Deepika Padukone and Vikrant Massey perform Gulzar’s ‘Ab Ladna Hai’ in Chhapaak. This poem rejects silent endurance, using sharp rhythmic repetition to demand active resistance. Gulzar’s words frame collective anger through personal resolve.
Ab Ladna Hai Poem
Deepika Padukone | Vikrant Massey • From “Chhapaak”
Ab Ladna Hai Poem Lyrics Translation Deepika Padukone | Vikrant Massey | Chhapaak
The lyrics specify tangible actions: cleansing societal toxicity (‘maila mausam saaf karna hai’) and treating oppressive judgments (‘beemaar nazar ka ilaaj karna hai’). Each stanza escalates urgency, transforming individual protest into public imperative.
Dekh Samajh Ke Gaur Karna HaiI’ve got to look, understand, and pay close attention.
Thodi Si Koshish Aur Karna HaiI’ve got to try just a little bit more.
Ab Ladna HaiNow, I’ve got to fight.
Har Chehre Ko Sawarna HaiI’ve got to make every face beautiful again.
Chaand Ka Daag Bhi Bharna HaiI’ve even got to heal the ‘scars’ on the moon.
Ab Ladna HaiNow, I’ve got to fight.
Maila Mausam Saaf Karna HaiI’ve got to clear away this toxic atmosphere.
Zindagi Se Insaaf Karna HaiI’ve got to demand justice from life itself.
Ab Ladna HaiNow, I’ve got to fight.
Beemaar Nazar Ka Ilaaj Karna HaiI’ve got to cure society’s ‘sick gaze’.
Jo Kiya Nahin Tha Aaj Karna HaiI’ve got to do today what I haven’t done before.
Ab Ladna HaiNow, I’ve got to fight.
Ab Seham Seham Ke Nahin Rehna HaiI won’t live in constant fear anymore.
Buland Aawaaz Mein Ab Kehna HaiI’ve got to speak out with a powerful voice now.
Ab Ladna HaiNow, I’ve got to fight.
Ab Ladna HaiNow, I’ve got to fight.
Ab Ladna Hai Poem Music Video
Chhapaak’s central poem channels accountability into motion, documented fully through the Ab Ladna Hai lyrics translation for its layered calls against systemic injustice.