RRR SONG #19 – TUMHEN ZINDAGI KE UJAALE MUBARAK

RRR Songs (Songs of Regret, Repentance and Ruefulness)

I started this new series on 17 Jan 21 on my Facebook Group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne. My efforts failed to involve people in writing their own stuff about songs and music rather than copying and pasting from here and there or worse, just sharing url of songs from YouTube. Hence, I had decided to give the group a burial that it deserved rather than making it like thousands of groups on Facebook about songs with nothing unique about them at all.

Hence this series shifted to my page Lyrical.

I hope you liked RRR Song #18: Mujhe le chalo aaj us gali. Here is the next song:

Song #19
Tumhen zindagi ke ujaale mubarak

Dharmendra – Meena Kumari

This handsome young man from Phagwara in Punjab joined Hindi movies as an actor so that he would act opposite Meena Kumari.

He made his debut with 1960 Arjun Hingorani movie Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere, when he was not yet 25 years old. However, he had to wait for another four years before he could act opposite Meena Kumari in the 1964 AC Tirulokchander movie Main Bhi Ladki Hoon. That they jelled very well together can be made out from the success of the movie and particularly the song: Chanda se hoga woh pyaara in which Lata sang for Meena Kumari and PB Srinivas sang for Dharmendra; a beautiful duet indeed.

Purnima – 1964 Movie

(Poster courtesy: en.wikipedia.org)

Purnima, from where I have taken this song, was only their second movie together. It was a Narendra Suri movie in which he was Prakash and she was Purnima.

Gulzar

There were eight songs in the movie that were composed by Kalyanji Anandji. Gulzar had written two of these. These were the two in the movie that became super hits: Tumhen zindagi ke ujale mubarak sung by Mukesh for Dharmendra and Hamsafar mere hamsafar sung by Lata for Meena Kumari and Mukesh for Dharmendra.

Gulzar

What is this about Gulzar that makes his songs so popular?

He made his debut in the 1963 Bimal Roy movie Bandini when SD Burman and lyricist Shailendra had a tiff and SD Buman latched on to Sampooran Singh Kalra (Gulzar) to have another option. Gulzar wrote Mora gora rang lai le and there was no looking back for Gulzar.

Presently, he is the man who has won more awards than any other; as lyricist, producer, director, writer, dialogue writer etc.

NDTV selected him as one of the four Lyricists that would have the Best in them: Sahir, Shakeel, Gulzar and Majrooh. He has that kind of imagination and is fully deserving of the highest award: Dadasaheb Phalke Award, something that Majrooh had got before him.

The Lyrics

Please have a look at the most beautiful lyrics:

तुम्हे ज़िन्दगी के उजले मुबारक
अँधेरे हमे आज रास आ गए है
तुम्हे पके हम खुद से दूर हो गए थे
तुम्हे छोड़ कर अपने पास आ गए है
तुम्हे ज़िन्दगी के उजले मुबारक
अँधेरे हमें आज रास आ गए है

तुम्हारी वफ़ा से शिकायत नहीं है
निभाना तो कोई रवायात नहीं है
तुम्हारी वफ़ा से शिकायत नहीं है
निभाना तो कोई रवायात नहीं है
जहां तक कदम आ सके आ गए है
अँधेरे हमें आज रास आ गए है

चमन से चले है ये इलज़ाम लेकर
बहुत जी लिए हम तेरा नाम लेकर
चमन से चले है ये इलज़ाम लेकर
बहुत जी लिए हम तेरा नाम लेकर
मुरादों की मंजिल से दूर आ गए है
अँधेरे हमें आज रास आ गए है

तुम्हे ज़िन्दगी के उजले मुबारक
अँधेरे हमें आज रास आ गए है
तुम्हे पके हम खुद से दूर हो गए थे
तुम्हे छोड़ कर अपने पास आ गए है.

My Own Poetry

ZINDAGI AB BHI HAI LEKIN…

ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है
तब नया सूरज उगा था
तब जलते चिरागों की लौ में
अँधेरे दूर भागते थे
अब रौशनी को तरसते रात के साये
बढ़ते ही जा रहे हैं
सबेरा दूर है, बहुत दूर
ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है

ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है
चमन में फूलों की खुशबु से
फ़िज़ाएं मदहोश थी तब
अब मुरझाये फूल गिरते हैं मज़ार पे
सूखे पत्तों के संग
लहर आई थी चले गयी
हम साहिल पे अब भी खड़े हैं इंतेज़्ज़ार में
ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है

ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है
तेरे क़दमों की आहट से
बंधे थे मेरे दिल के तार
तेरी साँसों में तब था
मेरे ही प्यार का खुमार
अब खाली पैमानों की बज़्म में
हम प्यासे खड़े हैं
ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है

ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है
तब हम मुन्तज़िर थे
तेरे अहद-ओ-पैमान से
अब नींद से जागी हमारी आँख
मौत का नज़ारा ढूंडती है
काश उस ज़िन्दगी को रोक लेते वहीँ
जो अब हर कहीं जिन्दगी का सहारा ढूंडती है
ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है

ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है
फरक सिर्फ इतना है:
तब सब कुछ हमारे आगे था
अब सब कुछ हमारे पीछे है
तब हम कहते थे, “यही है ज़िन्दगी”
और अब? अब सवाल ही सवाल है:
“बस यही है ज़िन्दगी, क्या?”
ज़िन्दगी तब भी थी
ज़िन्दगी अब भी है

This Song

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Tumhen zindagi ke ujale mubarak…

I hope you liked Song #19 in this series.

Please await Song #20: Toote huye khwabon ne.

 

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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