Dono hi ko bigdi qismat ne
Posted on: January 2, 2014
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“Humaayun” (1945) was an interesting tale based on the lives of Baabar and Humaayun, the first two Mughal emperors.
Here are the details of the movie as provided by Mr Sadanand Kamath while discussing a song from this movie:
The film was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan under the banner of Mehboob Productions. The star cast included Ashok Kumar (Humaayun), Veena (Rajput Rajkumari), Nargis (Hamida Bano), Shah Nawaz (Baabar), Chandramohan (Rajkumar Randhir), K N Singh (Jai Singh), Abdul Rashid, Himalaywala etc. There were nine songs in the films written by six lyricists – Anjum Pilibhiti, Arzoo Lucknawi, Kavi Shant, Pandit Madhur, Shams Lucknawi and Vikar Ambalvi. The songs were composed by Master Ghulam Haider.
The film starts with a scene in which Baabar and his army is stopped by princess Rajkumari challenging him to a fight with her before entering the kingdom of her father who was killed in the war. Baabar is impressed by her bravery and makes peace with her. He not only makes her the successor to her father’s kingdom, he adopts her as his own daughter. This is not liked by her fiancé prince of Chanderi, Rajkumar Randhir whose father was also killed by Baabar. He had taken an oath to kill Baabar’s son Humaayun to take revenge of his father’s death. Rajkumari is caught in a bind between her fiance and her brother Humaayun. On two occasions, she prevails upon Prince Randhir from carrying out his oath for the time being. After the death of Baabar, his son Humaayun ascends to the Delhi takht (throne). Humaayun meets Hamida Banu, a commoner and soon they fall in love. In this process, he neglects his duties as a king. Hamida Bano is not ready for a marriage with Humaayun as she feels that as a wife of a king, she would merely become a toy for him.
Taking advantage of the fact that Humaayun has lost interest in running his kingdom, Rajputs under the command of Jai Singh attacks Delhi where Humaayun’s brother Kamran and one of his commanders Khan Bahadur joins the Rajputs. In this melee, Hamida Bano is forced to flee from Delhi to take shelter in Iran. Humaayun successfully repulses the attack but his Rajput sister Rajkumari is kidnapped and taken as a hostage. In trying to rescue Rajkumari he diverts his soldiers from Delhi thus making it easier for Sher Shah Suri to conquer Delhi. Humaayun is forced to flee to Iran where he meets Hamida Bano. Since Humaayun is no longer a king, they get married. Rest of the story is about how Humaayun regroups his soldiers to regain the Delhi takht and becomes the Mughal king again.
I found the film interesting to watch. The lavish sets, picturisation of war, good dialogues, good songs and background music, crisp direction and good acting by all the main actors are plus points of the film. Mehboob Khan, through his film has tried to stress the importance of communal harmony. On the one side, Baabar restores his conquered Rajput kingdom to Rajkumari making her the successor to the throne of her father and adopts her as his own daughter. On the other side, Humaayun loses his kingdom while trying to rescue Rajkumari who had earlier successfully thwarted an attempt on his life by her fiancé Prince Randhir.
Five songs from this movie have been discussed in the past. Here is the sixth song from the movie.
Apart from the fact that this song is composed by Ghulam Haider, the other details of this song as available on internet differed from each other. This song is variously attributed to Shamshad Begam and/or Rajkumari by various sources while Pt Madhur as well as Aarzoo Lcknowi are mentioned as the lyricist of this song. Personally I do not think that the voice of the song can be Shamshad Begam’s. The voice bears some resemblance to Rajkumari’s voice at some places but I cannot be certain that it is indeed her voice. I request our knowledgeable readers possessing HFGK to clarify this matter for us. For the time being I am going with the names of Rajkumari and Pt Madhur as the singer and lyricist respectively of this song.
Only the audio of this song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Nitin Shah.
Song-Dono hi ko bigdi kismat ne (Humaayun)(1945) Singer-Rajkumari, Lyrics-Pt Madhur, MD-Ghulam Haider
Lyrics(Provided by Nitin Shah)
dono hi ko bigdi qismat ne ae ae ae ae
deewaana bana kar chhod diya
deewaana bana kar chhod diya
jo tu shama banaaye
ban na sakee ee ee ee ee
parwaana bana kar chhod diya
parwaana bana kar chhod diya
kab dhalne lagi
neend udne lagi
aur ja bewafa poora na hua
qismat ki kami ne aadha hi
afsaana bana kar chhod diya
afsaana bana kar chhod diya
jo dil thhaa ummeedon ki duniya
jo dil thhaa ummeedon ki duniya
uss dil mein hai ab sannaata sa
uss dil mein hai ab sannaata sa
khud apni basaai basti ko
veeraana bana kar chhod diya
veeraana bana kar chhod diya
dono hi ko bigdi qismat ne
deewaana bana kar chhod diya
deewaana bana kar chhod diya
2 Responses to "Dono hi ko bigdi qismat ne"
October 15, 2014 at 10:02 pm
Thanks Atul ji, Kamath Sir, and Shah Saheb for this post !!
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January 2, 2014 at 12:02 pm
There are only 2 singers SB and Rajkumari. As it is not SB it owe to be Rajkumari’s albeit bit different but not altogether.
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