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| "Yaara Seeli Seeli" | |
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 Gulzar, the lyricist of the song | |
| Song by Lata Mangeshkar | |
| Language | Hindi |
| Released | 1990 |
| Composer(s) | Hridaynath Mangeshkar |
| Lyricist(s) | Gulzar |
"Yaara Seeli Seeli" (transl. This smouldering night of separation) is an Indian Hindi song from the Bollywood film Lekin... (1990). The lyrics of the song was written by Gulzar. the music was composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar and Lata Mangeshkar was the playback singer.[1] The song fetched Lata Mangeshkar a national award (best female playback singer) and Gulzar a Filmfare award (best lyrics).
Theme[edit | edit source]
The song remembers the loved one. Neeraj Sharma in his book Gulzariyat - Gulzar's Songs: Discover What’s Beneath translated the first two lines of this song as: "The night of separation burns slowly like wet wood, neither complete ablaze nor wholly extinguished. It is more painful because this is neither complete death nor complete life, just hung in between."[2]
Awards[edit | edit source]
The song brought several national awards. Lata Mangeshkar won her third National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 1990 for this song.[3] Gulzar won a Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist (1992).[4][5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jayson Beaster-Jones (9 October 2014). Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song. Oxford University Press. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-0-19-999347-5.
- ↑ Neeraj Sharma (8 August 2019). Gulzariyat – Gulzar's Songs: Discover What's Beneath. BecomeShakespeare.com. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-93-88930-86-4.
- ↑ "38th National Awards For Films (1991)". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013.
- ↑ "Filmfare Award Winners 1992 – 37th (Thirty Seventh) Filmfare Popular Awards". www.awardsandshows.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ↑ Ganesh Anantharaman (2008). Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song. Penguin Books India. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-0-14-306340-7.