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 #50 – Jaanu jaanu re kahe khanke hai. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #51
Itna to yaad hai mujhe
Anand Bakshi – Laxmikant Pyarelal Again
If they made 1680 songs of 302 movie together, chances are that you know quite a few of their beautiful duets. I can think of at least a hundred starting with their first duet in 1964 movie Mr X In Bombay: Khoobsurat haseena, jaanejaan jaaneman.
Invariably, their duets spelt freshness and romance and many a times it was captivating.
This Duet
I had covered this duet in my Raaga Based Songs of the Day series wherein I gave you – what I felt as – the 101 of the Best Raaga Based Songs in Hindi movies.
This is in Raag Tilang, Taal Kaherava.
It is only apt that I should bring out Raag Tilang today since yesterday only we took up the history of Hindustani Music and I mentioned in detail about the fusion of first Sanskrit and later Hindi music with Islamic music, particularly Sufi music that was introduced by Amir Khusrow.
Tilang belongs to Khammaj Thaat. It borrows a lot from Sufi tradition. It is used a lot in Thumri and Khayal. In the Raagmala at the end of Sri Guru Granth Sahib it is shown as a Raagini of Hindol.
Having been placed in Khammaj Thaat makes it a raaga of the night (second prahar), having romantic mood with a hint of yearning (O sajana barkha bahaar aayi, for example).
In the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Tilang has a lot of Islamic vocabulary too. There are a total of twenty hymns in SGGS having been composed in Tilang: Six by Guru Nanak, three by Guru Ram Das, Five by Guru Arjan Dev, Three by Guru Tegh Bahadur, one by Kabir and two by Namdeo.
Some of the songs composed in Raag Tilang are:
- Sajan Sang Kahe
- Main Apne Aap Se
- Bata Do Koi
- Aaj Mero Man Been
- Chota Sa Balama
- Lagi Nahi Chhute
- Meri Kahani Bhulne
- Is Duniya Mein
- Tum Kahe Ko Neha
- Is Dil Ke Tukde
- Man Mora Bawara
- Kismat Bigdi
- Paijaniya Chhanke Ram
- Sawan Ka Mahina
- Piya Tose Naina
- Ja Main Tose Naahi
- Kaise Kahein Hum
- O Gori Gori Gaon Ki
I have taken the song from the 1971 HS Rawail (He is incidentally the director of the movie of my all time favourite song: Mere Mehboob, Sunghursh and Laila Majnu) movie Mehboob Ki Mehndi starring Rajesh Khanna and Leena Chandavarkar. Laxmikant Pyarelal composed some really delightful songs in the movie on the lyrics of Anand Bakshi.
Please enjoy Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar (undoubtedly the singers of the best duets in Hindi movies) sing a composition of Laxmikant Pyarelal in Raag Tilang, Tal Kaherava, on the lyrics of Anand Bakshi: Itna to yaad hai mujhe…..
Itanaa to yaad hai mujhe, o, itanaa to yaad hai mujhe, haay,
itanaa to yaad hai mujhe ke unase mulaaqaat huii
baad me.n jaane kyaa huaa, naa jaane kyaa baat huii
Saare vafaa ke karz apane chukaake
kisii se dil lagaake chalaa aayaa
nazare.n milaake, nii.Nd apanii ga.Nvaake
kasak dil me.n basaake chalaa aayaa
din to guzar jaayegaa, kyaa hogaa jab raat huii
itanaa to yaad hai mujhe …
Maare hayaa ke, mai.n to aa.Nkhen jhukaake
zaraa daaman bachaake chalii aayii
pardaa haTaake unakii baato.n me.n aake
unhe.n suurat dikhaake chalii aayii
kis se shiqaayat karuu.N, sharaarat mere saath huii
itanaa to yaad hai mujhe …
Thii ik kahaanii pahale ye zi.ndagaanii
tumhe.n dekhaa to jiinaa mujhe aayaa
dilbar-o-jaanii, sharm se paanii paanii
huii mai.n bas pasiinaa mujhe aayaa
aise mai.n bhiig gayii jaise ke barasaat huii
itanaa to yaad hai mujhe …
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #51.
Please await Beautiful Duet #52 – Ye raatein, ye mausam, nadi ka kinara.
