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The Confusing Shivratri’s Filmy Theme Song

February 16th, 2007 | Category: Humour

“Jai Jai Shiv Shankar,
Kantaa lagey na kankar,
Ki pyala tere naam ka piya,
Hooo, gir jaungi, main marr jaungi,
Jo tuney mujhe thaam na liya,
Hoo Sau-rab di”

Remember the song? It’s the first one that comes to my mind when I think of Shivratri. The mela, the crowd, people high on stuff. Did I just make it sound like just any regular party?

Actually no… that’s not what the song means to me. As a kid, it used to be a huge riddle which only the intelligent would understand and yet never be able to solve. And I was the lonely dweller of that land.

Firstly, why do they have to call out Jai twice and Shiv and Shankar only once. Why isn’t it Jai-Veeru Shiv-Shankar? Don’t Shiv and Shankar mind being mentioned only once, when Jai gets sung twice right in the start?

And who is Jo? Is Rajesh Khanna’s name Jo? Jo ne kyon usko nahi thamaa?

And the biggest mystery of all…
Who is this Saurabh? And Surabh di kya? Did the lyricist forget to complete the line?

Shivratri used to be one festival with a really confusing filmy theme song!

11 Comments so far

  1. Uv February 16th, 2007 7:00 pm

    Lol!!!

  2. a crazy boy is working February 17th, 2007 12:01 am

    Take your pills regularly..

  3. austere February 17th, 2007 11:28 am

    you are AMAZING..

  4. khotta February 17th, 2007 7:43 pm

    errrrrrr u just made me fel good about my sense of humor

  5. ricercar February 17th, 2007 9:20 pm

    happy shiv ratri
    btw whats the diff between maha shiv ratri and shiv ratri?

  6. pravin February 20th, 2007 3:39 pm

    ki chalriya? template change kar di?

  7. AmitL February 22nd, 2007 2:21 pm

    :)Hi,there..belated Happy Shivratri…LOL at the bemusement during Shivratri, in earlier days.:)Who is JO,btw?:)

  8. Alkyron February 22nd, 2007 8:17 pm

    hello there!

    after long hiatus i have returned to be amazed at your ingenuity :D

    by the way …… THE most confusing song has to be one from “Asli Naqli” way back in 1962 …. that goes “tera mera pyaar amar” …. hmm …. i remember wondering if amar was some sort of groupie …. or maybe even kinky.

    there’s my 10 paisa worth for the day , cheerio

  9. K Sagar February 26th, 2007 10:29 pm

    Happy birthday, have a great one.

  10. EyesOfCalvin February 28th, 2007 6:55 pm

    Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. You just gave me a fresh perspective on that song :-) Now it seems that the guy who wrote “Kaanta lagaa” song didn’t hear the “Kaanta lage na kankar” number!

    Best wishes to your parents on your birthday (in reference to one of your earlier posts) :-)

  11. natasha March 5th, 2007 6:51 pm

    thats a nice one

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