Movie: Tamasha Music: A R Rahman Lyrics: Irshad Kamil Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Haricharan, Haripriya Music Label: T-Series The song is like a theme song for the movie, as in, the movie's theme is that there is one love story that keeps on going, again and again, in different places, in different times, and yet it is that one same story. This song here connects a few of the stories in the same way. tirkiT taal se lo chali kahaani panghaT kaal se lo chali kahaani ho.. sarpaT dauDti hai faqat zubaani chhutput aashiqui mein Dhali kahani see, the story begins with a rhythm of percussion, see, the story begins from the time of panghat, it runs uninhibited on just the spoken word. the story, moulded in love stories now and then. Note: panghat means just a place where people go to fetch water, on the river bank. But here it probably signifies the time of Lord Krishna where Radha and gopis used to go to panghat to fetch water. angin saal se hai wahi purani tere mere ishq ki ye nayi kahani aati kahaan se hai ye jaati kahaan kya pata.. from the time immemorial, that same old one, this new story of love yours and mine, from where it comes and where it goes, who knows.. ye chenaab ka dariya hai ye ishq se bharya wo leheron pe balkhati Mahiwal se milne jaati wo naam ki Sohni bhi thi Mahiwal ki honi bhi thi its the river chenaab, its full of love, she used to go to meet Mahiwal, dancing on the waves here, even her name was Sohni (means beautiful)
and she had to be Mahiwaals too.
lekin bhay kans ka tha usko to phir Vasudev ne kaanha ko lekar jamuna se paar langaaya.. dariya se to Firaun ki behena ne phir Moosa uThaya but she was afraid of Kans Vasudev took Krishna, and went across Yamuna (to save him), and Firauns sister picked up Musa from the river.. Note: Now this sounds like the same story going on, but from Sohni-Mahiwaal we have moved to Devakis story who is afraid of Kans for her son Krishna and Krishna is saved by Vasudev, and then in the fourth line the song moves to Moosa who was saved from a river by Firauns sister. Interestingly, in all three stories, there are rivers there and they seem to be connected here in a way. chali kahani, chali kahaani chali kahani, chali kahaani chali kahani, chali kahaani chali kahaani.. tirkiT taal se kya pataa.. birha ka dukh kaahe ho baanke dikhe mohe tu hi jiya mein jo jhaankiye pal pal ginti hoon aaThon hi pahar kitne baras hue mohe haan kiye naina nihaaro more bhor se jhare preet mori piya baaton se na aankiye main hi mar jaaun ya mare dooriyan dooriyon ki chaadaron pe yaadein Taankiye why should there be sorrow of separation, O boy, Ill see you only if I see inside my heart.. all eight divisions of day-night, I count every moment, how many years have passed since I said Yes. Look at my eyes, they flow since morning, O my beloved, dont assess my love from my words [i.e. my words cant explain what I feel, though my tears can tell you something.] I should die or these distances should die, can you sew memories on the sheets of distances.. Note: I am not too sure on this, but the language seems like this is being said by Meera. wo uTha virodhi parcham mughal-e-azam ko tha ye gham shehzada mohabbat karke izzat ka karega kachra bhaasam.. Troja ki thi Helen tha itni raksha mein raavan
antatah bheeshan yuddham krandan
mera to raanjhan mahi ranjhan raanjhan! and then, a flag rose in rebellion, Lord Akbars sorrow was this, that the prince, falling in love would ruin his honor.. It was the Helen of Troy, and there was Raavan in so much safety, but in the end there was such big war and crying, Oh, Ranjha is my beloved, my Mahi is my beloved.