Hai door badi door
Posted on: February 25, 2020
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Mohammed Rafi: The incomparable (II) – Song No. 16
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25/02/2020 – Death anniversary of S. H. Bihari
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I am presenting this Rafi sahab solo, philosophical song in memory of Shamsul Huda Bihari (1922-1987) on his 33rd death anniversary day today (25 february 2020).
S. H. Bihari was born in 1922 and his filmy career started in late 1940s it appears.
First song in Rafi Excel sheet is the Rafi-Suraiyya duet “Qismat ke likkhe ko mitaa na sakaa” from Duniya(1949). This would appear to be the first film song by S. H. Bihari, because even the website(http://www.shbihari.com/Welcome.html) on S. H. Bihari is listing his film career from 1950 onwards. There is no mention of his having written this song or other songs from the film. Another song from this film has featured in my series “Divas of hindi film music”.
As per the stats page in the blog he has written total 425 film songs, out of which 175 are posted in the blog. Frankly, through 50’s and 60’s the lyricist scene was full of stalwarts and legendary poets mainly urdu shayars. The music director had multiple choices. Some chose to stick to their tried and tested poets for long durations like Shankar-Jaikishan and Naushad. Others are moving from lyricist to lyricist and poet to another poet or using a combination of poets to write songs for them. But by and large, each music director would work with one lyricist for a particular movie, depending of the genre of the film and type of songs required. A case in point is Ravi- Shakeel Badayauni for “Chaudhvi ka chaand” and S. D. Burman- Shakeel Badayuni for “Benazir”. Another situation is Madan Mohan-Kaifi Azmi for Chetan Anand’s films like namely ‘Haqueeqat”, ‘Hindustaan ki Qasam”, “Hanste Zakhm” and “Heer Ranjha”. Otherwise Madan Mohan had distinct preference for Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Rajendra Krishan and Majrooh Sultanpuri. Madan Mohan even did “Laila Majnu” with Sahir Ludhianvi.
Let’s go back to S. H. Bihari. Seeing his filmography, he seems to be a favourite of Hemant Kumar through 50’s and Ravi’s during late 50’s. Through 60’s he worked extensively with O. P. Nayyar, achieving the peak with block buster films like ‘Kashmir ki Kali” and “Ek Musafir Ek Hasina”. The 60’s is the productive decade also working with various music director like, Usha Khanna, Ravi, Shankar-Jaikishan, Ram-Ganguly etc. During 70’s again is mixed fare with Shankar- Jaikishan, O. P. Nayyar and various composers. And the 80’s is mostly with Laxmikant-pyarelal and notable hit music score is in Pyar Jhukta Nahi(1985).
This song from Madhur Milan(1955) is a sweet sounding melodious, motivational and philosophical song. The more I hear such Rafi song the more I am enamoured with Rafi sahab solos of 50’s decade. Song of this film released on 01.01.1955, are composed by Bulo C. Rani. The cast is Mahipal, Madanpuri, Bhudo Advani, Roopmala and Nigar Sultana. Out of twelve songs only 5 songs are posted in the blog. A trivia I gathered from these posts is that the lead actor Nigar Sultana has written a song for the film which is picturized on herself.
The song talks of long journey and hurdles in the journey. It could also mean the eternal journey which is inevitable, seeing that “jaana hai musaafir tujhe har haal mein jaana” is repeated many times. Also the ‘thikaana’ is not just ‘dur’ but ‘badi door’ also, means a long struggle to reach the destination. The line “Chhoti teri seemaaon ka dushman hai zamaana” is meant to convey the personal limitations of the ‘musaafir’ or it can even mean the ‘boundaries of integrity/values’ which the musaafir is loath to lose that the ‘zamaana’ would prefer to destroy. Also those ‘taqdeer ki faujen’ is a phantom, creating a scene where there is a fight with the destiny for the values, truth and maintain the integrity.
The second stanza is too fascinating. This talks of ‘revolution’ or great upheaval, which will go down in history as an achievement. “chaand sitaare” bear witness of this ‘bravery’ and the world shall remember the fascinating story.
