Bigdee huyee taqdeer ka shiqwa na karenge
Posted on: June 16, 2024
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Today’s song is from a Muslim Social film ‘Paak Daman’ (1957).
Why I am specifying Muslim social is because it was a film depicting the Muslim social culture in India. India is a country where there are many religions living together for hundreds of years. The major 8 religions in India are Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Judaism and Zoroastrianism (Parsee). There are hundreds of smaller religions thriving in India , apart from these.
As far as Hindi films are concerned, most films show Hindu culture. Very few films were made on Christian, Sikh or Parsee cultures. Considering that since the beginning of film making, Muslims were into it in a large number, one would expect a large number of Muslim films made in India. 1957 was a year in which there was good variety in the subjects handled by the film makers. Musical films like ‘Aasha’, ‘Paying Guest’, ‘Baarish’, ‘Dekh Kabeera Roya’, ‘Naya Daur’ etc, films on murder and mystery, films on farmers, comedy films, tragedy films, mythological films, costume dramas, fantasy films, stunt films. . .
You just name the genre and a film on that genre was made in 1957. One of the genres, however, which is neglected, by and large, in India is Muslim Social films. ‘Paak Daaman’ was a film of this genre in 1957.
Sometimes I wonder, there was a time when this film industry was thickly populated with Muslim artistes in every field – acting, production, direction or composing music Still not many films were made on Muslim backgrounds. There is a sizable and rapidly growing portion of Muslim population in India. But if you count films based on Muslim issues or Muslim backgrounds, then they may not account for more than 1 to 2 % of the total film production.
It is not only the Muslim films, but films on other minorities like Christians, Parsis, Jains, Budhists, Sikhs too are not much represented in our films. It is very sad that such films are not made, though the figures and history tells us that such films were quite successful at the box office.
Muslim films fall under two categories. One, films made on Historical Muslim characters like Akbar, Babar, Humayun, Shahjehan, Razia Sultan etc. And the second group is that of Muslim society. Just for the sake of curiosity, I scanned the 5 volumes of HFGK and wrote down names of films made on Muslim subjects of both types. To my surprise, I could not go beyond even 50 films, from 1931 to 1980 ! Granted that I must have made a mistake in counting and identifying, since I do not know the story line of every film, still the number will not go beyond 200 films, despite liberal stretching !
The point I want to make here is that not many Muslim social movies have been made in India over the years. The earliest such film was ‘Najma’ (1943), I think. One very very explosive Muslim social film, made by Director Mehboob was ‘Elan’ in 1947. Munawar Sultana was the lead actress in it. Before starting the shooting, Mehboob called her and said, ”You have heard the story, it is a very very hot story. I guess there will be a lot of opposition from our fundamentalist people. You may have to face their ire. Maybe you will be attacked or thrown out of society. But remember, I am doing this film, because I want our people to improve on par with others. If you want, you can reject the film even now. Think and tell me before we start shooting.” Munawar Sultana quickly said,”There is no need to think. I want to do this film. I am not afraid of anyone. I have full faith in you.” After release, the film did evoke violent reactions from a section of the Muslim society but it subsided slowly.
‘Paak Daman’ was first made in 1931, the very first year of the talkie films. Then it was made in 1940 and then it was made once again in 1957. ‘Paak Daman’ was a popular stage drama of the early 1900’s. There exist many versions of this story with minor variations, like names and places etc. The Parsi Urdu Theatre version was written by Agha Hashra Kashmiri, then famously known as ‘Shakespeare of India’. The Parsi Gujarati plays were written by various authors. Syed Yawar Ali penned the script for the Moon Parsi Theatre. The Alfred Drama Company had their own version of the story. In 1932, a film called ‘Paak Daman Raqaasa’ (aka ‘Innocent Rakkasa’ or ‘Innocent Dancer’ or ‘निर्दोष नर्तिका’ was made by Elephanta Movietone, Punjab. But I guess it was not one of these versions, just like the 1957 movie.
