Showing posts with label poet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poet. Show all posts

Monday 3 January 2022

Neeraj- Karwan Guzar Gaya Ghubaar Dekhte Rahe.

 


Gopal Das Neeraj was a poet first then a lyricist. He started writing poetry and sharing stage, at times with stalwarts who were mesmerized with the poems of this young man. There are incidents where he used to write poems with another pseudonym, ‘Bhavuk Etahvi’. But once he reached the stage of Kavi Sammelan, there was no looking back for this greatest Hindi poet of all genres.

This Ghazal was aired. on the radio in 1955,  it was included in the film Nayi Umar ki Nayi Fasal in 1966 in fact this film was inspired by this Ghazal. He wrote a few songs for two films Cha Cha Cha and Chanda Aur Bijli before Dev Anand introduced him to S D Burman to write songs for his film Prem Pujari.

He was born in the village of Puravali, near Mahewa in Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh, India on 4 January 1925. He wrote under the pen name "Neeraj"

When Neeraj entered the scene of poetry, Harivansh Rai Bachchan was already an established name on the stage. However, Neeraj carved his way and touched people’s hearts. “His poems gave new life to romanticism which was coupled with spiritualism.  He had an influence of Sri Aurbindo and it flows in his poetry. 

Besides writing, he earned his living teaching in a college and was a Professor of Hindi Literature in Dharma Samaj College, Aligarh. He knew Urdu well and cultivated his own style. He used words even from Sanskrit and touched the softness of the Hindi Khadi Boli. The poems were rendered with such eloquence that they were immediately on everyone’s lips. Neeraj’s simplicity was evident in his lifestyle. “He lived a simple life, he understood common people, their sufferings and he lived as if he was one of them, playing cards with them, smoking beedi and wearing simple clothes. Anybody was welcome in his home.

Despite the tremendous recognition he got from film songs, Neeraj considered himself unlucky. This was the reason why he stopped writing songs for films. He started writing only poems and literature. Disclosing this in an interview, he had said that two-three famous Bollywood musicians for whom he had written film songs had passed away. He had said that Jaikishan and SD Burman of the Shankar-Jaikishan duo should also die and he wrote very famous songs for both of them. 

Neeraj had penned several immortal songs for Bollywood movies. There were incidents where Neeraj himself recited his songs so that musicians may easily develop the tune. Just sample this — Phoolo ke rang se/dil ki qalam se/tujhko likh roz paati/kaise bataun/kis kis tarah se/pal pal mujhe tu satati — for the film Prem Pujari, anyone can easily identify and attribute it to Neeraj due to its rhythm class.

He mentioned the death of Jaikishan of the Music Duo Shankar-Jaikishan as well as of Sachin Dev Burman, for both of whom he had penned highly popular film songs. The deaths of these Music Directors when they, along with Gopaldas Neeraj were at the peak of their fame left him very dejected and he made a decision to quit the film industry.
His friendship with Dev Anand continued he wrote songs for the last film of Dev Anand "Charge sheet"

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991 and Padma Bhushan in 2007. He died on July 19, 2018

Neeraj used to say" People talk of my five years in film industry. They tend to forget my 65 years of contribution to literature".

The first released song of Neeraj



      Song from Cha Cha Cha (1964)



Song from Nayi Umar Ki Nayi Fasal 1965


Song from Prem Pujari (1970)





Song from Pehchan (1970)


Song from Sharmilee (1971)


Song from Tere Mere Sapne (1971)

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Tuesday 3 August 2021

SHAKEEL BADAYUNI- Lo Aa Gai Unki Yaad

 


He was a great lyricist of the Golden Era of Bollywood. That was the time when most of the poets were writing about the downtrodden sections of society, their upliftment, the betterment of society, and depressive songs. But Shakeel had an altogether different taste – his poetry was romantic and close to the heart.

in his first film, he wrote the song Afsana Likh Rahi Hoon. sung by Uma Devi(TunTun), became immortal, In the 1949 film Dulari, he wrote 'Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki'.He was the lyricist of many immortal songs 'Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya' , 'Chaudvin Ka Chand Ho Ya Aftab Ho', Husnwale Tera Jawab Nahin' (Gharana), 'Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil' (Bees Saal Baad), or 'Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri Mohabbat Ki Kasam' 

Shakeel shared a close friendship with Naushad, he and Naushad became one of the most sought-after composer/lyricist duos in the industry. Among the scores they churned out together, are those of Deedar (1951), Baiju Bawra (1952), Mother India (1957), and Mughal-e-Azam (1960), that stand out. Other films they scored together include Dulari (1949), Shabab (1954), Ganga Jamuna (1961), and Mere Mehboob (1963)He also collaborated with Hemant Kumar and Ravi to give us many memorable songs.

