MUSIC

Nazar Laaye Na

15-05-2025

This song wraps itself around you like a soft cotton dupatta still carrying the scent of home.

One of the lesser-heard gems from Raanjhanaa, this has been my comfort song for far too long now — ever since I moved away from home.

By blending in household intricacies and domestic tenderness — like kajal teeka and mirchi vaaru — the lyrics form a kind of protective charm. Every time I listen, it feels like a layer of love has been draped around me, as if my mother herself is performing these little rituals before I step out into the world. Quiet magic. Quiet love.

The melody floats like first light — gentle, golden. And only A.R. Rahman could craft a tune so ethereal, yet rooted in something so deeply human. It doesn’t need to be grand. It just needs to be. And it is — like breath, like faith, like the warm hum of a home you miss every day.

This song is as close to a morning lullaby from a loved one as I’ve ever known — a soft voice that says:

“Go on. Face the day. I’ve got your back.
Against all that’s harsh, and all that’s invisible.”

If you’ve never heard this song before, let it find you. And if you once loved it and forgot — come back.
Come back to its warmth.

Because some songs aren’t just meant to be heard.
They’re meant to hold you.