"Jhumka Gira Re" (

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: झुमका गिरा रे, "Earring Has Fallen") is an Indian

song from the 1966

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Mera Saaya ''Mera Saaya'' () is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Raj Khosla. The music is by Madan Mohan and lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Sadhana. This is director Raj Khosla's third film with Sadhan ...

''. It was sung by

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. The song was picturized on

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. It was written by

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and composed by

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. It has been remixed and sampled by many other artists. The song was a hit in the 1960s, and gained cult status in India.

Composition

The song was sung by

and composed by

. Although all of the songs were picturized on

, the songs were splitted among two twin sisters, one was a naive housewife and another one was a robbery-gang's member.

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sang all the songs made for naive sister while

sang two songs for the evil sister. The song had a verse, "Phir Kya Hua?" The verse was sung by commentator

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. He was a close friend of Madan Mohan, composer of this song. It remained a mystery till 2021. Even the singer, Asha Bhosle wasn’t aware of the fact who lent the voice for this line. She called composer Madan Mohan's son Sanjeev Kohli to enquire about this.

Charts and reviews

The song secured 4th position at the

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. It was both Asha Bhosle and Madan Mohan's highest charted song that year.

Cultural impact

The song became such a big hit that the name of the city

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has been synonymous with the song. In February, 2020 the song became a national talk of the country once again when the city's authority built a statue of 14 feet tall, golden Jhumka (earring). Some newspapers including ''

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'' compared it with the Sadhana-starrer song.

Versions

This song has been remade and re-sung by many artists including

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. Singer Asha Bhosle herself remixed the song in late 1990s, which featured

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in the music video. In 2018, British playback singer and rapper

made a remake version of it.Jhumka Gira Re song by Hard Kaur
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References

External links

Watch the song.
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