Awara hu raj kapoor biography

1951 song by Mukesh

"Awaara Hoon" (transl. I am a Vagabond) is a song from the 1951 Indian film Awaara, directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, which was internationally popular.^[1][2] The song was written in the Hindi-Urdu language^[3] by lyricist Shailendra, and sung by Mukesh.^[4] "Awaara Hoon" immediately struck "a chord in audiences from various classes and backgrounds all over India and beyond: in China, in the Soviet Union, in the Middle East."^[5] In China, "both the song and film were said to be Chairman Mao's favourites."^[1] In a May 2013 BBC poll, the song was rated the second-greatest Bollywood song of all time.^[6]

Local versions

The popularity of "Awaara Hoon" led to the creation of localized versions of the song in Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, China,^[7] and Romania.

Example verse

The refrain of the song is "Awaara Hoon", which means "I am