Pictureized over Rajesh Khanna (in the film "Kata
Patang") as he plays piano at a 1970s Bollywood movie
cocktail party, the voice of Kishore Kumar sings. "pyaar
diwaanaa hotaa hai, mastaanaa hotaa hain." Love is
mad, it's intoxicating. The song is Jazzy sophistication,
with a rumba beat and soaring strings. The lyrics, inebriated
speaking of the fatal destiny of those who fall in love.
" shamaa kahe parawaane se, pare chalaa jaa."
The lamp says to the moth, move away "meree tarah
jal jaayegaa, yahaa naheen aa." You'll burn up like
me; don't come here. "wo naheen sunataa, us ko jal
jaanaa hotaa hain." It (the moth) doesn't listen;
it is compelled to burn.*
The melancholy fatal lyrics are sung as if laughing with tenderness
to the sentiment. Kishore Kumar's vocals elevate the song
to a timeless ode of the mysterious nature of life, joy, and
love.
A laughing madness and joy, all in the name of the spontaneous
here and now of the song. That was Kishore Kumar, that was
his gift to Hindi Cinema.
