"He went bananas with this song" Ketan Anand on Chetan Anand's Heer Ranjha (1970)
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor)
Document TypeIn-house Video
Date24 July 2026
Duration52 sec
FormatVertical Video
Description
“Milo Na Tum to Hum Ghabrayen” from Chetan Anand’s Heer Ranjha (1970) is the film’s great joyful song. Sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, with music by Madan Mohan and lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, it captures the first flush of love as playful delight, capturing the confusion, the shyness, the sudden overflow of happiness that makes the heart ask, “What has happened to us?”
Reminiscing about the song, filmmaker Ketan Anand revealed that this was the first time in the film that the colour yellow floods the screen. This change of palette signals the change of mood. After the earlier, more restrained tones, the arrival of yellow signals spring, joy and the fullness of life. “He went bananas with this song,” said Ketan Anand about his father, who expressed that joy in this song through the dance of the bhangra and the colours.
This video is from 'A Musical Glue for Nation-Building: Deconstructing the Film Song', presented by the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) at the 7th Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival.