Jaidev served as assistants to leading music directors of his era for most of his career. On a few occasions that he got to compose music as an independent music director, he did a very good job. But it takes a lot more than just the ability to compose great music. Jaidev composed some fantastic music, but his name would not sell as a music director, so he repaetedly had to go back to his job as assistants to leading music directors viz S D Burman, Madan Mohan etc.

But the few movies where he got to work as an independent music director are enough to establish his credentials as a quality music director. The movie “Prem Parbat”, which was released in 1973,is known today only for the music of Jaidev. The one song from this movie that has become immortal was the song that went ” ye dil aur unki nagaahon ke saaye”. Wonderfully written by Jaan Nissar Akhtar and superbly sung by Lata Mangeshkar, this composition was perhaps the greatest composition by Jaidev in my opinion, though he had composed some superb songs in “Hum dono” in the past, and he would compose the music of movies like “Gharonda” and “Gaman” too in future.

Here is this absolutely wonderful song from “Prem Parbat” that is sure to enthrall its listeners.

Video

Song- Ye dil aur unki nigaahon ke saaye (Prem Parbat) ( 1973) Singer- Lata, Lyrics- Jaan Nissar Akhtar,MD-Jaidev

Lyrics

hmmm hmmm
ye dil aur unki, nigaahon ke saaye
ye dil aur unki, nigaahon ke saaye
ye dil aur unki, nigaahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye

pahaadon ko chanchal, kiran choomti hai
pahaadon ko chanchal, kiran choomti hai
hawaa har nadi kaa badan choomti hai
hawaa har nadi kaa badan choomti hai

yahaan se wahaan tak, hain chaahon ke saaye
yahaan se wahaan tak, hain chaahon ke saaye
ye dil aur unki nigaahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye

lipatte ye pedon se, baadal ghanere
lipatte ye pedon se, baadal ghanere
ye pal pal ujaale, ye pal pal andhere
ye pal pal ujaale, ye pal pal andhere
bahut thande thande, hain raahon ke saaye
bahut thande thande, hain raahon ke saaye
ye dil aur unki nigaahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye
lalalala

dhadakte hain dil kitni, aazaadiyon se
dhadakte hain dil kitni, aazaadiyon se
bahut milte julte, hain in waadiyon se
bahut milte julte, hain in waadiyon se
muhabbat ki rangeen panaahon ke saaye
muhabbat ki rangeen panaahon ke saaye
ye dil aur unki nigaahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye
mujhe gher lete, hain baahon ke saaye
lalala hmm hmm laalala