Tum apni yaad bhi dil se bhula jaate to achcha thha
Posted on: May 14, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Yaasmeen’, a film from 1955 is well known for some wonderful gems coming from the pen of Jaan Nisaar Akhtar and the music composition by C Ramchandra. The film has ten songs out of which four are already represented on this blog, including the evergreen iconic rendering of “Bechain Nazar Betaab Jigar” by Talat Mehmood, and “Mujh Pe Ilzaam e Bewafaai Hai” by Lata Mangeshkar. Here is the fifth offering from this film – another iconic song that would qualify for the tag ‘how come this song was not posted earlier’.
‘Yaasmeen’ is produced and directed by A R Kardar, the famous Mogul of Hindi cinema. This film is remembered as the breakthrough for its poet, Jaan Nisaar Akhtar. The runaway success of the music of this film, made popular the name of Akhtar Saab, and established him as a poet of repute in the Hindi film industry. Although the lyrics credits were shared with Tanveer Naqvi, the contribution of Akhtar Saab is significant, in that he wrote nine of the ten songs of this film, with Tanveer Naqvi contributing just one song in the film.
The film is produced under the banner of Musical Pictures, Bombay. The main star cast includes Suresh, Vijayantimala, Jayant, Sham Kumar, SN Bannerjee, Maruti, Rajan Haksar, Mumtaz, Rashid Khan, Amrit Rana, Habib, Wahid, Bakshi, Nawaab, Baajid Khan etc. On screen, the song is performed by Suresh and Vijayntimala. This particular creation is a sad song of separation. The video clip starts with Suresh finding a ring in his deserted pavilion. From the scenario, it is apparent that he was expecting to see Vijayntimala, but instead finds this ring, as a parting token. Realizing that she is gone, he breaks out into this song, lamenting her departure.
As is with many other songs on the screen, the duet is being performed by two stars who are physically in different locations, and yet the words, and the melody is being shared as if they are right next to each other.
In the video clip referred, it appears that the sound track is being played back at a speed that is greater than normal, and hence the rendering seems somewhat unnatural. I have also included below, a link for the audio version of the song, that is apparently the better sounding version.
Enjoy this wonderful gem of a song from Jaan Nisaar Akhtar, tuned to a wonderful melody by C Ramchandra. A lovely creation.
tum apni yaad bhi dil se bhulaa jaate to achhaa thhaa
(As you have gone away)
O wish that you would erase
Your memories also from my heart
ye do aanso lagi dil ki bujhaa jaate to achhaa thha
O wish that these tears from my eyes
Could douse the burning in my heart
mere armaan bhi le jaate, meri hasrat bhi le jaate
nazar se chheen kar apni haseen surat bhi le jaate
andhere aur in aankhon mein chhaa jaate to achhaa thhaa
Wish you would take
My aspirations and my desires away
And wish that you would take
The image of your beautiful face
Out of my eyes and my memory
O wish that the shadows in my eyes
Would become deeper and darker
mere dil ki mohabbat ka yakeen kab tum ko aaya thhaa
jahaan sau zulm dhaaye thhe jahaan dil ko mitaayaa thhaa
mujhe bhi apne haathon se mitaa jaate to achhaa thhaa
Never had you trusted
The truth of the love in my heart for you
A hundred merciless deeds
My heart suffered at your hands
O wish you would have
Wiped away my existence
With the very same hands
mera dil pher de meri nishaani pherney waale
O please
Return my heart to me
Same as you have returned my keepsake
jo mumkin ho to lautaa do meri aahen mere naaley
hum apne dil ka khoyaa chain paa jaate to achhaa thhaa
If you can
O please return to me
All my sufferings, my tears and my sighs
O wish I could redeem
The peace and comfort of my heart
(That I lost to you)
Video
Audio
Song-Tum apni yaad bhi dil se bhulaa jaate to achcha thhaa (Yaasmeen)(1955) Singers- Talat Mehmood, Lata, Lyrics-Jaan Nisaar Akhtar, MD-C Ramchandra
Lyrics (Provided by Khyati Bhatt)
tum apni yaad bhi dil se
bhulaa jaate to achhaa thhaa
ye do aanso lagi dil ki
bujhaa jaate to achhaa thha
mere armaan bhi le jaate
meri hasrat bhi le jaate
mere armaan bhi le jaate
meri hasrat bhi le jaate
nazar se chheen kar
apni haseen soorat bhi le jaate
andhere aur in aankhon mein
chhaa jaate to achhaa thhaa
tum apni yaad bhi dil se
bhulaa jaate to achhaa thhaa
mere dil ki mohabbat ka
yakeen kab tum ko aaya thhaa
mere dil ki mohabbat ka
yakeen kab tum ko aaya thhaa
jahaan sau zulm dhaaye thhe
jahaan dil ko mitaayaa thhaa
mujhe bhi apne haathon se
mitaa jaate to achhaa thhaa
ye do aanso lagi dil ki
bujhaa jaate to achhaa thha
mera dil pher de
meri nishaani pherney waale
mera dil pher de
meri nishaani pherney waale
jo mumkin ho to lautaa do
meri aahen mere naaley
jo mumkin ho to lautaa do
meri aahen mere naaley
hum apne dil ka khoyaa chain
paa jaate to achhaa thhaa
ye do aanso lagi dil ki
bujhaa jaate to achhaa thha
5 Responses to "Tum apni yaad bhi dil se bhula jaate to achcha thha"
May 14, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Thanks to the listing of the songs above for Mani, I know now that Yasmeen had some lovely songs. This one too.
Very very sweet!
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
May 14, 2012 at 8:39 am
Atul ji, as I’m a ‘johny come lately’ to this blog, I don’t know which are the three songs you’ve discussed in the past. My favourite song from ‘Yasmin’ is the very very soft..”Aankhon me sama jaao, iss dil me raha karna…” Have you discussed this song? What makes this song so beautiful is the tune with hardly any instruments intruding into the song. Hats off to C Ramchandra! And for the major part of the song, there are sharp close ups of the lovely young Vyjyanthimala and the handsome Suresh. I wonder what happened to Suresh. Can anyone give me more info about him?
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May 14, 2012 at 8:44 am
If you go through the list of songs (moviewise list), you can see the three songs.
Aankhon mein samaa jaao is dil mein rahaa karnaa (Yaasmeen)
Bechain nazar betaab jigar(Yaasmeen)(1955)
Mujhpe ilzaam e bewafaayi hai (Yaasmeen)
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May 14, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Menon ji,
SURESH (real name Nazim Ahmed) was born in Punjab on 13-11-1928.Initially,he did child roles in films of 41/42 and then he became a Hero.He was a favourite of A.R.Kardar and featured in many films of Kardar productions,like Dulari,Jadu,Deewana and Yasmine etc.
He was very handsome and worked with most leading ladies,specially Suraiya,Geeta Bali,V.Mala and Madhubala.Around 1955 his market value started sliding and films became rare.
He tried his luck by going to Pakistan also and acting there in 2 films Do Kinare and Eid.he was not accepted there.Back in India,he made his biggest mistake of becoming a producer in 1975 and launched Ganga aur Sooraj.the main villain,Anwar hussain was paralysed and was replaced with kader khan.The film got delayed and was released finally in 1980.It flopped miserably.
Suresh was now a broken man and very poor too.He died unsung,unwept and unnoticed in Bombay 14-7-1979.
-AD
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