Rafi With Masood Rana

Rafi With Masood Rana

MASOOD RANA, one of the Singer of Pakistan (often termed as Muhammad Rafi of Pakistan),
pic courtesy : DrHassan Bukhari

 

Unhein Bhi Raaze Ulfat Ki Na Hone Di Khabar MeinNe

भला ग़ैरों से क्या मतलब जो मैं उन से गिला  करता
शिकायत तुम से की है तुम को अपना जान कर मैंने

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posting a song that likely had atleast three personalities
(all three of these artistes migrated to Pakistan) – I say likely because I am not sure who this ghazal is filmed on but its sure written by Nakshab Jarchavi and tuned by Rashid Atre. The leading lady of the Movie was madam Rehana (of Sargam and Khidki fame) and incidentally, all three of these artistes migrated to Pakistan at some point of the other.

Rashid Atre – He was born in Amritsar in 1919 and studied music under Khan Ashfaq Hussain and gained expertise in playing multiple instruments. He started composing for films in 1942 and was most comfortable composing ghazals. Nateeja (1947) is likely his best known soundtrack from before partition and his migration to Pakistan though he is also remembered for composing “Vo jo ham me tum me qaraar tha” for the movie Shikaayat. Though a number of luminaries like Rafi, Amirbai, Zohrabai Ambalewali, Parul Ghosh etc had sung under his baton, he truly blossomed in Pakistan after migration and was a well awarded music personality. Sadly, he died fairly young, at age 48 in December 1967.

Nakshab Jarchavi was a poet, lyricist, producer and director.

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His family was originally from Jarcha hence he assumed the takhallus Jarchavi when he started writing poetry while he studying in Aligarh Muslim University. He started writing songs in 1945 with Zeenat and immediately gained fame with the qawwali “Aahen na bhariin…” (another Zohrabai song). He became a very successful lyricist with soundtracks like Mahal, Namoona, Anhonee, Naghmaa, Nishana, Khiladi etc. Incidentally, he also wrote songs for a number of Rashid Atre films. While he did not migrate to Pakistan immediately after partition, he did migrate in 1958 and continued to be associated with films there.

Rehana was a popular actress of 40s and early 50s. She is best remembered as the leading lady of successful films like (1947), Khidki (1948), Sunehre Din (1949), Sargam (1950), Sagai (1951), Chham Chhama Chham (1952) and Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo (1952) etc. She migrated to Pakistan in 1956 as her fortunes in Indian Film Industry began to decline.

Now for the Ghazal, its from film Nateeja (1947), sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali, penned by Nakshab Jarchavi and composed by Rashid Atre, possibly filmed on Rehana(?)

Unhein Bhi Raaze Ulfat Ki Na Hone Di Khabar MeinNe

 

A great persona…Ghulam Ahmed Chishti

Ghulam Ahmed Chishti

A great personality who not just composed but also wrote lyrics and sang as well. I am talking of Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, whose name is often shortened to G.A. Chishti and who was popularly called Baba ji in the Pakistan film industry. He was born in a small village called Gana Chor in Jalandhar in 1905. He developed an interest in music from his early childhood and would sing Naats at his school. He had started his career by
the film Deen O Duniya in 1936 and continued to compose for years to come. He has 5000+ songs to his credit and was the first composer to cross 100 films to his credit. He composed for Urdu films as well but Punjabi movies would be considered his forte. His work was of great quality and we have more than that to be thankful for. It was he who had brought Madam Noorjehan as a singer on Lahore stage when she was just 9 years old.

It was he who introduced yet another major favourite Zubaida Khanum ji in Billo in 1951 as he did Saleem Raza in Naukar in 1955. He also introduced many others like Naseem Begum, Nazir Begum and Mala among others. He is also known to have introduced Rehman Verma and Khaiyyam.

He had many lovely compositions but I’ll go for this lovely Munavvar Sultana solo which I absolutely adore. It is from the first Punjabi movie made in Pakistan, Pheray(1949) which was a super duper hit and was also the first silver jubilee in Pakistan.composing music for It is said that he  was composing for three films together due to paucity of musical talent in Pakistan. He had composed Sachai and Mundri along with Pheray. It is said that six to seven songs in the film were written, composed and recorded in a single day! However, when one hears the songs, their quality doesn’t betray this. Even though the industry was in a nascent stage at that time, the music was quite competetive. This song, Mainu Rab Di Saun Tere Naal Pyar Ho Gaya Ve Channa Sachchi Muchchi is an absolute delight and even inspired SD Burman to compose a song for Geeta ji. I can hear this song for hours. I hope you’ll enjoy this song too. He composed this song and wrote the lyrics as well. It can be heard at No 5 here:-
http://www.anmolfankaar.com/anmol-filmen/899-pheray-1949-punjabi-pakistani(BY :GAJENDRA KHANNA on sks)

EXTRA SHOTS:

विभाजन के बाद चिश्ती साहब पाकिस्तान रवाना हो गए, जहाँ उन्होंने सबसे पहले फिल्म ‘फेरे’ में संगीत दिया ! फिल्म का संगीत काफी चला और सिल्वर जुबली साबित हुई ! इसके बाद फिल्म इंड्रस्टी से उन्हें एक तरह से सिर्फ पंजाबी फिल्मे मिलनी शुरू हुई ! बहरहाल  ये सिलसिला टूटा ‘लख्त –ए-जिगर’ से ! जिसमे एक लोरी अपने समय में काफी मकबूल हुई (‘चंदा की नगरी से आजा रे निंदिया  ’) चिश्ती साहब के मुताबिक उनपर ये आरोप भी लगाया जाता कि वो सिर्फ ‘ढोलक चिमटे’ वाला संगीत दिया करते हैं ,पर जल्द ही उन्होंने अपने संगीत से उन्हें ग़लत साबित किया !
जी एस चिश्ती साहब के इस गीत ‘हमारी गली आना अच्छा जी ,हमे न भूलना अच्छा जी’ हिन्दुस्तान में काफी सुना और पसंद किया गया ! ‘हमारी गली आना.’.. एक तरह का कॉल सिस्टम (बातचीत वाला) गीत था ! उनके मुताबिक  इसतरह के गीतों का सिलसिला  चिश्ती साहब ने ही शुरू किया !

Khayyam sahab with his Guru Ghulam Ahmed Chisti.

Chisti-baba was a composer in 40s and Khayyam ji got an opportunity to learn from him and assist him in his initial years. This is the tribute Chisti-baba paid to his disciple when he (Khayyam sahab) made a big name for himself..

खुदा ने तुझे दिया है बड़ा मकाम ख़य्याम
मेरी तरफ से सलाम और एक पयाम ख़य्याम

तुम्हारे प्यार अक़ीदात पर जान-ओ-दिल है निस्सार
की तूने हक़ अदा कर दिए तमाम ख़य्याम

अदब किया है मेरा और मेरी खिदमत की
उसीकि दम से तेरा नाम है मदाम ख़य्याम

तू मेरा दिल है, मेरी जान है, मेरा मक़सद है
तेरे ही नाम से रोशन है मेरा नाम ख़य्याम

तू खुश रहे सदा, फूले, फले तमाम हयात
यह मेरे दिल की दुआयें है सुबह-ओ-शाम ख़य्याम

यह आरज़ू थी की वो दिन ज़रूर आएगा
की सारी दुनिया कहेगी के वाह! ख़य्याम

खुदा ने मुझे आज वो दिन दिखाया है
तुम्हारे तझकरे करते है ख़ास-ओ-आम ख़य्याम

तुम्हारे साथ जो शख्सियातें नज़र आई
मैं दिल से करता हूँ उन सब का अएहतराम ख़य्याम

जुदाईयों से कभी कुरबातें जनम लेंगी
यह फ़ासले फिर कभी होंगे हम कलाम ख़य्याम

तेरा मद्दाह हूँ, परस्तार हूँ, दुआगो हूँ
बता ही देता हूँ चिस्ती है मेरा नाम, ओ ख़य्याम