Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye

Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye
Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye
Itne huye kareeb ke hum dur ho gaye
Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye
Itne huye kareeb ke hum dur ho gaye
Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye

Aisa nahin ke humko koyi bhi khushi nahin
Lekin yeh zindagi toh koyi zindagi nahin
Aisa nahin ke humko koyi bhi khushi nahin
Lekin yeh zindagi toh koyi zindagi nahin
Kyun iske faisale humein manzoor ho gaye
Itne huye kareeb ke hum dur ho gaye
Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye

Paaya tumhe toh humko laga, tumko kho diya
Hum dil pe roye aur yeh dil hum pe ro diya
Paaya tumhe toh humko laga, tumko kho diya
Hum dil pe roye aur yeh dil hum pe ro diya
Palkon se khwaab kyun gire, kyun choor ho gaye
Itne huye kareeb ke hum dur ho gaye

Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye
Itne huye kareeb ke hum dur ho gaye
Kyun zindagi ki raah mein, majboor ho gaye

Movie: Saath Saath (1982)
Director: Raman Kumar
Singer: Chitra Singh
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Music Composer: Kuldip Singh

Saath Saath’s soundtrack is a perfect one for gentle listens and it never gets jaded, at least not for me.

I can listen to ‘Tumko dekha’ on repeat and it was among the first few tracks I wanted uploaded to our blog. That one is a beautiful song about falling in love, but this one is closer to the opposite end of the spectrum. The female lead, who comes from a wealthy family, falls for her poorer classmate, who is principled and courageous. She leaves her wealth for a harder life with the man she loves. But conscious of her sacrifice and of the difficulties that a life with him entails, the man lets go of his principles and makes compromises to earn a living, so much so that he becomes unrecognizable to he,r and this song is born of the distance this engenders in their marriage.

I love the lyrics and the music and the rendition and the picturization. Enjoy is probably not the right word but I hope you grow to like it as much as I do. ~ R