Gulzaar

THis post is dedicated to one of the greatest song writers in Indian Cinema : Gulzaar. I was listening to the song "Dil dhoondhta hai" from the movie Mausam . The song is so beautiful. Starting with one of the she'rs of Ghalib (slightly modified from the original form), the song proceeds beautifully. The words used are so everyday that the song takes you to the setting it describes. Gulzaar's lyrics have some magic in them. The language is so good, every song flows. Be it this song from Mausam or songs from Dilse or any other song.

When I heard "Chhayya chhayya" after I had some inkling of what Urdu was all about, my eyes had almost liquified. The words are so good. Same is the case with Dil se re and Satrangi re.

I noticed that Gulzaar picks words from the neighborhood and weaves them into beautiful songs. Take "Chappa chappa" from Maachis or the song "Chhod aaye hum" from the same movie. You will see it. Also the comparisons he brings out like : "Paani me jalta charaag lagti thi" are simply great.

Anyone remembers Angoor. Yes that enaction of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. The song from this movie : "Roz roz daali daali" is too good. I mean as I am listening to his songs I just can't stop wondering about the style of his writing. Sampooran Singh Gulzaar…really the sampoorna of song writing. Tributes.

Is mod se jaati hain har ek taraf rahein,                                                                      

yeh soch ke baithe hain, ik raah to woh hogi,

tum tak jo pahuchti hai, is mod se jaati hai.

aapka, 

silentEcho