Currently she is one of the top playback singers in Bollywood - having sung for top actresses such as: Rekha, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Kajol, Urmila Matondkar, Rani Mukherji, Aishwarya Rai, Sushmita Sen, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor, Asin, Anushka Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Parineeti Chopra and Alia Bhatt.
She started her singing career at a very early age of four. She participated in many competitions and made her presence felt. Her family soon shifted to Mumbai when Tabassum, a TV host spotted her talent and expressed to her parents that she could further her career if they went to Mumbai. She became quite famous through the various competitions she participated in. Her performances were telecast all over India through the National Television channel Doordarshan, through the music show Meri Aawaz Suno where she won the "Lata Mangeshkar Trophy" for the best female singer of India along with Pradip Somasundaran in the male category. This was the first such televised contest in India in 1996. Her first break in a Hindi film was in the film Shastra followed by Gang, Veergati, Dahek, Bade Dilwala, Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat, Shyam Benegal's Samar and the Vidhu Vinod Chopra film Mission Kashmir. She had no formal training before she entered into various national singing competitions. Lata Mangeshkar offered to train her when she won on the nationally-telecast "Meri Aawaz Suno"
Her singing career got a big boost when Sandeep Chowta gave her the first major break in Mast. After Mast there was no turning back. Sunidhi Chauhan had been getting lots of criticism for an extremely mature voice despite being young. However this criticism ended once Chameli came with her biggest song to date "Bhaage Re Mann" and today she and Nihira Joshi are known as the most versatile singers since Kavita Krishnamurthy and Asha Bhosle.
Piku
Sunidhi Chauhan Lyrics
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सुबह की धूप पे इसी की दस्तख़त है
इसी की रोशनी उड़ी जो हर तरफ है
ये लम्हो के कुवे में रोज़ झाँकति है
ये जाके वक़्त से हिसाब मांगती है
ये पानी है ये आग है
ये खुदी लिखी किताब है
सुबह की धूप पे इसी की दस्तख़त है
हा हा हा हा
हा हा हा हा
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पन्ना सांसो का पलटे और लिखे उनपे मन की बात रे
लेना इसको क्या किस से
इसको तो भाए खुद का साथ रे
उः ओह बारिश की बूँद जैसी, सर्दी की ढूँढ जैसी
कैसी पहेली इसका हाल ना मिले
कभी ये आसमान उतारती है नीचे
कभी ये भागे ऐसे बादलों के पीछे
इसे हर दर्द घूँट जाने का नशा है
करो जो आए जी में इसका फैसला है
ये पानी है ये आग है, ये खुदी लिखी किताब है
ये प्यार की खुराक सी है पीकु
मोड राहो के चेहरे
इसको जाना होता जिस ओर है
ऐसे सरगम सुनाए
खुद इसके सुर हैं इसके राग रे
उः ओह रूठे तो मिर्ची जैसी
हंस दे तो चीनी जैसी
कैसी पहेली इसका हल ना मिले
सुबह की धूप पे इसी की दस्तख़त है
इसी की रोशनी उड़ी जो हर तरफ है
ये लम्हो की कुवे में रोज़ झाँकति है
ये जाके वक़्त से हिसाब मांगती है
ये पानी है ये आग है, ये खुदी लिखी किताब है
प्यार की खुराक सी है पीकु
The lyrics to "Piku" by Sunidhi Chauhan are a beautiful ode to life and the different moments that make it so rich. The song starts by celebrating the morning sunlight and its warmth, which is a proclamation of the signature of life itself. The lyrics then transition to talking about the different elements of life, like water and fire, and the fact that they are all written like a book by the divine, which highlights the beautiful and natural aspect of life.
The song then transitions to a beautiful invocation to the self by implying that our breath contains infinite stories waiting to be unraveled in the pages of life. The song then refers to rain's cool breeze and cold winter nights and calls them beautiful mysteries waiting to be explored. The lyrics symbolize the different emotions and experiences that shape our lives' texture, and each one is written like a beautiful tale waiting to be discovered.
The song ultimately implies that love is the ultimate motivation, and its dose is something as simple and beautiful as the morning sunlight. This song is a beautiful celebration of life and a canvas of different emotions.
Line by Line Meaning
धूप धूप धूप (?)
The repetition of the word 'dhoop' highlights the intensity of the bright sunlight that this song is referring to.
सुबह की धूप पे इसी की दस्तख़त है
The author is stating that the sunlight of the morning is a symbol of signifying an agreement which involves a promise of being present.
इसी की रोशनी उड़ी जो हर तरफ है
The light of this same sun is present everywhere, illuminating everything.
ये लम्हो के कुवे में रोज़ झाँकति है
Every moment is like a deep well that can be peered into, giving glimpses into the past.
ये जाके वक़्त से हिसाब मांगती है
These moments demand a reckoning with the passage of time.
ये पानी है ये आग है
The author is portraying life as being both soothing and fiery, symbolized by water and fire respectively.
ये खुदी लिखी किताब है
This is the self-written book of life.
प्यार की खुराक सी है पीकु
Piku is like a dose of love.
हा हा हा हा
This is an expression of joy and laughter.
पन्ना सांसो का पलटे और लिखे उनपे मन की बात रे
The pages turn and the thoughts that arise are written on them. It is as though we are writing these thoughts ourselves with every breath.
लेना इसको क्या किस से
Who can claim ownership of these thoughts?
इसको तो भाए खुद का साथ रे
We can only be true to ourselves and our own thoughts.
उः ओह बारिश की बूँद जैसी, सर्दी की ढूँढ जैसी
Piku is like the refreshing raindrops and the search for warmth in the cold.
कैसी पहेली इसका हाल ना मिले
She is like a riddle that cannot be easily solved.
कभी ये आसमान उतारती है नीचे
Sometimes she descends from the sky and comes down to earth.
कभी ये भागे ऐसे बादलों के पीछे
Other times, she runs away behind the clouds.
इसे हर दर्द घूँट जाने का नशा है
There's an intoxication in taking a sip of every pain that comes with life.
करो जो आए जी में इसका फैसला है
It is up to us to decide how we will react to each experience.
ये पानी है ये आग है, ये खुदी लिखी किताब है
Once again, the song reminds us that life can simultaneously be calm and turbulent and we are the ones writing the narrative of our life.
ये प्यार की खुराक सी है पीकु
Piku is a source of love and nourishment.
मोड राहो के चेहरे
As the road turns, new faces are revealed.
इसको जाना होता जिस ओर है
And each person must inevitably go in their own direction.
ऐसे सरगम सुनाए
In this way, the song is like a beautiful melody.
खुद इसके सुर हैं इसके राग रे
We ourselves are the notes and the melody of our own life.
उः ओह रूठे तो मिर्ची जैसी
If she's angry, then Piku is like a chili pepper.
हंस दे तो चीनी जैसी
If she smiles, then she's as sweet as sugar.
कैसी पहेली इसका हल ना मिले
Once again, the song reminds us that Piku is an enigma that cannot be easily deciphered.
ये लम्हो की कुवे में रोज़ झाँकति है
And every day, we look into the deep well of our moments, peering into the past and contemplating the future.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Juhi Chaturvedi
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