High on Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat in ADHM? Ghazals for Gen X, re-packaged in today's films

If you've watched the just-released trailer of Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, you too are probably tripping on the ghazal used in it. In that scene in the trailer where Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor explain the words of the ghazal Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob Na Maang to a visibly-snubbed Anushka Sharma.

Karan Johar's decision to use the Faiz Ahmed Faiz's ghazal is a welcome one. After all, Gen X is hardly acquainted with ghazals given that Bollywood seldom does anything to revive them except passing mentions.

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Here's Noor Jehan's rendition of Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob Na Maang:

In the recent past, a handful of other Bollywood films have used and thereby popularised a few well-known ghazals. We take a look.

Gulon Mein Rang Bhare - Haider
Gulon Mein Rang Bhare was recreated for Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider in 2014.

Here's Mehdi Haasan's rendition of Gulon Mein Rang Bhare:

Woh Jo Hum Mein Tum Mein Qaraar Tha - Dedh Ishqiya
Hakim Momin Khan Momin penned the ghazal Woh Jo Hum Mein Tum Mein Qaraar Tha, which was made immortal by Begum Akhtar. In Abhishek Chaubey's Dedh Ishqiya (2014), the song was used, much to the delight of ghazal lovers. Here's the Ghazal Queen's rendition of the classic:

Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi - Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi
Mirza Ghalib's famous lines Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi were used as the name of Sudhir Mishra's famous 2005 film starring Chitrangda Singh, Kay Kay Menon and Shiney Ahuja. Here's Jagjit Singh's version of the ghazal:

Mishra got Shubha Mudgal to lend her voice to the Ghalib ghazal in his film. Here's the song:

Dil Jalane Ki Baat Karte Ho - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Urdu poet Javed Qureshi's creation, Dil Jalane Ki Baat Karte Ho is probably best in Farida Khanum's voice. Here is Khanum for you:

Mira Nair used the ghazal in her 2012 film The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Ali Sethi on Dil Jalane Ki Baat Karte Ho:

Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Na Karo - Monsoon Wedding
Fayyaz Hashmi's famous ghazal Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Na Karo has found itself sung in numerous concerts; with Farida Khanum's version probably being the most-listened to.

Mira Nair put the ghazal to good use in her 2001 film Monsoon Wedding: