Tere Liye (song)

"Tere Liye" (Hindi: तेरे लिये, Urdu: تیرے لِیے) is a song from the movie Veer-Zaara, directed by Yash Chopra.

About the song

The music for this song was composed by the Late Madan Mohan (director) and recreated by his son Sanjeev Kohli and is sung by Roop Kumar Rathod and Lata Mangeshkar. The lyrics were scripted by lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar.

Music video

The song is the last and second last song of the movie. The song lyrics is kind of a summary or central idea of the movie. The video is filmed in the court. Also the song contain scenes when Veer and Zaara change from old to young and again old. The last song is also Tere Liye but with a change lyrics and same music.

Awards

• It won the Filmfare award for best lyrics.

Trivia

• This song was first being used for the movie Mausam because the lyrics of the song were first the same as Dil dhoondta hai as the original song can be heard in the Veer-Zaara: Collector's Double DVD Pack bonus disc.

• Yash Chopra's favourite song from the album.

See also

• Veer-Zaara