There are many songs that I heard as a kid, could never forget, got haunted by them, and couldn’t find them till the GOD made The Web. The charitraheen title track was one of them. Its time for another one of those illusive treasures.

For this song, it’s not just music that haunted me, but also its situation in the movie. Its from a 1988 movie called Trishagni, featuring Nitish Bhardwaj, Pallavi Joshi, Nana Patekar, and Alok Nath. If you appreciate good cinema, this one is a must watch. And about the song, here are the lyrics:

ऐसा लगे,
कहीं दूर पे,
हर पल कोई, मुझको बुलाए ।
अनजान से,
पर्वत तले,
झरना छलके मन को लुभाए ।

मरुभूमी की,
इस रेत से,
देखो मेरी क्या हुई दशा ।
कभी तन मेरा,
जलने लगा,
कभी मन मेरा शीतल हुआ ।

कहता है यह,
मेरा हृदय,
नदिया जैसी बहती रहो।
मन के मधुर,
इस वेग की,
अब तो कोई सीमा न हो ।

अनजान से,
पर्वत तले,
झरना छलके मन को लुभाए ।
ऐसा लगे,
कहीं दूर पे,
हर पल कोई, मुझको बुलाए ।

And here’s where you can get it from:
http://24.225.170.71/songs/film/Hindi/Trishagni/aisalage.mp3
courtesy again salilda.com

And this is the fourth song on this blog composed by Salil Choudhary. So do expect more of it from me. 🙂

Updated February 25th, 2011: Another place where you can find this song:

In early 90s there used to be a serial on Doordarshan called Charitraheen, based on Sharatchandra’s Bengali novel by the same name. Though I was quite young to get the import of the serial, I quite fondly remembered it title music. I later came to know that it was composed by my favorite composer, the legendary Salil Chaudhary. The melody and the lyrics still used to ‘haunt’ me. Someone today reminded me of the haunting feeling. So here’s the lyrics of the song:

शीतल मंजुल कोमल, तेरा आँचल
मेरी सुधियों में लहराया
झल-मल झल-मल
और एक शाम मैंने तेरे नाम लिख दी

हौले, हौले-हौले; पुर्वा ड़ोले, पुर्वा ड़ोले
ढलते दिन की अरुणाई में सपने घोले; सपने घोले
सपने घोले
और एक शाम मैंने तेरे नाम लिख दी

पंछी एक बिचारा, टूटा हारा, टूटा हारा
सुने नभ में उड़ता फ़िरता, मारा-मारा
मारा-मारा
और एक शाम मैंने तेरे नाम लिख दी

शीतल मंजुल कोमल, तेरा आँचल
मेरी सुधियों में लहराया
झल-मल झल-मल
और एक शाम मैंने तेरे नाम लिख दी

And here is where you can download it from. Salilda.com has done a great job in giving us a chance to enjoy the (sometimes considered long-forgotten) melodies of the great Salil Chaudhary. I don’t know the lyricist of the song, if any of you have any clue, let me know. Also, note that this the third song composed by Salil Da on this blog. So I’m turning out to be quite a bit of a fan. 🙂