screen.
binu nair.
June 27th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Very emotionally sung this song by Rafi Saheb, reminds the one from ‘Neel Kamal’ - ‘Baabul ki Duaen Leti jaa…’.