Songs of Threats

Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 15/10/2023

There are a few songs where threats are used to get one’s way. This post attempts to list songs of this category. Most of the songs of course are light hearted where a threat is almost like a last ditch attempt to win over the person one loves. The other person too is secretly in love but chooses to deliberately put up his/her price.

As they say, all is fair in love and war! Thus, some threats border on emotional blackmail and would even count as hitting below the belt. There are some serious threats too followed by some fitting counter-threats. Some of the phrases/words to watch out for are – nahin to (or else), teri khair nahin (you will not be spared), tum dekhte rahiyo (you just watch), anjaam soch lo (think of the consequences), chaahe chale churiyaan (even if daggers are pulled out), shor mach jaayega (this will be talk of the town).

[Just to clarify, threats dealing with a war situation have not been explored in this post.]

1) Suno Suno Miss Chatterjee – Bahaarein Phir Bhi aayengi (1966) – Aziz Kashmiri – O.P.Nayyar – Md.Rafi & Asha Bhosle. This lovely song sung by Rafi for Johnny Walker in his inimitable style has a very serious (!!) threat being made in the last stanza. Johnny’s love interest is angry with him for flirting with someone else and he tries to assuage her. When all his entreaties do not yield the desired result, he resorts to the threat of committing suicide by strangling himself with her red dupatta and naming her as the one abetting his suicide in a letter to the government. His friends help him enact the entire scene rather animatedly. Here is the video link of the song.

Jhansa deke na jaa mujhko
desh mera hai Jhaansi
lekar tera laal dupataa
le loonga main phaansi
marte marte likh jaaunga
government ko letter ji
L E T T E R letter
L E T T E R letter
suno suno Miss Chatterji

2) Chupke Se Dil De De Nai Te – Maryada (1971) – Anand Bakshi – Kalyanji Anandji – Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar. This playful song from Maryada is about threats and counter threats. The words nai te (or else) are typically those one uses while resorting to threatening or warning someone. When the hero threatens the heroine to part with her heart or else…, she retorts by saying that if she is defamed for her romantic escapade, even he will not escape scot free. The entire world will know about this.

Chupke se dil de de
nahin te
 nahin te
shor mach jaayegaa
oy main ho gayi badnaam
te na soch
tu bach jaayegaa
shor mach jaayegaa

3) Jhooth Bole Kauva Kaate – Bobby (1973) – Vithalbhai Patel – Laxmikant Pyarelal – Lata Mangeshkar & Shailendra Singh. This is one duet where the threat of the man results in a change of stance by the lady. Here again, both exchange threats till the lady is forced to relent. The words तुम देखते रहियो – you just watch – are the ones to note. The threats and counter threats are – main maike chali jaaungi, main danda lekar aaunga, main kunwe mein gir jaaungi, main rassi se khichwaaunga, main ped pe chadh jaaungi, main aari se katwaaunga, main dooja byaah rachaaunga, main maike nahin jaaungi.

jhoothh bole kauwa kaate
kaale kauve se dariyo
tum dekhte rahiyo
main maike chali jaaungi
tum dekhte rahiyo
tu maike chali jaayegi
main danda lekar aaunga
tu danda lekar aayega....

4) Humse Nain Milaana BA Paas Karke – Aankhen (1950) – Raja Mehdi Ali Khan – Madan Mohan – Mukesh & Shamshad Begum. This is a hilarious duet sung on stage. The lady wants her man to become a graduate – a B.A. to be precise. She will not settle for anything less. The man claims to be ishq mein MA paas. The lady is not impressed. He then dejectedly accuses her of not valuing his love and threatens to commit suicide – good bye good bye good bye o meri raani maine marne ki hai thaani! She still does not budge. Her refrain is – mere baalmaa na jaana dil udaas karke, hamse preet lagaana BA paas karke.

BA nahin hoon lekin main hoon ishq mein MA paas
aji tum kya jaano Mr Majnu dost hain mere khaas..
jungle me tum dono jaakar karo ikatthi ghaas
chale aaye ho tum akal ka satyanaash kar ke
hamse preet lagaana BA paas karke
ho BA paas karke ji BA paas karke

ishq ki haay toone qadar na jaani
degree ke peeche tu to huyi hai deewani
good bye good bye
good bye o meri raani
maine marne ki hai thaani
mere baalmaa na jaana dil udaas karke
hamse preet lagaana BA paas karke

5) Tera Phoolon Jaisa Rang – Kabhie Kabhie (1976) – Sahir Ludhianvi – Khayyam – Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar. This sweet romantic duet is about spurning the lover in jest and the lover comeing back with a threat. He wants to have his way, even if it means resorting to combat (figuratively, I presume!)(yeh na hogaa kisi taur chaahe chale chhurriyaan). The lady keeps him at bay. He then threatens to take her to the police station if she does not capitulate (seedhe seedhe haan karti hai Yaa chalnaa hai thhaane?). She nevertheless continues to hold her ground. The lyrics of Sahir are very spirited and apt.

