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Hindi film’s Cupid: Poonam Saxena on the bhawara, or bumblebee

Updated on: Jul 22, 2023, 16:10:11 IST
By Poonam Saxena
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PREMIUMPreity Zinta in Bumbro from Mission Kashmir (2000). The song is based on a Kashmiri composition written in the 1950s by the poet Nadim.
Preity Zinta in Bumbro from Mission Kashmir (2000). The song is based on a Kashmiri composition written in the 1950s by the poet Nadim.
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In song after song,the bee marks the birth of love, drawn irresistibly to the flower. It is a symbol of passion, yearning; but of a fast-fading and fickle kind.

Bhanwara Bada Nadan Hai (The Bumblee Bee is Very Innocent) is probably the best-known (and arguably the best) “bhanwara” song in Hindi cinema.

In this composition from the 1962 film Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, sung by Asha Bhosle with a beautiful and saucy Waheeda Rehman on screen, the bhanwara is a guest of the garden, hovering briefly over a blooming bud before flying away to the next one.

Why was I reminded of the bhanwara all of a sudden? Well,

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Poonam Saxena

Poonam Saxena is the national weekend editor of the Hindustan Times. She writes on cinema, television, culture and books

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