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

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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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