Awesome lyrics for Hindi songs don't grow on trees. There are very few
songs that can be as cool as the songs that will be listed in this
section. Whenever possible, I am including the complete song lyrics so
that one can appreciate the awesome power of the song. Our first
example will be from the movie Jeete Hain
Shaan Se
(1988),
a multi-starrer with Sanjay Dutt, Govinda and a double role Mithun
(although one of them is only a special appearance, as the REAL Mithun
Chakraborty at a function where the rest of the cast sings the title
song) and Mandakini and Vijeyta Pandit. As is typical for multi-starrer
movies, at least one of the heroes has to belong to one of the minority
religions, and in this movie, they go the extra mile: Govinda is Muslim
(unfortunately he also is in a special appearance in this film, because
his role is prematurely terminated by the bad guys), with a mandatory
muslim element cliched name such as Iqbal, and Mithun is the
Christian dude, called Johnny. Mandakini plays his love interest, and
she is of course Christian too, her name is Julie. Anu Malik provides
the music for this song we are talking about. I don't know (yet) who
wrote the lyrics to this song. This song is picturised on the Christian
hero and heroine, and of course has to sound like it was written for
Goanese folk music (at least according to the Hindi movie cliche) - so
here goes.
The song, of course, is Julie
Julie.
It is one of the most awesome songs of the late 80s. Cool music, great
lyrics, too. I wish I know someone called Julie so I could sing this
song! Haha.
Male Chorus: Humko Mary nai maangta,
humko Lilly
nai maangta humko Sandra from Bandra nai maangta (To kaun maangta?) Hey Julie Julie, Johnny
ka dil tumpe
aaya Julie Tere liye chad jaoon
sooli Tuhi to meri jaan hai,
jaan hai, jaan
hai.
Female Chorus: Humko Tony nai maangta,
humko Peter
nai maangta, humko cyclewala Michael nai maangta (To kaun maangta?) Johnny Johnny, Julie ka
dil tumpe
aaya Johnny Tujhko hi maana maine
apna honey Tuhi to meri jaan hai,
jaan hai, jaan
hai.
Rosie ka father bola,
mujhe
ghar-javainya sa lenge Mangla ka uncle bola,
mujhe dowry
mein bangla denge Haath tera maanga saath
tera maanga
sabko reject kiya lalalalalala Haath tera maanga saath
tera maanga
sabko reject kiya
Thank you honey, thank you
(Male Chorus repeat)
VT-wala Shetty bola dil
mera le lo
nai liya Hotelwala Joseph bola
dil mujhe dede
nai diya Jo koi aaya use thukraya
tujhe select
kiya lalalalalala Jo koi aaya use thukraya
tujhe select
kiya
Thank you baby, thank you
(Female Chorus repeat)
(Male Chorus repeat)
Julie Julie... Johnny Johnny etc...
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Analysis: I give it an 8.0/10. Notice the unprecedented use of sooli (gallows) to
rhyme with
Julie!!! This song is pure gold. The key to writing songs with certain
themes is to try and include words that are supposedly used in that
particular vernacular version of Hindi. In this case, Konkani Hindi (maangta, ghar-javainya) and,
of course, the
music should be in that style, too. A couple of other examples of
Konkai usage: Ghe Ghe
Ghe Ghe Saiba
from Bobby
and Galyat Saankli
Sonyachi
from Dil
Hai Ke
Maanta Nahin. The latter was good, actually, but it STILL
doesn't kick as much ass as Julie
Julie. Oh, another song from almost the same period as Galyat... was the
title song from
the movie Jaan
Tere Naam... in fact, just to make sure you understand
that it
is all done in Konkani style, the song lyrics actually mention Goa:
First time dekha tujhe
hum kho gaya,
second time mein love ho gaya Yeh akhkha India jaanta
hai hum tumpe
marta hai Dil kya cheez hai jaanam
apni jaan
tere naam karta hai
Tere se marriage karne
ko hum Bombay
se Goa aaya Lekin mujhko tere Dad ne
red signal
dikhlaaya Father se tere kya lena
mujhe, main
chahoon tujhko tu chaahe mujhe...