Below is a List of Shakeel's Memorable songs with a link

Afsana likh rahi hoon/Uma Devi/Naushad/Dard

https://youtu.be/D7XJy4bSNRY

Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki Na - Dulari Song - Naushad - Mohd Rafi

https://youtu.be/RPNMFQDISIY

Man Tarpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj - Naushad-Rafi (Baiju Bawra

https://youtu.be/4c9yzRB5pPc

Madhuban Me Radhika Naache Re (Kohinoor)

https://youtu.be/krDhXUtL7Zg

Ghunghat nahin kholu saiyya tore aage/Lata Mangeshkar/Naushad/Mother India

https://youtu.be/HgxzXkuHfu0

6  Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya? (Mughal- E- Azam)

https://youtu.be/FzVG01dDTCA

7  Chaudvin Ka Chand Ho (Chaudvin Ka Chand)

https://youtu.be/wRbBORKhGYg

 Nain ladh gayi hain hain toh /Mohammed Rafi/Naushad/Ganga Jamuna

https://youtu.be/xVp4ziT5ufI

Kahin deep jale, kahin dil/Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar/Bees Saal Baad

https://youtu.be/kKnyg_ZkFlY

10  Na Jao Saiyaan (Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulaam)- Geeta Dutt

https://youtu.be/TCDbIT13MRY

11 Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri (Mere Mehboob) (1963)

https://youtu.be/BJNRyWh30jE

12  Tumhe Paa Ke Hum Ne (Gehra Daag)

https://youtu.be/CrDyRTrMDvU

13 Dil Laga Kar Hum Ye Samjhe (Zindagi Aur Maut)

https://youtu.be/0MQlso1ww9Y

14  Lo Aa Gai Unki Yaad (Do Badan)

https://youtu.be/HNsItgvVun4

15 Koi Saagar Dil Ko (Dil Diya Dard Liya)

https://youtu.be/XisFzdMbGGY



Monday 8 March 2021

SAHIR LUDHIANVI- . In his songs he consistently raised uncomfortable questions

 


Sahir Ludhianvi, a great lyricist of Bollywood was different from his contemporary lyricists.   He did not praise Khuda (God), Husn (beauty), or Jaam (wine). Instead, he wrote bitter yet sensitive lyrics about the declining values of society; the senselessness of war and politics; and the domination of consumerism over love. His love songs, tinged with sorrow, expressed his realization that there were other, starker concepts more important than love.

In his songs he consistently raised uncomfortable questions and expressed bitter truths. Only he could write the songs "Jinhe naaz hai Hind par vo kahaan hain” against the political leadership of the day or the poem  ‘Avaaz-e-Adam’  in which ‘hum bhi dekhenge’ remains a memorable phrase. This led to his migration from Pakistan.

dabegī kab talak āvāz-e-ādam ham bhī dekheñge

rukeñge kab talak jazbāt-e-barham ham bhī dekheñge

chalo yūñhī sahī ye jaur-e-paiham ham bhī dekheñge

dar-e-zindāñ se dekheñ urūj-e-dār se dekheñ

tumheñ rusvā sar-e-bāzār-e-ālam ham bhī dekheñge

zarā dam lo ma.āl-e-shaukat-e-jam ham bhī dekheñge

ye zo.am-e-quvvat-e-faulād-o-āhan dekh lo tum bhī

ba-faiz-e-jazba-e-īmān-e-mohkam ham bhī dekheñge

jabīn-e-kaj-kulāhī ḳhaak par ḳham ham bhī dekheñge

mukāfāt-e-amal tārīḳh-e-insāñ rivāyat hai

karoge kab talak nāvak farāham ham bhī dekheñge

kahāñ tak hai tumhāre zulm meñ dam ham bhī dekheñge

ye hañgām-e-vidā-e-shab hai ai zulmat ke farzando

sahar ke dosh par gulnār parcham ham bhī dekheñge

tumheñ bhī dekhnā hogā ye aalam ham bhī dekheñge

Close to his heart was the farmer crushed by debt, the soldier has gone to fight someone else's war, the woman forced to sell her body, the youth frustrated by unemployment, and the family living on the street for instance.

Sahir was a communist sympathizer, but he never became a member of the Communist Party of India or an agenda-pushing poet. He always expressed his true feelings. Sahir did something which no film lyricist did before. He transitioned his literary poetry from his book Talkhiyaan (1945) into film songs.

Sahir was hardly 58 and at his creative best when he suffered a massive heart attack. This bard from Ludhiana bid adieu to this world on October 25, 1980


Song of Pyasaa 1957

Song of Sone Ki Chidiya 1958


Song of Phir Subah Hogi 1958