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Today’s song is from the film Ghayal-1951.
This social film was produced and directed by Ramchandra Thakur. The music was by Gyan Dutt. In this film, there were 11 songs-including a 2 part song-but unusually there were 7 Lyricists whose songs were sung by 6 different singers. While 5 singers were well known, the sixth name ” Bhola ” was unknown. For a long time no one knew who this Bhola was. Many people thought that Bhola was Bhola Shreshtha, the M.D., but it’s not true. This Bhola was Bulo C Rani,M.D. He joined the industry to be a singer. Khemchand Prakash gave him an opportunity to sing in the film Mehmaan-1942. Later, the same year,Gyan Dutt also gave him songs.Bulo C Rani sang 34 songs in 19 films – initially in his own name, and from 1944 onwards as ‘Bhola’, as he had become a Music Director himself by then, with the film Moorti-1944.
Bulo C Rani was a Science graduate. In those days of early cinema, most people who joined the film line were less educated and mostly from lower middle class or poor families. Not ALL of course. There were few highly educated actors, directors, MDs etc but their number was much less. Actresses like Renuka Devi, Vanmala, Nalini Tarkhad etc. were graduates. Actors like Ashok kumar and Ranjan were graduates. Artistes like Dewan Sharar, Devika rani and Shakuntala Paranjpye had International experience, they wrote books also. Director Nanubhai Vakil and actor Surendra were BA,LL.B.
Coming back to film Ghayal-1951,all songs were good. There were 2 solo songs by one of my favourite singers- G.M.Durrani. If there is a contest to rate the male singers of films, I would include G.M.Durrani in the First 3 singers. The other two would be Rafi and Kishore Kumar. I know some of my friends may not become happy, but the personal choices differ from person to person. It certainly does not mean that other singers were any less liked by me, but the difficulty is, you can’t have 5-6 names in the ” First 3 ” !
Bombay (now Mumbai) was a Maya Nagari for millions of wishful film aspirants from the beginning of Talkie films. Those who joined this industry could be categorised into 3 types….
1. Those who joined and succeeded. They fulfilled their desire to become what they wanted. Many artistes in this category had a filmi background. The rest were the luckiest and those who did hard work to get what they wanted. Some examples- Kapoor khandan, Dev Anand, Lata, Rafi, Bimal Roy etc.
2. ” Jaate the Japan, pahunch gaye cheen” walas. Those who joined to become actor, singer, Lyricist etc, but became something else in the industry and succeeded to a great extent in their compromised career. Some examples Talat, Mukesh, Kanhaiyalal, Mirza Musharraf, Kishore Kumar etc.
3. Those who joined but soon realised that this field was not for them and left as soon as possible. Some examples- most wellknown classical singers and Instrumentalists. One example was that of Mukund Rai Trivedi. He was the joint M.D. of the film Gogola-1966, with Frank D’souza (Frank and Rai). After this film Trivedi left films and joined the family business of Mining in M.P. He prospered therein.
The Maya of Bombay was such that some artistes lived a life like a Prince, but died like a Pauper and in a very bad state. Here are some such cases. In Hindi films, there have been three actors who were very handsome and very lucky but zero in acting – Karan Dewan, Pradeep Kumar and Bharat Bhushan. They all appeared in leading roles opposite all leading actresses of their times. They had the best films, best songs and best roles. Karan Dewan had about 25 Silver Jubilees to his credit and was considered a lucky star. Bharat Bhushan had the most musical films to his credit like ‘Baiju Bawra’ (1952), ‘Shabaab’ (1954) and ‘Mirza Ghalib’ (1954) etc. Pradeep Kumar had ‘Anarkali’ (1953) and ‘Taj Mahal’ (1963).
All three had their brothers producing films for them. Gemini Dewan made films for Karan Dewan, R. Chandra made films for Bharat Bhushan and Kalidas for Pradeep Kumar. Unfortunately, in later years, all three lost everything and died in poverty and neglectful anonymity. Karan Dewan was a manager with BR Chopra’s production company. When he died no one came for his funeral except for Chandrashekhar and Manmohan Krishan from the Cine Artist’s Association. Bharat Bhushan even worked as a watchman in a film studio, in his last days. He too died unsung and only the men from the Association were present at the cremation.
Pradeep Kumar’s case is the saddest. He lay seriously ill in the ICU of a Calcutta nursing home, abandoned by his relatives. The hospital was not discharging him, unless the bills were paid. Luckily one Mr. Pradeep Kondaliya, an estate agent, recognised him, despite his grown beard. He paid the huge outstanding bill of the hospital and took Pradeep Kumar to his home, where he passed away after a few days. He was cremated by his fan. Such is the film industry – cruel and ruthless, where the recognition lasts only till one is successful, and even close relatives desert you in bad times.
Master Shiraz……….During his good times, he had learnt the art of Massaging, as a Hobby and this became his last straw for survival. When film roles were not available, he used to roam about with his kit and do Massaging to earn a living. After doing about 26 films, till Naiya-47, he stopped getting credited in the cast. Now he worked as an extra.
He was last seen in film Guddi-1971- doing massage to Omprakash in one scene. In that film, Dharmendra tells Jaya Bhaduri (Guddi) that Master Shiraj was a star in silent film era. Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee ensured that Shiraj got his name in the film credits of Guddi-71.
Master Shiraj was just one of those unfortunate film artistes who spent their end-time in a very pathetic manner. Some other examples are- actor/singer Parshuram- died on road as a beggar, Singer Vatsala Kumthekar- died on road as a mad beggar,Wasti was seen begging near Liberty cinema and Rattanbai was seen begging near Haji Ali. There are many more such stories. The world of films is the most unpredictable and unless the artiste is wise to secure his future, there is no light at the end of the tunnel !
