Musical Decode | Chan Kitthan (Ali Sethi) 

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In ❤ with Ali Sethi's version. Apart from whatever has been already talked about, the slight echo effect in the recording gives a feeling of the song being played on a radio. Somehow that gives me a nostalgic feeling about the song.

The video does not finish here. She goes back to the hospital and the patient is the guy who she is seeing in the party, who is suffering from a disease and is her patient.You also missed an intricate detail that she sees herself in that world in the white dress.

Saraiki is my native language, and I'm happy that someone finally talked about it. loved this video.

The girl has black dress and the guy has white. Again fits the metaphors. Sab mast full circle.

Dude you're fucking underrated one day you'll be very popular very unique and helpful way which we r just searching all over the Internet

I saw a different interpretation to Ali's version. It's a class difference in love. As you said about the stork and the fish, she wanted to have all the glam and glitz that the guy could offer, however her conditions (and probably her love for the guy also) stopped her from pursuing him any further and she broke from the trance of the lavish life she wanted as soon as she realised it was not worth her comfortable mediocrity. Love often doesn't see status, however society does. Often love loses due to society's unbearable terms and conditions. That's what the point of the Gothic phase of this song tried to portray.

I have been watching this video since last 3-4 years... I am just amazed to find out new ways of interpretation every single time, Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis being one of those. Here are some of my findings: (Time tags are obviously from the music video) ★ ( 1:44 ) From here you'll see a photo frame with a woman's body in the background, the body has no face or feet. This clearly states that in *his* (the central male character's) lifestyle women have come with their body, not the heart (not the Face). ★ The tori (okra) : Representative of the heart of the lover, represented by her sandals in this video. Here ( 1:18 ) you can see that when she's getting down to explore *His kothra/his world* through stairs, she has her sandals on. But when (3:47) she's going back to *her kothra/her world* she leaves one of her sandals in the stair (as if she is going back to reality, but a bit of her heart is still left in the stairs that connects her world to his world. ★ ( 2:25 ) Here you can see that the person hands over his glass of wine to her. This glass is the representative of the Ego in Sigmund Freud's terms. So when she's at the extreme level of exploring her Id ( 3:27 ), she can't imagine anymore, the glass falls off and shatters - as if her Ego is overpowered by her Superego, and there is no place of Id here. So she goes back to *her reality* (Ego) through the stairs. Leaving one of her sandals in the stairs means that the Id is subdued, but not totally subsumed by Ego. Her pleasure seeking mind has still left a door open for exploring the pleasure sometime. *This is a very humanly approach to love. When someone thinks of loving a person whom s/he will never get in her/his life due to the differences in classes, or anything else, the person tends to break the barrier of reality through imagination to explore a world which doesn't have the bounds of reality. When s/he emerges her/himself into the imagination, at one point of time the reality principle hits her/him hard. S/he goes back to reality with a sigh, but the love never dies.

Love this song of Ali sethi's version. Being a saraiki, I understand every bit of this beautiful piece of art! ❤️

Kaash itni research maine apne career ke liye kri hoti ☠️🤝🏻

Initially I too thought ki *Tori* vegetable hain . But "Tori*ko sarson bhi kehte Punjabi main . Toh sarson ke plants ko log pehle pehle roof pe sukhane daalte the coz vast space hoti roof pe . So that wo crunchy si ho jayein aur baad main unpe stick mar mar ke seeds nikale jaein . I feel ye sarson wala Tori hai 😊

Similarly the word in the song is kaaliaan, i.e. black/dark nights It's not kallee/kalla the masculine and feminine in Punjabi for alone... The pronunciation is totally different!!! Do you even understand Punjabi, because what you're suggesting is quite ridiculous!!!

Napian ka matlab napna ni hota, pakarna hota

Best explanation brother ❤

Probably You don't know how much I loved this video.❤️. I dont want to stop my work (realted to society) but want to know more about your choices of song. You gave me this delima. Long live. Do send you decoded videos to the politicians and Civil Society. 🌈

Interestingly the girl in the video is Ali Sethi sister Mira sethi

Decode the song "aye kuch abr" by Faiz.yes truly enjoying your videos....interesting, so informative and unique

In Saraiki dohra, the first line is mostly meaningless and has nothing to do with the actual message. The first line is just used to rhyme with the second line.The actual message is in the second line. For example: Kothray utay kothra mahiya, kothay sukdiyan toriyan (meaningless) Kaliyan raatan jaag ke assan giryan teriyan dooriyan (actual message).

