REMEMBERING HINDI FILM LYRICISTS - HINDI PAKHWARA
Hindi Fortnight is in progress and numerous
functions would be in progress in Central Govt Departments for the
proliferation of Hindi, as we know that Central Govt offices perform their work
in English which remains mostly officer centric and the staff struggles to cope
life long. Correcting drafts still
remains the primary function. Content and action is far cry. Talking of Hindi
and its proliferation is a sad story.
During these days the Hindi officer is seen busy, some routine , unimaginative ‘pratiyogitas’ are organised and prizes distributed to mainly Hindi
speaking staff as others keep away or are mere audience.
But despite this Sarkari failure the Language
is ‘stable ‘and the single entity
responsible for this is our Hindi Cinema Lyricists; past and present. I salute
therefore so many of them. Big and small, famous and not so famous, old and
new. Commencing from Kedar Shrma( K L
Sehgal’s Devdas; “ balam aan baso more man
mein” ), Mazrroh Sultanpuri- one of the most prolific poets who wrote for
about 50 years starting from ‘Shahjahan’, “aye dile bekrar kyon”. Rajendra
Krishna , who teamed with Kalyanji Anandji and Madan Mohan and gave us a large body of songs. Raja Mehndi Ali Khan-“
lag ja gale ke phir ye hansi raat ho nah o…”. And the three Greats- Sahir ,
Shailendra and Shakeel, need no elaboration. Anand Bakshi was so simple and
sweet and perhaps wrote most songs. Indeevar, Neeraz have such nice collections.
Gulzar, Javed Akhtar and Sameer are the stalwarts of recent times.
The contribution was not intentional , it
was not prepared so , it was not made to propagate but to please and to make
people happy. It touched their heart and soul and remained there for ever. Not
only in India , but abroad too. Far and wide. Therefore when people know that
that there is no design , no motive they embrace. That is why people adopt ‘culture’
in great numbers than ‘religion’.
Finally
these songsters have played a cementing role in keeping our Nation together and
helping ‘integration’ where politicians and economists failed. For this I have
deep respect and admiration for them and I am indebted to them for such a
support system.
Ashu, Yes they are the real heroes and has given us so much of pleasure down the years. Most of the yesteryear songs are still remembered and sung because of the lyrics they possessed.
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