Jab Kabhi Mud Ke Dekhta Hoon Main - Hip Hip Hurrey - Gulzar, Vanraj Bhatia, Bhupinder Singh, Asha Bhosle

हम जहां थे, वहां पे अब तो नहीं
पास रहने का भी सबब तो नहीं

कोई नाराज़गी नहीं है मगर,
फिर भी रूठी रूठी हुई सी लगती हो

तुम भी कुछ अजनबी सी लगती हो
जब कभी मुड़ के देखता हूं मैं

One of my most favorite #Breakup song, specially in the way the words have taken the context of the script and the situation of the characters.

The lovers are parting with sadness yet not much of ill-feelings for each other, as they have opted a separate path of life, for their personal gains/reasons. Hero, the computer scientist is going to a remote school as a Football Teacher, for the time being and the heroine, working for American clients is going to US for 3 years.. And they tread their opted respective paths, saying Goodbye in a dignified way, with a tinge of sadness ofcourse. Contrasting yet very realistic.

कोई नाराज़गी नहीं है मगर,
फिर भी रूठी रूठी हुई सी लगती हो

Looking back at times, now life is not the same, so as the self..

साथ ही साथ चलते चलते कहीं
हाथ छूटे मगर पता ही नहीं
आंसुओं से भरी सी आंखों में डूबी डूबी हुई सी लगती हो

जब कभी मुड़ के देखता हूं मैं
तुम भी कुछ अजनबी से लगती हो
मैं भी कुछ अजनबी सी लगता हूं

The pain of separation is on the both sides as Asha sings.

एक बीते हुए से रिश्ते की,
एक बीती घड़ी से लगते हो..

तुम भी कुछ अजनबी से लगते हो
मैं भी कुछ अजनबी सी लगती हूं

The best part of the song is the mood.. Bhupinder Singh gives it an ample tinge of melancholy and Vanraj Bhatia setups the ambiance specially with fantastic use of PIANO.. and what an entry by Asha Bhosle with "रात उदास नज़्म लगती है" in the second half.... But not to forget the words of Gulzar, that makes the song very very special.. and one of my top favorites.. Kudos to Prakash Jha too for handling this song excellently on screen

[To understand the context of #Breakup, watch the film here - The scene at 23mins mark]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA1Fbg2yjsY&t=23m

Sharing the full version which was cut from the film (Asha part is not in film)