Zindagi Ek Safar Hai

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"Zindagi Ek Safar Hai"
Song by Kishore Kumar
from the album Andaz
Language Hindi
Released1971
Length4:22
Label Saregama
Composer(s) Shankar Jaikishan
Lyricist(s) Hasrat Jaipuri

"Zindagi Ek Safar Hai" (translation: Life is a journey) is a song from the Hindi film Andaz, composed by the duo of Shankar Jaikishan, written by Hasrat Jaipuri and sung by Kishore Kumar. [1] The song topped the annual list of Binaca Geetmala for 1971. [1]

Contents

Picturization

In the film, Rajesh Khanna features in the Happy Version of the song sung by Kishore Kumar. The second version sung by Mohammad Rafi features Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Rajesh Khanna

Awards

Trivia

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