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.
On 03 Feb 2021, I gave you Beautiful Duet #10 – Hum tum ek kamre mein band. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #11
Teri duniya se door, chale hoke majboor, hamen yaad rakhna
My Dedication to Manik Lakhkar Chava Behna
To start with, ladies and gentlemen, please pray for her to get better. She has a chest congestion and homeopathy hasn’t helped much. As I write, she is now with an allopathic doctor.
Today is her turn to post both the songs but she is unwell.
My sisters mean the world to me. There was an occasion when I wrote something sarcastic about one of her posts. She rang me up and asked a direct question, “Bhaiya, are you my bhaiya or not?” And that’s the time it occurred to me that it can’t be mere words.
And don’t get carried away about my being “Ladaku” with Surekha Saini. None of you understand her more than me. She has gone through very bad times concerning her immediate family; eg, she lost her sister Rekha. With such bad luck, won’t she want to spend as much time as possible with her family? There will never be time when I start loving her any less.
This Song
I have taken this song from the 1961 movie Zabak that was produced and directed by Homi Wadia. Mahipal (of the Parasmani song with Geetanjali: Woh jab yaad aaye bahut yaad aaye) and Shyama were the lead cast.
The song was penned by Prem Dhawan (Shaheed songs, for example) and composed by Chitragupt.
Today, I gave you a super Yaad song at the demise of S Mohinder; an all time favourite Raja Mehdi Ali Khan song: Phir teri yaad naye geet sunane aayi. As I mentioned, I opted for it at the expense of Guzra hua zamaana.
This song would then tell you that two of the best Yaad songs in Hindi movies were picturised on Mahipal: Woh jab yaad aaye and Hamewn yaad rakhna.
In this song, as in Parasmani song, Mohammad Rafi sang for Mahipal and Lata Mangeshkar sang for Shyama.
Why and When This Song?
“Hajji (Mahipal) is a carefree young man in love with the princess Zainab (Shyama). His father is a middle class man who runs a Hamam (Bath house). He is not happy with his son’s relationship with the princess because of their social inequality. The minister Qasim Beg has Hajji and his father arrested. The father’s hair is shaven off as punishment while Hajji is whipped. The father, out of shame for his situation, commits suicide. Hajji is thrown out of the city gates (this is where the song occurs), where he saves Saudagar (merchant) Usman Shah’s daughter from being kidnapped. Usman Shah (B. M. Vyas), though posing as a merchant, turns out to be a dacoit. Hajji, now Zabak joins the dacoits, albeit unwillingly. When Usman plans to attack and loot Zabak’s home town Isbahan, he goes along as he finds out that Qasim Beg will marry Zainab. During the dacoity, Zainab is abducted by one of Usman’s men. Qasim, who was in a fight with Zabak and left for dead, kills the Sultan and takes his place. Zabak goes through being misunderstood by his beloved and his mother, but with help from his friends he succeeds in righting all the wrongs committed by Qasim and marries the princess.”
My Own Poetry
KAUN SAMAJHA HAI ISE?
ज़िन्दगी में कोई न कोई बात रह जाती है,
दिन गुज़र जाता है तो रात रह जाती है ।
इश्क़ की गर्म ओ गर्मियां चार दिन की हैं,
फिर तो सिर्फ यादों की बरसात रह जाती है ।
तेरी हँसी के फवारे थे मुखतसर लम्हों के लिए,
उसके बाद ग़मों की बारात रह जाती है ।
हम ही हैं जो खुद को जहाँन समझते हैं,
हमारे चले जाने पे भी कायनात रह जाती है।
सारी जिंदगी छोटी नज़र आती है इसके मुक़ाबले,
जब ज़ेहन में छोटी सी मुलाक़ात रह जाती है।
बचपन और जवानी में कितनी हसीन लगती थी,
बुढापे में नाश – ए – हैय्यात रह जाती है।
एक एक पल हमने संवारा था खून ओ पसीने से,
आखिर में तो मजबूरी – ए – हालात रह जाती है।
कोई नहीं समझ पाया ज़िन्दगी के मायने, रवि,
गुज़र जाने पे भी तख्ती – ए – सवालात रह जाती है।
Please enjoy: Teri duniya se door, chale hoke majboor, hamen yaad rakhna…,
तेरी दुनिया से दूर, चले होके मजबूर, हमें याद रखना
जाओ कहीं भी सनम, तुम्हें इतनी क़सम, हमें याद रखना
१) आएंगी बहारें तो तेरे ही फ़साने सुनाएंगी हमें
होगी तन्हाई तो आके तेरी यादें रुलाएंगी हमें
रुलाएंगी हमें, तड़पाएंगी हमें
कभी देखी थी बहार, कभी हम से था प्यार
हमें याद रखना,
जाओ …
२) लेजा जानेवाले दुआएं मेरे दिल की किसी से क्या गिला
तेरी ही खता है ना मेरी ही खता है जो होना था हुआ
जो होना था हुआ, है किसी से क्या गिला
देखो रोए मेरा प्यार, कहे दिल की पुकार हमें याद रखना,
तेरी …
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #11.
Please await Beautiful Duet #12- Aapne yaad dilaya to mujhe.
