Love is a complex emotion. It’s meaning and the emotions tied to it take a 360-degree approach. Anyone who can fathom these emotions into words, in nothing is a real poet. Javed Akhtar is one such legend who has talked about love with immense ease in his lyrics. Some of his penned-down songs have touched our hearts so deeply that their colours have turned eternal in our hearts.
Here are 5 of the most loved and relished Javed Akhtar’s lyrics on love in Bollywood movies that are perfect to dedicate to your partner.
‘Tere Liye’
Javed Akhtar wrote these lyrics from the depths of the soul of someone who has stayed separated from their loved one. This song will make you cry tears of sorrow.
“Kya kahoon duniyaa ne kiya, mujh se kaisa bair
Hukm tha, main jiyoon, lekin tere bagair.
Nadan hain wo, kehte hain jo, mere liye tum ho gair”
‘Tumko Dekha To Yeh Khayal Aaya’
This ghazal is one of Akhtar’s best lyrics. With a subtle and soft melody, these beautiful lyrics on love are like a cherry on the cake.
“Tum chale jaaoge to sochenge
Humne kya khoya humne kya paaya”
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‘Kuch To Hua Hai’
This song talks about the first feeling of love (Love Missing Quotes And Messages) when you dress up a little nicer, groom yourself more and smile a lot more. It has captured the raw feeling of being lost in someone’s memories and thinking about them.
“Dhyaan ab apna zyaada rakhta hoon
Sochta hoon main kaisa lagta hoon
Aaina ho to dekh leta hoon”
‘Kaisi Hai Ye Rut’
A masterpiece by Akhtar, this song transcends beyond the boundaries of conventional love. The protagonist falls for a divorced (Tips To Know Before Filing A Divorce) woman much older than him. He has written the song like an artist paints on a canvas.
“Kaise kisi ko batayen
Kaise yeh samjaayen kya pyaar hai
Is mein bandhan nahin hai
Aur na koyi bhi deewaar hai”
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‘Tumhi Dekho Naa’
Listening to this will take you back to the initial days of meeting your partner. The time when you had just fallen in love and it was all you could think about.
“Mein toh anjaan thi, yun bhi hoga kabhi
Pyaar barsega yun toot ke
Sach yeh ikraar hai, sach yahi pyar hai
Baaki bandhan hai sab jhoot ke”