I am taking a liberty of reproducing an essay which I wrote(again) for an essay competition in the office.
Integrity – A way of life.
Integrity for me – definitely should be a way of life.
Integrity will come with total transparency in all aspect of life. This is the only way of achieving it. Total integration of thoughts, speech and deeds. Ha, so simple isn’t it?
There is no doubting that a human beings integrity should be beyond doubt. One may ask the question that it is beyond doubt in all cases, where exactly? In the utopian world would be my answer.
We may lament all we want about the limitations of human fallibility. The path of truth is always fraught with thorns, as the thinkers and philosophers throughout the history of this civilization have concurred.
As the most superior creation of the God Almighty, we have a unique gift to offer to the world. We can be true to ourselves as we possess the intelligence to see the truth and recognize it and achieve a semblance of it, to whatever extant it is possible for each one of us. Truth truly is an achievement, has always been one in all eras. The very nature and purity of the concept makes sure that it is a superior achievement, taking the achiever to a higher plain. In an ideal society this achievement should have been the goal of life. All the ancient philosophies and religions point to this.Religious beliefs are a very sure shot way of achieving this recognition of truth and total amalgamation of truth in thoughts, speech and deeds. The belief that the god Almighty is watching us, nothing is hidden from him and that we have to answer for all our deeds on the ‘Day of Judgment’, will go all the way to the achievement of this task. The fact that nothing can be hidden from a superior force will make each and every one of us to face facts.
During my school days, I recall that there used to a lecture/period for the topic of ‘Deeniyat’. Here as very young children, we were taught that there are two angels sitting on both our shoulders, recording our deeds. The angel on the right shoulder records all our good deed, like we helped someone, gave charity, spoke truth. Alternatively, the angel on the left shoulder records all our bad deeds, if we lied, if we deceived someone, or treated anyone badly etc. Come to think of it, when all is said and done, there are more things that we can do are in the category of bad deeds and there are very few falling under good deeds. I can elaborate, but there is no need for it. In our circumstances and makeup, it is easier to do bad deeds than good. Because sticking to the truth is tougher and keeps getting tougher.
Here is another story heard in childhood, which adds value addition to my discourse here:
A teacher gave a task to the children – He gave them a chick each, asked them to take it to a place where no one can see you and kill it.
Next day, all the kids came and told their story of the task. Somebody went to the bathroom, someone went to the storeroom, to garage etc to kill the chick. Only one child had still not killed it and brought it to school. The teacher asked him that why he did not complete the task. The child replied that he could not find a place where no one can see it to complete the task, because God almighty was everywhere and is constantly watching, so where to go. There is no place where you can hide from the omnipresence of God almighty.The religions, I have always believed are the means to achieve one goal,that is to regulate human behavior.
A wise man was once asked: Sir, in which field could I make a great career ?
He said: Be a good human being. There is a huge opportunity in this area and very little competition.
And lastly, life is about choices. Some we regret, some we are proud of and some will haunt us. We are what we choose to be.
Everything that happens in life is not fixed… it can be changed by a weapon called will power.
I think Allama Iqbal meant this only here :
Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud puchhe bataa teri razaa kya hai.
