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Wo Jo Tha Khwaab Sa
Posted on: April 29, 2023
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Today, April 29, 2023, is the 3rd Remembrance Day of Irrfan Khan, the actor par excellence. After Guru Dutt, I think, he was the only actor whose eyes spoke more than his dialogues.
It was during the shooting of ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’ (2017) that Irrfan Khan fell sick giving him a feeling that all was not well with his health. After the release of the film in November 2017, Irrfan Khan revealed through his twitter handle in March 2018 that he was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors. He was under treatment in the UK for a year. After recovering from his illness, he returned to India in early 2019 and commenced the shooting for ‘Angrezi Medium’ (2020). The bout of illness resurfaced which prevented him in participating in the promotion of ‘Angrezi Medium’ (2020). He was admitted in a hospital in Mumbai on April 28, 2020, and left for the heavenly abode on April 29, 2020, at the age of 53. By the way, on the eve of Irrfan Khan’s 3rd Remembrance Day, Swiss-French Production’s Hindi (with Rajasthani dialect) film, ‘The Song of Scorpions’ (2023) in which he acted in the lead role, is scheduled to get a theatrical release in India on April 28, 2023.
Irrfan Khan (07/01/1967 – 20/04/2023) was born in Jaipur in a middle-class family, which once belonged to one of the noble families of Tonk in Rajasthan. His father had a business of tyres. From the childhood, he was an introvert person. Surprisingly, he was also an vegetarian from his childhood. His father used to make fun of him that mistakenly a brahmin has been born in his family. He completed his schooling and graduation in Arts from Jaipur. His mother wanted him to become a professor but his interest was to become an actor. During his teenage years, Irrfan Khan used to participate in amateur dramas in Jaipur. He was a fan of Hindi films and used to watch Hindi films regularly. From that time onwards, he had made up his mind to become an actor in Hindi films. He had decided to enroll for post-graduation in Theatre in the National School of Drama (NSD), Delhi. However, with his father’s death, it was not possible to leave Jaipur for Delhi. Being the eldest son, it became his responsibility to look after his mother and, a younger brother. That meant that he had to run his father’s tyre shop. Later, it was his younger brother who took the responsibility of looking after his father’s tyre shop that made him possible to join NSD in 1986. His elder sister helped him in paying fees for the enrollment in NSD.
After completing his post-graduation in theatre from NSD, Irrfan Khan went through a very hard struggle to get the entry into Hindi films. On the advice of Tigmanshu Dhulia, one of his batch-mate in NSD and also his close friend (now a producer-director-actor-writer), Irrfan Khan shifted to Mumbai in 1988. But it was very hard to get even a respectable role in Hindi films. Because of his introvert nature, he was not good at marketing himself as an actor. For the livelihood, he started working in TV Serials. Two of his prominent roles in TV serial which I saw was that of playing historian Badayuni in ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ (1988) and the Urdu Poet, Makhdoom Mohiuddin in ‘Kahkashan’ (1991). His first acting assignment in Meera Nair’s ‘Salaam Bombay’ (1989) was reduced to a cameo role in the final cut which made his moral low. [Note: The personal information about Irrfan Khan is based on a couple of his TV interviews].
Irrfan Khan got some small roles in Hindi films like ‘Kamala Ki Maut’ (1989), ‘Drishti’ (1990), ‘Ek Doctor Ki Maut’ (1991) and many more but these films did not made the audience to carry a lasting impression about his acting, probably due to small roles and sometime inconsequential roles. After a disappointing decade of 1990s for Irrfan Khan, a silver lining came in his filmy career when London-based director Asif Kapadia offered him the lead role in the movie, ‘The Warrior’ (2001). The film ran successfully and was a hit in international film festivals, making Irrfan Khan an internationally known actor.
