Sahir Ludhianvi: Silver Memories, Romantic Sahir |
Sahir Ludhianvi: Silver Memories, Romantic Sahir |
mmuk2004 |
Jun 2 2006, 07:45 PM
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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 "This isn't right, this isn't even wrong." Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) "There are no facts, only interpretations." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
mmuk2004 |
Jun 12 2006, 07:35 PM
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A look now at a song from Trishul(1978), the big post "Kabhi Kabhi" hit from the Chopra camp: Mohabbat Bade Kaam Ki Cheez Hai...
A very popular track of its time, it is a truet, with the upbeat lovers(Shashi and Hema) singing about the wonders of love, and the third voice, (Amitabh, as the disgruntled, disinherited illegitimate son of a rich father), singing the counterpoint to it..."yeh bekar bedaam ki cheez hai"... The shock value of calling love, bekar and bedaam almost eclipses the other innovative ways that love is being referred to in the song. The song begins with the traditional romantic setting of mohabbat"Har taraf husn hai...reshmi jism...marmari khwab...suroor phaila hai and then suddenly at the end of the stanza comes the almost shockingly casual way of expressing love...Mohabbat bade kaam ki cheez hai... Similarly in the second stanza, once again the traditional references to love merge, outrageously, but for the lovers almost logically, in this assertion..."Yehi ek aaram ki cheez hai". Mohabbat as "kaam ki cheez" "araam ki cheez"... certainly the purists of love would be dismayed at these references, what happened to all the traditional references to "tadap", "jalan" and the other tortuous and tortured emotions that love has demanded from lovers down the ages... The third voice darkens the atmosphere considerably with his brooding...Haqeeqat ki duniya mein chahat nahi hai...Zamane ke bazaar mein ye woh shai hai,Ki jiski kisiko zaroorat nahi hai...One cannot help but feel that Sahir's personal disenchantment seeps through the voice of his character... Har taraf husn hai jawani hai Aaj ki raat kya suhani hai Reshmi jisme thartharate hain, marmari khwab gungunate hain Dharkaon mein suroor phaila hai Rang nazdeek o door phaila hai Dawate ishq de rahi hai fazaa aaj ho ja kisi haseen pe fida...ke Mohabbat bade kaam ki cheez hai(2) Mohabbat bade kaam ki cheez hai Mohabbat ke dam se hai duniya ki raunak Mohabbat na hoti to kuch bhi na hota Nazar aur dil ke panaho ki khatir Ye Jannat na hoti to kuch bhi na hota Yehi ek aaram ki cheez hai, kaam ki cheez hai Mohabbat bade kaam ki cheez hai(2) Kitabon mein chapte hai chahat ke kisse Haqueeqat ki duniya mein chahat nahin hai Zamane ke bazaar mein ye woh shay hai Ki jiski kisi ko zaroorat nahi hai Ye bekaar bedaam ki cheez hai Ye kudrat ke inaam ki cheez hai Ye bas naam hi naam ki cheez hai Kaam ki cheez hai, Mohabbat bade kaam ki cheez hai Mohabbat se itna khafa hone wale chal aa aaj tujhko mohabbat sikha den Tera dil jo barson se veeran pada hai Kisi nazneena ko isme mein basa dein Mera mashwara kaam ki cheez hai Mohabbat Bade kaam ki cheez hai... Ye bekaar bedaam ki cheez hai Mohabbat bade kaam ki cheez hai(4) Apart from Jaidev and Khaiyyam I don't think any other md used Yesudas for Amitabh, or did they? Nimz since you are playing the Yesudas tracks at the moment, you are the current expert... "This isn't right, this isn't even wrong." Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) "There are no facts, only interpretations." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
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