It’s hard to believe that the youthful lyrics are penned by the great Majrooh Sultanpuri. Unless you are suffering from Ghajini-style amnesia, you might know that the 1980s was not a very exciting decade, but QSQT and “Papa kehte hain” managed to capture the zeitgeist. Some will become engineer and business tycoons, how will the game turn out for Raj (Khan’s lover-boy character)? Well, you could argue on screen at least, in the decades that followed he has fulfilled both those impossible dreams by playing an eccentric engineer in 3 Idiots and business magnate in Dil Chahta Hai and Ghajini. As he himself expressed some anxiety (vocals: Udit Narayan), “Papa kehte hain bada naam karega, beta hamara aisa kaam karega/Magar yeh toh koi na jaane, ki meri manzil hai kahan.” Strumming guitar (a done thing, back in the 1980/’90s), our protagonist is worried about his future.
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