Director Gauri Shinde is going to incorporate the classic Illaiyaraja song Ae Zindagi Gala Laga Le from 1983’s Sadma in her next, Dear Zindagi.
Sadma had Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in starring roles. The poignant track itself is about the vagaries of life. But the other connection? Shinde’s husband R Balki. Ilaiyaraja has composed for all Balki films and it was he who convinced Gauri to include the song.
Says Balki, “I cannot think of my cinema without two things, the presence of Amitabh Bachchan and the music of Ilaiyaraja. Ae Zindagi… is one of Raja Sir’s finest Hindi songs so beautifully written by Gulzarsaab. It fitted Gauri’s film like a hand in glove.”
Gauri’s composer Amit Trivedi who’s done the rest of the score and is known to be averse to musical inclusions on his soundtrack was fine with the track addition. “Not only Balki and Gauri, even I am Ilaiyarajaji’s biggest fan,” he says.
Picturised both on Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan, with Kunal Kapoor and Anagad Bedi making their occasional appearances, this song is actually quite apt for what Alia is going through in the film, how Shah Rukh Khan’s life coach is helping her get through her life crisis and of course, for the title of the film, Dear Zindagi.
Ae Zindagi Gale Lage Le,the original song was composed by Ilayaraja and sung by SP Balasubrahmanyam. The new song however is crooned by none other than the hottest singer of the block, Arijit Singh.
The makers of Dear Zindagi have always insisted that Shah Rukh and Alia are not romantically involved in the film, and that Alia Bhatt will be dating Kunal, Angad, Aditya Roy Kapur and Ali Zafar. However going by the previous songs, I always had a feeling that Alia will fall for King Khan at some point of time. Well, this song definitely gives proper shape to my doubts, as Alia’s gaze towards SRK is definitely full of puppy love. Well, we can’t blame her, for the man is really looking charming with his beard, dimpled smile and those cool Aviator shades. Whether it is romance or whether she is suffering from ‘transference’ – a situation where one falls for their counsellor – is something we can only know when the movie comes out this Friday.
As of now enjoy the new version of Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le…
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