Irrfan Khan acted as a villain in ‘Haasil’ (2003), his close friend, Tigmanshu Dhulia’s first film as a director. The film was critically acclaimed though it failed at the box office. However, Irrfan Khan’s villainous role was very much appreciated with his Allahabadi Hindi accent. His other critically acclaimed films included Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Maqbool’ (2004), Mira Nair’s ‘Namesake’ (2006), Anurag Basu’s ‘Life in Metro’ (2007), Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008). Tigmanshu Dhulia’s ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ (2012) brought a second boost in the acting career of Irrfan Khan making him as an accomplished actor. He won the National Award for the best actor in this film. He justified his position as an actor par excellence in his subsequent Hindi films like ‘Lunch Box’ (2013), ‘Piku’ (2015), ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’ (2017), ‘Hindi Medium’ (2017) and his last released film, ‘Angrezi Medium’ (2020). For the last two films, Irrfan Khan won Filmfare’s best actor awards.
During His active filmy career, Irrfan Khan acted in around 85 films. 18 films remained unreleased as of the date. I have watched most of his critically acclaimed films. Irrfan Khan does not have any particular mannerism in his acting like Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Shahrukh Khan etc. These star-actors had huge fan following who would expect their favorite star-actors to repeat their mannerism in all films. Irrfan Khan, on the other hand, has fan followers who seem to like his varied roles with an unconventional acting style.
On the occasion of the 3rd Remembrance Day of Irrfan Khan, I have selected one of the songs from his film, ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’ (2017) in which he teamed up with Malayalam actress, Parvathy in lead roles. It is a romantic comedy, a genre in which Irrfan Khan has never done the role as a lead actor in his previous films. The film is produced by Ajay Rai and Sutapa Sikdar (wife of Irrfan Khan) and is directed by Tanuja Chandra. Other supporting cast of the film included Neha Dhupia, Isha Sharvani, Pushti Shakti, Luke Kenny, Brijendra Kala, Navneet Nishan, Siddharth Menon, Bajrang Bali Singh, Avneet Kaur etc.
I have watched the film on OTT sometime last month. The film turned out to be beyond my expectation. I liked the unusual romantic story of single couple, Irrfan Khan and Parvathy during their journey from Rishikesh to Jaipur and finally to Gangtok. They are not usual hero and heroine of the mainstream Hindi films. They travel to these places simply because Irrfan Khan’s three ex-girlfriends are well settled at these places and he would like Parvathy to know that despite his break-up with them, they still remember him and he is welcome at their respective houses. During the journey, both Irrfan Khan and Parvathy appear pole apart in their temperaments. But towards the end of their journey, they realize that they love each other and their differences in temperaments complement each other as a couple.
The film was critically acclaimed. Performances of both Irrfan Khan and Parvathy were highly appreciated. But that did not reflect positively on film’s box office collections. I found the film interesting to watch. The protagonist in the film is Parvathy and the very nature of her role, she has to be less talkative and to act like lacking in confidence which she does very well. But it is Irrfan Khan who generates interest for the audience through his extroversion and witty presence.
‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’ has 4 songs written by Raj Shekhar (2) and Hussain Haidry (2). These songs were set to music by Vishal Mishra (2) and Rochak Kohli (2). All songs are apt to the situations. In addition, there was a Sufi Qawwali which was edited out at the final cut.
I am presenting the film’s first song “Wo Jo Tha Khwaab Sa” to appear on the Blog. The song is sung by Atif Aslam. Raj Shekhar has written the song which is set to music by Vishal Mishra. The song does not have the second antara in the film’s soundtrack while audio clip contains full song. I like the song for its philosophical lyrics and the way Atif Aslam has brought the emotion in his rendering.
