TRIBUTE TO SHANKAR JAIKISHAN–21–SHAILENDRA

MAARE GAYE GULFAAM…..AJI HAAN MARE GAYE GULFAAM…….

Srigopal Shroti

IN previous posts, i did not write much about SHAILENDRA, ONE OF THE FOUR PILLERS, THRILLING THE MUSIC LOVERS WITH HIS IMMORTAL LINES AND STANZAS IN HINDI FILM MUSIC WORLD.
SHAILENDRA WAS FIRST A POET AND THEN A LYRICIST…….BECAUSE HE HAD THE HEART OF A POET, WHICH IS EVIDENT FROM HIS POETIC CAREER BEFORE ENTERING INTO FILMS….AND TILL LAST HE REMAINED A POET.
I REMEMBER HRIKISHESH MUKHERJI’S COMMENTS THAT THESE LINES CUD BE PENNED DOWN BY SHAILENDRA AND SHAILENDRA ONLY….AND THESE TWO LINES ARE A GREAT PART OF THE SONG FROM ”ANARI” AND THEY ARE:”’DIL PE MARNE WALE MARENGE BHIKARI.”’….SACH HAI DUNIAWALON KE HAM HAIN ANARI”’…..AND…..”’TOOTA JIS TARE PE NAZAR THI HAMARI”’…..SACH HAI DUNIAWALON KE HAM HAIN ANARI.”…..FIND OUT THE PAINS OF A CHEATED LOVER IN THESE TWO LINES.
SHAILENDRA WROTE NEARLY 1000 SONGS IN 150 FILMS DURING HIS 18 YEARS CAREER IN FILM INDUSTRY . ……SHAILENDRA KNEW THE FEELINGS OF A COMMON MAN, BESIDES HAVING GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF INDIAN CUSTOMS OF MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE OF THIS HIS SONGS WILL REMAIN A PART OF THE INDIAN CULTURE.
—-HE STARTED HIS DEVOTION TO LITERATURE FROM THE YEAR 1938 WHEN HE USED TO WRITE WITH THE PEN-NAME , ‘SHACHIPANI’. …..IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT THE WRITINGS OF A LITERATEUR ARE TOTALLY DEVOTED TO THE LITERATURE….BUT IN THE CASE OF SHAILENDRA, HIS POEMS CONSTITUTED A GREAT PART OF HIS FILM LYRICS.
HOWEVER IN PRIVATE LIFE, HE WAS MUCH INFLUNCED BY KARL MARX, MAHATMA GANDHI AND SANT KABIR…….HE WROTE ”SOU SALAAM US KARL MARX KO JISNE MUKTI MARG DIKHAYA”……WAS IT NOT IRONICAL THAT THE FOLLOWER OF KARL MARX WAS THE FOLLOWER OF THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-VIOLENCE OF GANDHIJI……HE WROTE ”AAZADI HO AISI KE KHOON BAHAYE BINA MILE, PATTHAR KA ANTAR CHHIL JAYE”……..ONLY AN INDIAN SOUL CAN ABSORB THESE TWO CONTRADICTIONS…….SEE THE KABIR’S INFLUENCE IN ”MAIN NADIYA PHIR BHI MAIN PYASI, BHED YE GAHARA BAAT ZARA SEE”…..FILM SONGS OWE THE DEEPER SENSE OF REALISM TO SHAILENDRA…….
HAVE SOME EXAMPLES HERE ”KAATH KA TUKDA BEH JAATA HAI, LOHA DOOB KE REH JAATA HAI, GYANI SOCH VICHAR, NAIYA TERI MAJHDHAR”’, …….”KAAM NAYE NIT GEET BANANA, KOI NA MILE TO AKELE MEIN GAANA, MEET AUR PREET KA GEET RAHE , LOOT SAKA NA KOI YE KHAJANA…..MERA NAAM RAJU, GHARANA ANAM”……”NA HAATHI HAI, NA GHODA HAI, WAHAN PAIDAL HI JAANA HAI…..SAJAN RE JHOOTH MAT BOLO, KHUDA KE PAS JAANA HAI”……”AB. KI BARAS BHEJ BHAIYA KO BABUL, SAWAN MEIN LEEJO BULAYE RE”……”’SAARE BHED KHUL GAYE, RAAJDAR NA RAHA, ZINDAGI HAME TERA AITBAR NA RAHA””…….”’JO JISSE MILA SEEKHA HAMNE, GAIRON KO BHI APNAYA HAMNE, MATLAB KE LIYE ANDHE HOKER ROTI KO NAHIN POOJA HAMNE…..AB HAM TO KYA SAARI DUNIA, SAARI DUNIA SE KAHTI HAI…….HAM US DESH KE WASI HAIN JIS DESH MEIN GANGA BEHTI HAI”’…………TO CONTINUE………gshroti@in.com……..