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 #18 – Kajra mohabbat wala. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #19
O raat ke musaffir chanda zara bata de
Remembering Rajinder Krishan on His Death Anniversary 23 Sep
I have already given you a Raat song penned by this great lyricist. This one is a Raat, Chanda song as well as a beautiful duet. Please appreciate the lyrics penned by him:
ओ रात के मुसाफ़िर चन्दा ज़रा बता दे मेरा क़ुसूर क्या है, तू फ़ैसला सुना दे है भूल कोई दिल की आँखों की या ख़ता है कुछ भी नहीं तो फिर क्यों मुझसे कोई खफ़ा है मंज़ूर है वो मुझको जो कुछ भी तू सज़ा दे मेरा क़ुसूर क्या है ... दिल पे किसी को अपने क़ाबू नहीं रहा है ये राज़ मेरे दिल से आँखों ने ही कहा है आँखों ने जो है देखा दिल किस तरह भुला दे मेरा क़ुसूर क्या है ... ओ चाँद आसमां के, दम भर ज़मीं पे आजा भूला हुआ है राही, तू रास्ता दिखा जा भटकी हुई है नैया साहिल इसे दिखा दे मेरा क़ुसूर क्या है ...
This is the third beautiful Raat and Chand song as a Beautiful Duet, put up by me after Dum bhar jo udhar moonh phere from Awaara and Aaja sanam madhur chandni mein hum tum from 1956 movie Chori Chori.
One can safely conclude that Raat and Chand feature quite frequently in beautiful duets sung by lovers; sooner or later we shall also have Ye raatein ye mausam nadi ka kinara ye chanchal hawa.
Rajinder Krishan and Hemant Kumar
They made a very popular pair of Lyricist and Music Director. Their 1954 movie Nagin is their most talked about association; each song is still talked about as if it was yesterday.
In 1957 LV Prasad movie and AVM Production: Miss Mary, they made some really memorable songs, eg,
- Brindavan ka Krishna Kanhaiya.
- Ye mard bade dilsard.
- Sakhi ri sun bole papiha us paar.
Incidentally, their song from another 1957 movie together: Champakali: Chhup gaya koi re door se pukaar ke is a favourite of mine. It was picturised on Suchitra Sen.
This one is picturised on Gemini Ganesan and Meena Kumari. They have a working relationship since the family who wants to hire their services as teachers prefer a married couple and they accept the situation since they were out of job anyway. Little did they know that they would finally be in love too as you can see from this song. Meena Kumari, known as tragedy queen, was in a rare comic role in this movie.
Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar Again
As I have said any number of times, some of the finest duets in the Hindi movies were sung by them. This duet has the standard format: He sings one stanza, she sings the next one and then they sing one together. Dil ki nazar se is in this format but sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar.
Please enjoy: O raat ke mussafir chanda zara bata de…
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #19.
Please await Beautiful Duet #20- Ye khamoshiyan ye tanhayiyan.
