The wait for the monsoons is usually a delicious mix of anticipation and longing. There is a romanticism associated with the monsoons which ...
The wait for the monsoons is usually a delicious mix of anticipation and longing. There is a romanticism associated with the monsoons which is mostly inexplicable. It’s just how that wait makes us feel. Difficult to express with words.
That's when Pancham helps…
When Pancham
composes, it’s the romance of saawan coming alive inside our
hearts, touching our souls with depth. Whether it's the saawan in our eyes which
fill us or overwhelms us like in the Gulzar song from Musafir…Saawan
Saawri Ankhiyan Choom Ke Phir Jaaye…or the Saawan and Bhaadon which burn
within us, in Gulzar’s (yet again, who else) Bechara Dil
Kya Kare…Pancham’s love affair with saawan is simply mesmerizing.
Sometimes tears take the place of the rains and we lament (in the words of
Gulzar yet once more) Ab Ke Na Saawan Barse…Ab Ke Baras Toh
Barsengi Ankhiyaan…
Be it the wistful
longing for a loved one in Saawan Ke Jhoole Padey, Tum Chale Aao, or the
pathos-laden melancholy of missing a loved one in Mere Naina
Saawan Bhaadon, Pancham’s way of expressing love remains
unparalleled. They simply exist on a different planet from others. And
sometimes that longing is not just for the loved one but indeed for the clouds
to arrive, as one sings Phir Se Aaiyo Badra Bidesi…the wait for the
monsoons can be just as romantic.
The arrival of the
monsoon turns out to be even more fulfilling with Pancham in our hearts. Saawan Ka
Mahina Aa Gaya is sung with the
most joyous of hearts. When the rains fall with their drops of romance and
love, the magic is like fire to the heart…Sulag Sulag
Jaaye Mann when Rimjhim
Girey Saawan. The wonders of the Aggan make us
experience and ultimately revel in the joys of the rain. Whether it is a pair
of lovers romancing in their terrace with unbridled abandon in the Bheegi
Bheegi Raaton Mein, or young lovers enjoying the Jaltarang when the
raindrops fall like pearl droplets on a tin shade, Rumjhum
Rumjhum, romance in the rains become even more romantic with
Pancham on our lips and in our hearts. The rains can also make lovers wonder
about the beauty of Mausam Ki
Yeh Kya Nayee Reet Hai. The different
shades of Gehre Halke, Halke Gehre just enhancing
romance all the time. And what better expression of the joys of getting
drenched in the rains…Baadal Jo Barse Toh, Bheege Tum Bheege Hum…the magic of togetherness
in the rains can never be matched. The gentle drops of rain falling on the
lovers are aptly described in Barkha Ki Dekho Rang Raliyaan…Boondey Nahi Tum
Pe Loota Rahi Kaliyaan…making the rains magically poetic.
Even when all is
not happy and joyous in love, the romance of the rains tells its own little
story…the Chhoti Si Kahani…with the raindrops can tell a tale that can invariably overwhelm one’s heart and fill up
one’s eyes. Na Jaane Kyon…Jee Bhar Gaya, Na Jaane Kyon
Aankh Bhar Gayi …
Lovers often come
together in the magical monsoon rains and their meeting is often brimming with
passion in beautiful complement with the Baadal which Yun Garajta
Hai. The fear and excitement coupled inside young hearts are
catalytic in their raging romance. The Jee can, and
almost always does, incite a Darr in the
hearts of young lovers, Ab Ke Saawan Mein. Rimjhim
Rimjhim Dekho Baras Rahi Raat seems to perfectly sum up the passion felt
by young lovers on a rainy night. Pancham’s monsoon musings as can be clearly
seen, evoke a gamut of emotions in lovers. The joys of love make the lovers
appreciate the magic of the monsoons even more as they admit Mausam Bada
Suhana Hai.
The monsoons, and the
rains, usher in romance and a feeling of overwhelm like no other season.
Whether one is getting drenched in the rain or watching them lash against our
window panes as we sit with our steaming cups, the joy is
unbridled…unparalleled…when Pancham completes the picture with his music. The
soul has rarely been touched more beautifully.
By Pratik Majumdar
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