Ali Sethi version ❤

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Ali shetty is best❤

bahut khoobsurat.... much better than gulon mein video

Ali sethi version reminds me of rafi sahab♥️

Ali sethi version is my fave❤

bro i'm saraiki and listening to this decoding makes my heart happy ❤️

Being a saraki from Multan I must say you explained it really well. ❤

I never took a deep into the meaning of this song. Used to think that it is about cheating. You know .. "Chan Kittthan Guzari aahi raat ve? ...." But damn, it is much different from what I thought.

Amazing work Bhai ❤

Saraiki is a dialect of Punjabi brother, similar to others; Hindko and Pothwari are examples. Similarly, in East Punjab, Doaba/Malwai/Majha are also dialects. But because the dialect is so far from East Punjabi/ Indian Punjabi. It can be called a different language.

This is quite hilarious. You really need to understand punjabi or need to read punjabi literature to know the meaning of the metaphors used in this song.

i think you should decode lyrics of other songs and make a youtube channel about it 😌😌 thank me later 😅

Loved this decoding❤ Lemme tell you one funny thing i have seen comments of Chan Kitthan by Ayushman where people were saying its copy of Ali Sethi's song😂

Please decode RAAVI from Sajjid Ali

kaafi zayda informative and well articulated. bhai motivation pura bhej rahe hai, tum aise videos banate raho.

This is gem of a series The most listened song in my playlist. Thanks. Whish this video never ended

We would love a decode video of khabar-E-tahayyur-E-ishq

I think the ali sethi's chan kithan starting has some sort of similarity with the tune of bengali song "ami shunechi sedin tumi"

great job mann, ali mere betey ko naseehat bhi mil gayi 😉

I'm a Bangladeshi 20 years boy,and i love ali sethi's version the most.It's soo spiritual,

This is a great initiative brother. It is important to decode songs and lyrics to understand and appreciate not just the art but also the effort of an artist. Also, it improves the experience of a listener deeper and helps in promoting languages (with that even the thought process). Great insights on this one . Kudos and keep up the good word, brother.

Good job bhai. Really needed one such channel. Now on I'll be putting my musical decode requests in your comments. I hope you will fulfil some of those.

Subscribed. Incredible information served. Thank you

I always love your decode videos. Being a Sethi fan, I was eagerly waiting for this one. Good one, bro!

Bade bhai mazaa aa gya.... Ye silsila bas chalte rehna chahiye🤍🤍

I was listening to Chan Kithhan today and thought how wonderful it would be if there was a deep dive into the origin, meaning, and renditions of the song. Lo and behold, I found this video. It was great, and you bet, I’ve subscribed! While I love the content, I truly hope this channel makes it big and gets singers to talk about the renditions as well. More power to this channel and the effort. I see a vision for appreciating, reviving, and bringing back our lost music and culture. I truly hope you make it big. ❤ If you don't, I will!

‘Kotheray uthay’ is the saraiki tappay not chann kithan , you find ‘kotheray uttay’ part in numerous forms in manyy saraiki folk songs

par "Bagula" to "Machli" ko kha jaaega naa?

i think when glass breaks, its not the illusion that breaks, but its the heirarchy. And through the slippers left behind, its as if the girl left her footprints/impact behind in stark opposite contrast to when she was hoping to blend in...

OMG aaj smaj main aaya k song itna deep hai😮...But I don't get the last seen of that song🤔... Btw, love from Wah Cantt, Pakistan 😊

I've no words,,you are doing just great work yrr 🎉❤.

The rock element at the end of the song was really good. Great decoding though. Any saraiki song recommendations please

Are you saraiki?I am

also my favourite version....ali Sethi ❤

For me chan kittah is chan kittah only in Ali Sethi's voice..

Daleela dy WAAS ya phir WAAT??Ye bht confusion hai Meri mama kehti hai WAAS hai jo larkiyo wala version tha us mein bhi WAAS hai but ALi Sethi waly mein waat hai

Bro thank you i was just search it for long time You are goat 🐐 Love from Odisha ❤

bahut hi khoobsurat. And can you please talk about old bollywood songs too - mohammad rafi, kishore kumar and suraiya etc. ke

nappi means pakarna not mechna i.e. to catch somebody out, nothing to do with measuring measuring is naapna...if you don't understand basic Punjabi how can you decode the the song???

Loved your take! My mom loves all your videos especially this along with Kun Faya Kun and Tum Tak ❤ Pleeaase make one on Challa (Gurdas Maan) as well!

