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Bismil bismil bulbul e bismil
Posted on: March 24, 2023
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Vishal Bhardwaj’s Trilogy of Shakespeare Plays – 3: ‘Haider’ (2014)
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In this article, I am exploring ‘Haider’ (2014), the last film of the Shakesperean trilogy by Vishal Bhardwaj which is adapted from ‘Hamlet’ (1599).
In a talk with ‘Mumbai Mirror’ just before the release of ‘Haider’ (2014), Vishal Bhardwaj said that he took a long gap (8 years) from Shakespearean trilogy. For the final film on Shakespearean trilogy, he had two plays in mind – ‘King Lear’ and ‘Hamlet’. Finally, he chose ‘Hamlet’. The film was majorly shot in around Srinagar and Pahalgam in winter months probably to give a feel of gloomy atmosphere inherent in the story. As with his earlier two films of Shakespearean trilogy, Vishal Bhardwaj molded ‘Hamlet’ with intra-family drama in Kashmir in the background of militancy in 1995.
The main characters in ‘Hamlet’ (1599) and their counterparts in ‘Haider’ (2014) are presented in a tabular form below:
Vishal Bhardwaj felt that the idea of ghost in the film may not be believable to the current generation. So, he developed an additional character in Roohdaar who has spent time with Dr Hilaal in detention camp.
| In Hamlet | In Haider | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| King Hamlet of Denmark | Dr Hilaal Meer (Narendra Jha) | In ‘Hamlet’, there is no character of King Hamlet. His names comes only when his death is announced. In ‘Haider’ (2014), Dr. Hilaal Meer has been shown treating an injured militants in his house. He also appears in army detention camp and also with Haider in his childhood in flashback. |
| Prince Hamlet, the son of deceased King Hamlet of Denmark and nephew of Claudius. | Haider (Shahid Kapoor), son of deceased Dr Hilaal Meer and nephew of Khurram Meer. | The tragic hero. Vishal Bhardwaj has made the character of Haider in ‘Haider’ (2014) much more aggressive than Prince Hamlet of ‘Hamlet’ (1599) |
| Claudius, younger brother of King Hamlet. | Khurram Meer (Kay Kay Menon), younger brother of Dr Hilaal Meer. | The villainous character responsible for the death of his elder brother. While Claudius becomes the king of Denmark and marries the widow queen, Khurram marries widow of his elder brother and becomes a political leader. |
| Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, and mother of Prince Hamlet. | Ghazala (Tabu), wife of Dr Hilaal Meer and mother of Haider. | – |
| Polonius, Counsellor to Claudius. | Parvez Lone (Lalit Parimoo), Police Inspector who works in close association with Khurram. | – |
| Ophelia, daughter of Polonius. | Arshia (Shraddha Kapoor), daughter of Parvez Lone, a journalist and the beloved of Haider. | Arshia in ‘Haider’ (2014) is more independent than Ophelia in ‘Hamlet’ who is shown as a meek character. |
| Ghost of Prince Hamlet’s father | There is no ghost but a character, Roohdaar (Irrfan Khan) does the same role as of ghost in ‘Hamlet’. | |
| Laertes, son of Polonius who is based in France. | Liyaqat, (Aamir Bashir) son of Parvez Lone who is based in Bengaluru. | – |
| Horatio, Prince Hamlet’s friend. | No equivalent character. | Vishal Bhardwaj has combined the role of Arshia both as the beloved and friend of Haider. |
‘Haider’ (2014) was jointly produced by Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures and UTV and was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. The cast included Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan (special appearance), Ashish Vidyarthi (special appearance), Lalit Parimoo, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Aamir Bashir etc. The Censor Board has given the film U/A certificate (minor can watch the film under parental guidance) after some cuts suggested in the films and the director agreed to them.
This is one of a few films’ story which I found difficult to summarise as almost every scene in the film is important link to the continuity of the story. So, I have omitted it after finding that the summary of the story itself was more than 1000 words!
In my view, this film should be treated more as an intra-family drama of a Kashmiri family than the commentary on the political situations that prevailed in the mid-1990s in Kashmir. In the divided Meer family, the Khurram (Claudius in ‘Hamlet’) uses Army’s counter-insurgency operations to achieve his political ambition and clear the way for making formal the adulterous relationship with his elder brother’s wife, Ghazala (Queen Gertrude). His nephew, Haider (Prince Hamlet) uses militancy to take revenge against his uncle, Khurram for his betrayal of his father, Dr Hilaal Meer (King Hamlet of Denmark) and for killing him. So, portrayal of and commentaries on militancy and army’s counter-insurgency operations become inevitable part of the film. In ‘Hamlet’, all the main characters are killed or commit suicide. In ‘Haider’ (2014), Khurram (Claudius) and Haider (Prince Hamlet) have been shown seriously injured. The films end with a scene in which a seriously injured Khurram lies on the snow with his lower part missing due to a blast while Haider, also seriously injured walks away from the camera in the midst of dead bodies of militants and para military forces. The director has left to the imagination of the film audience to come o a conclusion as to what will happen to them.
Vishal Bhardwaj has tried to realistically present as to how a majority of innocent Kashmiris who have nothing to do with militancy have been caught in the ‘catch-22’ situation. They cannot antagonise militants and the army out of fear. However, I wish Vishal Bhardwaj had balanced this realistic approach with the other side of the realities by giving some footage in the film as to how difficult is for the army/paramilitary forces to decide between guilty and innocent in hostile and treacherous environments where trust is in deficit. One of the cardinal principles of army and para-military forces is that suspects are treated as guilty until proven otherwise. Also, there is no even a small footage in the film of the extreme hardship the minority communities suffered exactly during the time-frame chosen in the film.
