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March 16, 2010, at 09:37 PM EST by gnsoqisdt - nvgrkBcQNwcMcptcWD
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Hindi film songs have many mentions of the Moon and the stars. Compiled here are those astronomical mentions that allow some conceptual connections, in some way.

So many references to Star Counts!

Perhaps the young will first think of this song from the film Swades -

''Ye Taara Woh Taara Har Taara Ye Taara Woh Taara Har Taara Dekho Jisse Bhi Lage Pyaara Ye Taara Woh Taara Har Taara Ye Sab Saath Mein Jo Hai Raat Mein Toh Jagmagaaya Aasmaan Saara Jagmag Taare, Do Taare, Lo Taare Sau Taare Jagmag Saare, Har Taara Hai Sharaara ''

A song that could speak to every amateur astronomer wanting to share the joys of skywatching with everyone.

Jab Saari duniya soti hai, hum taare ginte rehte hain from a beautiful Suraiya song from the film Bari Behan, which can be downloaded from here:-

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=285793

This half line from the song feels like an anthem for our star counts program of "Taare Sadak Par"

On the other hand, this sentence

Tum taare gino aur neend udhe, yeh baat hame manjoor nahin

From a Mohammad Rafi song, from the film Aayee milan ki bela, which can be downloaded from here

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=290897

Sounds like someone denying one a job as an observational astronomer :-)

                                        ---- (just joking) Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

And then, there is this song from the film Hariyali aur Raasta by Lata and Mukesh

Laakhon taare, aasmaan par, ek magar dhoonde na mila ...

which can be downloaded from here

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=239379

The refrain lakhon taare clearly classifies the location from where the song is being sung, as a relatively light pollutin free region.

And yet, the next line

Dekhke duniya ki deewali, dil mera chup chaap jala ...

seems to be a cursing of deewali for the light pollution that it creates :-)

This song by Kishore Kumar from the film Humsafar -

Aasman ke hain sare tare, hai mera chand kaha ...

Sounds like a light pollution free site on a New Moon night.

This Lata Mangeshkar song from the film Jadu -

Gin-gin taare, gin-gin taare, main haar gai raat ko, ..., haay mere saiyaan na aaye mulaakaat ko ...

Oh well, just enjoy counting the stars, it is great fun anyway :-)

                                 ----  (just joking) Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

Sunrise and Sunset

There is the Qawwali by Shahid Nazan, with the refrain

Chadta sooraj, dheere dheere dhalta hai dhal jayega ...

Chadta Sooraj is the Sun, climbing to the Meridian, after rising. Inevitably, it has a tendency to set, reminds the Qawwali.

So, OK, the Sun has to set and it will set.

Not so simply on Mercury though, where on some locations, when the rotation speed of Mercury drops below the speed of Mercury around the Sun, a double sunset can be seen - the Sun would set, bounce up above the horizon briefly, and set again. A double sunset!

                                  -----------  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

Phases of the Moon

There is the Pankaj Udhas gazal from Ashiyaan

Dhal gaya chaand, ... gayi raat, ... chalo so jaayen ...

This refers to the day breaking as the Moon is setting. That happens only when it is a Full Moon.

There is this song - an old one " Aadha hai Chandrama, Raat Adhi ..." from the film Navrang

This is connected with the relative positioning of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is half.

When the Chand is adha and it is adhi raat, the Moon is either just rising - it is a waning half Moon, or is just setting, it is a waxing Half Moon.

And,

This Shreya Ghosal song -

''aadhi raat jab chand dhale aur koi na ho pichhwade mein chaap dabake thaade rahiyo tu aadhe re''

Refers to the Moon setting at midnight, which means that it would be a waxing half moon.

                                                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
                                                   (With inputs from Arvind Paranjpye, Tushar Prabhu, Manoj pai and B.S. Shylaja)

Meteors

Meteors are a hot favourite in Hindi film songs.

Apparently, there is this song from a movie called "King Uncle"

aaye aao taare aasamaan ke dharati pe kisane utaare, kis ne ham ko toda hamein chhoda kisake sahaare

I have not heard it, but, sounds like someone trying to model meteor showers and arrive at the distribution of material in its parent body :-)

Moon and long term changes

There is the gazal by Ghulam Ali

Chamkate Chand Ko,... Tuta Huwa Tara Bana Dala...

