Mar 23, 2023
Tagore’s work has inspired not just Bangla music but also Bollywood melodies. Here we list are some of Rabindranath Tagore’s works that inspired Bollywood songs.
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'Piya bole, Piyu Bole’ is a famous song from Vidya Balan and Saif Ali Khan starring 2005 movie ‘Parineeta’. The song is inspired by ‘Phoole phoole dhole dhole‘ from Tagore’s Kaalmrigoya collection. Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal gave their voice to the song.
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'Man Mera Udta Jaye' from the 1962 movie ‘Maa Beta’ is inspired from the popular song of Rabindrasangeet, 'Monomor Megher Sangi'. The singer of the popular song is Lata Mangeshkar.
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‘Bandhan khula, panchhi ura’ from the 1998 movie 'Yugpurush' is actually a remake of Rabindranath Tagore’s song ‘Paagla hawa badol dine‘. Preeti Uttam is the singer of the song.
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From the 1981 movie ‘Yaarana’, 'Chukar Mere Man Ko' is sung by Kishor Kumar. The popular songs was inspired by Tagore’s ‘Tomaar holo shuru aamar holo shaaraa'. The initial two lines of the song are a directly taken from Tagore’s work.
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The tune of the song ‘Nain Deewane, ek nahi maane’ was inspired from Tagore’s song ‘Shedin dujone dulechhinu bone'. The song is from the 1950s movie ‘Afsar’ and sung by ‘Suraiya’.
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The music for the song ‘Koi Mere dil ka dar khatkaye’ is heavily inspired by Tagore’s song ‘Tumi kemon kore gaan koro a guni’. Asha Bhosle sing this song from the 1998 ‘Yugpurush’ movie.
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The song 'Tere mere Milan ki ye raina' was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jodi Raare Nai Chini Go Se Ki'. S.D Burman used the tune from Tagore’s song.
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