Nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
Posted on: November 29, 2013
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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.
KARWAT (1949) was produced under the banner of Shri Gopal Pictures and directed by Gopal. IMDb has also given the name of B R Chopra as director (uncredited). The star cast included Geeta Nizami, Satish, Paro Devi, Jeevan, Leela Mishra, Sarita Devi, Kamalakant etc. According to information on the website, the film was a costume drama. The film has 11 songs penned by six lyricists – Saifuddin Saif (6), D N Madhok (1), Buta Ram Sharma (1), Saraswati Kumar Deepak (1), Pardes Balam (1) and Charan Das (1). The songs were set to music by Hansraj Bahl. The film appears to have been delayed in the background of partition and aftermath.
Some time back, I became aware of two of this film’s songs sung by actor-singer Paro Devi. I am presenting one of them, a ghazal ‘nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai’. This ghazal reminded me of a similarly worded mukhda of a ghazal nigaahen milaane ko jee chaahta hai from ‘Paraayi Aag’ (1948) and one of the most popular qawwalis, nigaahen milaane ko jee chaahta hai from ‘Dil Hi To Hai’ (1963). The ghazal of ‘Karwat’ (1949) was written by Saifuddin Saif, a name I had rarely heard of. A search on the internet revealed that Saifuddin Saif (1922-1993) was one of the prominent Urdu poets in Pakistan. He was born in Amritsar and completed his graduation from Lahore. He started writing poetry from his college days. He fell in love with a girl in the college who deserted him. His failure in a love affair is reflected in some of his ghazals and nazms which I have gone through. In Lahore, he was drawn towards film industry.
After reading his short life sketch, I could see some similarities of events in the early life of Saifuddin Saif and Sahir Ludhianvi. Both had unsuccessful love affairs in their colleges and some of their poetry reflected the feelings of despair in that front. They even seem to think alike in one of their ghazals. For instance Sahir Ludhianvi’s kabhi khud pe kabhi haalat pe ronaa aaya with Saifuddin Saif’s ham ko to gardish e haalat pe ronaa aaya express almost identical feelings in similar words with one she’r in both these ghazals having almost similar wordings. Both had leftist leaning in their idealogy. Sahir Ludhianvi probably knew him during his Lahore days through the Progressive Writers Association. After partition, while Saifuddin Saif migrated to Lahore, Pakistan, Sahir Ludhianvi returned to India.
Even though both were poets, they were more interested in associating themselves with the film industry. While Sahir Ludhinavi limited his association with film industry to writing songs, Saifuddin Saif not only wrote songs but also wrote scripts and dialogues and produced films in Pakistan. He also produced a Punjabi film ‘Kartar Singh’ (1959) jointly with Amrita Pritam in Pakistan and directed it.
The ghazal under discussion has two versions – one sung by Paro Devi and another with different lyrics by S D Batish. Both the versions have been composed in traditional styles. Only audio clips are available of the songs. While it is apparent that Paro Devi sang for herself in the film, I am not sure on whom S D Batish version was picturised.
Audio (Paro Devi version) :
Audio (S D Batish version) :
Song-Nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai (Karwat)(1949) Singer-Paro Devi/ S D Batish, Lyrics-Saifuddin Saif, MD-Hansraj Bahl
Lyrics
Paro Devi Version
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nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
kahin dil lagaane
kahin dil lagaane lagaane ko jee chaahta hai
nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
nahin ab nahin zabt se kaam chaltaa aa aaa aaa
aa aa aaa
aa aa
aaa aaa aaa aaa
aa aa
ae ae
nahin ab nahin zabt se kaam chaltaa
aa aa aaa
gham e dil sunaane sunaane ko jee chaahta hai
gham e dil sunaane sunaane ko jee chaahta hai
nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
wahi yaad aata hai
reh reh ke dil mein aen aen
aen aen
aen aen
aen aen aen aen
aen aen aen
wahi yaad aata hai
reh reh ke dil mein
aen aen aen
jise bhool jaane bhulaane ko jee chaahta hai
jise bhool jaane bhulaane ko jee chaahta hai
nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
kahin dil lagaane
kahin dil lagaane lagaane ko jee chaahta hai
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S D Batish Version
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nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
kahin dil lagaane
kahin dil lagaane lagaane ko jee chaahta hai
haan
kabhi aah aati hai
seene se lab tak
seene se lab tak
kabhi muskuraane muskaane ko jee chaahta hai
kabhi muskuraane muskaane ko jee chaahta hai
mohabbat ki daulat
mili tum se lekin
haaan aa aaa
mohabbat ki daulat
mili tum se lekin
mili tum se lekin
tumhin se chhupaane chhupaane ko jee chaahta hai
tumhin se chhupaane chhupaane ko jee chaahta hai
nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai
3 Responses to "Nigaahen milaane milaane ko jee chaahta hai"
August 4, 2022 at 1:25 am
Very interesting read of the entire post. This blog has excellent posts from highly knowledgeable authors. One life is not enough to cover all posts.
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November 30, 2013 at 10:49 am
The blog made an interesting reading as it brought certain things to light which were unknown to me. Karwat, Parayi aag and Dil hi to hai, 3 films made in different times with identicle or same lyrics – make it unique. The story of Saifuddin Saif and Sahir though contemporary seems to be running parallel. Strange!
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