To Heal a Broken Heart: Yeh Dil Nahin Hai Ke Jiske Sahare
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Reviewing a melody like this is a real treat amidst the candy pop that is getting passed off as music in today’s films. Unfortunately that seems to be the norm with most of the Hindi film music composers. This makes one reminiscent of the golden era that Bollywood went through. The song – Yeh dil nahin hai jiske sahare jeete hain from the movie Aabroo is a great example of the magic that music makers of the yesteryears have woven.
A 1968 release by Raval Films, Aabroo is a classic love story with the protagonists played by Deepak Kumar, Vimmi and Ashok Kumar. Though the base formula is a very vanilla love triangle, we can see the fine nuances of a pure genius in this movie. The solid star cast has ensured that the acting is superlative. Very effortless rendering of emotions by all the actors has brought the story characters to life; at some point they ceased being actors and got under the skin of the characters that they were portraying.
The song in itself is a soulful rendering of the pain that the hero is going through. Trying to drown his sorrows by sinking into the welcoming bliss of alcohol, he paints a painful but real picture that everyone can identify with. One is compelled to reach out and empathize with the troubled man. Beautifully done, this melodious piece is one of the main attractions in the album.
The music produced by Sonik Omi is one of the finest works done by him. It helps to bring the lyrics to life, giving the song a lot of credibility. The most interesting part is the way that he has used various instruments to create a wonderfully melodious song. The use of the violin and the sitar, for instance, is done expertly. Ordinarily, other directors would have been more conventional, but by merging different instruments, he has done something completely different and commendable.
Talking about the lyrics, G.L.Rawal has outdone himself with this one. The lyrics are completely capturing the emotions that the hero is experiencing- they make one feel his pain, his misery and to express something like that through words is not an easy task. The lyrics take you through various phases like flowing water, it’s a treat to listen to it and simply sink into it.
Mohd. Rafi compliments the song so wonderfully; it is difficult to explain it. His charisma actually comes through in the song and he sings like a true drunk and that is a nothing but a compliment! Like all his other wonderful songs, this one too makes you sigh. A great pick from his collection.
All in all, a really nice song to listen to when you are feeling blue - makes you feel that you have a comrade in grief, which are very hard to come by.
Download: Yeh Dil Nahin Hai Ke Jiske Sahar
Film: Aabroo [1968]
Singer: Mohd Rafi
Music: Sonik Omi
Lyrics: G.L.Rawal
May 27th, 2007 at 4:13 am
No one can touch Rafi Saheb, Yesudas is a good singer, but he can’t be compared to Rafi Saheb at all. Ask Yesudas himself and he’ll say Rafi Saheb is the best of all.
May 27th, 2007 at 3:28 am
zeenath baby, how dare you compare rafi saab with yesudas on linguistic
ground ? Rafi saab was popular not because he was singing hindi film songs, but because he was blessed with golden voice. anyone, who has a high pitch voice, can sing “MAN TADAPAT” or “O DUNIYA KE RAKHWALE”. sonu nigam has sung the song in rafi saab’s scale…that is “F”. Even chanchal can sing the song, but can your ears differenciate the melody of the voice ?
to sing a song is another thing and to justify with the song is another thing ?
May be you are a great fan of yesudas, but please do not bring him near legendary rafi saab.
everybody sings in our country…from sahgal to baba sahgal. But only two voices are sent down from heaven…Mohd rafi and lata mangeshkar. one is
incarnation of “SARSWATI” and rafi saab is the “BETAZ BADSHAH” of singing.
Can you deny this ? rafi saab has already been bestowed “THE BEST MALE SINGER OF THE MILLENNIUM”. to replace rafi saab a singer has to take rebirth in next millenniun.
Till then…bye !
May 27th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Hi Zeenath, I know you love Yesudas and I also consider him to be a great singer. But don’t say that he was better than Rafi in “Man tadpat hari darshan”. No Hindu saint would be able to bring the effect of the words “Hari Om” the way Rafi did. It’s just not possible. Check the live version of that song in youtube and you’ll know what I mean. There are some songs of Rafi’s that no other singer — male or female, North or South — can come close to and “Man tadpat” is one such song. In her Shraddhanjali series, Lata has sung Din dhal jaye, Kabhi khud pe, Man re tu kahe na dheer dhare, Dil ka bhanwar kare pukar… I haven’t listened to any of those because I know that none of them can come close to the original. And Lata is someone whom most Rafians consider to be the second best!
May 26th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Mr. Krishna,
The song ‘Mehfil Se Utha Jane Walon’ is from the movie “Dooj Ka Chand” starring Bharat Bhushan and B.Sarojadevi, South Indian Heroine, music by Roshan. The film was released if I am correct, in 1964.
