"Yaara Seeli Seeli" () 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 '' Lekin...'' (1990). The lyrics of the song was written by

Gulzar Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poetry, Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He starte ...

. the music was composed by

Hridaynath Mangeshkar Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar (Marathi pronunciation: �ɾud̪əjnaːt̪ʰ məŋɡeːʃkəɾ born 26 October 1937) is an Indian music director and occasional singer. He is the only son of musician Deenanath Mangeshkar and younger brother of ...

and

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar (; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He ...

was the playback singer. The song fetched

a national award (best female playback singer) and

a Filmfare award (best lyrics).

Theme

The song remembers the loved one. Neeraj Sharma in his book ''Gulzariyat - Gulzar's Songs: Discover What’s Beneath'' translated the first two lines of this song as: "The night of separation burns slowly like wet wood, neither complete ablaze nor wholly extinguished. It is more painful because this is neither complete death nor complete life, just hung in between."

Awards

The song brought several national awards. Lata Mangeshkar won her third

National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer The National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to a female playback singer for the best renditions of songs from films within the Cinema of India, Indian fi ...

in 1990 for this song. Gulzar won a

Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist The Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine since 1959 as a part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Superlatives * Gulzar holds the record for the most wins in this category, with 13 awards, follow ...

(1992).

References

External links

* Songs in Hindi 1991 songs Songs written for Hindi-language films Lata Mangeshkar songs Songs with lyrics by Gulzar {{1990s-song-stub