While his fame is the stuff of legends, it ‘s his precious philosophic musings that continue to resonate whenever a feel of bleakness, despondency or existential crisis takes over. If anything, it makes him more relevant than ever .
In a post-COVID-19 world, where anxiety and insomniac nights have become our constant companion, you ‘ll find more consolation and wisdom in Kaka ‘s tuneful reflections on ‘zindagi ‘ than all the chartbusters put together .
Sukanya Verma makes a playlist of 15 profound Rajesh Khanna ditties.
Reading: 15 Rajesh Khanna songs for the soul
Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli, Anand
Music: Salil Choudhury
Lyrics: Yogesh
Singer: Manna Dey
Rajesh Khanna fathoms and fascinates about the many mysteries and infirmity of life sentence in and as Anand against the huge area of Mumbai ‘s sea-facing landscape in this poetic count .
Zindagi Ka Safar Hai Yeh Kaisa Safar,Safar
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Indeevar
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Playing terminally ill characters allowed Kaka a affecting position in the compass point and inanity of it all .
You good can not mistake the melancholy and misery in the sublime despair of the sung ‘s words .
Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana, Andaz
Music: Shankar-Jaikishen
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Life is a journey into the nameless and, for a good depart, Rajesh Khanna endeavoured to document all its moods and moments .
And the yodel, live-it-up exhilaration of Zindagi Ek Safar is by far its most cheery model .
Zindagi Ke Safar Mein Guzar Jaate Hain, Aap Ki Kasam
Music: Rahul Dev Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Intense regret and the many lessons that follow an irreconcilable stupidity are heartbreakingly expressed in the bittersweet truths of Zindagi Ke Safar Mein .
Kuch Toh Log Kagenge, Amar Prem
Music: Rahul Dev Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Kuch Toh Log Kahenge Logon Ka Kaam Hai Kehna is the stopping point news on saving the soul and ignoring the folderal people spew and opinion they are likely to pass, like it or not .
Dil Sachaa Aur Chehra Jhutha, Sachaa Jhutha
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Indeevar
Singer: Kishore Kumar
All that glitters is not gold, do n’t judge a script by its cover, yadda yadda, Kaka passes on gyaan by the heaps in his full of life warning against what they say and what they mean .
Do Rang Duniya Ke, Do Raaste
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Singer: Mukesh
long ahead Raj Malhotra gave fundas on liveliness ‘s quintessential do raaste — the tough and honest vitamin a well as the easy but ambidextrous — a holier-than-thou song from the Rajesh Khanna emphasised it amply without mincing words.
Rona Kabhi Nahi Rona, Apna Desh
Music: Rahul Dev Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Singers: Kishore Kumar, Vijeyta and Sandhya Pandit
Kaka puts a smile on young faces in his trademark style and trains them to chin up against life ‘s disorderly ways and the ageless truth — you ca n’t always get what you want in the cheerful Rona Kabhi Nahi Rona .
Jisne Paap Na Kiya Ho Jo Paapi Na Ho, Roti
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Singer: Kishore Kumar
No song calls out at the holier-than-thou moral police better than Kaka ‘s ‘pot calling kettle bootleg ‘ sentiments Jisne Paap Na Kiya Ho Jo Paapi Na Ho .
Aaj Bichchde Hain, Thodisi Bewafai
Music: Khayyam
Lyrics: Gulzar
Singer: Bhupinder Singh
Life goes on, time heals but things can never go back to where they once were and other drab realisations in Aaj Bichchde ‘s soulful reflections .
Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai, Souten
Music: Usha Khanna
Lyrics: Sawan Kumar Tak
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Rajesh Khanna shows his gratitude for the endowment of life and a decide to appreciate it in all its highs and lows in the lilting Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai .
Duniya Mein Kitna Gham Hai, Amrit
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Singer: Mohammed Aziz
Whenever you feel terribly about your life, Rajesh Khanna offers a reality assay in Duniya Mein Kitna Gham Hai Tera Gham Kitna Kam Hai — it is the anti-grass is greener on the early side .
Hasne Ki Chah Ne Kitna Mujhe Rulaya Hai
Music: Kanu Roy
Lyrics: Kapil Kumar
Singer: Manna Dey
A disappoint, discontented soul ‘s lamentations over futile attempts to chase happiness is both incredibly relatable and inordinately melodious .
Ek Andhera Lakh Sitare, Aakhir Kyon?
Music: Rajesh Roshan
Lyrics: Indeevar
Singer: Mohammed Aziz
much inspiration to be found in the uplift sentiments of Ek Andhera Lakh Sitara and its ‘the glass is half wax ‘ ardor .
Goron Ki Na Kaalon Ki, Disco Dancer
Music: Bappi Lahiri
Lyrics: Anjaan
Singers: Suresh Wadakar, Usha Mangeshkar
Goron Ki Na Kaalon Ki …. Duniya Hai Dilwalon Ki. ‘Nuff said !
