Movie: This song appeared in 1959 social romantic drama Anari (An Innocent Person) directed by late Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by L B Lachman under the banner of L B Films. The movie starred late Raj Kapoor, late Nutan, late Motilal, late Lalita Pawar, Shubha Khote, etc.
Raj Kumar (Raj Kapoor) is honest handsome, intelligent and young. He is also a painter. But, he cannot make ends meet with his works. He is also not able to pay rent to his kind-hearted but stern-behaving landlady Mrs. D’sa (Lalita Pawar). Once, Raj finds a wallet containing a lot of money and returns it to the rightful owner Mr. Ramnath (Motilal). Ramnath likes Raj’s honesty and employs him in his office as a clerk. Raj meets Ramnath’s maidservant Asha (Nutan) and makes friends with her. He decides to paint her picture for Rs.1000. When he gets a 1000 currency note from her boss Aarti (Shobha Khote), he is fascinated by it and gives it to Asha because he thinks she is more in need of it. While leaving the bungalow where Asha works, Raj sings this song.
Song: The lyrics of this song were written by Shailendra and the music was composed by Shankar-Jaikishan.
The gist of the song is, “Fall in love with someone’s smiles. Borrow the pains of others. Fall in love with someone. This is the right way to live.”
Video: Cinematography is by Jaywant Pathare. Dance Choreography is by Satyanarayan.
The video opens with Raj Kapoor coming out of Nutan’s bungalow (in the movie), with spring in his step. A group of birds flies overhead. He encounters some goats and some school children on his way. He begins to march like them.
He suddenly realizes that a grasshopper is present below his shoe. He almost crushes it but stops short at the right time. He picks it up on a pipal leaf and places on the side of the road. He begins to sing at this moment. He dances with 2 little girls passing that way.
2 men come that way on bicycles, whistling. He shows an empty pocket to a street vendor and continues to sing. The vendor drops some peanuts in his hand and Raj Kapoor leaves the place. A blind man is crossing the street and is about to get hurt from a cyclist. Raj Kapoor saves him.
Raj Kapoor helps the blind beggar to cross the street and drops the peanuts into his bowl. Soon, the lead actor sprints toward his destination as the sun sets. The song peters out and the video ends there.
Artists: The playback of this song was sung by Mukesh and the onscreen performances are by Raj Kapoor and others.
Cultural Influence: There is not much cultural influence on this song. The song and the artists are very good. The video is watchable for the same.
