Ban Ke Madari Ka Bandar Lyrics – Tochi Raina, Anuj Garg | Gulabo Sitabo

Ban Ke Madari Ka Bandar Song Description

This song "Ban Ke Madari Ka Bandar" (बनके मदारी का बंदर) is from the film "Gulabo Sitabo" , which features big artists like Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Farrukh Jaffar, and Vijay Raaz. This song is sung by Tochi Raina and Anuj Garg, while the music composer is also Anuj Garg and the lyrics are written by Dinesh Pant. This song has been released under the label Zee Music Company, and its lyrics are very fun and deeply meaningful.

The song begins with "Banke madari ka bandar, dug dugi pe naache Sikandar" (Becoming the monkey of the street-performer, Sikandar dances on the drum) — which creates a playful imagery of dancing like a monkey. Here, "Sikandar" (Alexander) is like a great king or powerful person, who has become just a puppet trapped in the web of show and illusion. The line "Khan khan khanke ginati ke sikke, saanson takasaal mein" (Coins of counting jingle and clank, in the mint of breaths) reveals that money and greed have started weighing even a person's breaths, and he is searching for sweetness in the ocean — meaning he is trying to attain the impossible.

The further lyrics "Keemat lagegi that vaat ki, ek baar chadhni hai handi ye kaath ki" (There will be a price for the pomp and show, once you have to climb this wooden pot) show the uncertainty of life, where everything has a price and everything is temporary. The line "Saahab ko zindagi ne jhatka diya, langoti se baandha aur latka diya" (Life gave the master a jolt, tied him with a loincloth and hung him) gives a sense of life's blows and helplessness. The song has words like "Hans le pagle thoda sa, kya rakha rone mein" (Laugh a little, you fool, what's the point in crying), which give the message to take life lightly. "Do gaz zameen poochhe kitne sawaal hain" (Two yards of land asks how many questions) tells us that after death, only two yards of land remain, yet humans ask so many questions. Overall, this song reveals the true meaning of life in a philosophical and fun way, where everyone is dancing like some street-performer's monkey.