"Baharon Phool Barsao" or "Baharon Phool Barsao, Mera Mehboob Aaya Hain" ( "Seasons of spring, shower with flowers, my beloved has come") is an Indian
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
song from the Bollywood film ''
Suraj'' (1966). The lyrics were written by
Hasrat Jaipuri
Hasrat Jaipuri, born Iqbal Hussain (15 April 1922 – 17 September 1999), was an Indian poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. He was also a renowned film lyricist in Hindi films, where he won the Filmfare Awards for Best Lyri ...
, the music was composed by
Shankar Jaikishan
Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss" and may refer to:
People
* Shankar (name)
**Ravi Shankar, Indian sitarist and composer
**Shankar (actor), Indian actor
** Shankar (Tamil militant), Tamil rebel
** Shan ...
and the song was sung by
Mohammed Rafi
Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice ...
.
The music of the song was composed in
Dadra
Dadra is associated with the Hindustani classical music of the Indian subcontinent.
Dadra tala
This is a Hindustani classical '' tala'' (rhythmic cycle), consisting of six beats in two equal divisions of three. The most commonly accepted theka ...
tala.
Hasrat Jaipuri received the
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Indian cinema.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were introduced by Filmfare magazine of The Times G ...
of the best lyricist for this song in 1967.
In 1966 Mohammed Rafi also won the Filmfare award in the category of the best male playback singer.
In a poll conducted by the
BBC Radio
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in 2013, this song was voted as the most popular song in a list of the top 100 popular Bollywood songs of all time.
Awards
References
External links
Full video at YouTube
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Songs in Hindi
1966 songs
Indian songs
Mohammed Rafi songs
Songs with music by Shankar Jaikishan
Songs with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri