BEAUTIFUL DUET #56 – MUD MUD KE NA DEKH MUD MUD KE

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 #55 – Achha ji main haari chalo. So here, then, is the next one:

Song #56
Mud mud ke na dekh mud mud ke

Remembering Nadira on Her Birth Anniversary 05 Dec

She was born on this date in the year 1932. Her full name was Florence Ezekiel Nadira. As the name suggests, she was a Jew (of a Baghdadi Jewish family).

Aan, the first technicolor Indian movie, of 1952, made her suddenly have limelight. The movie was made by Mehboob Khan and she acted as a Rajput princess who would eventually fall in love with a commoner Dilip Kumar.

The movie was the first Indian movie to be released worldwide. Naturally, the movie relied heavily on the lyrics of Shakeel and Music of Naushad.

Shree 420

However, the Beautiful Duet that I have taken for you is from the 1955 movie Shree 420, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor. Main lead of the movie were Raj Kapoor and Nargis; Raj Kapoor coming into the city of Bombay from a village but soon learning that being a con man (420) was earning him good life.

The one person who helped him become a card-sharp was the high-society woman Nadira.

This Song

Raj Kapoor’s love with Nargis reminds him over and over again that he must leave his crooked ways and return to being a straight guy. However, such is not in Nadira’s interest. More so, since it is a New Year eve and lots of money van be made in card sharping.

Shailendra penned the excellent lyrics and it was composed by Shankar Jaikishan as a Waltzing number, appropriately for that night.
The song was sung by Asha Bhosle for Nadira and Manna Dey for Raj Kapoor.

The Lyrics

मुड़ मुड़ के न देख, मुड़ मुड़ के
ज़िंदगानी के सफ़र में तू अकेला ही नहीं है
हम भी तेरे हमसफ़र हैं

आये गये मंज़िलों के निशाँ
लहरा के झूमा झुका आसमाँ
लेकिन रुकेगा न ये कारवाँ
अह ह ह आ~~
मुड़ मुड़ के न देख …

मुड़ मुड़ के न देख, मुड़ मुड़ के
ज़िंदगानी के सफ़र में तू अकेला ही नहीं है
हम भी तेरे हमसफ़र हैं, हे!
मुड़ मुड़ के न देख …

नैनों से नैना जो मिला के देखे
मौसम के साथ मुस्कुरा के देखे
दुनिया उसीकी है जो आगे देखे
मुड़ मुड़ के न देख …

दुनिया के साथ जो बदलता जाये
जो इसके ढाँचे में ही ढलता जाये
दुनिया उसीकी है जो चलता जाये
मुड़ मुड़ के न देख …

My Own Poetry

Zindagi Kya Kya Sikhati Hai?

खुशी बढ़ती है बांटने से,
दर्द बांटने से घटता है,
गमगीन हों तो वक़्त बोझ है,
मुस्कराते बस यूं ही कटता है।

लेने से दौलत नहीं बढ़ती,
देने से हम होते हैं अमीर,
वो क्या गरीब जो किसी का ग़म खरीदे,
वो क्या अमीर जो बेच डाले ज़मीर?

क्या फायदा उस सच का,
जो किसी की ले ले जान,
क्यूं नफ़रत करें उस झूठ की,
जो आदमी को बना दे इंसान?

बहुत बोझ मिलते हैं उठाने को,
उठता नहीं बोझ गुनाहों का।
लोगों से तो नज़रें बचा लोगे,
क्या करिए अपनी अंदरूनी निगाहों का?

जो दूसरों के चुराएं ख्यालात,
वो तो बहुत मकबूल हैं,
वो बेचारे अकेले फिरते हैं
जिनकी अपनी तखील और असूल हैं।

सुनने देखने पे भी दोस्तो,
न करना कभी उसका यकीन,
जो मीठी मीठी बातें करे,
पर हो सांप ए आस्तीन।

Finally, the Duet

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Mud mud ke na dekh mud mud ke…

I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #56.

Please await Beautiful Duet #57 – Aankhon mein hamne aapke.

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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