Meri talaash chhod de tu mujhko paa chukaa
Posted on: March 26, 2023
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‘Adhikaar’ (1996) was a TV Serial which was telecast in 1996-99 on ZEE TV. The serial was directed by Lekh Tandon. The main actors in the serial were Rajeev Varma, Smita Jaykar, Arundhati Ganorkar, Bharat Kapoor, Vineeta Malik, Shefali Shetty (Shah), Irrfan Khan, Divya Seth, Sachin Khedekar, Sangeeta Ghosh, Zia Hamid, Ashalata, Muneera Surati, Neha Sharad, Arundhati Rao, Mangla Kenkare, S M Zahir, Anang Desai, Sooraj Thapar and many more.
I had seen a few episodes of serial when it was telecast. I have also watched a few episodes of the serial recently on a video sharing platform. In the male dominated society, women are treated as subordinate, and they are not encouraged to air their views openly in a family gathering. The Serial highlights the problems of women faced in two families, a Hindu and a Muslim family with different perspectives.
Amita (Shefali Shetty) is an outspoken girl in the family of lawyer who defies the conventional tradition of agreeing to dictates of her parents (Bharat Kapoor and Veena Malik) if, in her view, the dictates are not rational. While not agreeing with her parents, she gives her reasons for that which makes her parents speechless. Shama (Arundhati Ganorkar), her college friend, also faces the same dictates from her parents. She protests but she is not as bold as Amita to defy. She does agree with most of her parents’ advice even though she is not in agreement with them. One thing in common about both of them is that in order to avoid subordinate existence within the family, they feel that they have to get educated and become economically independent. Amita’s family has the monetary ability to spend on higher education but are not keen for her higher education. On the other hand, Shama is in danger of losing her college education due to financial reasons.
Raja Sahab (Rajeev Varma) and his wife Shahida (Smita Jaykar) have been married for 20 years but she remains childless. He divorces her and gets married to Shama against her wish for her parents for financial reasons. After divorce, his first wife is relocated in servant’s quarters. Shama tries to correct Raja Sahab by telling her that she has no problem if his first wife stays in the same house but in vain. At the same time, Raja Sahab is not averse to Shama continuing the college education. After the death of Raja Sahab, Shama continues the education to become a lawyer with the help of her lawyer friend, Ali (Sachin Khedekar). Then, there is a character of inqilabi shayar Abid (Irrfan Khan) who loves Shama’s sister, Zubeida, but she is afraid to tell her mind to the mother.
The sum and substance of this serial is that a better status for women irrespective of their religion leads to the creation of a well-balanced society. At the outset, the serial looks feminist. But Reoti Saran Sharma, the story writer has nicely brought out women’s empowerment without taking an anti-male stance in the story. Some of the male characters in the story become the facilitators for the equal rights to the women in their family.
In most of the TV serials of that time, it was common to have title songs which, in nutshell, give the main theme of the story. But in ‘Adhikar’ (1996), apart from the short title song, there are some full-fledged songs just like in Hindi films. I am presenting a ghazal ‘meri talaash chhod de tu mujhko paa chuka’ written by Naqsh Layallpuri which is recited by Sonu Nigam. The ghazal is set to music by Talat Aziz.
The original ghazal is of 7 she’rs of which only the first 6 she’rs have been included in the recitation. The ‘maqta’ (last she’r) not included is as under:
paani se ‘Naqsh’ kab hui roshan yeh zindagi
main apne aansuon ke diye bhi jala chuka
The ghazal is picturised on Irrfan Khan in a private mushaira in which Zubeida (Divya Seth) is present. The background to this picturisation is that Abid (Irrfan Khan) who is an inqilabi poet, often gets jail terms for writing the inflammatory poems. This time after he is released from the jail, he visits Zubaida’s house to tell her that he still wants to marry her. Her mother and sister, Shama are present, and they are surprised. Later, Shama comes to know from Zubeida that she met Abid for the first time in a mushaira in which he recited his ghazals. So, this is a flashback scene.
Video Clip
Audio Clip:
Song-Meri talaash chhod de tu mujhko paa chukaa (Adhikaar)(TV Serial)(1996) Singer-Sonu Nigam, Lyrics-Naqsh Llayalpuri, MD-Talat Aziz
Lyrics (Based on Video Clip)
meri talaash chhod de
meri talaash chhod de
tu mujhko paa chuka
meri talaash chhod de
tu mujhko paa chuka
meri talaash chhod de
tu mujhko paa chuka..aa
main soch ki hadon se
main soch ki hadon se
bahut door jaa chuka
main soch ki hadon se
bahut door jaa chuka
meri talaash chhod de
tu mujhko paa chuka
logon daraana chhod do
tum waqt se mujhe
logon daraana chhod do
tum waqt se mujhe..ae
ye waqt baar baar
mujhe aazmaa chuka
ye waqt baar baar
mujhe aazmaa chuka
main soch ki hadon se
bahut door jaa chuka
badlega ankareeb yeh
dhaancha samaaj kaa..aa
badlega ankareeb yeh
dhaancha samaaj kaa
badlega ankareeb yeh
dhaancha samaaj kaa..aa
iss baat par main doston
iss baat par main doston
imaan laa chuka
iss baat par main doston
imaan laa chuka
meri talaash chhod de
tu mujhko paa chuka..aa
main soch ki hadon se
bahut door jaa chuka
ab tum mere khayaal ki
parvaaz dekhna
ab tum mere khayaal ki
parvaaz dekhna..aa
main ik ghazal ko zindagi
main ik ghazal ko zindagi
apni bana chuka
main ik ghazal ko zindagi
apni bana chuka..aa
meri talaash chhod de
meri talaash chhod de
ae sone waalon neend ki
ae sone waalon neend ki
chaadar utaar do
ae sone waalon neend ki
chaadar utaar do..o o
kirnon ke haath subah kaa
kirnon ke haath subah kaa
paighaam aa chuka
kirnon ke haath subah kaa
paighaam aa chuka..aa
main soch ki hadon se
bahut door jaa chuka
meri talaash chhod de
tu mujhko paa chuka
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