Yun Hi Chala In Space: ‘I’m Deeply Moved’

‘This
success
is
not
just
mine,
crores
of
people
have
contributed
to
it.’

Group
Captain
Shubhanshu
Shukla
has
taken

Javed
Akhtar‘s



Yun
Hi
Chala
Chal
Rahi
from
Ashutosh
Gowariker’s

Swades
to
space.

“The
songs
were
born
from
you,
but
they
became
big
not
only
because
you
have
written
them.
They
became
big
because
there
are
crores
of
people
who
have
appreciated
them
and
some
have
identified
with
them,”
Javedsaab
tells

Subhash
K
Jha.

Javedsaab,
your
song

Yun
Hi
Chala
Chal
Rahi
is
on
its
way
to
space.

What
can
I
say?
I
am
deeply
moved.

I
still
remember
the
recording
in
the
voices
of
Udit
Narayan,
Kailash
Kher.
When
this
song
was
recorded,
even
then
the
reaction
of
people
was
very
positive.
Everyone
was
like

koi
Ganga
nahaye
barson
mein…
all
these
lines
were
loved.
People
liked
it
a
lot.

Your
songs
of
nationalism
and

desh
bhakti
have
so
much

thehrao
in
them.

I
think
there
is
a
section
of
my
mind
which
is
very
committed
to
nationalism.

When
I
was
a
child,
the
Tricolour
used
to
be
hoisted
at
our
house
on
15th
August
and
26th
January.
I
vividly
remember
how
the
grownups
used
to
hoist
it,
then
take
it
down
in
the
evening,
how
it
was
wrapped
carefully
and
placed
on
the
top
shelf
of
the
cupboard
where
we
used
to
keep
it
safely
in
Lucknow.

During
summers
in
Lucknow
it
is
so
hot,
but
we
children
used
to
go
out
at
4
in
the
afternoon.
When
the
elders
used
to
sleep,
we
children
used
to
go
out.

I
remember
one
day
I
went
to
that
room
where
there
was
a
Tricolour
in
the
cupboard.
I
pulled
a
table,
climbed
onto
it
and
stood
on
my
toes
to
touch
the
flag.

This
feeling
of
nationalism
does
not
happen
through
lectures.
It
is
organic.

Javedsaab,
when
something
so
momentous
happens,
when
this
man
is
listening
to
your
song
up
there
in
space,
does
it
not
give
you
a
sense
of
pride,
a
sense
of
satisfaction?

Of
course,
it
does!
But
more
than
that,
whatever
you
have
done
and
what
belongs
to
your
past
belongs
to
the
past.
Past
laurels
won’t
help
you
grow.
Whatever
is
done
in
the
past
is
done.

Your
work
is
also
like
your
children.
Once
they
became
mature,
they
are
persons
in
their
own
right.
Even
the
film
songs
and
dialogues
they
acquire
their
own
personality.

Yes,
they
were
born
from
you,
but
they
became
big
not
only
because
you
have
written
them.
They
became
big
because
there
are
crores
of
people
who
have
appreciated
them
and
some
have
identified
with
them,
so
this
success
is
not
just
mine,
crores
of
people
have
contributed
to
it.

The
fact
that
it
becomes
an
iconic
thing,
it
is
not
just
because
of
the
person
who
made
it,
it
is
because
of
the
people
who
appreciated
it,
it
is
because
of
their
emotions,
their
feelings,
their
experiences…