The movie is an adaptation from real life events that happened at the battle of Longewal fought in Rajastan. “Border’, based on 1971 Indo Pak war, was the highest grossing movie of 1997.
This song is from the movie ‘Border’, that nearly matched the impact of ‘Haqeeqat’. The situation is enacted by Sunil Shetty & Sharbani Mukherji. This song brings out the dilemma and the anguish of the soldier who is newly married, and is supposed to leave immediately to fight for his country. This is a moving song sung by Roop Kumar Rathod, set to music by Anu Malik, with Lyrics by Javed Akhtar. It is about a soldier having to separate from his sweetheart, in this case his newlywed bride, to answer the call of duty. In this movie theere was a very touching Mohammad Rafi song Main ye soch kar uske dar se uthaa thaa that brought out the trauma of soldiers living far away from their beloved. The first one that left lasting impact was Chetan Anand’s “ Haqeeqat”, based on 1962 Indo- China war. There have been Hindi movies on the theme of actual wars fought by Indian Defence forces post independence, with semi fictional narratives woven around those wars. If this article appears in sites like and etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of and is a punishable offence under the existing laws. Moreover, it was Sahir who demanded that the name of the composer be announced along with the name of the composer in the film songs aired on the radio program ‘Vividh Bharati’ a demand which was well heeded to.This article is written by K Satish Shenoy, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. He always considered the lyrics of film songs pivotal to their popularity. At the time of his stepping into the film industry, his collection of poems ‘Talkhiyan’, had become acclaimed in the extreme. Sahir’s empathy was not just limited to his poems, as a matter of fact, he never took seat of the man-pulled rickshaws of that time.Īt the young age of 18, the fame that Sahir obtained as a poet was something that very few others ever got.
Jitani bhi bildinge thi, setho ne bant li hai
Rahane ko ghar nahi hai, sara jahan hamara What followed was Sahir penning some memorable lyrics that not only dovetailed beautifully with the film’s story, but also reflected the poet’s social concerns, perspectives, and humanism. Although the film director wanted to take the duo of Shankar-Jai Kishan as composers, only Khayyam fulfilled Sahir's stipulation. When Sahir Ludhianvi was writing the lyrics for Ramesh Sehgal's film "Phir Subh Hogi", based on Russian novelist Dostoevsky's famous novel "Crime and Punishment", he stipulated that film’s music would be scored only by a composer who has read Dostoevsky's novel.
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