Beqas Pe Karam Kijiye from Mughal-e-Azam has it – “Lillah meri doobti ko kashti ko bacha le” (Rescue my sinking boat”), as do numerous bhajans. ‘Life as a stormy ocean’ is a universal trope in devotional music, across faiths. In Chalo Bulawa Aaya Haifrom Avtaar, a couple travels to the shrine, again for an ailing child, hoping the goddess will save his life. The journey to her abode is a trial in itself and a metaphor for penance, making the devotee’s prayers especially fervent. But the goddess as Vaishno Devi is particularly sought out in a crisis. The garba-dandiya songs, like the one to Ma Sherawali from Suhaag, remain popular to this day. It is the season of celebration of the Mother Goddess, and dozens of paeans have been sung to her many forms. The father’s solitary distress – “Mere dukh se tu kaise anjaan rahe” (You must surely know my sorrow) – and his little Ganpati idol are juxtaposed against the crowd’s joyous refrain of “Ganpati Bappa Morya” and the enormous idols that swirl around him as they are taken to be immersed in the sea. Play Manamohana Bade Jhoothe, Seema (1955).Ī particularly poignant song, in which a father pleads for help for an ailing daughter, is Mere Man Mandir Mein from Dard Ka Rishta, scored by RD Burman and sung by Hariharan. Data check: Mohammed Shami becomes 11th Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in Test cricket.

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