Some other Muslim socials I remember are ‘Zeenat’, ‘Pehli Nazar’, ‘Dil Hi To Hai’, ‘Bahu Begum’, ‘Mere Mehboob’, ‘Palki’, ‘Chaudhvin Ka Chaand’, ‘Dastak’, ‘Garm Hawa’, ‘Bazaar’, ‘Anjuman’, ‘Naseem’, the Trilogy by Khalid Mohammed – ‘Mammo’, ‘Sardari Begum’ and ‘Zubeida’, ‘Fiza’, ‘Junoon’, ‘Benazir’, ‘Ghazal’, ‘Chhote Nawab’ etc.. Then there are ‘Barsaat Ki Raat, ‘Nikaah’, ‘Shatranj’, ‘Mehboob Ki Mehndi’, ‘Umrao Jaan’, ‘Pakeezah’, ‘Anwar’, ‘My Name Is Khan’, ‘Bombay’ etc. Surely, there must be many more than what I have mentioned. I am not counting historical films as they are not socials. As far as I remember, producers like Mehboob Khan, AR Kardar, K Asif, Fazli brothers and few others were producing Muslim culture films.
There is a book ‘Forgotten Movies on Muslim Culture 1933-1947’, written by a friend, Kamlakar Pasupuleti ji. He too happens to be from Hyderabad – like me and is of almost my age. The book gives details of such films, but sadly, only upto 1947. This book, however, lists only 29 films. I feel sure that there were many more films which he did not include, maybe due to nonavailability of full details !
Like ‘Same Name Confusion’ in artistes of Hindi films, there is also ‘Same Title Confusion’ of Hindi films. Same titles can be confusing if it’s year is not mentioned after the title. This title confusion started with India’s first Talkie film ‘Alam Ara’ (1931), which was remade in 1956 and again in 1973. Same case with ‘Anarkali’ – 1928, 1935 and 1953. Some other repeat titles are ‘Aabroo’, ‘Aadmi’, ‘Aanbaan’, ‘Aandolan’, ‘Aarzoo’, ‘Asha’, ‘Aashiana’ etc. The list is very long. One film ‘Insaaf’ beats all such titles hollow. It was made as many times as 7 times – in 1937, 1946, 1956, 1966, 1973, 1987 and 1997. Note that there was one film called ‘Insaaf’ made in every decade from the 30’s to the 90’s !
Some actors have created records featuring in all versions. Actress Sulochana (Ruby Meyers) acted in film ‘Anarkali’ made in 1928, 1935 and 1953. Wazir Mohammed Khan acted in ‘Alam Ara’ made in 1931, 1956 and 1973. Ashok Kumar acted in the films ‘Bandhan’ made in 1940, 1956 and 1969. There are hundreds of actors who featured in 2 same title films.
‘Paak Daman’ was also the title of two movies in 1940 and 1957. One common name was Ghulam Mohd. But in this case Ghulam Mohammed the actor was in the 1940 film and Ghulam Mohammed the Music Director was in the 1957 film.
The cast of the 1957 film was Chitra, Sudesh Kumar, Moti Sagar, WM Khan, Shaikh, Kumar, H Prakash and many more. The lyricist was Shakeel Badayuni, who is seen in one of the songs from this film (in a Mushaira). The story of this film is,
Handsome and well-educated Yusuf (Sudesh Kumar) inherits his father’s estate in Lucknow. To him gambling becomes just a pastime in the company of Asad (Kumar), a man without principles, and his associates Abboo and Nabboo. Both Yusuf and Asad are in love with the beautiful Suraiya (Chitra). Her cousin Mahmud (Moti Sagar) is also secretly in love with her; but she is unaware of it. She believes that Mahmud loves Sabiya (Krishna Kumari), her best friend.
One day Asad sends his mother to Suraiya’s aunt with a view to bring about his marriage with her. The aunt rejects the proposal saying that Asad is a wastrel and not a fit husband for Suraiya. But Mahmud, knowing that Suraiya loves Yusuf, suggests that she be married to Yusuf. He decides to marry Sabiya who loves him deeply. Infuriated Asad begins to destroy the perfectly happy matrimonial union of Yusuf and Suraiya. He lures Yusuf into the gulf of vice through gambling and drink. He even forges a letter from Mahmud to Suraiya and involves Yusuf into the murder of Mahmud.
As the police arrive on the scene, Asad deliberately helps Yusuf to abscond. Hearing of Mahmud’s death, poor Sabiya goes mad. With Yusuf in hiding and out of his way, Asad now proceeds to make Syraiya his own. He sends his henchman Nabbo to steal the letter from her house. He obtains the letter, but is caught by the police. Far away from Lucknow, Yusuf finds a job at the quarry of Haji Saheb who is none other than Sabiya’s father.
Yusuf comes back to Lucknow in disguise and his heart bleeds to find Suraiya and child undergoing untold hardships with only the faithful old servant Tehsin (WMKhan) by her side. Asad kidnaps Suraiya’s child and lures her into his secret den. Since she refuses to marry him, he places the child before the cage of a tiger and opens the door. Yusuf comes up in the nick of time, in the disguise of Gunga, and saves the child. Just then the police arrive with Tehsin and others and Asad is arrested. Thus all’s well that ends well.
Let us now enjoy today’s song by Asha Bhosle, from this film.
Song-Bigdi hui taqdeer ka shiqwa na karenge (Paak Daaman)(1957) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- Shakeel Badayuni, MD- Ghulam Mohammad
Lyrics
parwardigaa aaar
parwardigaa aa aa aa aa aar
bigdi hui taqdeer ka
bigdi hui taqdeer ka
shiqwa na karenge
shiqwa na karenge
mar jaayege maalik
tujhe ruswa na karenge
mar jaayege maalik
tujhe ruswa na karenge
bigdi hui taqdeer ka
shiqwa na karenge
dukh-dard diye toone
ye ehsaan hai tera aa aa
dukhdard diye toone
ye ehsaan hai tera
ab maut bhi de de
jo mitey gham ka aandhera
gham ka aandhera
ab bhool ke bhi
jeene ki tamanna na karenge
mar jaayege maalik
tujhe ruswa na karenge
barbaad hai phir bhi hai tera humko sahaara aa
barbaad hai phir bhi hai tera humko sahaara
mil jaayega tooti hui kashti ko kanaara
kashti ko kanaara
toofaan se dar jaayen hum aisa na karenge
mar jaayenge maalik
tujhe ruswa na karenge
bigdi hui taqdeer ka
bigdi hui taqdeer ka
shiqwa na karenge
shiqwa na karenge
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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बिगड़ी हुई तक़दीर का
बिगड़ी हुई तक़दीर का
शिकवा ना करेंगे
मर जाएँगे मालिक
तुझे रुसवा ना करेंगे
मर जाएँगे मालिक
तुझे रुसवा ना करेंगे
बिगड़ी हुई तक़दीर का
शिकवा ना करेंगे
दुख दर्द दिये तूने
ये एहसान है तेरा
दुख दर्द दिये तूने
ये एहसान है तेरा
अब मौत भी दे दे
जो मिटे ग़म का अंधेरा
ग़म का अंधेरा
अब भूल के भी जीने की तमन्ना ना करेंगे
मर जाएँगे मालिक
तुझे रुसवा ना करेंगे
बर्बाद हैं फिर भी
है तेरा हमको सहारा
बर्बाद हैं फिर भी है तेरा हमको सहारा
मिल जाएगा टूट हुई कश्ती को कनारा
कश्ती को कनारा
तूफान से डर जाएँ हम ऐसा ना करेंगे
मर जाएँगे मालिक
तुझे रुसवा ना करेंगे
बिगड़ी हुई तक़दीर का
बिगड़ी हुई तक़दीर का
शिकवा ना करेंगे
शिकवा ना करेंगे
3 Responses to "Bigdee huyee taqdeer ka shiqwa na karenge"
June 23, 2024 at 5:35 pm
Arun Ji,
Thanks for the post.
Talking about films based on Muslim or Christian backgrounds, it is my observation that, Malayalam Cinema has all long made good number of films with Muslim or Christian families at the central core of story telling or narration. & to add to that these films appeal to all . This continues even today.
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June 16, 2024 at 11:08 am
Arun Sir,
Thank you for sharing such an insightful and detailed reflection on Muslim Social films in Indian cinema. I appreciate your dedication to highlighting these often-overlooked stories.
You mentioned that “Insaaf” was made seven times. I recall another film, “Laila Majnu,” which was repeated eight or nine times. I might be mistaken, but it’s interesting to note these recurring titles.
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June 16, 2024 at 1:29 pm
Thanks for your appreciation.
Laila Majnu was made in 1931 (2 films), 1945, 1953 and 1976. Total only 5 times.
ref: Film Index by Harmandir singh Hamraz ji.
Thanks.
-AD
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