An unlikely happening? The Moon getting converted into a falling meteorite?

And then, there is the Hariharan song from the film Sapnay -

''Chanda re chanda re kabhi to zameen par aa,

     Baithenge baatein karenge ...''

Well, on looooong time scales, the Moon is actually receding from the Earth, not coming any closer than it is now. Many Moon rocks, however, have been bought to Earth and woh to bohut baatein karte hain, they do talk and give a lot of information about the Moon.

                       ----  Rahnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

Stars and their permanence?

na yeh chaand hoga naa tare rahenge, ... magar ham hamesha tumhaare rahenge ...

Are we going to be be more permanently present, as humans existing somewhere in this Universe, compared to chaand and our near neighbour taare?

Can we stop ourselves from the destructive directions that we are taking our planet Earth to, well before any celestial threat like the Sun becoming a Red Giant, could reach it?

                -----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

An article written on "Popular Culture and Astronomy", that discusses some of these film songs and their astronomical connections, is here at

http://www.nehruplanetarium.org/IYA2009/articles/Popular%20culture%20and%20Astronomy.pdf

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April 18, 2008, at 01:58 AM EST by Rathnasree -
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Refers to the Moon setting at midnight, which means that it would be a half moon.

to:

Refers to the Moon setting at midnight, which means that it would be a waxing half moon.

April 18, 2008, at 01:52 AM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 118 from:

(With inputs from Arvind Paranjpye, Tushar Prabhu, Manoj pai and B.S. Shylaja)

to:
                                                   (With inputs from Arvind Paranjpye, Tushar Prabhu, Manoj pai and B.S. Shylaja)
April 18, 2008, at 01:52 AM EST by Rathnasree -
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(With inputs from Arvind Paranjpye, Tushar Prabhu, Manoj pai and B.S. Shylaja)

April 18, 2008, at 01:50 AM EST by Rathnasree -
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There are these two songs - an old one " Aadha hai Chandrama, Raat Adhi ..." and a relatively new one " Sooraj hua madhyam, Chaand Chupne laga ..."

These two are connected with the relative positioning of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is half.

to:

There is this song - an old one " Aadha hai Chandrama, Raat Adhi ..." from the film Navrang

This is connected with the relative positioning of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is half.

Changed lines 107-115 from:

Sooraj hua madhyam - that is the Sun crossing the Meridian. At such a time, if the reference to chaand chupne laga is to say that the Moon is setting, then, once again, this has to be a waning half Moon.

to:

And,

This Shreya Ghosal song -

''aadhi raat jab chand dhale aur koi na ho pichhwade mein chaap dabake thaade rahiyo tu aadhe re''

Refers to the Moon setting at midnight, which means that it would be a half moon.

April 16, 2008, at 09:26 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 4-16:

Perhaps the young will first think of this song from the film Swades -

''Ye Taara Woh Taara Har Taara Ye Taara Woh Taara Har Taara Dekho Jisse Bhi Lage Pyaara Ye Taara Woh Taara Har Taara Ye Sab Saath Mein Jo Hai Raat Mein Toh Jagmagaaya Aasmaan Saara Jagmag Taare, Do Taare, Lo Taare Sau Taare Jagmag Saare, Har Taara Hai Sharaara ''

A song that could speak to every amateur astronomer wanting to share the joys of skywatching with everyone.

April 16, 2008, at 09:10 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 39-44:

This song by Kishore Kumar from the film Humsafar -

Aasman ke hain sare tare, hai mera chand kaha ...

Sounds like a light pollution free site on a New Moon night.

Added lines 97-107:

Meteors

Meteors are a hot favourite in Hindi film songs.

Apparently, there is this song from a movie called "King Uncle"

aaye aao taare aasamaan ke dharati pe kisane utaare, kis ne ham ko toda hamein chhoda kisake sahaare

I have not heard it, but, sounds like someone trying to model meteor showers and arrive at the distribution of material in its parent body :-)

April 16, 2008, at 10:23 AM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 39-44:

This Lata Mangeshkar song from the film Jadu -

Gin-gin taare, gin-gin taare, main haar gai raat ko, ..., haay mere saiyaan na aaye mulaakaat ko ...

