![]() It was good to see a film make room for such a song again. These particular lyrics aren’t the greatest, but I’m talking about the genre of the song: the philosophical (or spiritual, or motivational) song that rises above the specifics – the specific character, the specific film – and resonates with a larger truth, something that could be about you or me. These are the kind of words you used to find on motivational posters on office walls – which, these days, have been downsized to positive-thinking pictures on your Facebook wall. I’m talking about its lyrics, which go Chal apna rasta bana… Badlega khud ko to hi badlega yeh jahaan… Chingaari hogi to aag jagegi… Go make your own path… Change yourself and see the world change… You have to light a spark to make a fire. ![]() Thoughts on the philosophical song, so much a part of our films at one time, but not anymore.Īs a movie, I did not care much for Manjhi: The Mountain Man, but there are some interesting things in it, like the song O Rahi. ![]()
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