Rasik Balma - Evergreen Song

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Song-Rasik balma dil kyun lagaaya (Chori Chori ) (1956) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD- Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics
rasik balmaa, haay, dil kyun lagaayaa
tose dil kyun lagaayaa, jaise rog lagaayaa
jaise rog lagaayaa
rasik balmaa, ho
jab yaad aaye tihaari
soorat wo pyaari pyaari
jab yaad aaye tihaari
soorat wo pyaari pyaari
nehaa lagaa ke haari
aa
nehaa lagaa ke haari
tadpoon main gham ki maari
rasik balmaa, haay, dil kyun lagaayaa
tose dil kyun lagaayaa, jaise rog lagaayaa
rasik balmaa, ho
dhoondhe hain paagal nainaa
paaye na ik pal chainaa
dhoondhe hain paagal nainaa
paaye na ik pal chainaa
dasti hai ujdi rainaa
aa
dasti hai ujdi rainaa
kaase kahoon main bainaa
rasik balmaa, haay, dil kyun lagaayaa
tose dil kyun lagaayaa, jaise rog lagaayaa
rasik balmaa, ho




When this song Rasik Balma was being picturized on actress Nargis, Nargis declared that she would not require any Glycerin on her eyes to emote for this song. After hearing the song, Nargis knew that there was no need to use Glycerin during the picturization of the song, since the great Lata Mangeshkar had already used her deep emotions while singing the song, and that was enough to create natural tears. Glycerin is normally used in the film industry to create tears artificially in the eyes of the actor or actress for sad scenes.


From reliable sources, it is known that the above song Rasik Balma was composed by Jaikishen of the famous Shankar-Jaikishen duo. Generally, the opening (sthaayi) of the song is set within a medium octave, but this song opens on a very high note. During recording, Lata Ji had pointed this out to Jaikishen Ji saying that people are going to blame her for singing this song at such a high pitch and people might say that they cannot even hum it! But the brilliant Jaikishen told Lata Mangeshkar that the beauty of this song lied entirely on singing it at a high pitch, and finally the song was sung at a high pitch and the rest is history.


In 1956, from India, Lata called Mehboob Khan, the famous Producer and Director of Oscar nominated Film: Mother India who was undergoing a medical treatment in a hospital in Los Angeles in USA. At that time, Mehboob Khan told Lata that he was very impatient to hear the melodious soulful song Rasik Balma from Lata herself over the phone, since the record of this song was not available in USA at that time. "Oh, Rasik Balma from Chori Chori…?" asked Lata and she sang the entire song over the phone for Mehboob Khan. She sang this song over the telephone every single day while Mehboob Khan was recuperating in the Los Angeles hospital. Later, Mehboob Khan admitted how much this song had helped him recover faster from his illness.


This proves the power of the song Rasik Balma which could heal an ill person. And this is the BEAUTY of well-composed music. Hats off to both Shankar and Jaikishen!!!!!!!

cabrito

Great choice and review

sandymgjs

One of the finest melodies of pathos in Hindi films for sure!

Am sure you would agree thread starter !!!! that the lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri which you have reproduced are extraordinary too!

Thanks!

purplicious

Rasik Balma remains timeless. Loved the review. The power of this song is such it is one of the most popular old songs today!

knikam

timeless classic song, and wonderful review