BEAUTIFUL DUET #54 – PEHLA NASHA, PEHLA KHUMAR

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 #53 – Bahut shukriya, badi meharbani. So here, then, is the next one:

Song #55
Pehla nasha, pehla khumaar

Happy Birthday Udit Narayan 01 Dec

As I mentioned in the Zindagi or Jeevan song of today: O paalanhare, nirgun aur nyaare, Udit Narayan was born on this day in 1955. One of his early high-points was to be able to sing with Mohammad Rafi in the 1980 movie Unees Bees. He later sang even with Kishore Kumar.

I had mentioned this as my most favourite song among many since, in the new breed of male singers, I am rather fond of him.

From among nearly 1800 songs sung by him, my top favourites are: this song, Aaye ho meri zindagi mein, Papa kehte hain, Ho gaya hai tujhako to pyaar, Bole chudiyan, Humko hamin se chura lo, Raja ko rani se pyaar ho gaya. Of course, many of these are, like this one, picturised on Aamir Khan.

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

(Poster courtesy: en.wikipedia.org)

This 1992 movie was directed by Mansoor Khan (the one who gave us Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla starrer Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak) and starred Aamir Khan and Ayesha Jhulka in the lead roles.

The songs of the movie were composed by the Haryana duo Jatin-Lalit, the nephews of Pandit Jasraj.

Majrooh Sultanpuri, who was in the 47th year of his career when this movie was released, had always re-invented himself in keeping with the dictates of times whilst retaining the magic and romance of his earlier day lyrics. He was the one who penned the lyrics for this song:

पहला नशा, पहला खुमार
नया प्यार हैं नया इंतज़ार
करलूँ मैं क्या अपना हाल
ऐ दिल-ए-बेक़रार मेरे दिल-ए-बेक़रार
तू ही बता

(उड़ता ही फिरूँ इन हवाओं में कहीं
या मैं झूल जाऊँ, इन घटाओं में कहीं ) – २
एक करलूँ आसमान और ज़मीन
अब यारो क्या करूँ क्या नहीं
पहला नशा, पहला खुमार …

(उसने बात की, कुछ ऐसे ढंग से
सपने दे गया वो हज़ारों रंग के ) – २
रह जाऊँ जैसे में हार के
और चूमे वो मुझे प्यार से

पहला नशा, पहला खुमार
नया प्यार हैं नया इंतज़ार
करलूँ मैं क्या अपना हाल,
ऐ दिल-ए-बेक़रार मेरे दिल-ए-बेक़रार,
तू ही बता

Udit sang for Aamir Khan and Sadhana Sargam for Ayesha.

Majrooh 36 Years Before This

Instead of giving my own poetry at this stage, I want to give you his song about pehla pyaar, 36 years ago, in the 1956 Raj Khosla movie C.I.D., the debut movie of Waheeda Rehman, though this song is picturised on Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik:

लेके पहला पहला प्यार
भरके आँखों मैं खुमार
जादू नगरी से आया है कोई जादूगर
लेके पहला पहला प्यार …

उसकी दीवानी हाय कहूँ कैसे हो गई
जादूगर चला गया मैं तो यहाँ खो गई
नैना जैसे हुए चार
गया दिल का क़रार
जादू नगरी से आया है कोई जादूगर
लेके पहला पहला प्यार …

तुमने तो देखा होगा उसको सितारों
आओ ज़रा मेरे संग मिलके पुकारो
दोनो होके बेक़रार
ढूँढे तुझको मेरा प्यार
जादू नगरी से आया है कोई जादूगर
लेके पहला पहला प्यार …

जब से लगाया तेरे प्यार का काजल
काली काली बिरहा की रतियां हैं बेकल
आजा मन के श्रृंगार
करे बिन्दिया पुकार
जादू नगरी से आया है कोई जादूगर
लेके पहला पहला प्यर …

मुखड़े पे डाले हुए ज़ुल्फ़ों की बदली
चली बलखाती कहाँ रुक जा ओ पगली
नैनों वाली तेरे द्वार
लेके सपने हज़ार
जादू नगरी से आया है कोई जादूगर
लेके पहला पहला प्यार …

चाहे कोई चमके जी चाहे कोई बरसे
बचना है मुश्किल पिया जादूगर से
देगा ऐसा मन्तर मार
आखिर होगी तेरी हार
जादू नगरी से आया है कोई जादूगर
लेके पहला पहला प्यार …

सुन सुन बातें तेरी गोरी मुस्काई रे
आई आई देखो देखो आई हँसी आई रे
खेले होठों पे बहार
निकला गुस्से से भी प्यार
जादू नगरी से आया है कोई जादूगर
लेके पहला पहला प्यार …
The Song

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Pehla pyaar, pehla khumar…

I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #54.

Please await Beautiful Duet #55 – Achha ji main haari chalo.

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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