Jashn-e-Ishqa

Celebration of Love

This one is a bit different from the other songs that I’ve wrote about. The theme for this song seems to be brotherhood and purposeful living. I am choosing to write about this song because

a) I heard it on my playlist a couple days ago

b) I wanted to cover a theme different from romance.

TL;DR: 13.5/15

Songs Similar to Jashn-e-Ishqa:

• Zingaat (Dhadak)
• Chalak Chalak (Devdas)

Music: 4/5

If you decide to listen to this song before you go to bed, chances are you’ll be up for a while. From the very beginning, the militaristic background makes your brain shoot adrenaline through all of your veins.

The song maintains this feel throughout the four minutes and twenty-one seconds. The music itself is a roller coaster ride. Intensifying as the signature lyrics come in, fading to let you take a breath, and then it comes again. This time it’s more intense than before.

The music is for those who love to listen to a fast paced song. Often times, the rambunctiousness of the music overtakes the lyrics. The only time you can hear what the singers are saying is during the slow parts of the song. I try to imagine a scale representing the speed of the music and also the quality of the lyrics.

With slow music, you have the opportunity to really develop the lyrics. In three or four minutes you can definitely immerse the listener. Jashn-e-Ishqa has overbearing music, to the point where it’s hard for someone to understand the lyrics. This is hard especially for non-Hindi speaking listeners.

Lyrics: 4.5/5

This was pretty tough to figure out.

It was hard to understand what they were saying because of how fast the song goes and how loud the music is. What’s good about this song however, is that they emphasize certain lyrics. This emphasis happens when the music slows down, the singers get louder (and in the case of the music video, the camera focus on the singers). I want to focus on some of these lyrics:

Toofan Ke Humdum Angaare Hain Hum

Dhadkan Mein Thoda Sa Baarood Hai Khwaahish Ka

We are the sparks accompanying a storm
There’s a gunpowder of yearning within our hearts
(All lyrics in this website were taken from bollynook.com)

This is the first “slowed-down” lyric of the song (slowed-down meaning that the music significantly fades away when singing this lyric). Whenever I hear this part of the song, I start to empathize. I totally understand what it means to have that gunpowder of yearning. It’s like a string tugging on your heart to do something.

This lyric is very colorful. The usage of the words gunpowder, storm, and sparks creates this very vivid image that sets the tone of the song.

Chalta Hai Sikka (1)

Hukumon Ka Ikka (2)

Banta Apna Har Ek Din (3)

Hi Shola Sa Ishqa (4)

A coin works
And so does an ace of spades
Every day of ours
Becomes a fireball in the name of love

There’s a couple of things to unpack here. Lines 1-2 rhyme with each other, which adds a nice subtle touch to the song. Many modern Hindi songs try to exploit a rhyme scheme as much as possible, to the point where it becomes bland. My interpretation of lines 1-2 is that the protagonists (Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor) climb their way to the top through whatever means possible. Every dollar, every tactic, and every minute is crucial.

Lines 3-4 simply sing to my life motto. Life’s too short to be wasting days. If you don’t like something, don’t do it. A day should be defined as the culmination of doing things that you love. If we define that to be a day, then most of us haven’t even lived a couple hours of it in our life. Jashn-e-Ishq represents the benefit of living a proper day. In the protagonists’ case, they went from being homeless to being the richest people in all of West Bengal.

Zakhom Ko Sehla (1)

Yeh Dil Na Behla (2)

Dil Bhi Jaise Ek Taara Hai Apni Hi Gardish Ka (3)

Pacify the wounds
Don’t pamper your heart
It’s a star in our galaxy of struggles

I’m a science freak. I love it when there are any references to space or the Earth. What I really like about this lyric is line 3. What does it mean for our heart to be a star in a galaxy of struggles. Well, let’s break it down. “Galaxy” is used to describe that the amount of struggles that the protagonists have is unquantifiable.

In the path to being the most successful, the issue of love arises. You’re going to have to break some hearts, lie to some people. There’s a degree of ruthlessness that’s present in everyone that’s at the top. If your heart becomes spoiled by a significant other or by family, then that becomes a struggle.

Video: 5/5

The music video is pretty dynamic, which is expected for such a fast paced song. The background always changes, from riding a motorcycle on a bridge to backflipping from a train to a coal cart.

There’s a lot for the listener to enjoy. The video perfectly matches the lyrics and the protagonists play the role of the singers really well. My favorite scene is when they started talking about the ace of spades, and they actually held up a burning ace of spades. It shows the amount of dedication to detail that the producers put into the music video.

So.. What?

If you ever need to be motivated to do something risky, or rather start something risky, then this song is perfect for you. Jashn-e-Ishqa describes the proper way to spend a day. It also shows that no bond is greater than that of a sibling. If one were to start adhering to the ideas in this song, they might see themselves setting up a path for success.