"Tujhse Naaraz Nahi Zindagi" () is an Indian

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song from the Bollywood film '' Masoom'' (1983). The lyrics of the song was written by

Gulzar Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this ...

, and composed by

R. D. Burman Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work w ...

. The song has two different versions — female, and male, and were sung by

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her cont ...

and

Anup Ghoshal Anup Ghoshal is an Indian playback singer, composer in Hindi films and other vernacular Indian films, especially Bengali language films. He is known in his native Bengal primarily as one of the foremost Nazrulgeeti exponents, and was one of th ...

resepectively. In 1984, Gulzar won a

Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist The Filmfare Lyricist Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The awards were first given in 1954; however, the Award for the best lyricist was first given in 1959. List of winners 1 ...

for this song.

Theme

The opening lines of the song set the theme. The lyricist attempts to understand the strangeness of life. He claims he is upset, but not angry. In the film ''Masoom'' te male version of the song sings and captures a father's helplessness and the female version narrates a woman's pain in dealing with her husband's illegitimate child.

Awards

Gulzar, the lyricist of this song, won a

for this song in 1984. R. D. Burman won an award in the category of "best soundtrack".

References

External links

* 1983 songs Songs in Hindi Indian songs Lata Mangeshkar songs Songs with music by R. D. Burman Songs with lyrics by Gulzar {{Hindi-film-stub