The 11 are:
Hey Kharari — Sadhu Tiwari
Aavagaman — Sadhu Tiwari
Parvati — Sadhu Tiwari
Saasa Haale — Sadhu Tiwari & Guru Goraksh Nath
Bajrang Baanka — Sadhu Tiwari
Raam Bhajan Ki Or — Nivedita Padmanabhan & Rishi Pathak
Maine Tere Hi Bharose — Suneel Lodhi
Jai Hanuman — Shreyas Dharmadhikari & Rishi Pathak, with Samarth Ramdas credited
Siyavar Ramchandra Ki Jai — Shantanu Sudame & Dhirendra Mulkalwar
Vaishnav Jan To — Rishi Pathak
Hriday Mein Jinke Sitaram — Vishal Chaturvedi.
The official album listing gives these 11.
1. Maine Tere Hi Bharose
This is perhaps the simplest and most beautiful song of the album.
Maine tere hi bharose, Hanuman,
Saagar mein naiya daal dai.
“Hanuman, trusting entirely in you, I have launched my little boat into the ocean.”
The song then asks what the boat, oar and support are made of. The answer is wonderfully symbolic:
Ram Naam ki naav — the boat is made of Rama's Name.
Bhakti ki patwaar — devotion is the oar.
Gyaan — knowledge is the supporting chain/strength.
Hanuman — the one who takes the boat across.
Then comes the beautiful reference to Sita: just as Sita passed through the forest and Rama brought her through her trials, the devotee too trusts that the Divine will carry them across.
The complete traditional wording is available from the published lyrics source.
The thought:
I don't need to know how I will cross the ocean. I only need to know whom I trust.
2. Jai Hanuman
This is one I particularly want you to notice.
The soundtrack credits Sant Kavi Samarth Ramdas along with the singers.
The song presents Hanuman through his relationship with Rama and Shiva.
Its central ideas are:
Ram ke tum ho sakha
— You are Rama's companion.
Shiv ke tum ho swaroop
— You are a manifestation/form of Shiva.
Hanuman is therefore not being presented merely as the immensely strong monkey warrior.
He is:
Rama's servant,
Rama's friend,
Shiva's manifestation,
and the protector of devotees.
That is a very traditional Indian way of approaching Hanuman: strength is valuable because it has surrendered itself completely to Rama.
3. Raam Bhajan Ki Or
The title itself means:
“Towards the singing of Rama's name.”
The movement of the song is inward.
Instead of looking for happiness in the outside world, the devotee turns:
towards Rama → towards His name → towards bhajan → towards inner peace.
It is essentially an invitation:
Turn your mind toward Rama.
And this fits beautifully with the film's larger spiritual atmosphere.
4. Siyavar Ramchandra Ki Jai
This one is different.
Siyavar Ramchandra Ki Jai!
means:
“Victory to Ramachandra, the beloved Lord of Sita!”
Siya-var literally carries the sense of Sita's beloved/husband.
So when devotees say:
Siyavar Ramchandra ki Jai!
they aren't simply saying “Jai Shri Ram.”
They are invoking Rama together with Sita.
And in a Hanuman story, that is particularly meaningful.
Hanuman's entire existence revolves around Sita and Rama.
5. Vaishnav Jan To
This is the famous bhajan traditionally attributed to Narsinh Mehta.
Its opening:
Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye
Je peed paraayi jaane re
means:
“A true Vaishnava is one who understands the suffering of another.”
That is followed by qualities such as:
helping another without pride,
remaining humble,
speaking truth,
controlling one's desires,
treating others with respect,
keeping one's mind pure,
and remaining devoted to God.
This is a particularly appropriate song in a film about a saintly life because it defines spirituality through conduct, not merely belief.
6. Hriday Mein Jinke Sitaram
The title itself gives away the heart of the song:
Hriday mein jinke Sitaram
“Those whose hearts contain Sita and Rama.”
The thought is very Hanuman-like.
