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 #40 – Aaja re ab mera dil pukara. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #78 (#41 of mine)
Dil dhoondta hai phir wohi
Remembering Sanjeev Kumar on His Death Anniversary 06 Nov
He died on this day in 1985. Having been born in Surat Gujarat on 09 Jul 1938, he was just about 57 years old when he died. There are many actors who are missed not just because they died relatively early but also because their acting made us miss them when they went away. Surely, Sanjeev Kumar was one of them.
Some of us would recall his roles in Dastak, Khilauna, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Sholay, Mausam, Parichay, Aandhi and Koshish.
He won two National Awards for his acting; one for Dastak and one for Koshish.
Mausam – 1975 Movie
This movie was released in the same year as Sholay in which he acted as Thakur. This movie was directed by Gulzar and had lyrics too by him. The songs were composed by Madan Mohan who also composed songs of Rajinder Singh Bedi’s Dastak.
Mausam starred Sharmila Tagore with him. Just as Dev Anand and Mumtaz starrer Tere Mere Sapne, this movie too was based on a novel by AJ Cronin: The Judas Tree.
Sanjeev Kumar was Dr Amarnath Gill who fell in love with Chanda (Sharmila Tagore) and promises that he would meet her later. Twenty five years go by and now he returns to Calcutta as a wealthy man and looks for Chanda. She is married to a crippled old man. The rest of the story is not really required because this part serves as the scene of the song.
The song was sung by Bhupinder Singh for Sanjeev Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar for Sharmila Tagore.
Yesterday, I saw a movie ’45 Years’ in which a couple, about to celebrate 45 years of their wedding, discover that the body of the girl that the husband used to love had been found in the snowy mountains of Switzerland, rather intact.
The fact of the matter is that old flames never die!
My Own Poetry
I have selected one of several on the subject:
Koi Lauta De Woh Din
मुझे याद आते हैं बचपन के वो पल,
लगता न था कभी आएगी कल,
मासूमियत में कह देते थे दोस्तों को:
मैं आता हूँ तेरे पीछे, तूँ चल।
एक एक करके होने लगे वो विदा,
जो रात को भी न होते थे जुदा,
हमारी फुसफ़साहट भी वो सुन लेते थे,
अब नहीं पहुंचती उन तक मेरी सदा।
आती हैं वो सब शरारतें याद,
पेड़ से तोड़े आम का अलग था स्वाद,
क्या लुत्फ था उन हरकतों का,
हालांकि बहुत मार खाई उनके बाद।
क्या अजब खेल था लुकन छिपाई।
कब दिन शुरू हुआ और कब रात आयी,
सब सांझेदारी में बराबर के हकदार थे,
न कोई चीज़ अपनी, न कोई चीज़ परायी।
लगता न था वो प्यारे दिन गुज़र जाएंगे,
तिनके तिनके से बनाये घरोंदे बिखर जाएंगे,
ज़िन्दगी की ऊंचाईयां चढ़ने की ख्वाइश में,
जहां चढ़े बैैठे थे वहीं से उतर जााएंगे।
काश रोक लेते वो दिलकश समां,
हम सब संग संग थे उस जगह जहां,
ढूंढते फिरते हैं उस बीते ज़माने को,
कोई तो बता दो वो बचपन गया है कहां।
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Dil dhoondta hai, phir wohi, fursat ke raat din…
दिल ढूँढता है फिर वही फ़ुरसत के रात दिन – (२)
बैठे रहे तसव्वुर-ए-जानाँ किये हुए
दिल ढूँढता है फिर वही फ़ुरसत के रात दिन…
जाड़ों की नर्म धूप और आँगन में लेट कर – (२)
आँखों पे खींचकर तेरे आँचल के साए को
औंधे पड़े रहे कभी करवट लिये हुए
दिल ढूँढता है फिर वही फ़ुरसत के रात दिन…
या गरमियों की रात जो पुरवाईयाँ चलें – (२)
ठंडी सफ़ेद चादरों पे जागें देर तक
तारों को देखते रहें छत पर पड़े हुए
दिल ढूँढता है फिर वही फ़ुरसत के रात दिन…
बर्फ़ीली सर्दियों में किसी भी पहाड़ पर – (२)
वादी में गूँजती हुई खामोशियाँ सुनें
आँखों में भीगे भीगे से लम्हे लिये हुए
दिल ढूँढता है फिर वही फ़ुरसत के रात दिन…
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #41.
Please await Beautiful Duet #42- Phool ahista phenko.
