When the brow is furrowed and the pangs of separation from one’s beloved have dethroned reason from its coveted seat, the mood turns a shade of deep blue.
Like all other strands of emotion captured by Bollywood, separation from the beloved has also not escaped the attention of our dream merchants. There are several songs which depict the intense feeling of desolation experienced by someone when the soul mate has gone missing. Whereas some herald the end of doom, so to say, few others are easier on the frayed nerves, laced as they happen to be with uplifting optimism and point to the possibility of a rosier future.
There is a beauty to sad songs which cannot be captured in words. These tug at one’s heart-strings and provide solace to a tormented soul. First off, let us relish a composition which celebrates the genre of sad songs.
The beauty of sad songs
(Patita, 1953, Shankar Jaikishan)
When the heart pines away for the missing soul mate
Here is a random selection of songs which capture the pangs of separation effectively.
(Hemant Kumar, Non-filmi song, Kal Teri Tasveer Ko)
(Dulari, 1949, Naushad)
(Baiju Bawra, 1952, Naushad)
(Navrang, 1958, C Ramchandra)
(Bandini, 1963, S D Burman)
(Arzoo, 1965, Shankar Jaikishan)
(Khamoshi, 1969, Hemant Kumar)
(Hero, 1983, Laxmikant Pyarelal)
(Ijaazat, 1987, R D Burman)
When the sense of separation has attained a state of permanence
(Mera Naam Joker, 1970, Shankar Jaikishan)
(Anand, 1970, Salil Chowdhury)
(Shor, 1972, Laxmikant Pyarelal)
(Parichay, 1972, R D Burman)
Songs with a dash of hope
(Mera Saya, 1966, Madan Mohan)
(Prem Pujari, 1970, S D Burman)
(Chhoti Si Baat, 1976, Salil Chowdhury)
(Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, 1988, Anand Milind)
These songs represent different shades of separation. Some are rendered in a mood of despondency, with nary a ray of hope lighting up the heart which pines away in a state of intensive sadness. Then there are some which reflect a sense of finality and fatalism, coming in when a realisation has dawned that there is absolutely no hope of a reunion. Some are sung in the fond hope that the two hearts torn asunder by the harsh slings and arrows of Fate would soon get reunited.
Which are your favourite songs of separation from Bollywood?
(You may also like to visit: https://ashokbhatia.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/an-illusory-search-for-the-perfect-soul-mate-bollywood-style)
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