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{{Infobox song
| name          = Baharon Phool Barsao
| cover         = Mohammed Rafi 2016 postcard of India crop-flip.jpg
| artist        = [[Mohammed Rafi]] 
| language      = Hindi
| released      = {{Start date|1966}}
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| lyricist      = [[Hasrat Jaipuri]] 
| composer      = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
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"'''Baharon Phool Barsao'''" or "'''Baharon Phool Barsao, Mera Mehboob Aaya Hain'''" ({{translation|literal=yes}} "Seasons of spring, shower with flowers, my beloved has come") is an Indian [[Hindi]] song from the Bollywood film ''[[Suraj (1966 film)|Suraj]]'' (1966). The lyrics were written by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]], the music was composed by [[Shankar Jaikishan]] and the song was sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]].<ref name="Britannica2003">{{cite book|author=Encyclopedia Britannica|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT581|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=581–}}</ref> The music of the song was composed in [[Dadra]] tala.<ref name="Chaturvedi2004">{{cite book|author=Mamta Chaturvedi|title=Filmi Non Filmi Songs (With Their Notations)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=459ay5Ai2l4C&pg=PA116|year=2004|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-288-0299-7|pages=116–}}</ref>

Hasrat Jaipuri received the [[Filmfare Awards]] of the best lyricist for this song in 1967.<ref name="Poolakkal">{{cite book|author=Vijay Poolakkal|title=Remembering Mohammed Rafi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0jvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-329-50177-5|pages=14–}}</ref> In 1966 Mohammed Rafi also won the Filmfare prize in the category of the best male playback singer.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} In a poll conducted by the [[BBC Radio]] in 2013, this song was voted as the most popular song in a list of the top 100 popular Bollywood songs of all time.<ref name="BBC BBC Asian Network Vote - 100 Greatest Bollywood Songs #Bolly100">{{cite news |title=BBC Asian Network Vote - 100 Greatest Bollywood Songs #Bolly100 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/vote/top-songs/ |accessdate=23 December 2019 |work=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

== Awards ==
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! Year !! Award !! Category !! Recipient 
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| 1967 || rowspan="2"| Filmfare award || Best lyricist || {{Won|[[Hasrat Jaipuri]]}}<ref name="Poolakkal" />
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| 1966 || Best male playback singer || {{Won|[[Mohammed Rafi]]}}{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McP9D114BfU Full video at YouTube]

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[[Category:Hindi-language songs]]
[[Category:1966 songs]]
[[Category:Indian songs]]
[[Category:Mohammed Rafi songs]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Shankar Jaikishan]]


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