My all time fave rondu "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna"

Tum ko bhi hai khabar
Mujhko bhi hai pata
Ho raha hai judaa Dono ka raasta
Dur jaake bhi mujhse tum meri yaadon main rehna
Kabhi alvida na kehna
Kabhi alvida na kehna
kabhi alvida na kehna
Jitni thi khushiyaa Sab kho chuki hai
Bas ek gham hai ki jaata nahi
Samjha ke dekha behla ke dekha
Dil hai ki chain isko aata nahi
asu hai ki hai angarayi Aag hai kab aankhon se behna
Kabhi alvida na kehna
Kabhi alvida na kehna
kabhi alvida na kehna
Rut aa rahi hai Rut jaa rahi hai Dard ka mausam badla nahi
Rang yeh gham ka itna hai gehra Sadiyon main hoga halka nahi Halka nahi
Kaun jaane kya hona hai Hum ko hai ab kya kya sehna
Kabhi alvida na kehna
Kabhi alvida na kehna
kabhi alvida na kehna
Tum ko bhi hai khabar
Mujhko bhi hai pata
Ho raha hai judaa Dono ka raasta
Dur jaake bhi mujhse tum meri yaadon main rehna
Kabhi alvida na kehna
kabhi alvida na kehna
kabhi alvida na kehna

Now the movie was so so, though it could have been directed in better manner. But the songs are good. But I liked this song the best. I have it as caller tune, ringtone,only song in the mobile…The song I can sing best and well, the chords I learnt …(real difficult…esp the hammer partL but managed it)
The song is written what can I say classically…nothing extra ordinary…no exotic use of words and lovely stanzas like some of the songs are adorned with…the lyrics are simple, and at times seem to the point L what compensates for this is the music…complex with many instruments but it takes the singer’s voice to the height and it is actually this music and the timbre of Sonu nigam’s voice that has made this song marvelous…
The song starts with “casiosque” tune…slowly joined with other instruments…Sonu nigam starts with almost painful whispering…you can actually feel the lump in the throat feeling when the he starts with “Tum ko bhi…”…higher and higher with “door jake”…and smashing to ground with “kabhi alvida na kehna….” The last kabhi alvida with a tremor…Alka yagnik I found too superficial for the song…she seems too technically correct in the song but actually too much emotionally lacking…at times even shrill…well sonu nigam has compensated for it full fledged…
The song pauses with a sad rendering of another song in the movie…a dream sequence…
I liked the first stanza…you actually feel that happiness slipped out of the hand…with “jitni thi khushiyan…” sonu comes back with “smajha ke dekha” narrating utter helplessness of trying to mend a heart
The musical gap between the two verses is fantastic…actually feeling change in scenes and seasons…like nothing,neither happiness or sadness never lasts for ever...with sonu nigam just humming…high quality truly
The second verse is at power with the first one with “rut aa rahi hain..” a consistant hurt never ceasing… Sonu comes later again with…absolute uncertainty with “kaun jane…”
Here when the verse ends and we hear Alka Yagnik in her poor cut “kabhi alvida” somehow she failed to give the emotion in that one phrase…when you cant go on because of lump….a feeling of bursting out…
The song beautifully ends with sonu nigam slowly gfading the song with repeating kabhi alvida…(alka yagnik is blissfully forgotten)…n high music…slowly ending with casio like music…a true end to a beautiful song indeed