In the film, the song is played in the background as Jaya, while in Gangtok, decides to meet her ex-boyfriend (Luke Kenny). On the other hand, Yogi (Irrfan Khan) after meeting his all three ex-girlfriends, gets looped into his past relationships. Note how Irrfan Khan’s eyes speak when he secretly watches the dance trainer, Isha Sharwani who was one of his ex-girlfriends. The lyrics by Raj Shekhar is philosophical. The substance of the song is why should one spoil the present enjoyable moments by recalling and conducting ‘post-mortem’ of the past break-ups? Whether one should be loath about the past break-ups and look for the reasons therefor as to what went wrong or to move on to enjoy whatever one has for the present. The frequent refrain ‘jaane de’ in the song is emphasizing on these two options.
Video
Audio
Song – Wo Jo Tha Khwaab Sa (Qareeb Qareeb Singlle) (2017) Singer – Atif Aslam, Lyrics – Raj Shekhan, MD – Vishal Mishra
Lyrics
(Based on Audio Clip)
aaa aaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaaa aaaaa
aaa aaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaaa aaaaa
wo jo thha khwaab saa
kya kahen jaane de
ye jo hai kam se kam
ye rahe ke jaane dein
wo jo thha khwaab saa
kya kahen jaane de
ye jo hai kam se kam
ye rahe ke jaane dein
kyun na rok kar khud ko
ek mashwara kar len
magar jaane de
aadatan to sochenge
hota yun to kya hota
magar jaane de
wo jo thha khwaab saa
kya kahen jaane de
ye jo hai kam se kam
ye rahe ke jaane dein
beeta jo beete na haaye kyun
aaye yun aankhon mein
hum ne to bemann bhi socha na…aa
kyun aaye tum baaton mein
poochhte jo hamse tum
jaane kya kya hum kehte
magar jaane de
aadatan to sochenge
hota yun to kya hota
magar jaane de
wo jo thha khwaab saa
kya kahen jaane dein
ye jo hai kam se kam
ye rahe ke jaane dein
aasaan nahi hai magar
jaana nahi ab udhar
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
aasaan nahi hai magar
jaana nahi ab udhar
maaloom hai jahaan dard hai
wahin phir bhi kyun jaayen
wahi kashmakash wahi uljhane
wahi tees kyun laayen
behtar to ye hota
hum mile hi na hote
magar jaane de
aadatan to sochenge
hota yun to kya hota
magar jaane de
wo jo thha khwaab saa..aa
kya kahen jaane de
ye jo hai kam se kam
ye rahe ke jaane dein
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ
आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ
वो जो था ख्वाब सा
क्या कहें जाने दे
ये जो है कम से कम
ये रहे के जाने दें
वो जो था ख्वाब सा
क्या कहें जाने दे
ये जो है कम से कम
ये रहे के जाने दें
क्यों ना रोक कर खुद को
एक मशवरा कर लें
मगर जाने दे
आदतन तो सोचेंगे
होता यूं तो क्या होता
मगर जाने दे
वो जो था ख्वाब सा
क्या कहें जाने दे
ये जो है कम से कम
ये रहे के जाने दें
बीता जो बीते ना हाए क्यों
आए यूं आँखों में
हमने तो बेमन भी सोचा ना॰॰आ
क्यों आए तुम बातों में
पूछते जो हमसे तुम
जाने क्या क्या हम कहते
मगर जाने दे
आदतन तो सोचेंगे
होता यूं तो क्या होता
मगर जाने दे
वो जो था ख्वाब सा
क्या कहें जाने दे
ये जो है कम से कम
ये रहे के जाने दें
आसां नहीं है मगर
जाना नहीं अब उधर
ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म
ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म
ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म
ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म ह्म्म
आसां नहीं है मगर
जाना नहीं अब उधर
मालूम है जहां दर्द है
वहीं फिर भी क्यों जाएँ
वही कशमकश वही उलझनें
वही टीस क्यों लाएँ
बेहतर तो ये होता
हम तुम मिले ही ना होते
मगर जाने दे
आदतन तो सोचेंगे
होता यूं तो क्या होता
मगर जाने दे
वो जो था ख्वाब सा
क्या कहें जाने दे
ये जो है कम से कम
ये रहे के जाने दें
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