May 26th, 2007 at 12:11 am
there is a malayalam version to jab jab bahar aye sung noneother than by the great KJ JESUDAS THE GREATEST OF ALL INDIAN SINGERS.you may try to hear it.kj excels even rafiji in rendition of that song.recently on a RAFINIGHT program i herd him singing man trpath hari darsan.he handlled the high pitches very easly and rendered it sonicely to the astonishment of the audience.later oni herd its recording.he is equal torafi.his only defect is that he is not ahindi singer.hindi singer means wide popularity as majority in india speak hindi
May 25th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Dear krishana,
Mehfilse ooth janewalo…is from “DOOJ KA CHAND” acted and produced by bharat bhoosan .
May 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Dear Rajkumar,
Can you let us know this song you have quoted is from which movie.mehfil se uth jane walon tum logon par kya ilzam
Dear Narayanan,
How are you.. I am the one who gave you the mail id and phone number.
rgds..KM
May 25th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Rafi was an ordinary singer.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Sir u r right,
why we should compare sun light with moon light because light which is from moon it is from the sun….
May 25th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Rafians
Humble re quest to all , dont creat any controversis and dont try to give reply at the time of comparision our rafiji with any other singer.
Make this site healthy with your own experiance with Rafiji or with giving some informative news about our rafiji a great human being and his songs.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:53 am
The song “Koyi sagar dil ko bahalata nahin” (Dil Diya Dard Liya) would fall in the broken heart category, I guess. I particularly like the stanza beginning with “Zindagi ko aaine ko tor doon”.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:30 am
Very well said Mr. Akela. No one can touch Rafi Saheb.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:04 am
Dear Rafians !
Please stop talking or writting about Kishor Kumar. He was just an ordinry
singer and not a legendary singer. Please do not waste your time.
We all know Rafi saab was bestowed “BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER OF THE MILLENNIUM”…and so was lata as “best female singer” …and so was Amitabh
Bachan as “BEST MALE ACTOR”. So there ends this prolonged discussion.
Rafi saab was an institute. New generation can learn a lot from the songs he
has left for us. Actually rafi saab was a “GHARANA” in himself. Shabbir Kumar,
Mohd aziz, Devashish dasgupta, anwar, sonu nigam and we all rafians belong
to this “GHARANA”. can Anybody deny this ?
rafi saab was the best vocalist of all. the melody of his voice is incomparable.
only lata mangeshkar can match her in india …that too in middle and low
pitches. in high pitch songs no one can touch rafi saab.
‘JAB JAB BAHAR AAYEE…” this is a song in the film “TAQDEER” sung by rafi
saab, lata mangeshkar and mahendra kapoor. When i recall this masterpiece
of laxmikant-pyarelal i remember only one singer…mohd rafi. others seem
fading from memory. so please do not compare an incomparable legend.
May 24th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
to KK fans,
they delete what I wrote is true in KK site.as said by them KK fans was at the top from 1970 to 1987 and I put i list of around 233 flims from 1970 to 1995 which was wrote by mr Rashed Khan,some said that Mohd Rafi was workless from 1970 to 1980 all these flims he was workless!!!!!!KK fans are happy that Kummar Sanu copy KK but they don’t want say that Kummar Sanu said that he is better than KK…………….
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May 23rd, 2007 at 7:06 pm
What a song Rafi Sahib sang for Sonic Omi. I have all the song of Muhammad Rafi sahib in this film. Every song of Muhammad Rafi Sahib is more precious then a gem which cannot be purchased by anyone. A song of this film Har Chehra Yahan Chand and Meri aankhon ke ujalay are also remarkable. I slute Muhammad Rafi sahib’s humanity and his art.
As Manna Day said about Rafi Sahib, “Muhammad Rafi Male singer ki haisiyat se Indian Film Industry ka sub se bada ganay wala hai”. This is a universal truth which cannot be denied.
greetings to all my Rafian friends
May 23rd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
IT’S A VERY GOOD ARTICLE AND I LIKED IT VERY MUCH AS IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT ONE OF THE RARE SAD SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB .
REALLY “IT’S A GREAT PICK FROM RAFI SAHAB’S COLLECTION “.
THANKS TO MOHDRAFI.COM FOR SUCH A NICE DESCRIPTION OF THE SONG.
DEAR MR. H.V.GURU MURTHY AS YOU SAID -DEEPAK KUMAR HAS ACTED IN “KHOJ” ( WHICH HAS 2 GOOD SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB TOO ) , BUT BESIDE THESE TWO FILMS , HE HAS ACTED IN THE FILM ” LADKI PASAN HAI ” ALSO.
