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 #14 in the series. I hope you liked Song #13 – Aaja sanam madhur chandni mein.
Song #14
Bhool sakta hai bhala kaun tumhaari aankhen
Beautiful Description of Eyes
There are many songs describing her and sometimes his eyes. One of the most beautiful was created by Majrooh Sultanpuri and Madan Mohan in the movie Chirag. The mukhada was used after Raj Khosla (the director) took permission to use this line from Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s famous nazm: Mujhase pehle si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang (made famous after Noorjehan sang it as a ghazal).
This song in Raag Jhinjhoti, Tal Dadra was covered by me as Song #96 in Raaga Based Songs of the Day.
Now lets come to the description of eyes that Shashi Kapoor had to express for Indrani Mukherjee’s eyes. Sahir Ludhianvi wrote it for him (Shashi Kapoor as Dilip Rai writes in the indigenous Indian language Urdu but is, in the movie, a Hindu fundamentalist who hates Muslims. This theme was a favourite theme with Yash Chopra who made his directorial debut with 1959 movie Dhool Ka Phool in which a Muslim (played by Manmohan Krishna) brings up an illegitimate Hindu child and sings to it: Na tu Hindu banega na Musalmaan banega, Insaan ki hai aulad tu insaan banega). Even that song was penned by Sahir and composed by N Dutta just as this one was.
Have a look at the excellent lyrics and see how Sahir related Raat and Chandni to her eyes:
भूल सकता है भला कौन ये प्यारी आँखें
रंग में डूबी हुई नींद से भारी आँखें
भूल सकता है भला कौन …
मेरी हर सोस ने हर सोच ने चाहा है तुम्हें
जब से देखा है तुम्हें तब से सराहा है तुम्हें
बस गई हैं मेरी आँखों में तुम्हारी आँखें
रंग में डूबी हुई नींद से भारी आँखें
भूल सकता है भला कौन …
तुम जो नज़रों को उठाओ तो सितारे झुक जायें
तुम जो पल्कों को झुकाओ तो ज़माने रुक जायें
क्यूँ न बन जायें इन आँखोन की पुजारी आँखेन
रंग में डूबी हुई नींद से भारी आँखें
भूल सकता है भला कौन …
जागती रातों को सपनों का खज़ाना मिल जाये
तुम जो मिल जाओ तो जीने क बहाना मिल जाये
अपनी क़िस्मत पे करे नाज़ हमारी आँखेन
भूल सकता है भला कौन ये प्यारी आँखें
रंग में डूबी हुई नींद से भारी आँखें
भूल सकता है भला कौन …
Mahendra Kapoor Singing for Shashi Kapoor
This movie, the 1961 movie Dharmaputra (based on the novel of the same name by Acharya Chatursen), was the debut movie of Shashi Kapoor as adult actor: he plays Dilip Rai. He sings this song to Indrani Mukherjee as Meena but is finally called upon to make peace with Mala Sinha as Husn Bano.
Shashi Kapoor often had Mohammad Rafi sing such nazms/ghazals for him (He was very cute in his black achkan singing Meri zindagi mein aate to kuchh aur baat hoti in the movie Kanyadan) but here he had Mahendra Kapoor sing for him. I would like to think that his velvety voice suited him in this song.
My Own Poetry
I like to write about eyes; these I consider as the windows to the world of Love and Imagination. Here is one of my own picked up at random:
Meri Zindagi Aapki Aankhon Tale
आपकी आँखों में मुझे वह झलक मिल जाती है,
ज़िन्दगी दफ़अतन और हसीन हो जाती है I
लोग देखते हैं प्यार दिलरुबा की आँखों में,
मुझे तो सारी कायनात नज़र आ जाती है I
ये आँखें नहीं हैं मेरी ज़िन्दगी की रहनुमा हैं,
ज़िन्दगी के मायने यकीनी मुझे समझाती हैं I
कई बार सोचता हूँ कह दूँ इनसे मैं दिल की बात,
क्या कहूं हया मेरी आंखों में छलक जाती है I
सबेरे का सूरज इनकी पलकें खुलने का इशारा है,
रात का अँधेरा पलक झुकने पे ले आती हैं I
ज़िन्दगी में लाखों ग़म इधर उधर बिखरे हों तो क्या,
ज़िन्दगी के सारे ग़म इनकी लौ भुलाती हैं I
मुझे अब इनके सिवा कुछ और न चाहिए, रवि,
जन्नत – ऐ – खुदा खुद बा खुद मिल जाती है I
Please enjoy: Bhool sakta hai bhala kaun tumhaari aankhen…
I hope you liked my choice of Song #14 in Raat or Din series.
Please await Song #15 – Dil ka haal sune dilwala.
