Pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan
Posted on: November 20, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
Last week, I was surfing the internet to gather information on the Urdu poet and lyricist Kaif Irfani. While I did not get much information on him, I was rewarded with a couple of rare songs written by him. One of the rare songs which I heard for the first time is ‘pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan jo na sah sakoon’ from an obscure film called SARDAAR (1955).
I got to know the name of this film only last year while writing an article on an NFS sung by Jagmohan Sursagar. The film was probably a flop at the box office. But after getting to know about the cast and others associated with this film, I was surprised by the fate of the film. The film was produced and directed by Gyan Mukherjee, who was considered by Guru Dutt as his guru in film direction. The film had an impressive star cast with Ashok Kumar and Bina Rai in the lead roles and Nigar Sultana, Jagdish Sethi, Iftekhar, Mehmood and Tiwari in supporting roles.
From the story booklet reproduced on http://www.indianfilmtrade.com , the film appears to be a crime thriller. Sardar (gang leader, probably Jagdish Sethi essaying the role) has been terrorising villages around dense forested and hilly tracks in the outskirt of Bombay (Mumbai) for many years. The local police forces are helpless in tackling him. So the police headquarters depute a police officer (Ashok Kumar) to this hilly terrain on the pretext of hunting crocodiles. He meets Thakur, the timber merchant who has a daughter (Bina Rai). During his stay in the village, Ashok Kumar often meets Bina Rai who has a soft corner for him. But he ignores her as his first aim is to capture Sardar. But over a period of time, both fall in love.
In his quest for capturing Sardar, Ashok Kumar lays a trap luring him to rob some car passengers with police forces watching him from a distance. During the scuffle, Sardar manages to run away but he is injured in the process. He hides inside the deep forest but he has left a clue to the police – his mistress (probably Nigar Sultana). To save herself from the clutches of the police, she discloses the whereabouts of Sardar. Now the police is on the look out for him who after knowing that his mistress had betrayed him gets her killed.. The police chase continues.
The film story booklets would often end with the story at the point of climax by printing in Hindi a message ‘ab aage parde par dekhiye’ [ Now you watch the rest on the theater screen]. Of course, in this kind of a story in Hindi films, one can easily guess what the end of the story is.
The film had 9 songs of which 2 songs have already been covered in the blog. There were 3 lyricists – Uddhav Kumar (5), Kaif Irfani (3) and Vrajendra Gaud (1). This was the only Hindi film for which Jagmohan Sursagar composed music. I have so far heard 6 songs from this film and I get a feel of freshness in the music composition in these songs. In the song under discussion, there is a perfect blend of lyrics by Kaif Irfani, rendition by Lata Mangeshkar and the composition by Jagmohan Sursagar. The mild orchestration in the background with only tabla beats being prominently played brings out beautifully the mood of the song.
I will rate this song as one of the best among Lata Mangeshkar’s top songs.
Song-Pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan (Sardaar)(1955) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Kaif Irfani, MD-Jagmohan Sursagar
Lyrics
pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan
jo na sah sakoon
to main kyaa karoon
pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan
dil ka qaraar leke sanam
tum jo chal diye ae
dil ka qaraar leke sanam
tum jo chal diye
aaj mere gham pe
ye aansoo bhi hans diye
sahni padi hai yoon mujhe tujh bin o paasbaan
aa aa aa
pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan
aankhon mein rah gayi
tere milne ki aarzoo u
aankhon mein rah gayi
tere milne ki aarzoo
sooni si chaandni hai
huaa jag se door tu
ashqon ka bas chale
to karen tujh se jaa bayaan
aa aa aa
pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan
kismat se poochhati hai muhobbat
tu ye bataa aa aa
kismat se poochhti hai muhobbat
tu ye bataa
naamuraad kyun rahi meri haseen duaa
kya mil gaya tujhe
mujhe yoon dekh ke aasmaan
aa aa aa
pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan
jo na sah sakoon
to main kya karoon
pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan
Talkhiyaan = Bitterness
4 Responses to "Pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan"
November 20, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Waah, waah!
I listened to this song for the first time.
But what a song! Kept listening to it in a loop several times.
I marvel at the composition, lyrics, and above all rendition.
Each of these attributes is excellent no doubt but the effect of combination overall is simply magical.
Thank you very much for posting this rare gem.
Avadh Lal
P.S.: By the way, more than a film lyricist, Kaif Irfani is well-known as one of the respected poets (shaair or shaayar, if you please) in the Urdu literature.
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November 20, 2013 at 10:31 am
Sadanand ji,
Waah, waah, what gem you have brought out for posting today. I agree with you that this one of the best that Lata has rendered. Wonderful song, and a long time favorite. Really thank you for this song and the write up.
The poet’s reach of imagination and the conjuring up of the impossiple metaphor – always a marvel. The line is just so out of the world.
“aaj mere gham pe ye aansoo bhi hans diye”.
Wow, ever imagine the tears laughing at someone else. Only a poet like Kaif Irfani can.
The line with (?) should read as
‘sehni padi hai yoon mujhe tujh bin o paasbaan’
The flow of the thought continues into the line of the mukhdaa
‘sehni padi hai yoon mujhe tujh bin o paasbaan’
‘pyaar ki ye talkhiyaan’
Rgds
Sudhir
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November 20, 2013 at 11:44 am
Thanks for your appreciative comments .
And thanks for correction in lyrics which now makes sense.
Sometime I am really wondering about poets’ thoughts and imaginations. Examples:
‘aaj mere gham pe ye aansoo bhi hans diye ‘- Kaif Irfani
‘aankhon mein nami hansi labon par’ – Kaifi Azmi
‘lab pe paabandi nahin ehsaas pe pehraa to hai – Sahir Ludhinavi
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