Teraa phoolon jaisa rang
tere sheeshe jaise ang
padi jaise hi nazar
main to reh gayaa dang
aate jaate kare tang
tere achchhe nahin dhang
main to karoongi sagaai
kisi doosre ke sang
ho mere hote koi aur
kare tere baare gaur
yeh na hogaa kisi taur
chaahe chale chhuriyaan

seedhe seedhe haan karti hai
Yaa chalnaa hai thhaane
thhane jaate jaate mar gaye
tujh se kayee deewaane

yoonhi nakhre na kar
teri choti ko pakad
tujhe laaungaa main ghar
chaahe chale chhuriyaan

6) Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain Ki – Khuddar (1982) – Majrooh Sultanpuri – Rajesh Roshan – Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar. This song by Majrooh Sultanpuri shows how he had slowly started moulding himself to the changed times. These lyrics would be difficult to think of, in say, the 1950s or 1960s. Here is an attempt at declaring love for the lady in multiple languages and expecting reciprocity. The lady initially refuses and even calls the hero an idiot. Soon there is emotional blackmail and a threat to commit suicide by consuming poison in full public view; the lady is compelled to fall in line.

...Tu jaldi se haan kar de
varna teri qasam khaataa hoon
saari duniyaa ke aage jaani
abhi poison khaataa hoon

Angrezi mein kehti hoon ki
I love you

7) Raaz Ki Baat Keh Dun To – Dharma (1973) – Verma Malik – Sonik Omi – Asha Bhosle & Md. Rafi. This action packed qawwali has threats and counter threats flying thick and fast. Pran and Bindu are at their best. Bindu wants to reveal a secret which Pran does not want out in the open. Towards the end through the lyrics of the song, he reveals his true identity – main chandan hu-ba-hu hun – to Bindu. Verma Malik’s lyrics are written very intelligently to suit the situation. Pran plays the eponymous Dharma a.k.a. Chandan.

Raaz ki baat keh doon to jaane mahfil mein
 phir kya ho

raaz khulne ka tum pehle zaraa anjaam soch lo
ishaaron ko agar samjho raaz ko raaz rehne do

8) Yeh Parda Hata Do – Ek Phool Do Maali (1969) – Prem Dhawan – Ravi – Md.Rafi & Asha Bhosle. Featuring Sanjay Khan and Sadhana, this fun song is about warning the lover of the consequences of pursuing and persisting. Even as Sanjay Khan tries to convince her that his love for her is true, Sadhana very realistically enacts how her mother would take him to task. The words teri khair nahin ring the alarm bells.

Yeh parda hata do
zara mukhda dikha do
hum pyaar karne waale hain
koi gair nahin
arre hum tum pe marne waale hain
koi gair nahin
O Majnu ke naana
mere peechhe na aana
jaa pyaar karne waale
teri khair nahin
arre o hum pe marne waale
teri khair nahin

shukhr karo ke pade nahin hain
meri maa ke dande
ek haath mein ho jaate
armaan tumhaare thande

9) Aana Meri Jaan Meri Jaan – Shehnai (1947) – P L Santoshi – C Ramchandra – Meena Kapoor, Shamshad Begum & C. Ramchandra. This is an evergreen stage song which has hilarious lyrics. The man is all modern and westernized whereas the woman is completely rooted in tradition. She does not entertain the man and instead threatens him with physical assault. She sees no meeting ground between them.

aao haathon me haath le walk karen ham
aao sweet sweet aapas me talk kare ham
arre hat
sainya mera pahalwaal hai
maare dand hazaar
bhaag jaayega bedum bandar(?) dega jo lalkaar
maare gin gin ke gin gin ke dande dande

10) Jaa Jaa Re Chhod De Kalai – Phagun (1958) – Qamar Jalalabadi – O.P.Nayyar – Asha Bhosle & Md.Rafi. This fun song appears to be a distraction to provide cover for the entry of Madhubala in to the mansion. Kammo and Dhumal try to distract Mehmood, who is the guard. Mehmood falls into the trap and neglects his duty of keeping vigil. He tries to get the better of Dhumal in wooing Kammo, threatening to send Dhumal to Patne ki jail.

....Bhejoonga isko Patne ki jail mein
tujhko phansaaunga ankhiyon ke khel mein
karoongaa sagaayi
 yahaan aa

This ends my list of ten songs which are peppered with threats. To be fair, most of them are rather frivolous. Which songs would you want to add to this list?

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