Film Historian Nalin Shah and Jankidas Mehra have written separate articles and described how film artistes died in penury. Some of the artistes they wrote about were Parshuram, Shanta Hublikar, Cuckoo, Master Nissar, Jaidev, Ghulam Mohd., Saraswati Devi, Rajkumari, Shetty, Chandra Mohan, Mazhar khan, S.U.Sunny, V.M.Vyas, Mahesh kaul, Sulochana (Sr.),Vimi, Vatsala Kumthekar and many more.
Why I wrote about all tragedies here is because my favourite singer G.M.Durrani also faced the same fate. He went to the Top and then went down lower than the bottom in the end.
Ghulam Mustafa Durrani, often abbreviated as G. M. Durrani (1919 – 8 September 1988) was a popular and legendary Indian radio drama artist, playback singer, actor and music director.To his credit, He tried to make his own identity as a playback singer and not try to follow the K. L. Saigal type of singing. G. M. Durrani was notable for Sad songs, Romantic songs, Patriotic songs, Quraan Khani, Qawwalis, Ghazals and Bhajans. He was also one of the first Muslim singers to get to sing Hindu Devotionals. G. M. Durrani was also the most senior Punjabi singer-actor at that time.He was radio drama artist and full-time Singer of Lahore station, Delhi station and Mumbai station of AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)). His native language was Pashto but he had a strong command over Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. He sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto language in Indian movies in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. After the 50s Durrani sang very few songs. Durrani was the disciple of radio broadcaster Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari.
Ghulam Mustafa Durrani was born in Peshawar, British India in 1919. He was a Pathan (Pashtuns) and belonged to the Mohammad Zai Durrani Kabila. His was from a conservative family where even tea was not taken. Milk and lassi were the drinks of choice. When he used to go to those shops and some songs used to be heard, he used to hum along with them. Everyone used to say this boy should go to Bombay (Mumbai) as his voice was very good. The thought of becoming an actor entered his mind as well. He soon ran out of money to make ends meet.
His mother expired when he was very young. Father was educated and of artistic mind but very strict, and the only ally at the home was his loving grandmother. But she could also not protect him from his father’s anger. His mother was expired when he was very young. Father was educated and of artistic mind but very strict, and the only ally at the home was his loving grandmother. But she could also not protect him from his father’s anger.
The last job Durrani did in Peshawar was of at a painter’s shop where an artist always used to hum the tunes of the songs composed by highly respected Composer and Actor Rafiq Ghaznavi. He also started imitating those songs and got appreciation from the colleagues which inspired him. Durrani started practising Rafiq Ghaznavi’s songs and assumed him as his master. During this time, his father took him to another job at his uncle’s motor-part shop. But the artist within didn’t stayed long there and Durrani ran away from the home to Lahore with only 22 rupees in his pocket.
In Lahore, Durrani did odd jobs along with singing on radio. This brought him fame and passion for radio singing which took him to Delhi first then to Bombay. He came to Bombay (now Mumbai) on 14 April 1935. In Mumbai, he got somehow job at Mumbai Radio Station and from here he got recognition. Filmwallahs started calling him to sing.
His singing career started from AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)). Durrani was discovered by film producer Sohrab Modi. Modi gave him his first chance around 1935-36 in the movie Said-e-Havas, a historical under the music director, classical musician Bundu Khan popularly known as “Taan-Talwar” Bundu Khan.
When Durrani came to Bombay playback system was not there and one had to act on screen. He didn’t like running around trees and refused to work further. He faced a lot of difficulties and could not return as people would call him a “Kanjar”. Minerva was to close down soon too. He soon joined the Delhi Radio Station of AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)).
Durrani was working at the Delhi Radio Station where he got acquainted with poet Behzad Lakhnavi whose many ghazals had been sung by Mallika-e-Ghazal (Queen of Ghazals) Begum Akhtar.
He later shifted to the Mumbai Radio Station where he met a big personality at the time, whom he considered one of his ustad (master), Station Director of Bombay station of AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)), Baba-e-Nasharayat (Father of Broadcasting) Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari who helped the radio station come up a lot. Durrani called Ustad to Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari for honour. (Z. A. Bukhari, was the Station Director of Delhi station and Bombay station of AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)). After the Partition of India and creation of Pakistan, Bukhari was made first director-general of Radio Pakistan (Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation) and later, he served as general manager of PTV (Pakistan Television Corporation).
G. M. Durrani’s salary which was fixed at Rs 40 per month was soon fixed. Here he was working as a Drama Artist. He was soon counted as one of the best drama artist on the radio those days. Over a period of three years his salary had gone up to Rs 70 per month. But fate would soon call him back to films.
Later 1939-40, when the concept of playback singing started he was the first to lend his voice for a film titled Bahurani. The film was made by Sagar Movietone and its music director was Rafiq Ghaznavi. Durrani was then working as a full-time Singer in AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)). Those were British days and they were not allowed to do any private recordings. But Ghaznavi insisted. Durrani laid down some conditions, like; the recording should be fixed on a Sunday night so that no outsiders would be allowed to enter the studio. Secondly, he said that his name shouldn’t appear in credit titles or on discs. The song was a duet with Miss Rose, an Anglo-Indian, who didn’t have much experience as a singer. He was paid Rs.75 for the song as against his salary of Rs.70 a month at AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)). He then chucked up his job on 31 December 1940 and decided to concentrate fully on his film career.
Thereafter he sang for, among others, noted music directors like Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, friend Naushad, Shankar Rao Vyas and A. R. Qureshi (Better known as Alla Rakha, Pandit Ravi Shanker’s famous tabla accompanist) for films like Mirza Ghalib, Humlog, Magroor, Shama, Namaste, Sabak and scores of others. He became very popular. Many singers started their careers with him and he inspired many others too.
He was the idol of Mohammed Rafi who imitated him in the initial days. Now what could be a better tribute to singer than that, that the symbol of divinity in the Indian Music Industry, Mohammad Rafi, followed him. In fact, in 1944 Rafi recorded what he considered his first Hindi language song for the film Gaon ki Gori (1944) for Shyam Sunder, “aji dil ho kaaboo mein to dildaar ki aisi taisi” with G. M. Durrani and chorus.
Geeta Dutt also started her career in her break through movie Do Bhai with the song Aaj Preet Ka Naata toot gaya, a duet with G. M. Durrani for S. D. Burman.
Similarly, Haye Chorre Ki Jaat Badi Bewafa, a duet with G. M. Durrani, was Lata’s first song for composer, Naushad.
Durrani has sung many songs during his career. His output later reduced. According to a story he was influenced not to sing for some time after his Hajj visit and Rafi then helped him get back to singing but by then his career was over. Music composer Khawaja Khurshid Anwar in his first film Kurmai (Punjabi-1941) took Durrani as his assistant and later gave him the film Angoori (1943) as music director.
G. M. Durrani was very famous as radio drama artist of Delhi station and Mumbai station of AIR (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)).
In the period of K. L. Saigal – Surinder, Khan Mastana and G.M. Durrani were also famous. G. M. Durrani was one of the 40s famous playback singers. Durrani tried to make his own identity as a playback singer and not try to follow the K. L. Saigal type of singing. G. M. Durrani was a legendary Bollywood playback singer. His singing style was to inspire Rafi and others in the years to come. Later G. M. Durrani became a model to many playback singers who followed then. The soulful renditions of Durrani were to be reminded of by Talat’s singing as well.
Mohammed Rafi was influenced most notably, by G. M. Durrani on whose style he based his singing. He sang with his idol in some of the songs such as “Humko Hanste Dekh Zamana Jalta Hai” (Hum Sab Chor Hain, 1956) and “Khabar Kisi Ko Nahiin, Woh Kidhar Dekhte” (Beqasoor, 1950).
G. M. Durrani considered his first famous song was ‘Duniya mein sab jode jode’ of the film “Sharda” (1942) composed by Naushad.
The song Neend Hamaari Khwaab Tumhaare Kitne Meethe Kitne Pyaare, that made him a real rage was however composed by Shyam Sundar for his movie Nai Kahani. This song sung most part by G. M. Durrani with some support by child-star Balakram was playing everywhere. When he sang, this song, the listeners went crazy. This timeless melody can never be forgotten by fans of Indian Cinema:-
Nearly 40 years later, when Tata Oil Mills did a program Mortal Men Immortal Melodies to celebrate fifty years of talkies in India, they invited him to re-render the song. Although many had forgotten him, his voice was still great and he got a standing applause for it.
There was a time when G M Durani was the favourite and most preferred singer for most composers in the industry. From 1941 to 1951, he sang over 300 songs. He is a case of “Riches to Rags”. Once a rich and famous singer,he spent his last few years fighting with Throat Cancer,poverty and loneliness. His end was quite pathetic.
G M Durani was a leading singer, like Surendra. The difference was Surendra sang only in his own films and thus had limitations,but Durani was a playback singer, without much competition. In the 40s, there were hardly any male Playback singers,because most singers were actors themselves and sang their own songs,like Asit Baran. Karan Dewan, Ashok kumar, Prem Adeeb, Arun Ahuja, Balwant singh, C H Atma, Ishwarlal, kantilal, K L Saigal, Pahadi Sanyal etc etc. There were of course few Playback singers like Khan Mastana, S D Batish, A R Oza, Balbir etc,but they were no competition to Durani at all.
Because of this, some singers were jealous of him and there was an attempt to poison him with Mercury Chloride ( sindur) given in a Paan by another well known singer. All relevant stories point out fingers to Hafeez Khan Mastana in this incident as the culprit. Before he could confess, which he wanted to, it seems, Mastana died in absolute poverty and in total neglect near Mahim Dargah. Later on his only son used to be seen begging there for quite some time. One of the RMIM members had met him there.
After singing assignments dried up, he opened a provision stores in Mahim, Bombay and ran it for 3 years. Finally,when the losses mounted, he sold off the business in loss.
In his last days, Durani had Throat cancer. He was looked after well by his sons and daughters. In his last days,he was interviewed by the famous writer shri Rajnikumar Pandya ji. After I came to know shri Pandya ji,he kindly gifted me a CD containing the last interview ( just one day prior to his death) of Durani. So I have not only Durani’s real voice,but also a song he sang from his deathbed for this interview ! Thanks to shri Pandya ji. G M Durani, in that last interview claimed that he had helped both financially and professionally two rising singers-Mohd. Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar, in their initial struggling period. He describes his first meetings with them in the interview.
G M Durani sang many memorable songs like, ‘Haath seene pe jo rakh do to karar aa jaaye’, with Noorjehan in Mirza Sahiban-47, ‘Lara Lappa’ with Lata in Ek thi Ladki-49, ‘Nazar na phero humse’ with shamshad Begum in Deedar-51, ‘Gaaye chala jaa’, with Lata in Hum Log-51, ‘Humko hanste dekh zamana jalta hai’ with Rafi in Humsab chor hain-56. Durani sang about 300 songs. His last song came in ‘Lal Pathar’-71.
G M Durrani acted in 16 films, from 1949 to 1978. He sang 305 songs in 168 films. He gave music as MD in 8 films and also wrote lyrics in film Nazare-1949. ( This is primarily based on the details from Shri Rajnikumar Pandya ji’s book ” Aap ki Parchhaiyan “. My thanks to him. Also thanks to Listeners’ Bulletin No.70 of Sept.1987, together with my own notes.)
Let us now enjoy a melodious song by Durrani from this film……
Song-Ae muqaddar mujh pe itni kis liye naaraaziyaan (Ghaayal)(1951) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-Gyan Dutt
Lyrics
ae muqaddar mujhpe itni kisliye naaraaziyaan
le rahi hain kyun teri tirchhi nazar angdaaiyaan
ae muqaddar r
ae muqaddar mujhpe itni kisliye naaraaziyaan
le rahi hain kyun teri tirchhi nazar angdaaiyaan
ae muqaddar r
chal pada hoon main akela aur na manzil ka pata
chal pada hoon main akela aur na manzil ka pata
har kadam par rokti hain kyun mujhe naakaamiyaan
har kadam par rokti hain kyun mujhe naakaamiyaan
ae muqaddar r
kya kahoon kis’se kahoon
kaise kahoon kya dil mein hai
kya kahoon kis’se kahoon
kaise kahoon kya dil mein hai
sunke hans dega zamaana aansuon ki kahaaniyaan
sunke hans dega zamaana aansuon ki kahaaniyaan
ae muqaddar r
ae dar o deewaar tum
ae dar o deewaar tum
ho kisliye haale-tabaah (?)
pad gayin kya tumpe bhi bolo meri parchhaaiyaan
pad gayin kya tumpe bhi bolo meri parchhaaiyaan
ae muqaddar r
ae muqaddar mujhpe itni kisliye naaraaziyaan
le rahi hain kyun teri tirchhi nazar angdaaiyaan
ae muqaddar r r r
Ni sa ga ma pa
Posted on: May 25, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.124
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On this date ten years ago (25 May 2013),two songs from two different movies was covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 8127 | Is duniya mein sab chor chor | Bhai Bhai (1956) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 8128 | Aa jaa aa jaa o jaane waale | Sabak (1950) | 8 songs covered out of 10 by now |
We observe that one movie (out of two) whose songs were represented in the blog on this day ten years ago (on 25 May 2013) has since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with one song which is unYIPPEED and is therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (25 May 2023).
This movie is “Sabak”(1950).
“Sabak”(1950) was produced and directed by M Sadiq for Sadiq Productions Private Limited, Bombay. The movie had Munawar Sultana,Jagirdar,Karan Dewan,Om Prakash,Kumar, Cuckoo, Jilloo Maa, Shyama etc in it.
The movie had ten songs in it. Eight songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the ninth song from “Sabak” (1950). This song is sung by G M Durrani. D N Madhok is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Qureshi.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Ni sa ga ma pa (Sabak)(1950) singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-D N Madhok, MD-A R Qureshi
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
ni saa gaa maa paa..aa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
ni saa gaa maa paa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
bachpan se ye meraa saathi…eee
ab to banaa dey isko haathi…eee
bachpan se ye meraa saathi…eee
ab to banaa dey isko haathi…eee
kartaa hoon yahee duaa
haayye raam jee pa ma gaa rey saa
kartaa hoon yahee duaa
haayye raam jee pa ma gaa rey saa
hoyye ni saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
lagaataar ghanton rotaa hai..aey ae
jab kahey punjaabi tu khotaa hai ae ae
lagaataar ghanton rotaa hai..aey ae ae
jab kahey punjaabi tu khotaa hai ae
chhod ghaas khaataa hai hawaa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
chhod ghaas khaataa hai hawaa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
ni saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
donon ka ghar aabaad karo..oo
hamein ek baar to yaad karo..oo
donon ka ghar aabaad karo..o..oo
hamein ek baar to yaad karo..oo
Hindu ke Raam Muslim ke Khudaa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
Hindu ke Raam Muslim ke Khudaa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
hoyye nee saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam jee paa maa gaa rey saa
paa maa gaa rey saa
paa maa gaa rey saa
Kaun hai ye dilrubaa
Posted on: March 12, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 39
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On this date ten years back viz on 12 March 2013, eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 7658 | Kyun tumne hamko daraaya | Prem Sangeet (1943) | 4 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7659 | Raat ki malka ban thhan ke | Ismat(1944) | 3 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 7660 | Preet ki jyot jalaakar chup hai | Vishkanya(1943) | 7 songs covered out of 12 by now |
| 7661 | Chaand mera baadalon mein kho gaya | Pathan (1962) | 4 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 7662 | Raja haweli ki khidki zara kholna re | Veer Rajputaani(1955) | 5 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7663 | Assalaam aalekum baabu | Kalpana(1960) | 6 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7664 | Aayegaa kaun yahaan | Gumnaam (1965) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7665 | Meri patni mujhe sataati hai | Pati Patni(1966) | movie YIPPEED by now |
It can be noticed that two movies (out of eight movies) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 12 March 2013) have since been YIPPEED on the blog. That leaves us with six movies that are still unYIPPEED and therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (12 March 2023).
“Prem Sangeet”(1943) is one BTYC eligible movie today. This movie was produced and directed by W Z Ahmad for Shalimar Pictures, Bombay. The movie had P.Jairaj, Tiwari, Nina, H.Prakash, Munshi Zaheer, Rekha, Rajkumari Shikla, Shanta Thaakar, Maalaa, Wazir Muhammad Khan, Ram Avtar, Kathana, Randhir etc in it.
“Prem Sangeet”(1943) had ten songs in it. Four songs have been covered so far.
