Beautiful Duet Series
I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 23 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
On 03 Feb 2021, I gave you Beautiful Duet #8 – Rimjhim ke taraane leke. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #9
Tujhe jeevan ki dore se
Remembering Sadhana on Her Birth Anniversary 02 Sep
She was born on this day in 1941. On the Christmas Day in 2015, when we lost her, I wrote a post here titled: ‘Sadhana – Dil Abhi Bhara Nahin!‘ Some of you may like to go through it.
The Magic of Shankar Jaikishan – Hasrat Jaipuri Songs
My Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne owes its name to a Shankar Jaikishan – Hasrat Jaipuri song picturised on Dev Anand and Usha Kiran.
S-J gave a new lift to Dev Anand songs; Yaad kiya dil ne is an exception being serious romantic number. Their typical songs were the ones that focused on Dev Anand’s ebullience or effervescent nature. This song from Asli Naqli has it.
Somehow S-J made people believe in the magic of young love, however adverse were the circumstances. Their compositions and music for several Dev Anand songs reflected this; Sau saal pehle and Ek but banayunga.
In this too, here is a bus being driven by him (trust Hrishikesh Mukherjee to get these details right!). Now a bus is a difficult vehicle to drive and it is symbolic here. There is only one passenger: Sadhana. They get down from the bus and Hasrat Jaipuri and S-J take over. Suddenly, the entire atmosphere changes to ebullience, romance, hope and promise. All problems are forgotten and lightheartedness takes over.
Tell me how many lyricist-composer combines would have got this right? I am sure Hrishikesh Mukherjee would have been eternally grateful to them for the song.
And then there are Rafi and Lata. Rafi never sang like Rafi. He had different styles of singing for different actors. Here he is so typically Dev Anand. As far as Lata is concerned, some of the best songs of Lata are picturized on Sadhana and so is this one.
Any which way you look at it, it is a near perfect duet.
Please enjoy: Tujhe jeevan ki dore se baandh liya hai…..
(and see if you can leave the ‘bus full of your problems’ behind and go tripping with them where no bus can ever take you!)
रफ़ी: तुझे जीवन की डोर से, बाँध लिया है, बाँध लिया है तेरे ज़ुल्म-ओ-सितम, सर आँखों पर लता: मैने बदले में प्यार के, प्यार दिया है, प्यार दिया है तेरी खुशियाँ और गम, सर आँखों पर रफ़ी: तुझे जीवन की ... (अप्सरा कोई आए तो देखूँ नहीं कोई बहकाये हंसके तो बहकूँ नहीं ) - २ तोरे मतवारे नैनों ने, जादू किया ओ ... तोरे मतवारे नैनों ने, जादू किया तेरी उल्फ़त सनम सर आँखों पर ... (मेरे जीवन की अनमिट कहानी है तू मेरी तक़दीर और ज़िंदगानी है तू ) - २ लिये फ़िरते हैं सबसे छुपाये हुए ओ ... लिये फ़िरते हैं सबसे छुपाये हुए तेरी तसवीर हम सर आँखों पर ... चाँड सूरज भी हैं तेरी परछाइयाँ तुझ से रोशन हुई दिल की गहराइयाँ तेरे चेहरे की झिलमिल से मंज़िल मिली ओ तेरे चेहरे की झिलमिल से मंज़िल मिली ऐसी प्यारी पूनम सर आँखों पर ... (दोनो): तुझे जीवन की डोर से, बाँध लिया है, बाँध लिया है तेरे ज़ुल्मो-सितम, सर आँखों पर
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #9.
Please await Beautiful Duet #10- Hum tum ek kamre mein band.
