I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 18 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
This is the Song #20 in the series. I hope you liked Song #19 – Main rickshaw wala.
Song #20
Chand phir nikla magar tum naa aaye
Theme-word: Ye raat kehti hai…
Remembering Majrooh Sultanpuri and SD Burman on Their Birth Anniversaries 01 Oct
The first song that was made by them together was also a Raat Song; sung by Geeta Roy (Not yet Dutt) for the 1950 movie Pyar: Woh sapne waali raat.
However, as I have already mentioned, it took the breakup between SD Burman and Sahir Ludhianvi for them to be together after the last movie of Sahir and SD Burman: the 1957 movie Pyaasa.
Paying Guest – 1957 Movie
Paying Guest, the 1957 movie directed by Subhodh Mukherjee was their first movie after Pyar of 1950. It was a Filmistan movie: the production company started by Sashadhar Mukherjee after separating from Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani’s production company Bombay Talkies.
Paying Guest was one of the four movies that paired Dev Anand and Nutan. Indeed it was the first. The others are Barish (1957), Manzil (1960) and Tere Ghar Ke Saamne (1963). The last two were partly shot in my home-place Shimla.
Dev Anand is a Paying Guest (in the guise of an old man) in the house of a landlord whose daughter Nutan eventually falls in love with him and he too with her.
However, Shubha Khote as Chanchal has designs on him and he starts neglecting Nutan and she sings this song.
Chand phir nikala has been commented upon me in my blog. During those days, the passage of time used to be measured by the phases of the moon!
Lyrics
चांद फिर निकला, मगर तुम न आये
जला फिर मेरा दिल, करुँ क्या मैं हाय
चांद फिर निकला …
(ये रात कहती है वो दिन गये तेरे
ये जानता है दिल के तुम नहीं मेरे ) – २
खड़ी मैं हूँ फिर भी निगाहें बिछाये
मैं क्या करूँ हाय के तुम याद आये
चांद फिर निकला …
(सुलगते सीने से धुंआ सा उठता है
लो अब चले आओ के दम घुटता हैं ) – २
जला गये तन को बहारों के साये
मैं क्या करुँ हाय के तुम याद आये
चांद फिर निकला …
My Own Poetry
TU NAHIN TO CHANDNI RAAT KYA KARE?
चांदनी रात है पर तूं मेरे साथ नहीं,
बात तो कुछ है लेकिन वह बात नहीं।
भीगी फिजायें छू लेती हैं आके रुखसार,
उनसे क्या हो जब दिल में बरसात नहीं।
एक ज़माना था शाम ओ सेहर मिलते थे हम,
अब कभी मिलें ऐसे तो हालात नहीं।
लहरे उठती हैं उठ के चली जाती हैं,
दिल की धड़कन को बढ़ा दें इनकी औकात नहीं।
पेड़ों की छाओं में बैठे भी तो क्यूं हो जादू,
ठहरे कैसे ये समां जब हाथ में तेरा हाथ नहीं।
नज़रें रह रह के ढूंढती हैं तेरी नज़रें,
कहाँ है तू इतनी तो अंधेरी रात नहीं।
कैसे अब प्यार हमारा मुकाम तक पहुंचे,
ना तो तुम से न मुझ से जब शुरुआत नहीं।
हम नहीं मिलते यह ज़माने की है पाबंदी,
क्यूं कहती हो, रवि, तेरे दिल में जज़्बात नहीं।
Lata Mangeshkar
It has become fashionable with some people to look for songs from Asha and Geeta Dutt as relief from Lata ji. However, she continues being my favourite female singer and it is a joy to listen to her especially in such songs.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please enjoy: Chand phir nikla…
I hope you liked my choice of Song #20 in Raat or Din series.
Please await Song #21 – Mujhe raat din ye khayal hai.
