Gulaal - A Journey...Halt 2

Remember the voice which haunted you with ‘Tose Naina Lage Piya Saware’ from Anwar or ‘Khuda Jaane’ in Bachna Aye Haseeno? Yes, the very disturbing and yet soothing voice belongs to Shilpa Rao who rendered her voice for this almost melancholy track – ‘Aisi sazaa’. The sadness and hopelessness in her voice echoes the silence and emptiness around as the sound of rains falling on the ground hits the ears. Close your eyes as you listen to this number and the sound of rains can almost bring the smell of wet earth as the tears which begin to flow unaware of oneself, as Shilpa sings – Palkon ki koro pe baithi nami ko dheeme se pighla bhi do.

The song, otherwise soft and not with too much musical accompaniment, has a rather slow pace and almost reminds you of all the sorrow that hit you unaware, unprepared and unconditionally. A sadness that can set in from nowhere in particular and remind you all the forgotten defeats, failures, and losses that had crippled you sometime, but then got pushed to the corners as a distant memory…it is on a rainy night like this that all that can come back and break your reserve and make you that defeated person once more, as you soothe yourself to sleep shedding the long forgotten tears that you had almost forgotten, existed! What perfect lyrics to express a helpless sorrow…

Jeevan ki raahon mein aana ya jaana bataake nahi hota hai

Jaate kahin hain magar jaante nahi ki aana wahin hota hai

Khone ki zid mein ye kyun bhoolte ho ki paana bhi hota hai

Wo pal abhi waisa hi hai chhoda tha jo jaisa wahin

Neende bhi ab sone gayee raaton ko bhi parwah nahi...

Ye zindagi aisi hi thi tumne kabhi jaana nahi

It is not going to hit you the first time...let it grow and feel the beauty of this sorrow.

Song: Aisi Sazaa

Soundtrack: Gulaal

Director: Anuraag Kashyap

Composer and Lyricist: Piyush Mishra

Singer: Shilpa Rao