Botal se ek baat chali hai

Botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai
Botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai

Ho, botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai

Botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai

Aaj ki mai bahut meethi hai
Aaj toh aankh milaake peena
Aaj ki mai bahut meethi hai
Aaj toh aankh milaake peena
Chaand ki misri ghul jaayegi
Chaand se honth lagake peena

Ho, botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai
Ho, botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai

Vaadonwali raat aayi hai
Aaj ki raat inkaar na karna
Hai, vaadonwali raat aayi hai
Aaj ki raat inkaar na karna
Apne din aur raat na poocho
Tumse jeena tumpe marna

Ho, botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai
Botal se ek baat chali hai
Kaag udaake raat chali hai

 Movie: Ghar (1982)
Director: Manik Chatterjee
Singers: Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi
Lyricist: Gulzar
Music Composer: R D Burman

I know, I know. It’s more Gulzar, but with the New Year celebrations around the corner, I was thinking of celebrations and spirits and this song popped into my head. 

Interestingly, this fun, intoxicating number is the only one in the film sung by Mohammed Rafi. The other playful ‘Aap ki aankhon mein kuch’ and the sweet ‘Phir wohi raat’ are the products of the Gulzar-Kishore-RD trinity yet again. I have wondered why Rafi was called in for this one. Whatever the reason, he does the song justice. So, here’s hoping you have a lovely new year, that conversations flow from the bottle and your nights are uncorked to welcome fun and joy and that there is the misri of the moon in every glass you imbibe. ~ R