The song ‘na jiya lage na’ is one of the finest songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar from the movie Anand (1970) starring Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo, Seema Deo etc. The song is picturized on beautiful and elegant Sumita Sanyal. It is sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Salil Choudhary, penned by Yogesh. The opening note of this song ‘na…….’ is very mesmeric…you can’t ignore it.
The song is very soothing showcasing Sumita Sanyal waiting for her lover to come home. Lyricist Yogesh has written the song expressing the yearning and longing of the heroine. Sumita Sanyal has portrayed the song with lot of longing she emotes her feelings very gracefully. This song is originally a Bengali song thus the Hindi version also sounds sweeter. Both Bengali and Hindi versions are sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
Salil Chowdhary could play several musical instruments. He had the magic in his hands; any instrument that he could lay his hands on he would be able to play it very comfortably. His orchestration was always symphonic with blend of complex use of the different instruments. His music never got moulded into any pattern. His flair for experimentation always lent his own signature originality to his composition. In this song sitar chords stand out accompanied by table beats.
Do you know the movie Anand was based on the friendship between Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Raj Kapoor. Hrishikesh Mukherjee was so close to Raj Kapoor that not a day passed when they didn’t meet at least once. The two were so close that Hrishida would often get gloomy thoughts about the two of them being separated by death. That’s how Anand was born. In fact Hrishida wanted to make it with Raj Kapoor playing the role that Amitabh Bachchan finally played; the fact is this movie gave a big break to Amitabh. Hrishikesh Mukherjee got to work with his best friend Raj Kapoor only once in Naukri which was a big failure.
Rajesh Khanna had no leading lady in Anand. Sumita Sanyal was cast opposite Amitabh Bachchan. Though there was no song situation for her, Hrishida created one, as he wanted at least one song by his favourite Lata Mangeshkar in the film. And, that song became a super-duper hit!!!
The song is set in raag Malgunji, and the tal of the song is Keherava. Composers like Salil Chowdhary, RD Burman, Kalyanji Anandji, Madan Mohan have composed beautiful evergreen songs in Malgunji which is a late night raga. Malgunji portrays the early realization of the reunion.
Listen to this very beautiful song.