Here is the fifth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by G M Durrani. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by S K Pal.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Kaun hai ye dilruba (Prem Sangeet)(1943) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-S K Pal
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
kaun hai ye dilruba
dilrubaa
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilruba
dilruba
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
dheere se nainon kaa kar ke ishaaraa
moh liyaa
moh liyaa man
chupke se hamaaraa
is mohini ki reet koyi
hamko bataawe
hamko bataawe aey ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
dilrubaa
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawey ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
chamkey badan
chamkey badan
jaise gori gori chaandnee
boley madhur
boley madhur jaisey meethhi meethhi raaginee
aaj phoolon se sundar milee saajnee
aaj phoolon se sundar milee saajnee
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
dilrubaa
man ko lubhaawe
sabko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawey ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
ye prem ka sangeet hai yaa prem kahaani
ye prem ka sangeet hai yaa prem kahaani
ye hoor hai jannat ki ya pariyon ki hai raanee
baalon ki ghataaon mein
kabhi chaand chupaawey
kabhi chaand khilaawe
baalon ki ghataaon mein
kabhi chaand chupaawey
kabhi chaand khilaawe
kabhi phool kaa
us phool se woh mel karaawey
kabhi door hataawe
kabhi mel karaawey
kabhi hamko rijhaawey
kabhi aans lagaawe aey ae ae ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa dilruba
man ko lubhaaye
sabko suhaawe
naainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
dilrubaa
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Posted on: January 8, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is from the ‘1947’ movie ‘Romeo And Juliet’,
It was directed by Akhtar Hussaain for ‘Nargis Art Concern, Bombay’ (home production of actress Nargis).
It had Nargis, Sapru, Anwar Hussain, Sunalini Devi, Nisar, John Cavas, Hameed Murad, Nazir Kashmiri, Violet, Pushpa, Abdul Rasheed, Amanullah and others.
This movie has eight songs in it and it had made its debut on the blog on 12.08.2014 with a song sung by Khayyam Saab and Zohrabai Ambalewali.
The second song from this movie followed immediately in next month and it was posted on 21.09.2014 which was sung by G.M. Durrani.
Thereafter it was a gap of almost three years after which the third song from this movie was posted on 26.07.2017. This song was a solo song sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali.
The fourth song from this movie again took more than three years to appear on the blog, and it was posted on 28.12.2020. This song again was a solo sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali.
The fifth song of this movie was discussed on 08.06.2022. So it was again after a gap of almost one and half year that the fifth song of this movie was posted after its fourth song.
Out of the eight songs of this movie, lyricist for three songs is Manohar Khanna. One song each is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, Akhtar Shirani, Jigar Moradabadi and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Lyricist’s name for one song is not mentioned in HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950). However one of the audio links of this song mentions the lyricist name as Majrooh Sultanpuri for this song. We are going to listen to this song today.
*(In my earlier write-up with the songs of this movie I had mentioned two songs for Majrooh Sultanpuri considering the above link. But today I am correcting myself and leaving it to the knowledgeable readers to throw light on this song and its songs.).
Here is the list of songs of this movie.
| S.No. | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer | Posted On |
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| 01 | Mast jawaani aayi mast jawaani aayi | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Zohrabai Ambalewali | 28.12.2020 |
| 02 | Mausam ye suhaanaa, ahaa ahaa | Manohar Khanna | Zohrabai Ambalewali | 26.07.2017 |
| 03 | Tumhe sitaaron ne be-akhtiyaar dekha | Akhtar Shirani | G.M. Durrani | 21.09.2014 |
| 04 | Koyi dil mein samaaya jaaye | Manohar Khanna | Zohrabai Ambalewali | |
| 05 | Kisko khabar thi, dil ki ye duniya | Manohar Khanna | ||
| 06 | Kya bataayen ishq zaalim | Jigar Moradabadi | Zohrabai Ambalewali | 08.06.2022 |
| 07 | Wo yaad aa rahen hai, laaye unhe kahaan se | *not mentioned in HFGK Vol-II | G.M.Durrani | Being discussed in this post |
| 08 | Donon jahaan teri muhabbat mein haar ke | Faiz Ahmed Faiz | Khayyam, Zohrabai Ambalewali | 12.08.2014 |
As mentioned above and can be seen from the above table five songs from this movie have been posted on the blog earlier.
Today’s song is the sixth song from this movie. It is sung by G.M. Durrani.
Music is composed by Husnlal Bhagatram.
The lyricist name for this song is yet to be confirmed.
Let us now listen to today’s song.
Audio
Song-Wo yaad aa rahe hain (Romeo And Juliet)(1947) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Not known, MD-Husnlal Bhagatram
Lyrics
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Aawaaz kisko den ham
Ye dil kise pukaare ae
Gham ki siyaah raatein
Kaise koi guzaare
Baadal se chhaa rahe hain ae
Baadal se chhaa rahe hain
Fariyaad aasmaan se
Fariyaad aasmaan se
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Keh den ye unse jaa kar
Keh den ye unse jaa kar
Jaayen agar hawaaein ae
Jaayen agar hawaaein
Majboor hain ummeedein ae
Majboor hain ummeedein
Maayoos hain duaaein ae
Maayoos hain duaaein
Sharmaaye jaa rahe hain ae
Sharmaaye jaa rahe hain
Shikwe meri zubaan ke
Shikwe meri zubaan ke
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 88
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This date ten years ago (viz 7 September 2012) saw four songs from four different movies getting covered in the blog.
Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 6601 | Prem nagar mein basne waalon | Barsaat (1949) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6602 | Na ummeed hoke bhi duniya mein jiye jaate hain | Sangeeta(1950) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6603 | Aao baitho baat suno | Maang(1950) | 5 songs covered out of 10 so far |
| 6604 | Ham rang rangeeli joban ban ki titliyaan | Paighaam(1959) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
It can be seen that three movies (out of four) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago, have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with only one movie that is eligible for Blog Ten YEar Challenge today (7 September 2022).
That movie is “Maang”(1950).
“Maang”(1950) was directed by Saghir Usmani for New light Films, Bombay. The movie had Ramola, Wasti, Amar, Pritma ,Malhotra, Leela Pande,Zia, Basu, Shanti Madhok, Hemlata, Mubarak, Sharif, Syed Jan etc in it.
“Maang”(1950) had ten songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the blog so far.
Here is the sixth song from “Maang”(1950) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by G M Durrani. Sagar Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ghulam Mohammad.
Only audio of this melancholic song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio link:
Song-Main kisko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani (Maang)(1950) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Sagar Badayuni, MD-Ghulam Mohammad
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
main kisko sunaaoon
gham ki kahaani ee ee
main kisko sunaaoon
gham ki kahaanee ee ee ee
saarey sahaarey chhoot gaye ae
chhoot gaye
ab haayye muqaddar kaisaa sitam hai ae ae
ab haayye muqaddar kaisaa sitam hai aey ae aey ae
saathi hamaarey chhoot gaye aey ae
chhoot gaye
ab kisko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani
afsos ke gham ki duniyaa mein ae ae
aansoon bhi hamaarey ho na sakey aey ae
ho na sakey
taaron ki tarhaa palkon pe mere ae
taaron ki tarhaa palkon pe mere ae ae ae
chamkey kaanpey aur toot gaye aey ae ae
toot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani
ae dard-e-mohabbat
tu hi bataa aa aa aa
kis tarhaa chaley
ab manzil tak
manzil tak
hum jin ka sahaaraa le le kar
hum jinn ka sahaara ley le kar r r r
chalte thhe
wo chhaaley phoot gaye aey ae
phoot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani ee
kis tarhaa bahaarein raas aate
qismat ko hi jab manzoor na thaa
manzoor na tha
kuchch gham ki hawaa ke jhonkey chaley ae ae
kuchch gham ki hawaa ke jhonkey chaley aey ae aey ae ae
dil ki bahaarein loot gaye aey ae ae
loot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani
Meri zindagi bhi koi zindagi hai
Posted on: May 11, 2020
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusaist of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is from Dolti Naiya-1950. This film was made by Shaan E Hind Pictures, Bombay. It had music by Pt.Ram Prasad Sharma. The film’s 10 songs were written by a record number of 8 Lyricists and were sung also by 8 singers. In those days, it must have been a record, I guess. The cast of the film was Amarnath, Nigar Sultana, Shyama Dulari, Veena Kohli, Cuckoo, Bhudo Advani, Mukri, Mirza Musharraf, Munshi Munakka and others.
When I was in school, every year a “Self Governance Day” used to be celebrated in our school. I do not know whether this was a practice elsewhere. On this day selected senior students of class 12th standard used to run the school. Head Master, Supervisor, Sports teacher, Teachers and even Peons’ roles were done by the students themselves. When I reached 12th standard, I was very eager to become a Teacher on this day. I was made a teacher of English language of 7th standard and was given a lesson to be taken on that day. All students looked forward to run the school and become teachers on this day.
I think, this feeling of ruling or being in authority is in every field as a dormant wish. A Clerk looks forward becoming a Manager and a Manager wants to become General Manager. An MLA wants to become an MP and MP wants to become a Minister. Film industry is not too different. Every actress wants to become a Heroine, and actors dream of becoming Director some day. There are several examples when all this has actually happened.
Many successful and famous actors have tried their hand at being a Director of a film ( conversely, many directors also were eager to act in a film. Even such examples are there). Few examples of some actors directing films are Dev Anand-19 films ( he takes the cake), Shammi Kapoor-2 films, Balraj Sahni-1 film, Rajesh Khanna-1 film. Even Comedians like Asrani-5 films and Deven verma-4 films are into this. The case of comedian Radha kishen, who produced a film and when it flopped due to delay and loans mounted, committed suicide.
Some examples of old time actors are Prem Adib-1 film, M.Kumar-2 films, Shahu Modak-1 film. Among actresses, from Fatma Begum-8 films to Hema Malini-4 films, examples are less. Surprisingly, leading actors like Amitabh Bachhan, Dilip kumar, Sanjeev kumar etc never went this way. I wish Dilip kumar had become a Director openly rather than making his directors’ lives miserable by interfering in their work, as a nasty habit.
Mirza Musharraf was a comedian of old times. Though he was successful as an actor, he too wanted to become a Director. Today’s film Dolti naiya-50 is his attempt at directing a movie.
In my quest for information on old time actors and other artistes, I came across many good and some not so good experiences. When I first interviewed Ramesh ji, Bhudo Advani’s son, he told me that their family friend Mirza Musharraf’s daughter also stayed nearby. I took her address and reached her house. Her husband did not allow me to meet her, as they were Muslims, and perhaps because it was my first visit to them. When I explained what I wanted, he expected some money. I told him that this is my hobby and I do not do this for money, he was very skeptic. However, after my persistent visits to him,he relented. Her husband, Mr. Muneer Khan,( now deceased) ex production manager of Firoze Khan, gave me some information.
The name of MIRZA MUSHARRAF AGHA may not ring any bells in the newer generation, as he was a comedian in the 30s and 40s-till the late 60s.
