Top Three Songs

Movies and songs have always been a part of my life, just like books. At home, when all gather, inevitably the topic of movies and songs comes up. I have always leaned towards songs than movies; especially songs with good lyrics. For me more than the music, good lyrics matter. Sometime back we were listing out our favorite songs from movies. Listing out the top three songs, based upon their lyrics along with the best part of the song. This was my list, thought would share with all. Of coure, all are hindi songs, since I relate to them more than telugu (mother toungue):

1. Zindagi ka safar hai yeh kaisa safar - 

      movie: Safar, 

      singer: Kishore Kumar, 

      lyrics: Indivar
what i like most about this song, everything lyrics, music, singing, picturisation etc. etc. This song basically gives the philosophy of life in a nutshell.

favorite bits:

Rote Rote Zamaane Mein Aaye Magar
Hanste Hanste Zamaane Se Jaaenge Ham - loosely translated we arrive in this world crying but promise to leave it smiling

Phool Aise Bhi Hain Jo Khile Hi Nahin
Jinko Khilne Se Pehle Fiza Kha Gai - there are less fortunate than us so be grateful with what we have in our lives

2. Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwah toh nahi - 

     Movie: Andhi, 

     Singers: Kishore&Lata, 

     Lyrics: Gulzar
Sanjeev Kumar at his best, with unbeatable Gulzar's lyrics.
There are no complaints with life without you but life without you is no life at all. What else can we say after this, apart from wah wah.

favorite bit: after that starting there cannot be anything else

Tum jo keh do toh aaj ki raat chand dubega nahin, raat ko rok lo
Raat baath hai aur zindagi baki toh nahin 

This should be understood in context, hero & heroine are meeting after 14yrs and can spend only few moments together. Hero promises her not to let these moments end and at the same time understands that we cant do that with life.

3. Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho - 

     Movie: Arth, 

     Singer: Jagjit Singh, 

     Lyrics: Gulzar
We all have experienced this, smiling at the face of adversities.

favorite bit

Jin zakhmoN ko waqt bhar chala hai,
tum kyun unhe chhede ja rahe ho. 

We all tend to live in the past, reliving past in our minds and worrying and feeling the pain again and again. Instead let time heal the wounds and get on with life. Just like we delay healing of wounds by "kelukofying" (a Tinglish word i invented meaning the thing we do with a loose tooth, keep poking it) them, by reliving past we dont let the wound heal properly.