अच्छे ईसा हो मरीज़ों का ख़याल अच्छा हो

“Achchhe Isa Ho Marizon Ka Kayal Achhha Ho” is one of the songs from Thokar (1939), the Ranjit Movietone film directed by A. R. Kardar with music by Gyan Dutt. Sung by Waheedan Bai, it is a ghazal rendered in the thumri style and is picturised on the singer herself in the film. The lyrics are credited to Pyare Lal Santoshi.

“Achchhe Isa Ho Marizon Ka Kayal Achhha Ho” was composed by Gyan Dutt for the 1939 film Thokar and is rendered by Waheedan Bai as a ghazal in thumri style — typical of the female ghazal singing of that era.

The lyric of this ghazal is credited to Pyare Lal Santoshi, the lyricist of Thokar. Music historians have debated some of its couplets, with a few discussants tracing lines to the classical ghazal tradition (names such as Mirza Ghalib and Amir Minai have been raised), though the attribution remains uncertain.