During the 30s and 40s there were quite a few real comedians, who regaled the audiences with their humour. Comedians like V.H.Desai, Ghory and Dikshit (the jodi like Laurel and Hardy),Mirza Musharraf, Bhudo Advani, Noor Mohd.Charlie, Yakub (he had travelled to 15 countries including UK and USA,before joining films) and Gope, Fatty Prasad and Durga Mota were much in demand for comic roles in the films.With the times,one by one,all went behind the curtains, giving way to newer set of comedians like Bhagwan, Sunder, Radhkishen, Mukri, I.S.Johar, Majnu,etc. Nowadays, of course, Comedians have disappeared from films, because almost everyone in a film does Comedy, these days.
Artistes fading away is a natural phenomena, but out of the above comedians, the end of Durga Mota was very pathetic and touching.
Durga Mota or Durga Prasad was very fat and this fatness which fetched him name and fame in the industry also became the cause of his death. In 1947,there were riots everywhere. Durga was in Lahore. He wanted to come back to India like other thousands.He came to Lahore station and boarded the train. Just then a frenzied mob came to the station and started killing the passengers. People ran helter skelter and saved themselves, but due to his fatness Durga Mota could not run and he was slaughtered on the station of Lahore itself.
Mirza Musharraf was born in a sophisticated educated family, on 12-6-1912, at Shujanabad-Punjab. His father was an inspector of Police and claimed to be a scion of the Royal Mughal family. He matriculated from Lahore in 1930. He was keen on becoming a Journalist, so he worked in Daily Zamindar, Tariyaq and Shahid. He was a Nationalist, joined Congress and became Secretary of Lahore Congress committee. He was imprisoned but father got him released. He decided to change profession to films.
He got a small role of a party guest in film ” Qazak ki beti-37′, which was being made by one of his acquaintances in Lahore. His second film was Prem Yatra-37. These were uncredited and insignificant roles, but they gave his clever mind a good idea of film line and acting.
A R Kardar who was into films was known to him in Lahore. Kardar took Mirza to Calcutta. There he acted in film Milap-37. The Hero was Gul Hamid,who died in between and was replaced by Prithviraj Kapoor. Mirza also acted in film Mandir-37. When Kardar shifted to Bombay, he too shifted.
He was very fond of writing Lyrics.He came to Bombay to write film songs and was employed by General films.Those days educated persons were eagerly employed by film studios. He first wrote Lyrics for A.R.Kardar’s film “Baghbaan”-1938. This was the film in which K N Singh did his first role as a villain. In this period, Mirza got married also.
During shootings Kardar required an artist and Mirza was called to fill up the slot, as per the studio norms. Mirza had no dialogues, but he exhibited excellent use of facial expressions and comic timing.This actually killed his dream of becoming a lyrics writer, because after that he was made a comedian and got several films. As a comedian,Mirza worked from 1938 to 1972,working in over 400 films. His last film was Roop tera Mastana-1972, where he was credited. Later he made appearance in films like Pathar se takkar-80 and Anjaam khuda jaane-89 uncredited.
When he was on the peak of his career,a happy producer gave his Bungalow at Versova free to him for living.Though Versova was then quite far off and sparsely populated, Mirza lived there like a king.The marriages of both of his daughters took place there.
Mr.Sanjeet Narwekar-the famous Film historian/journalist writes in his book, The story of Hindi Film comedy,about Mirza”. His specialty was interspersing his Hindi dialogues with English words-quite a curiosity in the pre-independence days. He was almost a permanent with V.M.Vyas and played cameo roles in a fairly long career.” According to Saadat Hasan Manto in his book,stars of another sky, -whichever film he acted, he used to be the darling of the Heroes. He was particularly liked by Kardar, K.Asif and Rafiq Ghaznavi. In many films Mirza lip synched songs, but only in ONE film,he got to sing himself. That was the film Gharib ka laal-1939, in a duet. He also sung few lines in film Piya Milan-45 and CAPTAIN KISHORE-1957. He sang along with Mohd.Rafi and Tun Tun.
In one of the interviews Mirza gave to magazine Shama, in August 1981, he described some of his experiences in the film world. This interview is a part of the book ” Ye un dinon ki baat hai” written by my friend Yasir Abbasi. Here are few of his stories. In Bombay, he got to know Nazir-actor, director, producer and owner of Hind Pictures studios, and his nephew K.Asif (Mughal-E-Azam fame). Asif did no work, so Nazir opened a Tailor’s shop for him, but still he did nothing. His interests were different.
Mirza also came closer to director S M Yousuf. Mirza was present in his marriage to actress Nigar Sultana. Mirza describes how K.Asif eloped with Nazir’s wife (and his Mami- aunt) Sitara Devi. Asif later married Yousuf’s wife Nigar Sultana also. Still later Asif married Dilip kumar’s sister too. Asif was notorious in such matters.
Mirza knew Mohd. Rafi since Lahore days. When Rafi came to Bombay, Mirza introduced Rafi to many film people. Mirza claims that Rafi’s first Hindi recorded song was from film Kul Kalank-45, ” Topiwale Babu’ – a duet with Amirbai Karnataki. This song was shot on Mirza and Amirbai on screen. Rafi, it seems, got Rs. 75 for this song. Mirza acted in film Grihasthi-48, which became a Hit film, running for 105 weeks in Bombay. In a public poll, Mirza got a second prize for acting in this film (first was Yaqub) and he got a Gold medal of 3 Tolas. In his difficult days, Mirza sold it, says he.
There are many more anecdotes he describes, but may be some other time.
Mirza Musharraf died in 1991.
Film Industry is one industry which grew very fast. Firstly, there was no competition (except from AIR for entertainment) and secondly, joining this industry needed no special qualifications. Moreover, from the beginning, the ROI (Returns On the Investment) ratio was quite high,once you took care of few parameters like, good actors, good songs and a mix of Romance and Comedy !
