% ITRANS Song #729
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\startsong
\stitle{ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa}%
\film{1942 A Love Story}%
\starring{Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff}%
\singer{Kumar Sanu}%
\music{R.D. Burman}%
\lyrics{Akhtar}%
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% Contributor: Satish Subramanian (subraman@cs.umn.edu)
% Transliterator: Ravi Kant Rai (rrai@ndsun.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu)
% Credits: Navin Kabra (navin@cs.wisc.edu)
% Editor: Anurag Shankar (anurag@astro.indiana.edu)
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\printtitle
#indian
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%        It was August, 1942.  The "Quit India" movement had gath-
% ered  momemtum.   Protestors,  all  over the country, came out in
% large numbers and the  thunderous  cry  of  'quit  india'  echoed
% across  the  nation.   The odd response of the British became in-
% creasingly brutal and what followed was savage repression leading
% to  unprecedented violence, lathi charges, and ruthless firing on
% unarmed protestors. The country was quickly  engulfed  in  flames
% and  Kasauni,  a small town in the Himalayan foothills was no ex-
% ception. It was in the midst of this savage turbulence that Nandu
% (Anil)  and  Rajjo  (Manisha)  met for the first time and fell in
% love.. a love that changed their lives forever.. a love that  was
% destined  to be consumed by the ravaging fires of passion and li-
% beration that swept the land.  Because, this was also the fateful
% time when a group of dedicated revolutionaries, led by the coura-
% geous and fiery Shubanker (Jackie), brought the spirit of freedom
% struggle  to Kasauni in prusuit of their sworn mission. Individu-
% als no longer mattered, all that mattered was commitment  to  the
% cause. And so began an immortal sage..  of people, of freedom, of
% duty, of conflict, of scarifice.. and of LOVE. 
% 
	ho o \threedots ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa 
	ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa, jaise
	khilataa gulaab, jaise
	shaayar kaa khvaab, jaise
	ujalii kiran, jaise
	ban me.n hiran, jaise
	chaa.Ndanii raat, jaise
	naramii baat, jaise
	mandir me.n ho ek jalataa diyaa, ho!
	o\threedots ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa!
	
	ho, ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa
	ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa, jaise
	subah kaa ruup, jaise
	saradii kii dhuup, jaise
	vINaa kii taan, jaise
	ra.ngo.n kii jaan, jaise
	balakhaaye.n bel, jaise
	laharo.n kaa khel, jaise
	khushabuu liye aaye Tha.nDii havaa, ho!
	o\threedots ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa!
	
	ho, ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa
	ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa, jaise
	naachataa mor, jaise
	resham kii Dor, jaise
	pariyo.n kaa raag, jaise
	sandal kii aag, jaise
	solah shrR^i.ngaar, jaise
	ras kii phuhaar, jaise
	aahistaa aahistaa ba.Dhataa nashaa, ho!
	o\threedots ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa!
	ek la.Dakii ko dekhaa to aisaa lagaa!
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#endindian
\endsong
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% Send corrections to Anurag Shankar (anurag@chandra.astro.indiana.edu)
