RAAT OR DIN SONG #5 – SAB KUCHH LUTA KE HOSH MEIN AAYE

Raat or Din Songs Series

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 fifth song in the series. I hope you liked Song #4 – Tumhare nain dekh ke.

Song #5
Sab kuchh luta ke hosh mein aaye to kya kiya?
Theme-word: Din mein agar chirag jalaye to ky kiya

Lata Mangeshkar for Me

There are, of course, very good and even great male playback singers. However, I noticed this with me, from the days when I was a boy, that if a song has been sung (not a duet) by a male and her, I would instinctively want to listen to her. On her birthday, my Songs group has this collage:

Take, for example, the Munim song sung separately by Kishore Kumar and her: Jeevan ke safar mein rahi milte hain bichhud jaane ko. There is no doubt about the quality of singing of Kishore Kumar singing a song having a word he was passionate about: Rahi. However, I have listened to Lata version more than his. It is the same with Na yeh chand hoga na taare rahenge and Ye chand ye chandni phir kahan.

Hence, please forgive me that since these songs I am posting from my heart, I shall give you the Lata Mangeshkar version and not Talat Mahmood’s. In any case, the song is most apt for her.

Ek Saal 1957

(Poster courtesy: dastaan-thememoirs.com)

This was a movie directed by Devendra Goel and starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles (similar to Howrah Bridge). However, unlike Howrah Bridge, there was no Chinese angle to the story.

Ashok Kumar is a con man in the movie. He is appointed by Madhubala’s father to pretend to be in love with her to make her dying days (Ek Saal was what doctors gave her) more pleasant. She, of course, starts actually loving him and then she discovers that he is her father’s manager.

The Talat Mahmood version of the song was a favourite with my father. He often used to sing it (like me, as a bathroom singer). However, as soon as I discovered Lata’s version and the state in which Madhubala found herself, I used to listen to it often and cry.

The Song

It was penned by Prem Dhawan (Shaheed songs and the unforgettable patriotic number Aye mere pyare watan tujh pe dil kurban.

It was composed by Ravi who excelled in songs depicting abject misery and sadness (eg, Lo aa gayi unki yaad woh nahin aaye).

Lyrics

लता वर्शन

न पूछो प्यार की हमने वो हक़ीक़त देखी
वफ़ा के नाम पे बिकती हुई उल्फ़त देखी
किसी ने लूट लिया और हमें ख़बर न हुई
खुली जो आँख तो बर्बाद मुहब्बत देखी

सब कुछ लुटा के होश में आए तो क्या किया
दिन में अगर चराग़ जलाए तो क्या किया

(मैं वो कली हूँ जो न बहारों में खिल सकी) -२
वो दिल हूँ जिसको प्यार की मंज़िल न मिल सकी
मंज़िल न मिल सकी
पत्थर पे हमने फूल चढ़ाए तो क्या किया

(जो मिल न सका प्यार ग़म की शाम तो मिले)-२
इक बेवफ़ा से प्यार का अंजाम तो मिले
(ऐ मौत जळ आ) -२ ज़रा आराम तो मिले
दो दिन ख़ुशी के देख न पाए तो क्या किया

Lyrics, for me, are the main thing in a song. So, even though I am not putting up Talat Mahmood version, you may want to look at the excellent lyrics:

तलत वर्शन

करते रहे ख़िज़ाँ से हम सौदा बहार का
बदला दिया तो क्या ये दिया उनके प्यार का

सब कुछ लुटा के होश में आये तो क्या किया? -२
दिन में अगर चराग़ जलाये तो क्या किया?
सब कुछ लुटा के होश में आये तो क्या किया? -२

हम बदनसीब प्यार की रुसवाई बन गये -२
ख़ुद ही लगा के आग तमाशाई बन गये,
तमाशाई बन गये
दामन से अब ये शोले बुझाये तो क्या किया?
दिन में अगर चराग़ जलाये तो क्या किया?
सब कुछ लुटा के होश में आये तो क्या किया? -२

ले-ले के हार फूलों के आई तो थी बहार -२
नज़रें उठाके हमने ही देखा न एक बार
देखा न एक बार
आँखों से अब ये परदे हटाये तो क्या किया?
दिन में अगर चराग़ जलाये तो क्या किया?
सब कुछ लुटा के होश में आये तो क्या किया? -२

My Own Poetry

I have given this to you a once or twice earlier. It is a favourite with me:

SULAGTE AANSU

वो लौटा रहें हैं मेरा सामान,
और जला रहे हैं सब कुछ,
मेरी आरज़ू है सितमगर
मेरे अश्क भी जला दें
ताके दिल के समुन्दर में
वो तूफ़ान फिर ना उभरे;
जो मरहले खड़े थे
उन्हें ठोकर से मिटा दें
काश हम ना होते वो ना होते,
और ये आरज़ू ना होती
तेरी आँखों में जो सरूर था
वो सरूर भी हटा दें
मैं भूल गया हूँ सब कुछ,
तेरे प्यार की नज़र में
मेरी कौन सी है मंजिल
मुझे कुछ तो अब पता दें
अब दिल न हो, प्यार ना हो,
और ना रहे उनकी यादें,
कोई उनसे जाके कह दे,
मेरी हस्ती ही मिटा दें

Please enjoy Lata Mangeshkar singing: Sab kuchh luta ke hosh mein aaye to kya kiya…

I hope you liked my choice of Song #5 in Raat or Din series.

Please await Song #6 – Raat ne kya kya khwab dikhaye.

Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

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