Where in pop culture , films or music do the words Akeli Awaara Azaad show up?
What context are they located in ?
And, what are we as a campaign within a movement constructing when we
string Akeli Awaara Azaad ?
Akeli Mat Jaiyo Don’t go alone
Akeli Mat Jaiyo Don’t go alone
Akeli Mat Jaiyo Don’t go alone
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Aisay milega koi suni suni raahon mein
You could meet someone on a lonely path
Chamak uthey ki bijli nigaahon mein
You will feel a lightening and excitement
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Movie Name: Akeli Mat Jaiyo II Translated as ‘ Don’t Go Alone’
II Year 1963
Featuring Actor Meena Kumari
Akeli Na Bazaar Jaya Karo
Don’t go to the market alone
Nazar Lag Jayegi
Someone will cast an evil eye on you
Sabki Nazar Main Na Aaya Karo
Stay away from everybody’s’ eyes
Nazar Lag Jayegi
Someone will cast an evil eye on you
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Movie Name: Major Saab II Year 1998 || Featuring Actors Ajay Devgan & Sonali Bendre
Mai ladki akeli akeli akeli I am a girl alone
Piche padhe ladke 100- 100 daily Followed by 100 boys daily
Koi bole chalti hai kya Some say do you want to come with us
Koi bole darti hai kya Some say are you scared
Sab bole tu toh hai paheli All say that you are a riddle
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Movie Name : Jaanam Samjha Karo (Translated as ‘Sweetheart, Try to Understand’) II Year 1999 || Featuring Actor Urmila Matondhkar
Ek akela is shaher main All alone in this city
Raat main aur dopahar main Night and day
Abudana dhoondta hai Looking for a humsafar
Aashiyana dhoondta hai Looking for a nest
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Movie Name : Gharonda (Translated as ‘The Nest’) II Year 1977 || Featuring Actor Bhupinder Singh
Yeh duniya ke mele This world is a celebration
Magar hum akele But we are alone
Tamana hai koi hame saath lele Wish that someone takes us with them
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Movie Name : Chor Bazaar II Year 1954 || Featuring Actors Sumitra Devi & Shammi Kapoor
Akele Akele, Kahan Ja Rahe Ho? Akele Akele, where are you going?
Hume Saath Lelo, Jahan Ja Rahe Ho Take us with you, wherever you are going ________________
Tadpata Naa Chhodho Meri Jaan Ho Tum Don’t leave me suffering, you are my life
Yeh Mukhada Naa Modho Meri Jaan Ho Tum Don’t turn away your face, you are my life
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Movie Name: An Evening in Paris || Year 1967 || Featuring Actors Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore
Akeley hain chaley aaoh jahan ho Am alone, come whereever you are
Akeley hain chaley aaoh jahan ho Am alone, come whereever you are
Kahan awaz de tumko kahan ho Where should I call you, where are you?
Akeley hain chaley aaoh jahan ho Am alone, come whereever you are
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Movie Name: Raaz (Translated as ‘Secret’) || Year 1967 || Featuring Actors Rajesh Khanna & Babita
Akele hain to kya gam hai If we are alone then there is no sadness
Chahein to hamare bas mein kya nahin There is nothing that we are not capable of
Bas ek zara sath ho tera Just need your support
Tere to hain hum, kab se sanam We are yours, since forever
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Movie Name: Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (Translated as ‘From Doomsday till Doomsday’) || Year 1988 || Featuring Actors Juhi Chawla & Aamir Khan
“ I am awaara.
I am a star in the sky
I have no home, nor family.
Nor do I love anyone
I love ‘sunsaan nagar’ / the abandoned place
I love ‘anjaan nagar’ / the place of strangers
I am awaara/ the outsider, the wanderer “
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Movie : Awaara II Year 1951 II Featuring Actor Raj Kapoor
Hai Apna Dil To Awara
My heart is awaara / a free wanderer
Na jaane kis pay aayega
Who knows who this heart will settle for
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Movie Name: Solva Saal (Translated as Sixteenth Year) II Year 1958 || Featuring Actors Dev Anand & Waheeda Rahman
Ghoome hum gali gali ghoome We roam in the streets
Gali aur jhingum moon main With a curse and a chewing gum in our mouths
Dilli basti hai rooh main The city of Delhi in our souls
Awaara hai We are ‘Awaara’
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Featuring Singers Badshah Ft. Reet Talwar || Year: 2020 ||
Paas laaya tere It got me closer to you
Yun sataya mujhe It teased me
Phir tere liye majboor kiya It made me need you
Ho Awaara Awaara, Dil Awaara Hua My heart is ‘awaara’
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Movie Name: Alone || Year 2014 || Featuring Actors Karan Singh Grover & Bipasha Basu
Awara pagal deewana Wayward Crazy Insane
Ban gaya aashiq jaane jana Way Has become a lover
In aankhon ne lute hai mujhe These eyes have won me over
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Movie: Awara Paagal Deewana (Translated as ‘Wayward Crazy Insane’) || Year 2002 || Featuring Actors Aftab Shivdasani & Amrita Arora
Deewarein Oonchi Hai, Galiyan Hai Tang The walls are high and streets tired
Lambi dagar hai par himmat hai sang The journey is long but there is strength
Paaon pe chhaale hai, saansein buland Sores on the feet, breath intact
Ladne chali hoon aazadi ki jung Going to fight the struggle for ‘aazadi’
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Bekhauf aazad jeena hai mujhe I want to live with freedom, without fear
Bekhauf aazad jeena hai mujhe I want to live with freedom, without fear
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Year 2014 II Singer Sona Mohapatra II
Television Series : Satyamev Jayate
Credits for Song: Shruti Choudhary via Instagram
Hum Thay Kaha Na Yaad Kar Try to remember where we were
Phir se mujhe eejad kar Discover me once more
Khol de na mujhe, Azaad Kar Open me, Free me
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Movie: Daas Dev (Translated as ‘Servant God’) || Year 2018 || Featuring Actors Rahul Bhat, Aditi Rao Hydari & Richa Chadha
Azaad aaya re ho Azaad is here
Khushiya laya re Bringing happiness
Main aisa dilwala I am like this good hearted
Mera har kaam nirala My every deed is unique
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Movie Name: Mr. Azaad || Year: 1994 || Featuring Actor Anil Kapoor
Azadi - Freedom
Azadi - Freedom
Azadi - Freedom
Azadi - Freedom
Ho tera pinjra mein jaal ni khana In your cage, there is no net or food
Parindeya ne udd jaana tera pinjra The bird will fly away from your cage
Movie Name: Gully Boy || Year 2019 || Featuring Actor Ranveer Singh
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