HUM - DONO IN COLOUR
( KE DIL ABHI BHARA NAHI)
Dev Anand’s ‘Hum-Dono’ is being released in colour on 04th Feb 2011. It was released in black and white in 1961 and was a Hit. Set against Military/war background it explores the emotions of love, separation, duty, sustenance of relationship torn by distance and human conflict and the whole idea of goodness in human beings. What has stood the test of time is the theme, the music and the very aesthetics of the film. To this day at the very mention of the film we break into the immortal romantic song ‘ abhi na jao chor kar ke dil abhi bhara nahi....’. The conversation is never complete without humming the other two memorable songs ‘ mein zindagi ka saath nibha ta chala gaya, har fikr ko dhuan mein ura ta chala gaya............Gam aur khusi mein fark na mehsus ho jahan mein dil ko us mukaam par laata chala gaya’ and ‘ Allaha tero naam ishwar tero naam, sabko sanmati de bhagwan’. The first song has a unique distinction of being popular as well as deeply philosophical notably the line-‘ gam aur khusi mein fark na mehsus ho jahan mein dil ko us mukaam par lata chala gaya’ echoes the philosophy of Gita, whereas Allaha tero naam can be rated as the finest Bhakti geet.
The film is the labour of love of many talents who came together to produce this masterpiece - Sahir Ludhiyanvi, who returned to Navketan after a period and wrote such great poetry, Jaidev ; the assistant music director to Sachin Dev Burman was given opportunity and probably gave his finest performance, Sadhna, who later did many glamorous roles was cast appropriately as Dev’s girlfriend and looked so pretty befitting her role, Nanda as a traditional devoted housewife added to the strength of the movie, Dev himself performed splendidly both as a young lover / Army officer and as much married tough, senior Army officer. But, the movie belongs to Vijay Anand who is credited with screenplay and dialogues but his creativity is visible in each frame of the film. Vijay Anand was a true film maker who had a firm grip in each department of film making and therefore was an editor, screenwriter, song writer and director.
Screenplay is the soul of this film and it is a text book for young film makers, there is not a single scene which is superfluous, not a song which is out of place . It is a short film compared to the times when it was made but looks big on the strength of its characters and screenplay. It has a unique opening; Dev and Sadhna meet up in a garden, there is no exchange of words. Dev gifts her with a ‘long ribbon to tie the hair’ an innovative an unusual gift, he ties the ribbon to her hair, Sadhna gifts him with a cigarette lighter( this became a standard gift from girls to their boy friends at that time , even though cigarette was a much taboo in society then). Dev lights the gift and discovers along with the audience that it is a musical lighter. This sound of the lighter is the signature tune of the film. Fondly he keeps the lighter in his breast pocket. There is no exchange of dialogues. The afternoon passes into evenings and the lights appear when Sadhna decides to get up as Dev breaks into the song ‘abhi na jao chor kar ke dil abhi bhara nahi’ .This is how the film begins; with a song after a prolonged silence but action conveyed through the expressions of the two lovers. Dev’s life in Army is picturised with the song ‘mein zindagi saath nibhata chala gaya’. Dev is shown shaving in the forest using the pond as mirror. He lights a cigarette takes few long drags and breaks into the song, but prior to that as he presses the lighter and the music begins he imagines the reflection of Sadhna in the water, she appears again when he again presses for light, the scene reflects that he still misses her though he had left abruptly in search of employment after being rebuked by her father. The episode showing the meeting of the two similar looking Army officers portrayed by Dev in a double role have been deftly handled, how the scene shifts to his home when he shows his family album has been composed very effectively. The climax in the temple too is very well controlled and sums up the story successfully. The entire human conflict of faith , trust and relationship is handled very convincingly through the screenplay.
The film is also the precursor to ‘Guide’, Vijay Anand; having established his credentials with ‘Hum-Dono’ was the most reliable choice of Dev Anand to direct the Hindi version when Chetan could not proceed with the hindi one and the English version failed to light the west.
Though set against the war it is essentially a love story rightly titled – Hum- Dono.
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