Chhabeela – Saawariya [2007]

Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town… with each other.

Song: Chhabeela
Movie: Saawariya (2007)
Directer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Singer: Alka Yagnik
Music Director: Monty Sharma
Lyrics: Sameer
Actors: Sonam Kapoor,Rani Mukherji and Ranbir Kapoor
Plot : Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian who rents out rooms. Ranbir meets with Lillian, who has been living alone for 37 years after her son, Vincent, left to join the army and did not return, charms her, and rents a room from her. He gets a job as a singer in a local restaurant. On the occasion of Eid, while returning home, he comes across a woman standing on the bridge. He finds her very attractive, befriends her, walks her home, finds out her name is Sakina, who is a carpet weaver and lives with her aunt and blind grandma. Just when Ranbir is about to confess his love, she tells him that she has already given her heart to Imaan, a former tenant of her grandmother’s. Imaan had left…

Saawariya (My Love) is a 2007 Hindi film produced and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story “White Nights”.

Co-produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment and released on 9 November 2007, it is the first Bollywood movie to receive a North American release by a Hollywood studio, shortly preceding Walt Disney Pictures’ animated feature Roadside Romeo (2008), and Warner Bros.’ Chandni Chowk to China. Additionally, it is one of the first Bollywood films to be released on Blu-ray Disc.

The film marks the debut of both the lead actors; Ranbir Kapoor (son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh) and Sonam Kapoor (daughter of Anil Kapoor).It also stars Rani Mukerji and Salman Khan in cameos and Zohra Sehgal in a supporting role.

Chhabeela Lyrics & English Translation

Chhal chhabeela
A flamboyant dandy, dazzlingly handsome

Rang rangeela
Color so colorful

Badan kateela
With a perfectly shaped body

Hont raseela
A savoury mouth

Roop sajeela
Facial looks so gorgeous

Yaar hateela
A defiant lover

Tang pajaama kurta dheela
What tight-fitted trousers and a loose shirt

Chhabiilaa
A flamboyant dandy

Rangeela
Colorful

Kateela
Perfectly shaped

Raseela
Savoury

Sajeela
Embellished

Hateela
Headstrong

Pajaamaa hai Dhiilaa
His pants are baggy

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

[O ho re Chhabeela
[O flamboyant dandy

Nashila saawan beeta jaye] x.2
Intoxicating clouds go by] x.2

Suno Jamiilaa hathiilaa aise tan ko jalaae
Listen up, Jameela, the heedless burns my body so

[Ke o o o o…] x.3
[That I go oh…] x.3

Aang sajiilaa dekho
Look how dressed up he is!

Rang rangiilaa dekho
Look at these beautiful colors!

Aang sajiilaa dekho
Look how dressed up he is

Rang rangiilaa dekho
Look at these beautiful colors!

Bijurii mujhpe giraaye
I may be thunderstruck

[Ke o o o o…] x.3
[As I go oh…] x.3

O ho re Chhabeela
O flamboyant dandy

Nashila saawan beeta jaye
Intoxicating clouds go by

Tu na jaane
You don’t know

Na na na tu tu tu tu na jaane
No No No You You You You Don’t Know

Tu na jaane hai yeh pyaar ka
You don’t know what love is

Kare bekadar tujhe na khabar
It makes you restless you don’t know

Kare bekadar tujhe na khabar haal dard-e-dil ka
It makes you restless you don’t know how the pains of the heart

Dono jaanle
Take both worlds (Earth and Heaven)

Chaahe tu jaanle
Whether you take my life

Rab ka hai waasta
I swear upon God

Kehna to maaan le
Trust my words

O ho re Chhabeela
O flamboyant dandy

Nashila saawan beeta jaye
Intoxicating clouds go by

Suno O Shakila
Listen up, Shakila

Hathila ese tan ko jalaye
The heedless burns my body so

[Ke o o o o…] x.3
[I go oh…] x.3

Aaja aaja aaa aa
Come Come

Aaja aaja ayeeeeee
Come Come

Aaja aaja ab to aaja
Come Come please now come here

Rasta mod ke
Some way or another

Tujhe hai kasam
[I beg of you

Ho Are berehem ] x.2
Merciless one] x.2

Kar na sitam ese
Don’t torture me like this

Pehloo se chhootke
Before I am let go

Bikhroon main tootke
And I break into pieces

Bedard baalma na jaa yoon rooth ke
Cruel lover don’t leave in such a manner

O ho re Chhabeela
O flamboyant dandy

Nashila saawan beeta jaye
Intoxicating clouds go by

Suno o Ramila
Listen up, Ramila

Hathila ese tan ko jalaye
The heedless burns my body so

[Ke o o o o…] x.3
[I go oh…] x.3

Chhal chhabeela
A flamboyant dandy, dazzlingly handsome

Rang rangeela
Color so colorful

Badan kateela
With a perfectly shaped body

Hont raseela
A savoury mouth

Roop sajeela
Facial looks so gorgeous

Yaar hateela
A defiant lover

Tang pajaama kurta dheela
What tight-fitted trousers and a loose shirt

Chhabiilaa
A flamboyant dandy

Rangeela
Colorful

Kateela
Perfectly shaped

Raseela
Savoury

Sajeela
Embellished

Hateela
Headstrong

Pajaamaa hai Dhiilaa
His pants are baggy

Kitna Sad aur Kitna Akela
How Sad and how alone.