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Tujhse Naaraz Nahi Zindagi

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"Tujhse Naaraz Nahi Zindagi"
Song by Anup Ghoshal (male version)
Lata Mangeshkar (female version)
LanguageHindi
Released1983
Composer(s)R. D. Burman
Lyricist(s)Gulzar

"Tujhse Naaraz Nahi Zindagi" (lit.'I am not angry with you, life...')[1] is an Indian Hindi song from the Bollywood film Masoom (1983), starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah. The lyrics of the song was written by Gulzar, and composed by R. D. Burman. The song has two different versions — female, and male, and were sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Anup Ghoshal resepectively.[2] In 1984, Gulzar won a Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for this song.

Theme

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The opening lines of the song set the theme. The lyricist attempts to understand the strangeness of life. He claims he is upset, but not angry.[3] In the film Masoom, the male version of the song sings and captures a father's helplessness and the female version narrates a woman's pain in dealing with her husband's illegitimate child.[2]

Awards

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Gulzar, the lyricist of this song, won a Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for this song in 1984. R. D. Burman won an award in the category of "best soundtrack".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Brian Diettrich; Jayson Beaster-Jones; Jane Freeman Moulin (2011). Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song. Oxford University Press. pp. 184–. ISBN 978-0-19-986254-2.
  2. ^ a b "Song of the Month: In praise of Gulzar's Tujhse naaraz nahin and the puzzling joys of life". The Indian Express. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ Neeraj Sharma (8 August 2019). Gulzariyat - Gulzar's Songs: Discover What's Beneath. BecomeShakespeare.com. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-93-88930-86-4.
  4. ^ Gaekwad, Manish. "Redemption song: Anup Ghosal's 'Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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