Oh well, just enjoy counting the stars, it is great fun anyway :-)

Added lines 47-48:
April 16, 2008, at 07:34 AM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 101-114:

Stars and their permanence?

na yeh chaand hoga naa tare rahenge, ... magar ham hamesha tumhaare rahenge ...

Are we going to be be more permanently present, as humans existing somewhere in this Universe, compared to chaand and our near neighbour taare?

Can we stop ourselves from the destructive directions that we are taking our planet Earth to, well before any celestial threat like the Sun becoming a Red Giant, could reach it?

                -----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

April 16, 2008, at 04:09 AM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 100-105 from:
                       ----  Rahnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
to:
                       ----  Rahnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

An article written on "Popular Culture and Astronomy", that discusses some of these film songs and their astronomical connections, is here at

http://www.nehruplanetarium.org/IYA2009/articles/Popular%20culture%20and%20Astronomy.pdf

April 15, 2008, at 10:20 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 82-100 from:
                                                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
to:
                                                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

Moon and long term changes

There is the gazal by Ghulam Ali

Chamkate Chand Ko,... Tuta Huwa Tara Bana Dala...

An unlikely happening? The Moon getting converted into a falling meteorite?

And then, there is the Hariharan song from the film Sapnay -

''Chanda re chanda re kabhi to zameen par aa,

     Baithenge baatein karenge ...''

Well, on looooong time scales, the Moon is actually receding from the Earth, not coming any closer than it is now. Many Moon rocks, however, have been bought to Earth and woh to bohut baatein karte hain, they do talk and give a lot of information about the Moon.

                       ----  Rahnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
April 15, 2008, at 10:04 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 63-72 from:

Chand adha hai to ? - Half Moon related

to:

Phases of the Moon

There is the Pankaj Udhas gazal from Ashiyaan

Dhal gaya chaand, ... gayi raat, ... chalo so jaayen ...

This refers to the day breaking as the Moon is setting. That happens only when it is a Full Moon.

April 15, 2008, at 09:59 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 51 from:

So, OK, the SUn? has to set and it will set.

to:

So, OK, the Sun has to set and it will set.

April 15, 2008, at 09:58 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 41-59:

Sunrise and Sunset

There is the Qawwali by Shahid Nazan, with the refrain

Chadta sooraj, dheere dheere dhalta hai dhal jayega ...

Chadta Sooraj is the Sun, climbing to the Meridian, after rising. Inevitably, it has a tendency to set, reminds the Qawwali.

So, OK, the SUn? has to set and it will set.

Not so simply on Mercury though, where on some locations, when the rotation speed of Mercury drops below the speed of Mercury around the Sun, a double sunset can be seen - the Sun would set, bounce up above the horizon briefly, and set again. A double sunset!

                                  -----------  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
April 14, 2008, at 01:45 AM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 25 from:

Laakhon taare, is duniya mein, ek magar dhoonde na mila ...

to:

Laakhon taare, aasmaan par, ek magar dhoonde na mila ...

April 13, 2008, at 09:52 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 21-22 from:
                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
to:
                                        ---- (just joking) Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
Changed line 40 from:
                                 ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
to:
                                 ----  (just joking) Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
April 13, 2008, at 09:51 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 38-40:
                                 ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
April 13, 2008, at 09:41 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 41 from:

Chand adha hai to ? - Half Moon related

to:

Chand adha hai to ? - Half Moon related

April 13, 2008, at 09:41 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 3 from:

So many references to Star Counts!

to:

So many references to Star Counts!

April 13, 2008, at 09:40 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 22-37:

And then, there is this song from the film Hariyali aur Raasta by Lata and Mukesh

Laakhon taare, is duniya mein, ek magar dhoonde na mila ...

which can be downloaded from here

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=239379

The refrain lakhon taare clearly classifies the location from where the song is being sung, as a relatively light pollutin free region.

