KAIFI AZMI AND CHETAN ANAND.

                                   

                                   (Kaifi Azmi )

                             (Chetan Anand)

KAIFI  AZMI AND  CHETAN ANAND.........

Chetan Anand  was a connoisseur of Urdu poetry. He was  also associated with IPTA  whereat  he  developed close friendship with  Bal Raj Sahni, Ali Sardar Jafri , Prem Dhawan , Kaifi Azmi , K A Abbas, Mohan Sehgal  and others. He remained close to  Kaifi Sahib and his family. Chetan Anand once   heard Kaifi reciting his Poem ANDESHE at a Mushaira in Mumbai . After the Mushaira was over , Chetan   came to the  dais and told Kaifi Azmi
“  Kyaa Nazm Likhi Hai ! jawaab nahin aap Ka . Kaifi Sahib iss nazm pe  Poori  ek   film ban sakti hai “
The poem was something like this ..
Andeshe

Rooh bechain hai iss dil ki azeeyat kyaa hai
Dil hi sholaa hai to yeh soze Mohabbat kyaa hai
Woh  mujhe bhool gayee iss ki shikaayat kyaa hai
Ranjh to yeh hai ki ro ro ke bhulaaya hoga .......

Jhuk gayeee hogi jawaan saal umangon ki jabeen
Mit gayee hogii  lalak doob gyaa hoga  yakeen
Chhaa gayaa hoga dhuvaan goom gayee hogii zameen
Apnay pehlay hi gharondhey ko jo Dahya hogaa
( Kaifi Azmi )

And when Chetan Anand signed Kaifi Sahib as lyricist for his 1964 movie HAQEEQAT based on Chinese war, he asked for Andshe to be included as a song in the movie. Kaifi Azmi changed many lines in ANDESHE for the  immortal  song that went like this..

Ho ke Majboor Mujhe uss ne bhulaaya hogaa
Zehar chupke se dawaa jaan ke khaaya hoga

Chheid ki baat pe aramaan machal aaye  honge
gam dikhave ki hansi ne na chhupaaye honge
naam par meray  jab aansu nikal aaye honge
sar na kandhe  se saheli ke uthaaya hoga
..............hoke majbur mujhe usne bhulaya hoga

zulf zidd  kar ke kissi ne jo banaai hogi
aur bhi gam ki ghata mukhade pe chhaai hogi
bijali nazaron ne kayee din na giraai hogi
rang cheharay  pe kayee roz na aaya hoga
...................hoke majboor mujhe usne bhulaya hoga
( Avtar Mota )


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