Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein

"Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" (English: 'Sometimes..in My Heart') is a song from 1976 Bollywood movie Kabhi Kabhie (English title: Sometimes...) directed by Yash Chopra. The title song of the film written by Sahir Ludhianvi was performed by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar.[1][2]

"Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein"
Song by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar
from the album Kabhi Kabhie
LanguageHindi
Released1976
RecordedMehboob Studio, Bandra(W),
Mumbai, India
GenreFilm score
Length4:45
LabelSaregama
Songwriter(s)Sahir Ludhianvi
Producer(s)Khayyam

The song was recorded at Mehboob Studio of noted producer-director, Mehboob Khan,[3] and remains one of the finest creations of both its music director and lyricist, both of whom later won Filmfare Awards in their respective categories.[4][5]

About the song

This song is regarded to have been a masterpiece by lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi.[6] The original song is in literary Urdu and was in fact a poem from his collection Talkhiyan. The version used in the movie Kabhi Kabhie used simpler words.

This music for this song was composed by Khayyam and sung by Mukesh. The song was originally created by Khayyam for an unreleased film made in 1950 by Chetan Anand. The song was recorded by Geeta Dutt and Sudha Malhotra. However this song was never released.

Music video

This song features Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee, and shot in Kashmir, during the winter season.

Versions

The original literary version [7] was significantly modified to create a version which is more sentimental and lyrical.

Kabhi Kabhie song has another version in soundtrack, where in the opening verses are recited by Amitabh Bachchan as he does in the film, during the TV interview scene with Raakhee, and then cuts to the song playing in flashback.

Yet another version, where it is a duet between Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar, was picturized on the wedding night scene of Pooja (Rakhee) and Vijay Khanna (Shashi Kapoor). This version topped the year end Annual list 1976 of Radio Ceylon radio show, Binaca Geetmala. Previously in the film, poet Amit, (Amitabh Bachchan presents his first book of verse titled ‘Kabhi Kabhie’ to his beloved Pooja as a wedding gift after she tells him that her parents have decided to marry her off to an industrialist's son, and Amit turns out to be Pooja's husband favourite poet and he recites the song to her on their wedding night.[8]

The song was later resung and remixed by Dal Hothi, followed many years later by a remixed version by Bally Sagoo.

Awards

References
  1. Kabhi Kabhie Music Review Planet Bollywood.com.
  2. "Kabhi Kabhie songs".
  3. This studio gave a struggling musician a new dawn Mohammed Wajihuddin, Indian Express, 26 May 2002.
  4. Sahir: A poet par excellence Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 8 March 2006.
  5. "PM meets musician Khayyam". The Times of India. New Delhi. PTI. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  6. Sahir Ludhianvi - Kabhi Kabhi Original Voice, 16 May 2014, Sahir Ludhianvi
  7. Talkhiyan, Sahir Ludhianvi, 1985, Hali Publishing House, Delhi
  8. "Kabhi Kabhie Songs". Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  9. 1977 Filmfare Awards IMDb
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