Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai

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"Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai"
Song by Kishore Kumar
from the album Kaalia
Released1981
Recorded1981
Genre Filmi
Length5:26
Composer(s) R. D. Burman
Lyricist(s) Majrooh Sultanpuri
Kaalia track listing
  1. "Dil To Dete Nahi"
  2. "Jab Se Tumko Dekha"
  3. "Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai"
  4. "Kaun Kisi Ko Baandh Saka"
  5. "Sanam Tum Jahan Mera Dil Wahan"
  6. "Tum Saath Ho Jab Apne"
Music video
"Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai" on YouTube

Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai (transl. Where your sight is) is a 1981 Bollywood action film song by Kishore Kumar in the film Kaalia, written and directed by Tinnu Anand, the film was produced by Iqbal Singh. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan (in the title role), Parveen Babi, Asha Parekh, Kader Khan, Pran, Amjad Khan, K.N. Singh and Jagdeep. The film was hit. [1] [2]

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The film credits R.D. Burman with composing the music. However, credit may belong elsewhere. A song named Hele Maali by Iranian-American musician Zia Atabay came out in 1977, and has the same tune as Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai. [3] [4] Amitabh Bachchan, the star of the movie, has also claimed credit for it. [5] The lyrics to Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

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In the film the Amitabh Bachhan character sings the song in a nightclub while pinching an expensive diamond necklace off the neck of the beautiful posh girl he is dancing with, all the while thwarting the designs of the girl's original dance partner (Amjad Khan) who had set out to do the same thing himself. The song is a series of boasts about his own prowess at sleight of hand and taunts directed at the rival thief.

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References

  1. ↑ BoxOffice India.com Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Amitabh Bachchan reveals he composed Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai". 11 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Jahan teri yeh nazar hai from movie Kaalia 1981 is a copy of Iranian Persian song". Talkwalker. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Zia Atabai - Hele Mali . ضیا اتابای - هله مالی , retrieved 20 April 2023
  5. ↑ "Amitabh Bachchan reveals he composed Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai".
  6. ↑ "RD Burman's 'Kaalia' number influenced Sajid-Wajid's 'Palat'". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 22 March 2014 – via Business Standard.
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