Sahir Ludhianvi: Silver Memories, Romantic Sahir Options Rating

[mmuk2004]

Hi

I am starting a topic on Sahir Ludhianvi that has been posted in another forum before. It was started on his death anniversary, a nostalgia trip beginning with some of his romantic lyrics. Feel free to add on songs that make you feel mmmm....warm and woolly-headed , angry and passionate , sad and philosophical or just plain confused and... all those other complex emotions related to the thing called ...love???



Remembering him through his romantic duets:

Situation: Dream Sequence.
To expand upon it: the impoverished hero and the heroine express their love for each other in gorgeous surroundings, which would otherwise not be possible given the hero's depressing penury. Moreover the situation is literally a dream, which is not realised as the heroine later on opts for a more stable marriage with a well established publisher.

Note the wonderful lyrics, the entire song is posed as question upon question with the female counteracting the male's romantic metaphors with her teasing counter images... Wonderfully captures the mood of the film and yet stands on its own as classic romantic chedkhani.



Hum aap ki aankhon mein is dil ko basa dein to
Hum moond ke palkon ko is dil ko saza dein to
Hum aap ki aankhon mein is dil ko basa dein to

In zulfon mein goondege hum phool mohabbat ke
Zulfon ko jhatak kar hum yeh phool gira dein to

Hum aap ko kwaabon mein la la ke satayenge
Hum aap ki aankhon se neendein hi uda de to

Hum aap ke kadmon par gir jayenge ghas khakar
Is par bhi na hum apne aanchal ki hawa dein to

Hum aap ki aankon mein is dil ko basa dein to
Hum moond ke palkon ko is dil ko saza dein to

[Nimii]

Madhz dearest..

DEKHA HAI ZINDGI KO MAINE ITNA KAREEB SE

(EK MAHAL HO SAPNON KA) - SUNG BY GURU - MUSIC - RAVI

Iss song ka description dijiye

Looking forward to it eagerly.Thanx a ton in advance !!!!!!!!!!

N
ps: Madhz this song is not romantic but a very meaningful one

[mmuk2004]

Madhz dearest..

DEKHA HAI ZINDGI KO MAINE ITNA KAREEB SE

(EK MAHAL HO SAPNON KA) - SUNG BY GURU - MUSIC - RAVI

Iss song ka description dijiye

Looking forward to it eagerly.Thanx a ton in advance !!!!!!!!!!

N
ps: Madhz this song is not romantic but a very meaningful one

NO no Nimii, Ye pyaar ki hi dastaan hai. Man angry and disillusioned in love...
Situation: (Have not seen the movie but am guessing...) Poor hero sings to ex-girlfriend who is probably engaged to someone else.

Very interesting development in the three stanzas
First seems innocuous enough, with the man grateful that he has met his lost love again...

Second...the phrase "Neelaam ho raha tha kisi nazneen ka pyar" suggests a certain helplessness on the part of the girl, as well as the "gareeb" hero unable to pay the "keemat".

Third, bitter bitter..."teri wafa ki laash par" "resham ka kafan" About-turn, now the accused is the girl, not the world as the refrain suggests...

What a wonderful refrain it is though, Sahir playing with the words "kareeb" and "ajeeb", juxtaposing intimacy with strangeness, it funtions on a separate plane from the rest of the song which is bound to the story..."Dekha hai zindagi ko/kuch itna kareeb se/ Chehre tamaam lagne lagen hain ajeeb se". KK puts in all his existential angst(against all those producers/directors/audience who refused to see him in anything but a comical light) in the song. Wonder how Dharam executed the song...anybody who has seen the flick?? It reminds me of another movie where he sings a surprisingly virulent song penned by Anand Bakshi(?!!) aimed at Asha Parekh, I think...(or is it Sharmila Tagore again?), "Mere dushman tu meri dosti ko tarse/Mujhe gham dene wale tu khushi ko tarse" sung with sophisticated control by Rafi.

To come back to this song, here are the lyrics:

Dekha hai zindagi ko
kuch itna kareeb se(2)
Chehre tamaam lagne hain ajeeb se
Dekha hai zindagi ko

Kehne ko dil ki baat
jinhe dhoondte the hum(2)
Mehfil mein aa gaye hain wo
apne naseeb se

Neelam ho raha tha kisi nazneen ka pyar
Neelaam ho raha tha kisi naznee ka pyar
Keemat nahin chukayi gayi ek gareeb se
Dekha hai zindagi ko...

Teri wafa ki laash pe la main hi daal doon
Resham ka ye kafan jo mila hai raqeeb se
Dekha hai zindagi ko...

Raqeeb: Rival/competitor

"Dekha hai zindagi ko" (Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka (1975)