ZINDAGI OR JEEVAN SONG #32 – AAJA KE INTEZAAR MEIN

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 #31 – Aapki nazaron ne samajha in Zindagi or Jeevan Songs series. Let’s start with Song #32.

Song #32
Aaja ke intezaar mein
Theme-word: Tere bagair zindagi dard ban ke rah gayi

Shankar Jaikishan

Years before I met my “die-hard fans of Shankar Jaikishan” of SJMF: Anand Desai, Chirag Patel, Uday Joglekar, Rajan Bedke and others, I had done a 45 days feature of these “composers of the millennium”. However, so intense and huge is the contribution of SJMF that every-time one puts up a song of SJ, one bows one’s head to SJMF.

Same is the case with this song.

Halaku – 1956 Movie

(poster courtesy: lyricsia.com)

This song is from a movie whose title role wasn’t played by the hero or the heroine (Ajit and Meena Kumari) but by Pran as Sultan Halaku Khan.

The song, however, is picturised on the hero and the heroine.

DD Kashyap, the director of the movie, is the same man who directed Dulhan Ek Raat Ki with Nutan in the title role and remarkably beautiful songs composed by Madan Mohan including two favourites of mine: Sapnon mein agar mere tum aao to so jayun and Ek haseen sham ko dil mera kho gaya.

The story of the movie reflects the way we went out of India to cover interesting stories. In this movie, for example, Halaku (Pran) was the emperor of Iran who staked claim to Niloufer (Meena Kumari) despite being married to Minoo Mumtaz. Niloufer was in love with Pervez (Ajit). Halaku didn’t take kindly to his wife, Niloufer and Pervez for opposing his marriage to Niloufer.

And that’s how this song came about.

The Lyrics

Shailendra penned the lyrics and the song was sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar:

आ जा के इन्तज़ार में, जाने को है बहार भी
तेरे बगैर ज़िन्दगी, दर्द बन के रह गई

अरमान लिये बैठे हैं हम
सीने में है तेरा ही ग़म
तेरे दिल से प्यार की वो तड़प किधर गई
आ जा के इन्तज़ार …

दिल की सदा पे ऐ सनम
बढ़ते गए मेरे कदम
अब तो चाहे जो भी हो दिल तुझे मैं दे चुकी
आ जा के इन्तज़ार …

My Own Poetry

Chalo Intezaar Karte Hain

तू भी देखना एक ऐसा भी दिन आएगा,
आंसुओं से मेरे तेरा दिल पिघल जाएगा

मेरी ना श से तुझे कोई शिक्वा ना होगा
तेरे दिन तो क्या जहान संवर जाएगा

प्यार और इश्क़ मुझे करना ही ना था
घुट घुट रोज़ मुझे मरना ही ना था

अब सोचता हूँ क्यों चला गया वहां
तेरी राहों से मुझे गुज़रना ही ना था

सोचा था ज़िन्दगी का हमसफ़र मिला है
मेरी तनहा रातों का सहर मिला है

हम जिसे पीते रहे दवा जान के, ऐ दिल,
अब पता चला के ज़हर मिला है

खैर ग़म- ऐ-इश्क़ की कोई तो होगी मंज़िल
यह बेवफा निकली, यह हर वक़्त रही संगदिल

यह ज़िन्दगी तो रो रोके गुज़ार दी हमने
आने वाली ज़िन्दगी शायद ना हो मुश्किल

चलो इंतजार करते है! चलो इंतज़ार करते हैं!
ठोकर खा चुके हैं फिर भी प्यार करते हैं

तेरे वादे पे तो तमाम उम्र गुज़र गयी लेकिन
हम अब मौत की वफ़ा का ऐतबार करते हैं|

The Song

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Aaja ke intezaar mein…

I hope you enjoyed my choice for Song #32 in the series.

Please await Song #33 –  Main to aarti utaarun re.

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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