I THINK HE HAS ACTED IN THESE THREE FILMS ONLY .
” LADKI PASAN HAI ” - HAS ALSO 2 GOOD SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB AND THIS FILM HAS ALSO MUSIC BY SONIK OMI ( WHO HAS ALWAYS LOVED & SUPPORTED RAFI SAHAB AND USED TO CALL RAFI SAHAB AS ” KHAN SAHAB ” ) .
May 23rd, 2007 at 5:16 pm
i would like to request every body to go trough the old articles of rafisaab that you will find in archievs so that you will be to know more about rafi saab also i would like to request u post a comment on each article
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
This film “Aabroo” had Deepak Kumar making his debut as a Hero (who incidentally did only one more film “Khoz”), Vimi (of “Humraaz” and “Patanga” fame and who faded away later) as Heroine, also starred Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy and Sonik Omi as MD. The film was also shot in Kashmir. The film was an average movie. The biggest plus were the songs. Three solos by Rafi - ‘Aap Se Pyaar Hua’ (Dopehlu with Asha), ‘Har Chehra Yahan Chaand’ and of course, ‘Yeh Zindagi Hai’ apart from a Mukesh solo - ‘Jinhe Hum Bhoolana Chahe’.
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
Would “Koyi sagar dil ko bahalata nahin” (Dil Diya Dard Liya) fall in this category? Have been listening to this gem since I was a kid; never get tired of it. I especially love the part starting with “Zindagi ke aaine ko tor doon”; how beautifully Rafi modulated his voice for Dilip Kumar!
Mr. Akela, you had earlier asked a question about P. Raj from Kolkata. He was what we used to call in Kolkata a “hotel singer”, meaning he used to sing at restaurants, bars, weddings, etc. I’ve heard him sing “Chalo dil daar chalo” at Kala Mandir in 1971. I doubt he ever sang with Rafi, though.
There were many “nokol Rafis” (naqli Rafis) in Kolkata. One of them was Mohd (Munna) Aziz who along with Shabbir Kumar (from Surat) got a fair number of songs in the 80s. I didn’t want to bring up this point in the other forum, but the truth is that these naqli Rafis themselves were getting a large number of songs, including those for the reigning superstar, after Rafi passed away. Imagine what would have happened if Rafi were alive! I don’t understand how someone can compare any singer with the asli Rafi.
Mr. Nair, you mentioned that RD had hit the bottle after a series of flops. Again, I must confess that I don’t know much about the post-1980 period. But I was wondering which song their loRD was singing to himself during that period: 1) Mujhe duniya walo sharabi na samjho 2) Sawan ke mahine mein 3) Kabhi na kabhi kahin na kahin koyi na koyi to ayega 4) Chhalkaye jaam or 5) Peete peete kabhi kabhi yun jaan badal jaati hai. Yes, all these songs came from a man who never touched alcohol; that’s really hard to believe, right? He was India’s first and foremost “acting singer”.
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Right, Rafi Saheb is still alive with his magical voice.
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Dear Hussein plz don’t use word of WAS when u say all rounder about Mohd Rafi because he will be until there human on the earth.
I don’t know about the music jest but when I listen to KK or Mukesh or Manny Dey i think they are good singer but when I listen to Mohd Rafi jest I think how some compare Mohd Rafi with other singer,Who want to compare Mohd Rafi with any singer plz listen to Mohd Rafi song when u r writing to compare Mohd Rafi with some one.
I don’t know what is high pitch or low pitch it was said by RD in 1980 after mohd Rafi died that his last song he singed with mohd Rafi as RD that was greatness of Mohd Rafi that he singed with me that he know that i can’t sing in low pitch Mohd Rafi almost sing the way other co singer can sing.
Plz listen Mohd Rafi songs when ever Mohd Raf enter in a song late as in Film Kranti in Dilip Kumar voice and many more
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Rafi Saheb was an all rounder, he was capable of singing any type of songs, He sang songs with ease and very comfortabely, he was music directors’ first choice. rafi-fan@hotmail.com
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Dear Krishna Saheb,
for heaven sake, don’t do such bullshits in future. If he said he is a great
Kishore fan why did you start the argument ? Did he say something about
Rafi ? shame on you, that for some stage singers you can can start debate
and fight. Comparing Rafi and Kishore is your biggest mistake that too for
the sake of this stage singer.
My god !!! In that case, there are a number of singers who sing Kishore/Rafi/
Mukesh songs. No point of doing silly on the basis of who they are fan of.
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Excellent comments on the article above.
Yes Krisha sir No one can come closer to Rafi Sahab and that is the reason the kk clone singer vanished when u challenged.
For all lovers of Vintage music it is Rafi Sahab only and then followed by Lataji.
Narayanan