Wednesday, January 14, 2009

SHAILENDRA–TU PYAR KA SAGAR HAI (27th episode of Tribute to Shankar Jaikishan by Srigopal Shroti)

SHAILENDRATU PYAR KA SAGAR HAI
THE ”SWAR LAHARIYAN” OF 50s and 60s ARE PASSING THROUGH MY MIND AND ECHOING THE SCENTED ATMOSPHERE ALL OVER….BRINGING THE NEW FRESHNESS OF ROSES…SHAILENDRA SO MAINTAINS THE WORDS IN A DECENT WAY THAT WHEN U HEAR THEM, ALL UR EXISTENCE IS MERGED WITH THOSE SONGS, MELODY AND RHYTHM…..THIS QUALITY TAKES THEM HIM……………
AWAY FROM THE COMMONER……”SEEMA”, YES THIS WAS THE FILM AND S-J, SHAILENDRA AND HASRAT WERE BUSY IN GIVING LAST TOUCHES TO THEIR IMMORTAL COMPOSITIONS…..AND HERE COMES STILL AFRESH THE SONG..”TU PYAR KA SAGAR HAI, TERI EK BOOND KE PYASE HAM, LAUTA JO DIYA TU NE, CHALE JAYENGE JAHAN SE HAM..”……AND IF UR INTEREST GOES FURTHER IN THE MELODY WITH WORDS….HERE ARE THE WORDS UNDER THE ”SHRINGAR” OF THEIR SOFT ORCHESTRA……NEXT HEAR ON TAPE OR CD…….
”GHAYAL MAN KA PAAGAL PANCHI, UDNE KO BEQRAR, PANKH HAIN KOMAL, AANKH HAI DHUNDALI, JAANA HAI SAGAR PAAR,…..AB TU HI ESE SAMJHA , RAAH BHOOLE THE KAHAN SE HAM…..TU PYAR KA SAGAR HAI…TERI EK BOOND KE PYASE HAM…….”’
”EDHAR JHOOM KE GAYE ZINDGI, UDHAR HAI MAUT KHADI, KOI KYA JAANE KAHAN HAI SEEMA, ULJHAN AAN PADI, ….KANON MEIN ZARA KAH DE KE AAYE KAUN DISHA SE HAM……TU PYAR KA SAAGAR HAI, TERI EK BOOND KE PYASE HAM.”……..(MANNADE & CHORUS)…..
MANNADA HAS GIVEN LIFE TO THIS SONG AND REASISED THE ORIGINALITY OF THE PURE WORDS, HIDINDG GREAT PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE….HIS VOICE TAKES US FROM THE DEEP OCEAN TO THE WORLD OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, WHICH IS BEYOND THE SKY…..
PL GIVE EAR TO ”’PANKH HAIN KOMAL AANKH HAI DHUNDHALI, JAANA HAI SAGAR PAAR.”……THE DETERMINATION TAKES THE ”PANCHHI” TO THE OTHER PART OF THE OCEAN TO FIND OUT THE SOLACE, PERHAPS HE MAY HAVE ”DARSHAN” OF ALMIGHTY…….BUT BECAUSE OF HIS ”KOMAL PANKH AND ”AANKH HAI DHUNDHALI”, , HE PRAYS GOD AGAIN ”IDHAR JHOOM KE GAAYE ZINDAGI, UDHAR HAI MAUT KHADI, KOI KYA JAANE KAHAN HAI SEEMA , ULJHAN AAN PADI”…….HERE THE ”PANCHHI” IS THE HUMAN HEART…..AND FOLLOWS THE STANZA IN WHICH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH HAS BEEN FELT SEVERELY……….HERE IS THE FEAR OF DEATH, NOBODY KNOWS THE END AND HUMAN HEART IS IN DILEMMA, FEELING THE HEAT OF THE DEAD BODIES BEING BURNT IN THE ”ESHMASAN”…..DESPITE THIS HE FEELS THE DEVOTION TO THE GOD THROUGH THE DEEP OCEAN AND HIS ULTIMATE DESIRE TO SURRENDER TO THE ALMIGHY……… SHANKAR JAIKISHAN WERE THOSE MUSIC DIRECTORS WHOSE ‘RELIGION’ WAS ”MUSIC” AND THEY TOUCHED THAT POINT HERE WHERE THE ART AND THE ARTIST GOES BEYOND IMMORTABILITY THROUGH THE ”SAAZ AUR AAWAZ”—-MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SINGERS BOTH BOW TO THEIR CREATORS TO GO DOWN THE MEMORY LANE………..to
continue……gshroti@in.com………

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