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 #27 in the series. I hope you liked Song #26 – O mere sanam, O mere sanam.
Song #27
Do hanso ka joda bichhad gayo re
Theme-word: Raat ki aas gayi, Din ka sahara bhi gaya
Punjabi with Strong Likes and Dislikes
Even if I want to deny it, I can’t; I am a Punjabi and the saying that Punjabis have strong likes and dislikes me fits me like a glove. For example, I was never fond of Bozo and hence, Bozo may as well stand on his head (which too he must have done among many other crazy stuff as trying to open a valve clockwise and anti-clockwise) and still make no difference with me. For me, Bozo is pits; close to Zero that one of his songs says we Indians discovered.
Now this song has all the people that I adore:
Shakeel Badayuni, the best Lyricist ever.
Naushad Ali, the best Composer ever.
Lata Mangeshkar, the best Female Playback Singer ever.
Vyjayanthimala, the best dancer ever in Hindi movies. She won the Filmfare Award for her role in this movie.
Dilip Kumar, the best actor ever because of whose incarceration Vyjayanthimala has to express her emotions through this song. Many people were surprised that he lost out to Raj Kapoor for the Filmfare Award for his role in Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (another Ganga!). Most people felt that this was the lifetime performance by Dilip Kumar in his own production for which he had Nitin Bose direct the movie. In any case, the number of Filmfare Awards won by Dilip Kumar had not been exceeded by any other actor.
Ganga Jumna (that’s how it is spelt in the posters) – the 1961 Movie
All in all, the 1961 movie Ganga Jumna became an iconic movie indeed. I saw it in a matinee show in Vasco when I had already joined the Navy and observed that people sang every song together with the actors and spoke most dialogues too.
The movie had a story by Dilip Kumar and dialogues by Wajahat Mirza. Miraza and Shakeel ensured that there was no gap or difference between dialogues and songs (in many a movie I have seen this mismatch whence the songs are in chaste Urdu and the dialogues in Hindi). Both happened to be in Awadh dialect and Mirza won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award.
Dilip Kumar was Gangaram or Ganga in the movie. His areal brother Nasir Khan was Jumna and Vyjayanthimala was Dhanno, a village girl.
Because of his earnings as a servant in an obnoxious family, Ganga is able to get good education for his brother Jumna. The movie’s song Insaaf ki dagar pe bachcho dikhayo chal ke was adjudged as the best children’s song ever in a national poll. However, what Ganga hadn’t reckoned was the machinations of a corrupt and cruel feudal system that gets him in the jail for no fault of his. Dhanno and he are in love publicly (Nain lad jaihen) and now that Dhanno realises Ganga has been wrongly convicted (he eventually becomes a dacoit with a golden heart), she is heart-broken. Shakeel, Naushad, and Lata help her express her emotions through this song.
Not a Dance Number
This is not a dance number of Vyjayanthimala. The dance number is Dhoondo dhoondo re sajana which I regard as her most heart-warming dance ever with such beautiful lyrics by Shakeel that it stuns you. However, this one is probably the best song of the movie in all respects:
दो हंसों का जोड़ा बिछड़ गयो रे
गजब भयो रामा, जुलम भयो रे
दो हंसों का जोड़ा…
मोरा सुख चैन भी, जीवन भी मोरा छिन लिया
पापी संसार ने साजन भी मोरा छिन लिया
पिया बिन तड़पे जिया, रतिया बिताऊँ कैसे
बिरहा की अगनी को असुवन से बुझाऊँ कैसे
जिया मोरा मुश्किल में पड़ गयो रे
गजब भयो रामा…
रात की आस गयी, दिन का सहारा भी गया
मोरा सूरज भी गया, मोरा सितारा भी गया
प्रीत कर के कभी प्रीतम से ना बिछड़े कोई
जैसी उज़डी हूँ मैं, ऐसे भी ना उजड़े कोई
बना खेल मोरा बिगड़ गयो रे
गजब भयो रामा…
जीते जी छोडूँगी सैय्या ना डगरीयाँ तोरी
बीत जाएगी यूँ ही सारी उमरीया मोरी
नैनों से होती रहेगी यूँ ही बरसात बलम
याद में रोती रहूँगी तेरी दिन-रात बलम
नगर मोरे मन का उजड़ गयो रे
गजब भयो रामा…
The Song
As a Raat Or Din (this song has both) Song, it must rank quite high for the beauty of its lyrics.
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Do hanso ka joda bicchad gayo re…
I hope you liked my choice of Raat or Din Song #27.
Please await Raat or Din Song #28- Ek din bik jaayega.
