Meera goes to India, while Jai stays in London, hoping to be called to San Francisco, where working at the Golden Gate Inc. They are happy with each other, but do not believe in tying each other down, so when career beckons they have a mutual break-up but remain friends. Let's take up some more of the beginning lyrics as well.īeautiful song to get emo to, or "senti" as they would say in Desi English.Jai Vardhan Singh ( Saif Ali Khan) and Meera Pandit ( Deepika Padukone) are a modern-day couple living in London.
Let all distances be destroyed (Sab = all hi is an emphatic addition) The distances of gazes (Nigaahen = eye or gaze, which becomes -hon because of the ki) The distances of these paths (Note: "yeh" turns into "in" when there is a possessive (ki) in the mix)
Look to the colors in each line for corresponding meanings. Let's listen to the song, shall we? (The video is a random fan slideshow, not an actual video from the movie.)Īs mentioned in an earlier post, "Yeh" means "this/these." So the "yeh dooriyan" that keeps being repeated is "these distances."Īnd now for the translation of the chorus. "Dooriyan" is the plural, an emphasis on multiple distances. "Dooriyan" plays beautifully into this narrative with its wistful melody and lyrics. The film shows the similarities between the relationships despite the stark difference in circumstances. The film explores two relationships: one modern-day story of a couple that initially decides to break up for practical purposes, and the agonizing emotional journey that follows and one older tale of love at first sight. Sometimes, when said in combination "aaj kal" means "these days." But in the context of this movie, the title equates to "Love Now and Then" ("then" being in past tense). Aaj means today, and Kal could either mean yesterday or tomorrow. By special request, today I shall visit the song Dooriyan from the spankin' new Bollywood film Love Aaj Kal starring Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Rishi Kapoor.
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