Dude!! You have done your research. This video has so many intricate details. Love your interpretation of the lyrics. Keep it up!!

honesty speaking, i always like the explanation of ur kind.. but for me 'Chan Kitan' isn't a mere depiction of metaphor.. In Bengal, we have 'Baul-Fakir' ideals which matches every single word of this song.. It is way too far from simplistic rendition.. It's meaning is always foggy like of Baul songs since they talk about spirituality held by human body.. Chan Kitan (Ali ones) is an entirely spiritual journey.. Not just a collection of metaphors

Very well explained. Thanks a ton for this.

Ali sethi the best folk singer

The ali sethi version is so great it looks like it was the original

Bhai tasveer bna k mai teri... Sajjad ali ka gana hai.. Iska meaning bataiye plzz.. Mai hajaro baar sun chuka hu.. Feel to krta hu par samajh nhi pata hu.. Samajhna chahta hu..

Chappal chutne ki significance...? Sorry I'm new into this sort of arts...!😢

Don’t u just stop making videos plzz bro❤️🙏🏼

Bht khub mgr abi b bht kuch miss kia apne but great 👍

Tripti dimri hs progressed from innocence to sex symbol from Tum to tauba tauba

'Toriyan ' drying doesn't have to be taken literally.😂. Great work though

Bro decode the lyrics.....but I think video.....tells a very different story......

Another beautiful depiction of beautiful song. God bless you.

@2:25 Is Dina nath Derewale same as Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar? Dera Ismail khan is is in north west pakistan, I am not sure if Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar recorded song from there. There is a possibility that the info is factually incorrect.

I was waiting for this particular video... I didn't understand the meaning of that song but it hits differently... Thank you for the beautiful and detailed description

Can you decode kailash kher's saiyyan..

Finally the wait is over, Mazaa aayaaa❤

3:54 Our fav version too is the Ali Sethi version, at one time it was like an anthem for me and my wife

hello brother ,,,i just found this channel luckily !! so happy ,,and really really nice content !! keep it up brother.. and big fan of Ali sethi also...

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Thankx a ton for this explanation, literally this song (Ali Sethi version) is my aboslute favorite, Love from KOLKATA

Awesome video @InOtherWordsYT My fav rendition is also the Ali Sethi's version that you explained. Didn't know about the 1920's version, will definitely listen to that now. Thanks for the amazing work, keep it up!!

Literally speechless!!! You are way too talented man. Please continue this music decoding series . Waiting for your new video.

Ali Sethi created this master piece and this is ultimate, np other version can defeat it.❤ I m looking forward to do more research on Ali sethi's Chandni raat

But what I didnt infer from Chaan kitta video is- she leaves her sandal behind, the main lead finds it but when she gets out of the auto she has her sandal back. toh voh sab kaise hua is my doubt from the video

Thank you. That was very helpful. I will enjoy the song even more now!

Bro ka/crow wala galat bata diya Crow represents that someone will visit you soon

I had a doubt while in the middle of the video, but towards the ends of the video, i realised that I don't remember that doubt, just so engrossing the video is Also 2 mysteries dikhi mujhko, Ali ki representation And the eyes of the lady.🥺

Bhai itni depth thi iss gane ki mujhe dushyant kumar ki poems yaad aani lag gayi bc layer pe layer ☠️🔥

@Inotherwordsyt I cant find lata mangeshkar ayi yaad piya ki, koi dundh ke de sakte ho kya?

Suggestion for next video : Paar channa ve

This is my favorite Ali Sethi song, thanks for such detailed and beautiful explanation. I am so glad I chanced upon this video 😊

subscribed ! gaane ka history bataya, all versions, including rd burman inspired wala, nice video ! the way u studied this song please do the same for this song - kadi aao ni folk song sung by the great mai dha, the legend atif aslam.

love the videos, keep em coming. Glad to find this gem channel.

Duniya chaan li, iss gaane ka matlab nahi mila. Aapne bata diya.

Oh bhae , why do call it sariki and not multani , what it has been originally.

beautifully explained. Kudos to you. I would very much like more videos like this.

All Bookwas.that’s why Pakistan has been left behind.

Ali sethi bahut ache se usko explain kia pls thora sa apko aur work karna tha..!!

Bohut Sundar Jaa rahe ho sir ji plzz keep it up ❤❤❤

Waah mishra ji waah!!!...It is very evident that you did much research for this video, loved all the references you added, especially Dinanath mangeshkar wala. Great work bro👍