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{{Infobox song
| name = Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte
| cover =
| alt =
| type =
| artist = ]
| album = ]
| released = {{film date|df=y|2008|11|6}}
| format =
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = ], ], ]
| length = 06:36
| label = YRF Music
| writer = Jaideep Sahni
| producer = ]
}}

"'''Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte'''" ({{translation|Down the road we'll meet again}}) is a song from the 2008 Indian film '']'' rendered by ]. In the movie itself, it appears as a dream sequence ] during another movie. The song reenacts famous scenes from Bollywood films, and is performed by ] portraying a number of famous vintage Bollywood actors, opposite a series of other actresses who are also portraying vintage actors from the films. In chronological order, Shahrukh Khan plays opposite ], ], ], ] and ].

The five parts of the song correlate and pay homage to fifty years of ] and some of the biggest actors over the time span. The lyrics themselves are mostly composed of song or film titles from each actor portrayed. The chorus itself has an allusion to a ] movie '']'' with the lyric "हम हैं राही प्यार कि" which is also a famous song in ''Nau Do Ghyarah''.<ref></ref><ref></ref>

== 1950s ==
] is the first actor to be portrayed by Shahrukh Khan, while ] portrays ]. The two acted in 16 films together.
There are many allusions to his movies throughout this part of the song.
The underlying melody is similar to that of "Awaara Hoon" from the 1951 film '']''. In the video, the people on the arches are dressed similarly to Raj Kapoor's character in ''Awaara''. The second shot is of a giant ], again, reiterating the homage to ''Awaara''. Later on umbrellas appear paying tribute to '']''.
The first line is "Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua" which is the name of a famous song from ''Shree 420'' and "Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan" from '']''.
The next stanza makes reference to three more movies, '']'' (1960), '']'' (1959), '']'' (1951), and '']'' (1964).
"माना दिल तो है अनारी, ये आवारा ही सही। अरे बोल राधा, बोल संगम होगा की नहीं।"
''Chhalia'', ''Anari'', ''Awaara'' and ''Sangam'' are all names of movies.
The melody changes from "Awaara Houn" to "]" from '']'' at the line above.

== 1960s ==
The song spends two stanzas on the 1960s to pay tribute to big actors of different styles. The first is ] and the second is ].

Dev Anand is the next man to be paid homage and ] portrays ],<ref></ref> dressed in white with red roses in her hair and styled churidar, styled in a 60s fashion. The opening melody is similar to that of "Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara" from ]. The first line of the stanza is "Dil ka Bhanwar Kare Pukar" which is the name of a song from Anand's 1963 movie '']''.
''"]"'' is the next line, and is the name of a 1961 film.
The third line, "Jiya ohh, Jiya Kuch Boldon" is a line from ''Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai'''s title song.
The next stanza starts with the line "Tere Ghar ke Samne Ghar Banaunga", an allusion to the first line of the aforementioned movie's title song.
The last two lines are from the same song "Pal Bhar Ke Liye" from the 1970 movie '']''.

Khan portrays ] in the third part of the song. His co-star is ] who plays ], colorfully dressed, with jewels and feathers in a high hair bun.
The underlying tune is "O Haseena Zulfon Wale" from the 1966 movie '']''. The set copies that of the song in the movie, and is also the first line of this stanza. Right before the song starts though, the melody changes from "O Haseena" to "Aaja Aaja" from the same movie. The next line is "Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe" from the 1961 movie '']''. The last line is from the film '']'' (1969) which is "Badan Pe Sitare" which feature ] with ].

== 1970s ==
The set of the penultimate stanza is a cartoon version of '']'''s "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar". ] is the actor and ] represents ]. The opening melody and scene is similar to that of "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani" from '']'', in which both Khanna and Tagore acted, hinting at the pairing. This song is later alluded to.
In the first scene, Zinta is reading a book called '']'', which is also the name of a Rajesh Khanna movie. The first two lines are from "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar".
The third line alludes to his 1985 film ''Zamana''. The next line repeats the name of '']'' from 1972. The last line of the first stanza is the name of a song ("Zindagi Ek Safar") from the 1971 movie '']''. The second stanza holds two more allusions to '']'' and again ''Mere Jevan Saathi'' and following lines "mere sapno ki raani" lyrics of evergreen song "mere sapno ki rani kab aayegi thu"
'']'' with the lines/song titles "Kuch Toh Log Kahenge" and "O Mere Dil Ke Chain".

== 1980s ==
] is the last actor to be portrayed and ] portrays ]. The first melody is "Bachna Ae Haseeno" from '']'' (1977). The song "Dard-E-Dil" from '']'' (1980) starts off the second line and the movie '']'' (1981) finishes. Second line, another blatant allusion to ''Hum Kisise Kum Naheen'', sung to the tune of "Ek Haseena Thi" from ''Karz''. The last line, "Yeh vaada raha, o meri chandni," has allusions to the films '']'' (1982) and '']'' (1989).

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