Thousands of aspirants, the Good looking, the Bad looking and the Ugly looking rushed to Bombay, Lahore and Calcutta to try their luck. Tawaifs and stage artists had an easy entry, so was for the Handsome and Muscular bodied males.
The studio system took care of grooming its employees. Most people were hired without any specific job description. When needed, the script writer or the Lyricist had to act in the film, and Choreographer-Dance Master in those days-had to take up Direction- if needed. Artists graduated from menial jobs to important positions.That is how Choreographer Guru Dutt became a Director and a Hero, Lyricist and writer J.S.Casshyap became actor/singer, or Amiya Chakrawarty became famous Director from being the Canteen Manager in Bombay Talkies, Ashok kumar became Hero from being a Technician in Camera Department and an Extra working as one of the 40 thieves in ” Alibaba and 40 Thieves”-1929, became the Movie Mughal, Director Mehboob Khan.
Those times were different.Industry needed people in all departments. Heads of Studios were like expert jewellers. They knew how to nurture talents. Successful strugglers had empathy towards existing strugglers and gave them opportunity to showcase their skills. Studios got right persons for right jobs. Real Talents survived, rest disappeared.
There were many One timers, who acted in only 1-2 films, directed just 1 film, produced 1 movie, sung only few songs or gave music to only 1 or 2 films. Luck also played an important role. Artists seeking opportunities in Music Departments like singing and composing were many. Most got chances,few prospered.
But it is important to note that every One timer was contributing towards Industry’s growth. Like every drop makes an ocean, these one timers or short distance runners also gave their might to the industry. Those who disappeared after a short performance remained alive through their contribution on record. Hundreds of aspirants came to become Music Directors, only few made the grade, survived and the rest simply vanished.These short time passengers or composers had their time of glory too. Their songs were cherished but their names were forgotten.
Before I proceed further, can you tell me what is the common link in the following names ?
Pyarelal-Ganesh-Naresh-Mahesh-Anand-Gorakh
They are all brothers and sons of Pandit RAMPRASAD SHARMA. He is the Music Director of today’s film Dolti Naiya-1950.
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Pt.Ramprasad Sharma, born in 1900, belonged to Gorakhpur in United provinces(today’s U.P.). Seeing his love for music, he was brought to Bharatpur State by the king’s bandmaster. He played Trumpet here, then played in Agra Military Band and ended up joining a Circus as a Band Master himself. He toured Delhi, Lahore and Calcutta ,where he settled for some time.He married a local Post Master’s daughter and also worked for Columbia and New Theatres. By now he was an expert in 10 instruments and knew all Ragas.
He came to Bombay in 1938 and played in many studios. His first film as MD was Nayi Baat-1947, then Taqdeerwale-48, Shakti-48, Bedard-49, Banu- 49, Anyay-49, Dolti Naiyya-50 and finally Magic Carpet-64.
His knowledge of Music was so deep that many Composers like,Kalyan ji, Roshan, Uttamsingh, Hridaynath Mangeshkar etc came to him to learn notations in which he was a master. Probably, having played as a Band Master helped him.Those days, very few musicians knew how to write music in Notations. This art was carried further by his another son Ganesh.
Despite his knowledge of music, he failed as a composer himself and worked/played for other Music Directors like Naushad, K.Dutta, C. Ramchandra etc. His trumpet playing in the famous song of Rafi ” Suhani raat dhal chuki” (film Dulari-1949) is unforgettable.
Pt.Ramprasad will be remembered by many composers as their teacher. His music was melodious, his Luck was not too kind on him, though.
His two sons Pyarelal and Ganesh became famous composers.
Pt.Ramprasad died on 22-8-1995 at Mumbai.
Today’s song is a very melodious one – as such, I like Durrani as a singer. He has sung one of the best songs of Hindi films, in my opinion (Neend hamari, khwaab tumhare-Nai kahani-1943). Pt. Ramprasad’s tune and music is just superb. To give such a music in 1950 was in itself an achievement. When I hear today’s song, I feel a similarity to Talat’s song ‘ Meri yaad mein na aansoo bahana” from film Madhosh-51. I may be wrong also. Alas, Film industry does not go by quality, it goes by measurable success in terms of popularity of songs. Whom to blame, music lovers or the industry ?
Enjoy the song.
Song- Meri zindgi bhi koi zindagi hai (Dolti Naiyya)(1950) Singer- G M Durrani, Lyricist- Zafar Malihabadi, MD- Pt. Ram Prasad
Lyrics
meri zindagi bhi koi zindagi hai
na dil mein umangen na lab par hansi hai
meri zindagi bhi
kiya hai muqaddar ne barbaad aisa
kiya hai muqaddar ne barbaad aisa
jidhar dekhta hoon nahin koi apna
jidhar dekhta hoon nahin koi apna
nahin koi apna
nazar ik zamaane se badle huye hain
meri zindagi bhi
mere dil ko hardam dukhaati hai duniya
mere dil ko hardam dukhaati hai duniya
tadapta hoon main muskuraati hai duniya
tadapta hoon mai muskuraati hai duniya
muskurati hai duniya
mujhe kis khata par saza mil rahi hai
meri zindagi bhi
sunaata raha laakh ghamon ka fasaana
sunaata raha laakh ghamon ka fasaana
kisi ne magar dard dil ka na jaana
kisi ne magar dard dil ka na jaana
dil ka na jaana
zamaane ne kab bekason ki suni hai
meri zindagi bhi koi zindagi hai
na dil mein umangen na lab par hansi hai
meri zindagi bhi
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