Fauji bhaiyon, aap mera salaam, aadaab, namskaar, satsriakaal qabool
karen. Aap wahaan watan ki nigehbaani kar rahe hain, hamar bhi farz
hai ki apne adab, apni tehzeed ki hifaazat karen, par aaj hum yeh
naheen kar paa rahe hain. Pehle ke zamaane ki flmen awaam ko kuchh
dete the. New Theatres, Bombay Talkies, Prabhat Film Company, Sagar
Movietone, jaisi companiyaan achchhi achchhi filmen banaati thi. Par
aaj log thetre mein sirf dekar aate hain, wahaan se lekar kuchh
naheen aate. Shuruwaat ke dino ki filmen fantassy aur hairatangez
kahaaniyon par bana karti thi, maslan Hatim tai, Yahudi Ki Ladki,
vagerah. New Theatres ne pehli baar samaajik film ka nirmaan shuru
kiya. Film thi Devdas, aur humein mila Saigal sahab ke roop mein
naayaab tohfa. To aayiye, pehla gaana sunte hain isi film se.

Song: Baalam aaye baso more man mein (Devdas)







Song: O door ke musafir humko bhi saath le le (Udan Khatola)

Isi film ka ek aur geet hai jise maine ek experiment ke taur par
banaya tha. Iski khaasiyat yeh hai ki ismein ek bhi saaz istemaal
nahin huya par log yeh oehchaan bhi nahin paye. Is gaane mein male
aur female humming se poore gaane ka music tayyaar kiya gaya
tha. "More saiyanji utrege paar o darya dheere baho", suniye

Song: More saiyanji utrenge paar (Udan Khatola)

Mughal-e-Azam, K.Asif ki yaadgaar film. Is film mein ek situation
aaya jismein Samrat Akbar Krishna Janam manaa rahe hain. Asif sahab
ne mujhse kaha ki woh is situation par ek gaana chahte hain jismen
woh jhalak woh maahaul paida ho. Maine gaana banaya, record karwaya
aur unhe sunaya, unhe bahut pasand aayi. Tab maine unse request kiya
ki is geet ke picturisation mein jo dance instemaal hoga usey aap
kisi filmi dance director se nahin balki ek classical dancer se
karwaiyega. Unhone kaha ki phir aap hi dhoond laayiye. Maine Lachchhu
Maharaj ko Asif sahab se milwaya, jo Kathak ke ek naami kalakaar the.
Asif sahab ne unhe gaana sunaya, to woh rone lag gaye. Asif sahab
pareshaan ho gaye, kehne lage ki yeh to dance ka gaana hai ismein
rone ki kya baat hai. Mujhe bhi samajh naheen aa raha tha ki kya baat
ho gayi. Tab Lachchu Maharaj ne kaha ki bilkul yahi asthaai mere baba
gaaya karte the, isne mujhe unki yaad dila dee. To suniye film Mughal-
e-Azam ka wohi geet.

Song: Mohe panghat pe Nandlal chhed gayo re (Mughal-e-Azam)

Maine ek baar radio sun raha tha, usmein bahut hi dilkash ghazal aa
rahi thi, film thi Anpadh, ghazal ke bol the "Hai isi mein pyar ki
aabroo". Maine music director ka naam pataa kiya, marhoom Madan Mohan
sahab. Maine unse appointment liya aur unke ghar pahunch gaya. Maine
unse kaha ki main yeh kehne aaya hoon ki aapki Anpadh film ki yeh do
ghazlen mujhe bahut pasand aaya, aapke yeh do ghazlen ek taraf aur
mere saare gaane ek taraf. Yeh sunkar Madan MOhan mere gale lagkar
rone lage, kahaa ki aap mujhse kaafi senior hain, main to aapka
junior hoon. Maine kahaaki naheen, jo sach hai woh sach hai, aur main
yeh sabke saamne bhi kahoonga. Kuch dino baad ek gramophone company
ke jalse mein press aur poori public ke saamne maine yahi baat kahi.

Song: Aapki nazron ne samjha (Anpadh)

Us zamaane ke geetkaar aur shayar bhi kya khoob likhte the. Pandit
Pradeep, Sahir Ludhianvi, Shakeel Badayuni, Majrooh Sultanpuri. Pt
Pradeep ka "Aao bachchon tumhe dikhaayen jhaanki Hindustan ki", phir
Shakeel ka "Insaaf ki dagar pe bachchon dikhaao chalke" jaise gaane
aaj kahaan ban paate hain? Mehbbob Khan ki film Andaz ke liye unhone
mujhe music director chuna aur unhone playback singers chunne ka
zimma bhi mujhe hi saunpa. Maine heroine Nargis ke liyepehli baar
Lata Mangeshkar ki awaaz chuni. Mehboob sahab kehnelage ki Marathi
zabaan ki ladki hai, kya yeh rdu zabaan ke shabd theek theek bol
paayegi? Maine unse kaha ki yeh meri zimmedaari hai aapki naheen.
Uske baad we bilkul chup ho gaye. Maine Lata ko khoob rataaya,
achchhi tarah se seekhaya bina dhun ke. Maine usse kaha ki pehla take
hi OK hona chaahiye, maien sab logon ko challenge diya hai ki first
take hi OK hoga. Lata mere vishvas par khari utri aur nateeja aapke
saamne hai. To suniye yahi geet film Andaz se.

Song: Uthaeja unke sitam aur jeeye ja (Andaz)

Fauji bhaiyon, aaj maine aap se dil khol kar baat kee hai, huzoor
main aapki yaadgaaren lekar jaa raha hoon, chalte chalte meri nayi
film Teri Payal Mere Geet se ek geet suniye.

Song: Mohabbat ka ek devta sa mila (Teri Payal Mere Geet)

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