Listen to this when
Luka Chuppi
For every mother still calling her child's name 💔
Who it's for
From Rang De Basanti, the song is a dialogue between a mother and her son who has died, framed through a childhood game of hide and seek.
Devastated, searching→Cathartic release
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Luka Chuppi" is a song from A. R. Rahman's soundtrack for the film Rang De Basanti, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi. Joshi wrote it for a scene about a mother losing her son, framing it around a mother and son playing hide-and-seek with the sad reality that the son is now hidden forever. The song was longlisted for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Death of a child.
Age: All ages
Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 155