Song-Hai door badi door (Madhur Milan)(1955) Singer-Mohd Rafi, Lyrics-S H Bihari, MD-Bulo C Rani
Lyrics
Hai door badi door
badi door thikaana
Jaana hai musaafir
Tujhe har haal mein jaana
Jaana hai musaafir
Tujhe har haal mein jaana
Utthtaa hua toofaan hai
Behti hui maujen ean
Utthtaa hua toofaan hai
Behti hui maujen
Badhti hi chali aati hain ea ea ean
Badhti hi chali aati hain
Taqdeer ki faujen
Chhoti si(teri) seemaaon ka
Dushman hai zamaana
Jaana hai musaafir tujhe
har haal mein jaana
Jaana aa hai musaafir tujhe
har haal mein jaana
Hai door
Hai door badi door
badi door thikaana
Jaanaa hai musaafir
Tujhe har haal mein jaana
Jaanaa hai musaafir
Tujhe har haal mein jaana aa
Aati hai to ooo ooo
Aati hai to aa jaane de
Kashti se tabaahi
Aati hai to ooo ooo
Aati hai to aa jaane de
Kashti se tabaahi
Hain chaand sitaare
Teri himmat ki gawaahi ee eeee
Duniya ko sadaa yaad rahegaa ye fasaanaa
Jaana hai hai musaafir tujhe
har haal mein jaana
Jaanaa hai musaafir tujhe
Hai door badi door badi door thikaana
Jaana hai musaafir
Tujhe har haal mein jaana
Hai doo ……ooo…….oooo …..ooor
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Lyrics in Devnagri script (Provided by nahm)
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है दूर बड़ी दूर
बड़ी दूर ठिकाना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
उट्ठता हुआ तूफ़ान है
बहती हुई मौजें एँ
उट्ठता हुआ तूफ़ान है
बहती हुई मौजें
बढ़ती ही चली आती हैं
बढ़ती ही चली आती हैं
तक़दीर की फौजें
छोटी सी सीमाओं का
दुश्मन है ज़माना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
है दूर
है दूर बड़ी दूर
बड़ी दूर ठिकाना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
आती है तो ओ ओ
आती है तो आ जाने दे
कश्ती से तबाही
आती है तो ओ ओ
आती है तो आ जाने दे
कश्ती से तबाही
हैं चाँद सितारे
तेरी हिम्मत की गवाही
दुनिया को सदा
याद रहेगा ये फसाना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
है दूर बड़ी दूर
बड़ी दूर ठिकाना
जाना है मुसाफिर तुझे
हर हाल में जाना
है दू………उ ……उ……र
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February 25, 2020 at 11:05 am
Nahm ji,
Thanks for write-up on S H Bihari on his Remembrance Day. He is one of my favourite lyricists. Unfortunately, despite his literary contributions to Hindi film music, he has been almost forgotten. He name is not even
mentioned while discussingis contributions made by the prominent lyricists of the golden era of HIndi film music. Probably, he was not associated with Progressive Writers’ Association (PWA) of the leftist ideology when lyricists associated with it were on the top in the HIndi film industry from 50s through 70s.
Though S H Bihari’s very first song, https://atulsongaday.me/2020/02/12/gareebon-ka-hissa-gareebon-ko-de-do/ in ‘Laadli’ (1949) would have pleased PWA poets/lyricists, he was basically a romantic shaayar and I am fond of the various shades of this genre of his songs. Few examples :
S H Bihari faced problems both at the professional and personal levels. His 3 decades of active professional career in the film industry faced the cycles of peak and trough. He produced a film ‘ Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai’ (1962) directed by Shakti Samanta which flopped at the box office. He lost his two sons at their young age. But these did not affect the romanticism in his lyrics.
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February 25, 2020 at 2:03 pm
Sir,
Thank for reading the posts. It is true that S. H. Bihari is not counted in the most popular lyricists and the one reason could be, as I mentioned in the post, the field was crowded by stalwarts.
As for association with PWA, you could be right in your conjecture. But there were Majrooh, Rajendra Krishan, Shalendra, Shakeel Badayuni, Hasrat Jaipuri etc. were not known as proponents of left ideology as far as I know.
You have mentioned this song:
It needs to be checked if this is by S. H. Bihari, as the post is giving the name of the lyricist as Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. I have checked in Rafi excel sheet, where it is given as S. H. Bihari. If this is correct then the info with the post needs to be corrected.
https://atulsongaday.me/2009/03/15/hai-duniya-usi-ki-zamaana-usikaa/ . This is a wonderful reminder, as I looked closely at the lyrics for the first time today. There is a word ‘Ehtraam’ in this song, which is a rare usage in film songs:
hai sajde ke kaabil har wo deewaanaa
ke jo ban gayaa ho tasweer-e-jaanaa
karo ehtraam uski deewaangi kaa
Also thank you for giving additional information about S. H. Bihari.
Regards.
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