Ala Ala Bada Aala Barfi: Meaning for Swanand Kirkire version

Swanand Kirkire's version of Barfi! title song, which is almost equally good as Mohit's version, has just one line changed, the very first, that is.

Instead of Aala ala matwala barfi, it goes aala ala bada aala barfi. And hence, the meaning of Aala is different here. Here, aala is Urdu and means great, 'top quality' or top-notch.

However, aala is also a Marathi word, meaning 'has come', and is used as slang in Hindi too. So you can take the line as 'Barfi is great, very great', or 'great barfi is here.' However, the difference is not too much between both of them.

Mayassar Meaning

Mayassar (मयस्सर) is an Urdu word meaning available.

'Mayassar karna', hence, is to make something available. And so the line, "use mayassar kar bhi aao, wo jo dabi si aas baaki hai" means go make it available (to yourself), as in, go get it for yourself, that suppressed wish that still remains there.

Why is the movie called Barfi?

Have you heard of Murphy Radio? Seen that cute kid they used for advertising? If not, here is a picture of the kid.

So, this Radio used to be quite famous for decades in India, and the baby, just like Parle n Amul ones, was a symbol that could be identified by almost anyone.

Here, in the story of the Barfi!, Ranbeer Kapoor's mother wanted a kid like the murphy kid, and hence decided to name him Murphy. And even though she died early, probably in childbirth, the kid was named Murphy.

However, since Ranbeer is mute n deaf, he cannot say Murphy, but in the way mute people speak, is able to say what sounds like 'Barfi!', and hence the name of the movie.

Baawre/ Kyun na hum tum Lyrics, Translation | Barfi! (2012)

Movie: Barfi!
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Neelesh Misra
Singers: Papon, Sunidhi Chauhan
Label: Sony Music

Saawli si Raat ho: Lyrics, Translation | Barfi! (2012)

Movie: Barfi!
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
Singer: Arijit Singh
Label: Sony Music

Aashiyan/ Itti si Khushi Lyrics, Translation | Barfi! (2012)

Movie: Barfi!
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
Singers: Shreya Ghoshal, Nickhil Paul George
Label: Sony Music

Wo jo ruki si/ Phir le aaya dil: Lyrics, Translation | Barfi! (2012)

Movie: Barfi!
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri
Singer: Arijit Singh/ Rekha Bharadwaj / Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan
Label: Sony Music

is dil ka kya karoon main kya karun (Barfi) Lyrics, Translation

Movie: Barfi!
Music: Pritam
Singer: Nikhil Paul George
Label: Sony Music

Matwaala/ Matwala Meaning

Matwala literally is Hindi for someone who is drunk, inebriated. But more than that, the word is used in a transferred sense, for someone who is a free spirit, someone who doesn't care a lot for things and does what s/he wishes to.

Aala Ala Matwala Barfi Lyrics Translation (Barfi! Title song)

After Shirin Farhad ki to nikal padi, Mohit Chauhan once again does a lot of onomatopoeia singing, with all the gudgud and budbud sounds, of diving, sinking, bubbles, etc. We've tried to put the best meaning for such phrases, however, since they cannot be exactly translated, and in some places have no meaning at all, some words could be missing the meaning/translation.

Movie: Barfi!
Music Director: Pritam
Singer: Mohit Chauhan
Starcast: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz
Label: Sony Music