Hanuman does not merely worship Rama.
Rama has become the very centre of his being.
That is why the familiar image of Hanuman opening his chest to reveal Sita-Rama within his heart has such extraordinary devotional power.
The song therefore points toward a simple question:
Is God someone I worship outside myself—or someone who has entered my heart?
7. Bajrang Baanka
Bajrang comes from Vajra-ang — a body as strong as a thunderbolt.
Baanka conveys the idea of one who is striking, powerful, formidable, distinctive.
So the title presents Hanuman as the mighty Bajrang warrior.
But the important contrast in Hanuman bhakti is:
immense physical power + complete humility.
He can cross the ocean, uproot mountains and defeat demons, yet before Rama he is simply:
Dasoham — I am Your servant.
That contrast is the secret of Hanuman's appeal.
8. Aavagaman
Aavagaman means:
coming and going — the cycle of birth and death.
This is a much more philosophical song than its title might initially suggest.
Indian thought often describes worldly existence as:
Janma → Mrityu → Punah Janma
birth → death → rebirth.
Aavagaman asks us to look beyond this continual movement.
The spiritual destination is not merely to have a better journey through samsara.
It is to discover that which takes us beyond samsara.
And in the devotional framework of the film, that path is connected with Rama-bhakti and surrender.
9. Parvati
This song brings Parvati into the spiritual landscape of Hanuman.
That may initially seem surprising in a Hanuman story.
But there is a deep traditional connection:
Hanuman is widely regarded in several traditions as having a divine relationship with Shiva, often described as an amsha or manifestation of Shiva.
Thus the song brings together the Shiva–Parvati dimension with Hanuman's story.
It reminds us that Hindu devotional traditions are not sealed compartments.
Rama, Shiva, Parvati, Hanuman, Sita — the devotional universe continually touches itself.
10. Saasa Haale
This is one of the more folk-flavoured pieces, credited to Sadhu Tiwari and Guru Goraksh Nath in the album listing.
The language and musical character are different from the more Sanskritised devotional songs.
That is worth noticing.
The film doesn't restrict spirituality to classical Sanskrit prayers.
It brings in the folk voice—the language in which ordinary people have traditionally expressed devotion.
That is very much part of India's spiritual history:
Sanskrit in the temple,
vernacular poetry in the village,
folk song in the courtyard,
and bhajan on the lips of the ordinary devotee.
11. Hey Kharari
This is another Sadhu Tiwari composition and is one of the more earthy pieces in the soundtrack.
Kharari is a regional/folk expression, and the song belongs to the same world of Bundeli/Braj-flavoured devotional expression that gives Hanuman Ansh its distinctive atmosphere.
That is important because the film isn't presenting spirituality as something belonging only to scholars.
It is spirituality as lived by people.
What I find most interesting about the whole album
After looking at all 11 together, I think there is a pattern.
The songs move through three layers of devotion:
Hanuman the power
Bajrang Baanka
Hey Kharari
Jai Hanuman
The mighty Hanuman.
Hanuman the devotee
Maine Tere Hi Bharose
Ram Bhajan Ki Or
Hriday Mein Jinke Sitaram
Siyavar Ramchandra Ki Jai
The Hanuman whose entire being is surrendered to Rama.
The deeper spiritual journey
Aavagaman
Vaishnav Jan To
Parvati
Saasa Haale
Here the story becomes larger than Hanuman himself—life, death, compassion, Shiva, devotion, and the search for what carries us across.
And perhaps that is why the soundtrack feels different from an ordinary film album.
It is not simply songs about Hanuman.
It is almost a journey through different ways Indians have approached the Divine—folk song, bhajan, Vaishnava devotion, Shaiva imagery, Rama-nama, surrender and finally the question of crossing the ocean of life.
The official album is only 36 minutes 48 seconds, so it is quite possible to listen to the entire thing as one continuous devotional experience.
No comments:
Post a Comment