And yet, the next line

Dekhke duniya ki deewali, dil mera chup chaap jala ...

seems to be a cursing of deewali for the light pollution that it creates :-)

April 13, 2008, at 03:02 AM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 10-19:

On the other hand, this sentence

Tum taare gino aur neend udhe, yeh baat hame manjoor nahin

From a Mohammad Rafi song, from the film Aayee milan ki bela, which can be downloaded from here

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=290897

Sounds like someone denying one a job as an observational astronomer :-)

April 13, 2008, at 02:54 AM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 1-13 from:

Hindi film songs have frequent flirtations with celestial bodies. Compiled here are those astronomical mentions that allow some conceptual connections, in some way.

to:

Hindi film songs have many mentions of the Moon and the stars. Compiled here are those astronomical mentions that allow some conceptual connections, in some way.

So many references to Star Counts!

Jab Saari duniya soti hai, hum taare ginte rehte hain from a beautiful Suraiya song from the film Bari Behan, which can be downloaded from here:-

http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=285793

This half line from the song feels like an anthem for our star counts program of "Taare Sadak Par"

                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
April 11, 2008, at 09:39 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 13 from:
                                                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
to:
                                                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
April 11, 2008, at 09:39 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 11-13 from:

Sooraj hua madhyam - that is the Sun crossing the Meridian. At such a time, if the reference to chaand chupne laga is to say that the Moon is setting, then, once again, this has to be a waning half Moon.

to:

Sooraj hua madhyam - that is the Sun crossing the Meridian. At such a time, if the reference to chaand chupne laga is to say that the Moon is setting, then, once again, this has to be a waning half Moon.

                                                                        ----  Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
April 11, 2008, at 09:38 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 3 from:

Chand adha hai to ? - Half Moon related

to:

Chand adha hai to ? - Half Moon related

April 11, 2008, at 09:36 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 9 from:

When the Chand is adha and it is adhi raat, the Moon is either just rising - it is a waning half Moon or is just setting, it is a waxing Half Moon.

to:

When the Chand is adha and it is adhi raat, the Moon is either just rising - it is a waning half Moon, or is just setting, it is a waxing Half Moon.

April 11, 2008, at 09:36 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 5 from:

There are these two songs - an old one "Aadha hai Chandrama, Raat Adhi ..." and a relatively new one "Sooraj hua madhyam, Chaand Chupne laga ..."

to:

There are these two songs - an old one " Aadha hai Chandrama, Raat Adhi ..." and a relatively new one " Sooraj hua madhyam, Chaand Chupne laga ..."

April 11, 2008, at 09:35 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 3-4 from:

Chand adha hai to? Half Moon related

to:

Chand adha hai to ? - Half Moon related

Changed lines 9-11 from:

When the Chand is adha and it is adhi raat, the Moon is either just rising - it is a waning half Moon or is just setting, it is a waxing Half Moon.

to:

When the Chand is adha and it is adhi raat, the Moon is either just rising - it is a waning half Moon or is just setting, it is a waxing Half Moon.

Sooraj hua madhyam - that is the Sun crossing the Meridian. At such a time, if the reference to chaand chupne laga is to say that the Moon is setting, then, once again, this has to be a waning half Moon.

April 11, 2008, at 09:33 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed line 3 from:

+Chand adha hai to? Half Moon related+

to:

Chand adha hai to? Half Moon related

April 11, 2008, at 09:32 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Changed lines 1-2 from:

Hindi film songs are full of astronomical connections. Compiled here are those that allow some conceptual connections, in some way.

to:

Hindi film songs have frequent flirtations with celestial bodies. Compiled here are those astronomical mentions that allow some conceptual connections, in some way.

+Chand adha hai to? Half Moon related+

Changed lines 7-9 from:

These two are connected with the relative positioning of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is half.

to:

These two are connected with the relative positioning of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is half.

When the Chand is adha and it is adhi raat, the Moon is either just rising - it is a waning half Moon or is just setting, it is a waxing Half Moon.

April 11, 2008, at 01:35 PM EST by Rathnasree -
Added lines 1-5:

Hindi film songs are full of astronomical connections. Compiled here are those that allow some conceptual connections, in some way.

There are these two songs - an old one "Aadha hai Chandrama, Raat Adhi ..." and a relatively new one "Sooraj hua madhyam, Chaand Chupne laga ..."

These two are connected with the relative positioning of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is half.

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