If ever the most intense and romantic songs are ever celebrated, this song will feature among top five for sure. Before tuning in may I kindly request my friends to read a fine perspective by Vijay Kumar. Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahi… On the point of appreciating the Hindi film music, I am almost frozen in time – the songs of fifties, and also of forties, are my reflexive choices. Some songs of sixties too come in. But thereafter….. the numbers have to be exceptional and irresistible. The duet – tere bina zindagi se… from Aandhi ( 1975 ) is one such exception. It is an impact song from whatever angle we may look at it. Chance brings together, though for a while, the separated JK and Aarati – played by Sanjeev and Suchitra – rejuvenating their love in limbo. But the compulsion to keep under wraps the fact of their marriage forecloses conciliation. Yet the emotional up-surge is far too over-whelming, heightened further by an acute consciousness that the togetherness will be just for a few fast fleeting moments before the guillotine ! The two artistes, arguably the best of their times, deliver the scene with an intensity and skill very rarely seen in Hindi cinema. The scenic impact cascades as their empathizing communication, mostly in silence, is given voice to, so heartily, so eloquently, by Lata-KK duo on a brilliant RDB lilt. But the number owes its extra-ordinariness to the muse of Gulzar. In two short antaras, he intertwines, inalienably, Aarati’s catharsis and her wistfulness for a togetherness as a destination unto itself : Kaash aisa ho tere qadmo se, chun ke manzil chale aur kahi door kahi Tum gar saath ho, manzilo ki kami to nahi Tere bina zindagi se koyi, shikwa, to nahi Jee mein aata hai, tere daaman mein, sar jhuka ke ham rote rahe, rote rahe Teri bhi aankho mein, aansuo ki nami to nahi And JK also traverses an extra mile of emotion, pleading for a togetherness transcending the ephemerality symbolized by a night in descent : Tum jo keh do to aaj ki raat Chaand doobega nahin, raat ko rok lo Raat ki baat hai, aur zindagi baaqi to nahin Marvellous Gulzar Tere bina zindagi se koyi shikwa to nahi, Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahi Somehow this Gulzar number invariably takes me to the celebrated Sahir nazm - kabhi kabhi mere dil........... in particular the last part of it : magar ye ho na saka aur ab ye aalam hai ke tu nahin, tera gam, teri justaju bhi nahi guzar rahi hai kuch is tarah zindahi jaise ise kisi ke sahare ke aarzoo bhi nahi.............. main janata hun meri ham-nafas magar yun hi kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai Tere bina Zindagi se koi shikwa to nahi..... betray sentiments so similar. But the former - Sahirs nazm - does not seem to carry any bitterness - is almost a nostalgic comfort zone - an occasional look back for an emotional high before reverting to the business as usual ! Gulzars koi shikwa to nahi ironically sounds more of a protestation, for there is still a hope, howsoever bleak, of a back-flow of love. Two masterly creations.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:55:07 +0000
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