“Agar Tum Saath Ho” is not just a song, it’s an emotion;
it has a sentiment of love and melancholy attached to it, it pacifies those who
believe in love, and those who don’t. It is a song for the ones who are trying
to let go, and for the ones who have, with all their might, have finally let gone.
It
is a companion in those lonely nights as it hugs you in its music; and it is
like that little ray of moon in those darkest of hours where you’re the most
vulnerable, from where healing yourself seems next to impossible.
As
the song starts, the beautiful lyrics by Irshad Kamil tend to bring you to a
world which is so soothing, yet gives you a mental breakdown that can’t be
healed.
Pal bhar theher jao, dil ye
sambhal jaaye, kaise tumhe rooka karun ...
Even
this first line beautifully describes the feelings of a lover- heart-broken yet
composed, as it asks her beau to just stay, after all, what more can the heart
ask for?
STAY- One simple word, but has the
ultimate power to heal you of all the sorrows, of all the pain, and that
feeling of struggle which goes on between the mind and heart every single
moment.
Bin bole baatein tumse karoon,
agar tum saaath ho ....
As
the song proceeds, it eventually describes how easily a person just staying in
life can heal you slowly, but efficiently. How, even with no conversations, a
person can express the reason behind their melancholy, only with the presence
of a heart that heals you.
The
movie “Tamasha” describes a story where the protagonist Ved (Ranbir Kapoor) is
not able to accept himself for what he is, and here is Tara (Deepika Padukone),
who falls in love with that version of Ved, which he is not ready to accept
himself.
When
Ved says, “tujhe to pyaar ho gaya hai
pagli, par kisi aur se...”, he tries to express his feelings through the
fact that even he doesn’t know what has happened to that part of himself, which
had dreams, and aspirations yet he is hurt that he can’t bring that version of
himself, as for him, that version is hidden somewhere, from where there is no
looking back.
“Teri nazron me hai tere
sapne, tere sapno me hai naraazi, mujhe lagta hai ki baatein dil ki, hoti
lafzon ki dhokebaazi...
Through
these lines, Irshad explains Ved’s version of story where he thinks that Tara
has dreams, those dreams where she has fallen in love with Ved, that Ved who loves
the stories he creates, that Ved who is capable of living the life he wishes to
live; yet those dreams have disappointment, because the life that Ved has
accepted for himself is far away from what he desires to live. And that’s how
merciless life actually is, isn’t it?
Tum Saath Ho, Ya Na ho... Kya
Fark Hai... Bedard thi Zindagi, Bedard Hai ... Agar Tum Saath Ho..”
According
to me, this one-line itself deserves a standing ovation for the manner in which
it has been drafted. After all, life, as they say, never comes to a halt, and
so does its teachings. People come, become the most important part of our life,
and then leave, but life never halts.
With
every second, we learn something which shall remain with us, until the very
end, and that’s exactly what Kamil tried
to depict through this gem of a line. And if life was merciless, it has remain
so, whether or not someone we care about stays, or leave, the only difference
is we learn to adjust with their presence and absence, both, sometime in
life.
So
what is so great about Agar Tum Saath Ho?
Is
it the beauty of the lyrics? Is it the pain in its music? Is it the portrayal of
pain through its protagonists Ved and Tara? Is it the melodious voice of Alka
Yagnik and Arijit Singh, or is it the melodious composition by A.R. Rahman Sir?
I
don’t know, for a person who has her heart in this song, can choose one.
But,
the way it expresses love and regret is a treasure. It might conflict, with the
present idea of love, which roams around PDAs and gifts etc., but it sure does
touch that string, which knows that love is much beyond all that.
It
can become your go-to sad song (like it did for me), which reminds you of
everything; you did for love, and everything you lost for it. It might have
been written just for portrayal of Ved and Tara, but I feel it fits in your
life, like an un-detachable cord.
So,
for those vulnerable nights, where we don’t find an excuse to continue with our
excuses, let’s give our excuses a new hope through bin bolien baatein tumse karoon, agar tum saath ho ...