‘Haider’ (2014) has 8 songs of which two songs are from the published poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz and rests are written by Gulzar. All the songs are set to music by Vishal Bhardwaj in melodramatic mood in keeping with the story of the film.
I have selected a story-telling song from the film, ‘bismil bismil bulbul-e-bismal’ which corresponds to ‘Mousetrap’, a play within the play in ‘Hamlet’. In both ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Haider’ (2014), the play/song is a turning point for Hamlet/Haider to take revenge against his uncle. The song is written by Gulzar and rendered by Sukhwinder Singh and chorus. The song is presented in an opera style for which Norway-based Sudesh Adhana was entrusted with choreography of the song. Renowned puppeteer, Dadi Pudumjee specifically made puppets for this song, one of which was the tallest puppet (100 feet) used in any Hindi film.
The song was picturised at the ruins of Martand Sun temple (located on the way to Pahalgam from Srinagar). Since the shooting was scheduled in the peak winter season, every morning and even during the shooting, the snow accumulated on the dancing arena had to be cleared. On the days of the song picturisation, there used to be 5000-6000 people, many coming from mofussil areas for watching the shooting which created problems for the crew. Finally, Vishal Bhardwaj decided to make them sit in the raised arena of the temple complex in an orderly fashion and made them a part of the song sequence.(As revealed in his TV talk).
The song comes in the film at a time when Haider is emotionally upset after he becomes aware of the conspiracy of his uncle, Khurram in for his father’s death as told to him by Roohdaar (Irrfan Khan). Haider performs the dance in the presence of his uncle, Khurram and mother, Ghazala in celebration of their marriage. Haider’s intention in this dance performance is to gauge from the expressions of his uncle to confirm what Roohdaar had told him was true.
According to Sukhwinder Singh, Vishal Bhardwaj wanted the elements of Kashmiri folk music and folk dance for this song. He hired local musicians to play the Sarangi and the Rabab and recorded with them in a studio there. While picturising the song, he even invited these musicians to the shoot, and they joined Shahid Kapoor in playing Rabab. Vishal blended Kashmiri folk music with western opera music (Source: E-Times, 26/09/2014).
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Bismil Bismil Bulbul e Bismil(Haider)(2014) Singer-Sukhwinder Singh, Unknown male voice, Lyrics-Gulzar, MD-Vishal Bhardwaj
Chorus
Lyrics (Based on Audio Clip)
bismil bismil bulbul-e-bismil
bismil bismil
mat mil mat mil
gul se mat mil
mat mil mat mil
ae bismil bismil bulbul-e-bismil
mat mil mat mil
gul se mat mil
bismil bismil bulbul-e-bismil
ae dil-e-bulbul
bulbul-e-bismil
mushkil dil bhi mushkil hoti hai
dil dhadke dil dil dhadke to,/em>
dil dhadke dil dil dhadke to
dhadkan-e-dil bhi harkat-e-dil ho..ti hai
khushboo-e-gul mein ishq bhara hai
mat mil mat mil
gul se mat mil
ae bulbul-e-bismil
mat mil mat mil
gul se mat mil
aye bulbul-e-bismil
ho o o o o
sun le zamaana samjhaata hoon
teri kahaani dohraata hoon
ae dil-e-bulbul
bulbul-e-bismil
ae dil-e-bulbul
bulbul
bulbul-e-bismil
ik joda thha
nar maada kaa
bholi thhi bulbul
nar saada thhaa
ik joda thhaa
nar maada kaa
bholi thhi bulbul
nar saada thhaa
barf gira karti thhi jab
bhar jaati thhi kohsaaron mein
ik baaz bada badneeyat thhaa
haan ik baaz bada badneeyat thhaa
udta thha..aa sabz anzaaron mein
pankhon mein uske maut chhupi thhi
mehfil mehfil dhoondh raha thhaa
mehlon ki manzil
mehfil mehfil dhoondh raha thhaa
mehlon ki manzil
bulbul ke khwaabon mein jaa kar
zaher ke dank lagaaye thhe
khushboo-e-gul mein zaher bhara..aa
aur maada ko bhijwaaye thhe
zaher ke dank lagaaye thhe..ae
bulbul ke khwaabon mein jaa kar
maada ko bhijwaaye thhe
zaher ke dank lagaaye thhe
ho o o o waadi mein chhidka baarood
jheel mein jaal bichha daale
chhuriyon se bechaare nar ke…ae
chhuriyon se bechaare nar ke…
dono pankh kata daale
are dil dil dil dil jhooth kahe ye
jhooth kahe buzdil
mat mil mat mil
gul se mat mil
ae bulbul-e-bismil
ae bulbul-e-bismil
ae bulbul-e-bismil
zakhmi nar ko qaid kiya
qaid kiya
qaid kiya
zanjeeron mein bandhwaaya
Baaraamula ke Sheerinpur se
phir paani mein phinkwaaya..aa
jhelum..m
jhelum
laal laal hua
laal laal hua
laal laal hua laal
jhelum..m
jhelum
laal laal hua
laal laal hua
laal laal hua laal
Kashmir ke paani ki taaseeren
ghul gayi zanjeeren taqdeeren
zinda hai wo zinda hoga..aa
muzrim bhi sharminda hoga..aa
zinda hai wo zinda hoga
muzrim phir sharminda hoga
zinda hai wo zinda hoga
muzrim phir sharminda hoga
hosh mein aaja
hosh mein aaja
ae bulbul-e-bismil
ae bulbul-e-bismil
khushboo-e-gul mein
zaher bhara hai
hosh mein aaja
hosh mein aaja
ae bulbul-e-bismil
hosh mein aaja
hosh mein aaja
ae bulbul-e-bismil
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