If only I were the debonair Dev Anand, just for a day, and got to sing "Na Tum Hamein Jaano, Na Ham Tumhen Jaane" for the benefit of the ethereal Waheeda Rehman, in Majrooh sahab's words, Hemanta da's voice and Burman da's music - only for a day - few hours - a moment, perhaps...
Na tum hamein jaano
Na hum tumhein jaane
Magar lagta, hai kuch aaisa
Mera humdam, mil gaya
Ye mausam ye raat chup hai
Do hothon ki baat chup hai
Khamoshi sunane lagi
Hai dastaan (2)
Nazar ban gayi hai
Dil ki zabaan
Na tum hamein jaano...
Mohabbat ke mod pe hum
Mile sab ko chod ke hum
Dhadakte dilon ka leke
Ye caravan (2)
Chale aaj dono
Jaane kahan?
Na tum hamein jaano...
न तुम हमें जानो
न हम तुम्हें जाने
मगर लगता, है कुछ ऐसा
मेरा हमदम मिल गया
ये मौसम ये रात चुप है
दो होठों की बात चुप है
ख़ामोशी सुनाने लगी
है दास्तां (2)
नज़र बन गयी है
दिल की ज़बां
न तुम हमें जानो ---
मोहब्बत के मोड़ पे हम
मिले सब को छोड़ के हम
धड़कते दिलों का लेके
ये कारवां (2)
चले आज दोनों
जाने कहाँ?
न तुम हमें जानो ---
Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919−2000) was one of the dominating musical forces in Hindi Cinema in the 1950s and early 1960s, and was an important figure in the Progressive Writers' Movement. In his career spanning six decades, he worked with many music directors, from Naushad, Madan Mohan, S.D. Burman, Roshan, Ravi, Shankar-Jaikishan, O.P. Nayyar, Usha Khanna, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Anu Malik, R.D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan, Anand-Milind and Jatin-Lalit, to Leslie Lewis and A.R. Rahman. He won the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award in 1965 and the highest award in Indian cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement, in 1993. Majrooh Sultanpuri was born as Asrar ul Hassan Khan in Nizamabad (Azamgarh) where his father was posted in the Police Department, though the family was from Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Majrooh was sent for traditional Madarsa education, which led to his obtaining the certificate of Alim. He thereafter joined Lucknow's Takmeel-ut-Tib College of Unani. He was a struggling Hakim when he happened to recite one of his ghazals at a mushaira in Sultanpur. The ghazal was a hit with the audience and Majrooh decided to drop his fledgling medical practice and began writing poetry seriously. Soon he was a 'regular' at mushairas and a "shagird" i.e., disciple of the then top name in Urdu - Jigar Moradabadi. In 1945 Majrooh visited Bombay to attend a mushaira. One of the impressed listeners was film producer A.R. Kardar. He contacted Jigar Moradabadi, who helped him meet Majrooh. Initially Majrooh refused to write for films, because he didn't think very highly of them. But Jigar Muradabadi persuaded him, saying that films would pay well and would help Majrooh support his family. Kardar then took him to music composer Naushad. Majrooh was signed on as the lyricist of the film Shah Jehan (1946). Just as Majrooh was establishing himself as a lyricist and songwriter of repute, his leftist leanings got him into trouble. The government wasn't amused by his anti-establishment poems and he was jailed in 1949 along with other leftists like Balraj Sahni. Majrooh was asked to apologise, but he refused, and was sentenced to two years in prison (Information source: Wikipedia)
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