Hamara aaj ka yeh karyakram kendrit hai Malika-e-Ghazal Begum Akhtar
par.

Begum Akhtar speaks: Aap sabhi ko mera salaam, mujhe aapse baaten
karte huye behad khushnaseebi mehsoos ho rahi hai. Mujhe khushi hai
ki maine aise watan mein janam liya jahaan pe fan aur fankaar se pyar
kiya jaata hai, aur maine aap sab ka shukriya apni gaayiki se adaa
kiya hai.

Ghazal: Deewana banana hai to deewana bana de

Doston, Begum Akhtar ka janm Uttar Pradesh ke ek chhote se shaher
Faizabad mein 7 October 1914 ko huya tha. Us samay woh Akhtaribai
Faizabadi ke naam se jaani jaati theen.

Ghazal: Koi kehde gulshan gulshan

Kehte hain ki kalakaar paidaishi hote hain. 7 saal ki umra mein
Chandrabai ki awaaz unke kaano mein padee aur unhone thaan lee ki
unhe bhi gaayiki ke kshetra mein hi aana hai. Unka parivaar ka yun to
sangeet se koi vaasta naheen tha, par unke chachaji ke sujhaav se
unhe Patna bheja gaya vikhyaat Sarangi vaadak Ustad Imdad Khan ke
paas. Uske baad unhone Mohammah Khan aur Abdul Waheed Khan se bhi
shastriya sangeet ki taalim haasil kee. Classical music mein training
lene ke baawjood unhone kabhi nayee soch ko naheen nakaara.

Begum Akhtar speaks: Kuchh logon ka yeh sochna hai ki modern zamaane
mein classical music khatam ho jaayegi, usey koi tawazzu naheen
degaa, par m,ain kehti hoon ki yeh galat baat hai. Ghazal bhi
classical par based hai. Agar sahi dhang se pesh kiya jaaye to iska
jadoo bhi sar chadhke bolta hai.

Ghazal: Ae mohabbat tere anjaam pe rona aaya

Doston, Begum Akhtar jin do fankaaron ke fan se mutaasir huye the
unme se ek the Thumri gayika Jaddan Bai jo jaani-maani abhinetri
Nargis ki mataji theen. Aur doosre the Ustad bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Saheb ke chhote bhai Barkat Ali Khan. Begum Akhtar ne apni ghazal
gaayiki ki ek alag style banaayi jo aaj bhi sar chadjke bola hai
sunnewaalon ke.

Ghazal: Woh jo hum mein tum mein qaraar tha tumhe yaad ho ke na yaad
ho

Begum Akhtar ke aakhri ustad the Ustad Jhande Khan. Unhone apna pehla
public performance diya tha 15 varsh ki aayu mein jo aayojit kiya
gaya tha Bihar Earth Quake Relief Fund ke liye. Unki gaayiki se
Bharat Kokila Sarojini Naidu khoob prabhaavit huyi aur unhe kaafi
pryotsaahit bhi kiya tha. Aur dheere dheere woh ghazal malika bankae
ubhreen.

Ghazal: Dard mein nakaashe dawaa na huya

San 1933 mein East India Film Company ne unhe do filmon ke liye
anubandhit kar liya. Yeh filmen thi Ek Din Ka Baadshah, aur Nal
Damayanti. Zaahir hai acting ke saath saath unhone apna paarshwa
gaayan bhi kiya tha. Aapko yeh bataa den ki in filmon mein unhone
Akhtari ke naam se abhinay kiya tha. Agle saal yaani ki 1934 mein
Ameena aur Mumtaz Begum, tatha 1935 mein Jawani Ka Nasha aur Naseeb
Ka Chakkar jaisi filmon mein abhinay kiya. 1942 mein Mehboob Khan ki
film Roti mein unhone abhinay ke saath saath kai ghazlen gaaye jinhe
sangeet se sanwara tha Anil Biswas ne. 1945 mein Akhraibai ka nikaah
ho gaya Barrister Ishtiaq Ahmed Abbasi se aur ab woh Akhtari se ban
gayi Begum Akhtar. Nikaah ke baad 5 saalon ke liye woh kalajagat se
door chali gayi aur beemaar rehne lagi. Doctor ne unhe phir se gaane
ki salaah dee. 1949 mein woh Akashvani Lucknow se jud gayeen aur apne
jeevan ke ant tak judee raheen.

Ghazal: Kuchh to duniya ki inaayat

Begum Akhtar ka filmon mein gaane ka silsila abhi khatam naheen huya
tha. Sangeetkaar Madan Mohan ne do filmon mein unse gaane gawaaye.
Yeh filmen thi 1953 ki Daana Paani...

Song: Ae ishq mujhe aur to kuchh yaad naheen (Daana Paani)

Aur doosri film thi Ehsan jo bani 1954 mein...'

Song: Humein dil mein basaa bhi lo (Ehsan)

San 1958 mein Satyajit Ray ki Bangla film Jalsa Ghar mein unhone
aakhri baar abhinay kiya. is film mein unhone ek classical singer ka
role adaa kiya tha.

Ghazal: Laayi hayaa to aaye

Begum Akhtar ne sugam sangeet ki har vidhaa ko yun gaaya ki
sunnewaalon ke dilon mein ek amiT chhaap chhod diya. Thumri, Dadra,
Hori, Kajri, sabhi mein woh paardarshi theen. Unhe anek puraskaaron
se bhi nawaaza gaya hai. Par Vidhi ka vidhaan dekhiye ki unhe
Padmabhushan se maroparaant sammaanit kiya gaya. 30 October 1974 mein
woh is jahaan-e-faani se kooch kar gayeen.

Ghazal: Mere humsafar mere humnawaaz mujhe dost banke dagaa na de

Doston, aaj ka yeh karyakram kendrit tha Malika-e-Ghazal Begum Akhtar
par. Ab apne dost Ashok ko deejiye ijaazat, namaskaar!

THE END