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.
Last time, I gave you Beautiful Duet #29 – Pyar hua iqraar hua. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #30
Yeh dil deewana hai, dil to deewana hai
Ishq Par Zor Nahin
It was a 1970 Ramesh Saigal movie. Who was Ramesh Saigal? He was the one who gave us 1948 Dilip Kumar – Kamini Kaushal starrer Shaheed with the popular Raja Mehdi Ali Khan song: Watan ki raah mein watan ke naujwan shaheed hon. He also gave us 1950 spy thriller Samadhi starring Ashok Kumar and Nalini Jaywant, 1953 Dilip Kumar starrer Shikast with Shankar Jaikishan’s music and Wjahat Mirza’s story and dialogues, 1955 Sunil Dutt starrer Railway Platform, 1958 Raj Kapoor starrer Phir Subah Hogi with Sahr’s inspirational song Woh subah kabhi to aayegi, 1961 movie Shola Aur Shabnam with my all time favourite song Jeet hi lenge baazi hum tum and Jaane kya dhoondati rehti hain and then this movie in 1970; ie, nnine years after his last one: Shola Aur Shabnam.
Ramesh Saigal managed three things in the movie:
- The only movie in which Sadhana starred with Dharmendra.
- The only movie in which Biswajeet starred with Sadhana.
- One of the 13 movies in which Anand Bakshi wrote songs for SD Burman to compose; AB had Laxmikant Pyarlelal compose his songs in 302 movies; a record for any pairing of lyricist with MD.
And She Married the Postman!
We used to have a joke about a lover writing love letters to his beloved that were delivered by the same postman. Every time the postman delivered the love-letter, she started liking him more and more and finally married him.
In this movie too, Biswajeet is a rich guy. He is to marry Sadhana and she too knows it. However, Biswajeet asks his poor friend Dharmendra to write his love letters for him. Sadhana mistakenly believed that Dharmendra, the writer of these mails is actually her intended lover and falls for him. After that, well, ishq par zor nahin.
The first time he is devising the love letter for his friend is through a song Mehbooba teri tasveer kis tarah main banayun? Since Biswajeet’s vehicle is parked where Dharmendra is singing the product of his imagination, she, Sadhana, takes it for granted that that’s her intended life partner and falls for him.
This Song
This duet has been sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar; the best pair for duets. It was composed as a rare song by Sachin Dev Burman who introduced Santoor for the first time in any movie until then. The lyrics and composition are thus unique.
The actors have to rely on just histrionics as there is very limited body movement. She was in any case expert in this a la Lag ja gale with Bozo. He (Dharmendra) had mastered this too in, say, Jaane kya dhoondati rehti hain early in his career. The result is sheer magic. The song transports you to another world.
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Yeh dil deewana hai, dil to deewana hai…
ये दिल दीवाना है, दिल तो दीवाना है
दीवाना दिल है ये दिल दीवाना
कैसा बेदर्दी है, इसकी तो मर्ज़ी है
जब तक जवानी है, ये रुत सुहानी है
नज़रें जुदा ना हों, अरमां खफ़ा ना हों
दिलकश बहारों में, छुपके चनारों में
यूं ही सदा हम तुम, बैठे रहें गुमसुम
वो बेवफ़ा जो कहे हमको जाना है ये दिल,
ये दिल दिवाना है …
बेचैन रहता है, चुपके से कहता है
मुझको धड़कने दो, शोला भड़कने दो
काँटों में कलियों में, साजन की गलियों में
फ़ेरा लगाने दो, छोड़ो भी जाने दो
खो तो न जाऊंगा, मैं लौट आऊंगा
देखा सुने समझे अच्छा बहाना है ये दिल,
ये दिल दिवाना है …
सावन के आते ही, बादल के छाते ही
फूलों के मौसम में, फूलों के मौसम में
चलते ही पुरवाई, मिलते ही तन्हाई
उलझाके बातों में, कहता है रातों में
यादों में खो जाऊं, जल्दी से सो जाऊं
क्योंके साँवरिया को सपनों में आना है ये दिल,
ये दिल दिवाना है …
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #30.
Please await Beautiful Duet #31- Dekho mausam kya bahar hai.
