Zindagi or Jeevan Songs Series
I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 18 Oct 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
I hope you liked my choice for Song #17 – Zindagi mein to sabhi pyar kiya karte hain in Zindagi or Jeevan Songs series. Let’s start with Song #18.
Song #18
Aaj purani raahon se koi mujhe awaz na de
Theme-word: Jeevan badla, duniya badli, man ko anokha gyan mila
Shakeel, Naushad, Mohammad Rafi and Dilip Kumar
In an article on Best Hindi Songs about ten years ago (http://www.sunbyanyname.com/2011/12/27/the-best-of-old-hindi-songs-rafi-shakeel-naushad-and-dilip-kumar-together/), I had mentioned that the most memorable songs are the ones that have these four together.
It happened in this song and the movie Aadmi. Yesterday, on Chitragupta’s Birth Anniversary, I gave you a song in Beautiful Duet Series: Chand jaane kahan kho gaya. It was, I mentioned, for the 1962 A Bhimsingh movie Main Chup Rahungi. I had given you a list of movies directed by A Bhimsingh and mentioned that Aadmi of the year 1968 was one of them.
Aadmi – 1968 Movie
If 1962 movie Main Chup Rahungi was an AVM Production, ie, AV Meiyappan, this one was a PSV production, ie, PS Veerappa.
It starred Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Pran (all of them had been in Dil Diya Dard Liya) and Bozo and Simi Grewal.
Just like Main Chup Rahungi, this too was a remake of a Tamil movie Aalayamani with Sivaji Ganesan doing the role that Dilip Kumar got.
Dilip Kumar is about to marry Waheeda Rehman and is paralysed (his acting on a wheelchair won him accolades). That’s the time he discovers that Waheeda is having an affair with Bozo. When he was small, Dilip Kumar had killed a boy who touched the doll of the girl he loved. Now, what was to happen!
This story enabled Shakeel and Naushad to give us the following songs:
- “Aaj Purani Raahon Se Koi Mujhe Awaaz Na De” Mohammed Rafi
- “Na Aadmi Ka Koi Bharosa” Mohammed Rafi
- “Main Tooti Huyi Ek Naiya Hoon” Mohammed Rafi
- “Kaisi Haseen Aaj Baharon Ki Raat Hai” Mohammed Rafi, Mahendra Kapoor
- “Kal Ke Sapne Aaj Bhi Aana” Lata Mangeshkar
- “Kaari Badariya Maare Nazariya” Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics
Extraordinarily beautiful lyrics:
आज पुरानी राहों से, कोई मुझे आवाज़ न दे दर्द में डूबे गीत न दे, गम का सिसकता साज़ न दे बीते दिनों की याद थी जिनमें, मैं वो तराने भूल चुका आज नई मंज़िल है मेरी, कल के ठिकाने भूल चुका न वो दिल न सनम, न वो दीन-धरम अब दूर हूँ सारे गुनाहों से जीवन बदला दुनिया बदली, मन को अनोखा ज्ञान मिला आज मुझे अपने ही दिल में, एक नया इनसान मिला पहुँचा हूँ वहाँ, नहीं दूर जहाँ, भगवान की नेक निगाहों से टूट चुके सब प्यार के बंधन, आज कोई ज़ंजीर नहीं शीशा-ए-दिल में अरमानों की, आज कोई तस्वीर नहीं अब शाद हूँ मैं, आज़ाद हूँ मैं, कुछ काम नहीं है आहों से
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Aaj purani raahon se…
I hope you enjoyed my choice for Song #18 in the series.
Please await Song #19 – Tujhe kya sunayun main dilruba.
