The foot-tapping journey of ‘Majhe Diye Mombattiye’: From 1992 cassette to Diljit Dosanjh’s latest track on YouTube

The archetypal way had the opening lines, “Majhe diye, Majhe diye mombattiye ni saada tere baajo nahio sarna…(Oh, the beauteous pistillate from Majha, I can’t bash without you), to which the pistillate replies: “Majhe deya, Majhe deya mall-chobra ve saanu chhatri di chaan kar jaa (Oh, the sturdy, handsome man, instrumentality maine nether the shadiness of your umbrella)”. The solo way by Sarvjeet Kaur Koke Wali (known for her opus ‘Koka gharva de ve maaiya koka’) was sung with beats of accepted philharmonic instruments.

“It was successful 1992 that the way was released successful a euphony medium with the rubric Majhe Diye Mombattiye. The rubric way became immensely fashionable successful the dependable of Sarvjeet Kaur Koke Wali. The audio cassette was released by Chandigarh-based Catrack Cassettes Industries. Though the cassette had 8 songs, the rubric way was liked the astir by the audiences,” recalls 73-year-old Sandhu, a autochthonal of Ludhiana’s Madarpura colony who is presently based successful Chandigarh.

In the aforesaid year, seasoned filmmaker Buta Singh Shaad included the opus successful his movie Vairi. It was re-sung by Punjabi singers the precocious Surinder Shinda and Savita Sathi with somewhat modified lyrics: “Majhe deya, majhe deya chann makhna ve mainu chhatri di chaan kar jaa, jadon diyan, jadon diyan laayi akhiyaan ve mera dil dhak dhak karda… (Oh beloved antheral from Majha, instrumentality maine nether the shadiness of your umbrella. From the time my eyes met yours, my bosom beats rapidly)”.

The archetypal way had Sandhu’s stamp arsenic helium utilized his surname successful 1 of the lines and said: “Tere piche, tere piche rul ni gaya ni Sandhu putt Sardaran da (The beingness of Sandhu, lad of Sardar, has gone haywire successful your love).”

“Buta Singh Shaad, the manager of Vairi, was a bully person of excavation and helium sought support earlier utilizing the creation for his film. I was much than blessed to let it,” says Sandhu, who has written lyrics for astatine slightest 506 songs successful his career, each recorded, with 154 sung by the precocious Surjit Bindrakhia.

Other artists who person sung his songs see the precocious Surinder Kaur (remembered arsenic the Nightingale of Punjab), the precocious Jagmohan Kaur, Gurdas Maan, Hans Raj Hans, the precocious Sardool Sikander, Manmohan Waris, and Anuradha Paudwal, among others.

Six years later, successful 1998, the way was picked up by Punjabi vocalist Balkar Sidhu, who sang a duet with Jaspal Jassi. Sidhu besides performed bhangra successful the video of the song. The lyrics were astir the aforesaid arsenic Sandhu’s, but for the enactment successful which Sandhu had utilized his surname, which was changed to: “Tere piche, tere piche rul ni gaya ni Sidhu putt Sardaran da.”

However, it was lone years aboriginal successful 2020, that the astir fashionable and foot-tapping mentation of the opus was released – a remixed mentation by Sidhu and Jenny Johal. The full video was changeable again with foot-tapping beats and continues to beryllium played astatine creation parties crossed Punjab. This 2020 remixed mentation went viral connected societal media aft Dosanjh’s mentation was released successful August this year.

Sidhu, 52, an AAP MLA from Rampura Phul constituency of Bathinda district, who continues to beryllium a nonrecreational vocalist and performer, says, “The recognition for making Majhe Diye Mombattiye a household sanction successful Punjab volition ever spell to Sarvjeet Kaur ji who had sung the archetypal composition. I picked it successful 1998 and remixed it successful 2020. Fans inactive telephone maine to accidental that they inactive bask our aged version.”

“I americium blessed that Diljit Dosanjh is taking the Punjabi euphony manufacture to greater heights crossed the world. Singing continues to beryllium my breadstuff and food contempt being an MLA now. But astatine that time, each I had was euphony to tally my house. I americium from Malwa portion but had sung the Majha opus hoping it would click with audiences and it did,” helium adds.

However, Dosanjh’s latest mentation lone uses the opening “Majhe diye, Majhe diye mombattiye” from the archetypal song. The remainder has been written afresh by lyricist Jaani.

Sandhu says helium has nary issues with either Sidhu oregon anyone other utilizing his archetypal enactment and modifying it according to modern times. “What matters the astir is the archetypal punchline which gets fashionable among audiences and is remembered for generations,” helium says.

“The crux of this creation lies successful its opening operation ‘Majhe diye, Majhe diye mombattiye’ and the mode it is sung doubly with a beat. Rest, the full lyrics lone revolve astir it. Both Sidhu and Dosanjh are my own, from the aforesaid fraternity, and I consciousness arrogant that their enactment has kept the opus live among newer generations,” says Sandhu.

“But somewhere, the archetypal lyricists and composers request to beryllium fixed recognition whenever their enactment is reproduced. This is an contented that the Punjabi and Hindi euphony industries person been facing for decades now,” says Sandhu, whose way ‘Main Taan Mukhda Vekh Ke Mar Gaya Ni‘ was reproduced successful the Ajay Devgan-starrer De De Pyaar De.