Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Aparna Singh
Diljit Dosanjh’s Amar Singh Chamkila streamed on Netflix recently and is gaining quite massive applause.
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The song Vida Karo from the biographical drama starring Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra is going viral on the internet.
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Did you know that this heartbreaking track has an inspirational story behind it?
Diljit Dosanjh
The song Vida Karo comes at the place where they have been shot down and they seek a poetic departure from this world.
Diljit Dosanjh
The chorus of this heartbreaking track reads, “Mainu Vida Karo, Mainu Vida Karo Ji, Maine Jaana Hai Us Paar, Tum Sabhi Saaf Sahi, Hoon Matt Maila Main, Tum Sabhi Paak Magar, Paap Ka Dariya Main, Mainu Vida Karo…”
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In English, it translates to, "Please let me go, my friend. I must move on to the other side. While you are all sincere and pure, I am tarnished and unclean. You are all holy, but I’m a torrent of sin. Let me go, let me go, my love, my friend."
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This song has been inspired by a poem of the same name written by the late poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi.
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi rose to prominence as a poetic prodigy who crafted evocative verses that explored themes of love and existential angst.
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His poems have previously also inspired several songs. For example, Diljit Dosanjh’s reprised version of Ikk Kudi (Highway). Aaj din chadheya from the movie Love Aaj Kal.
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