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.
Last time, I gave you Beautiful Duet #20 – Ye khamoshiyan, ye tanhayiyan. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #21
Yaad kiya dil ne kahan ho tum
Remembering Dev Anand on His Birth Anniversary and Hemant Kumar on His Death Anniversary 26 Sep
These are difficult times because of COVID. Else, we would have met in Kandaghat for our usual annual meet of the YKDN group and would have sung this anthem of ours together whilst the YKDN cake would have been cut by the youngest lady.
We also missed paying tribute to both Dev Anand and Hemant Kumar yesterday because of the sudden, tragic and totally unexpected demise of the great singer SP Balasubramanyam.
Patita – 1953 Movie
However, here we are with the title song of the group from the 1953 Amiya Chakrabarty movie Patita starring Dev Anand and Usha Kiran, both of whom feature in this truly iconic song that we shall never be able to get out of our system. Hemant Kumar sang for Dev Anand and Lata ji sang for Usha Kiran.
The Song
The song was penned by my behna Kishwar Jaipuri’s dad Hasrat Jaipuri and composed by the duo who were the best in the world. Even after so many years, Hasrat ji and Shankar Jaikishan ji never fail to wow us. This song, of course, is very special to this group and not just a beautiful duet. Each word is imprinted on our hearts; each word fills us with precious memories; each note touches the chords of our hearts:
याद किया दिल ने कहाँ हो तुम झूमती बहार है कहाँ हो तुम प्यार से पुकार लो जहाँ हो तुम - २ (ओ, खो गये हो आज किस खयाल में ओ, दिल फ़ंसा है बेबसी के जाल में ) - २ मतलबी जहाँ मेहरबां हो तुम याद किया दिल ने कहाँ हो तुम प्यार से पुकार लो जहाँ हो तुम - २ (ओ, रात ढल चुकी है सुबह हो गयी ओ, मै तुम्हारी याद लेके खो गयी ) - २ अब तो मेरी दास्ताँ हो तुम याद किया दिल ने कहाँ हो तुम प्यार से पुकार लो जहाँ हो तुम - २ (ओ, तुम हमारी ज़िंदगी के बाग़ हो ओ, तुम हमारी राह के चिराग़ हो ) - २ मेरे लिये आसमाँ हो तुम याद किया दिल ने कहाँ हो तुम प्यार से पुकार लो जहाँ हो तुम - २
Ladies and gentlemen, so what this year we didn’t meet to sing this anthem together but enjoy, whilst humming this beautiful duet: Yaad kiya dil ne kahan ho tum…
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #21.
Please await Beautiful Duet #22- Jodi hamari jamega kaise jaani.
