BEAUTIFUL DUET #4 – O NEEND NA MUJHAKO AAYE

Beautiful Duet Series

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.

On 02 Dec 20, I gave you Beautiful Duet #3 – Milte hi aankhen dil hua. So here, then, is the next one:

Song #4
O neend na mujhako aaye

Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar

(pic courtesy: songpedia.com)

Some of the most memorable duets in Hindi movies have been sung by Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. A few that come to your mind are: Aa neele gagan tale and Chhupa lo yun dil mein pyar mera.

There is an attribute of Hemant Kumar that is not to be seen (easily) in other singers: his singing (especially on his own compositions) immediately transports you to the world of the song.

Let me give you an example. Take Jaal song sung by him on SD Burman’s composition: Ye raat ye chandini phir kahan (loosely based on Raag Kafi). By the time Hemant da sings…

पेड़ों की शाखों पे सोई सोई चाँदनी
तेरे खयालों में खोई खोई चाँदनी
और थोड़ी देर में थक के लौट जाएगी
रात ये बहार की फिर कभी न आएगी
दो एक पल और है ये समा, सुन जा.

…you are already there! You want to hold on to the world of the song!
Lata, in any case, always has matching rendition.

Post Box 999

(Poster courtesy” cinestaan.com)

The movie by this fascinating name was released on 01 Jul 1958. It was a Ravindra Dave movie (two of his movies that you’d easily recall are Satta Bazaar (with that beautiful Hemant – Lata song: Tumhen yaad hoga kabhi hum mile the) and Dulha Dulhan (with another memorable song: Hamne tujhako pyar kiya hai jitna, Kaun karega itna).

If you recall, both the above movies that I picked up at random had songs composed by Kalyani Anandji and so was this song that I am posting now. It looks like KA were the MD of choice for Ravindra Dave.

The Song

This song was penned by PL Santoshi or Pyarelal Santoshi, composed by Kalyanji Anandji and sung by Hemant Kumar for Sunil Dutt and Lata Mangeshkar for Shakila.

PL Santoshi has been more famous as a Producer and Director than for his lyrics.

Look at the Lyrics:

हे: ओ नींद न मुझ को आए,
दिल मेर घबराए
चुप के चुप के, कोई आ के,
सोया प्यार जगाए
ल: ओ नींद …

हे: सोया हुआ सँसार है,
सोया हुआ सँसार
मैं जागूँ यहाँ,
तू जागे वहाँ,
एक दिल में दर्द दबाए

दो: ओ नींद …

ल: एक बीच में दीवार है,
एक बीच में दीवार
मैं तड़पूँ यहाँ,
तू तड़पे वहाँ,
हाय चैन जिया को नहीं आए

दो: ओ नींद …

हे: मैं हूँ यहाँ बेक़रार
तू है वहाँ बेक़रार
मैं गाऊँ यहाँ
तू गाये वहाँ
दिल को दिल बहलाए

दो: ओ नींद …

My Own Poetry

HUSN WAALON KO NA DIL DENA

नींद में आती हो तो नींद हो जाती है दूर,
ख्वाब बन के उठते हैं और हो जाते हैं चूर.
आज तक भूला नहीं है तेरी नज़रों का सरूर,
मैं मदहोश अब भी हूँ, मेरा ही है यह जुनून ओ फितूर.
मुन्तजिर हूँ आज रात मेरे घर आना ज़रूर,
रोशनी के लिए काफी है तेरे चेहरे का नूर.
तेरे इश्क से पहले ना थे हम यूं मजबूर,
तेरे इश्क के बाद हुए हैं अब बेहद्द मश्हूर.
माना हमारा घुट घुट के मरना भी नहीं मन्जूर,
यहाँ हम सज्दे में हैं वहाँ तुम हो मग्रूर.
या खुदा समझ गए तेरी दुनिया का दस्तूर,
कत्ल वह करते गए, ये भी मेरा ही था कसूर.

Please enjoy: O neend na mujhako aaye..

I hope you liked my choice of song for the Beautiful Duet #4.

Please await Beautiful Duet #5- Jhilmil sitaaron ka mausam hoga.

Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

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