Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc Path: Lehigh.EDU!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!skypoint.com!umn.edu!subraman From: subraman@cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian) Subject: RJGK-29 - Majrooh Sultanpuri. Message-ID: Followup-To: subraman@cs.umn.edu Keywords: rjgk quiz. majrooh sultanpuri Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: pulsar.cs.umn.edu Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 22:51:45 GMT Lines: 371 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Majrooh's Geeton Ki RimJhim ............................. Hope you are all set for yet another journey into the known yet unknown world of RJGK. Raaste to hain, magar manzil hai anjaani! After some heavy-weight RJGKs, is every one looking forward to an easy one to ace? Will this be the one? Could be.., kyon ki: "Jalte hai jiske liye, teri aankhon ke diye dhoond laya hun vohi, geet main tere liye" - Majrooh. Welcome to Rmim-Jhim Geeton Ki (RJGK) #29 on Majrooh Sultanpuri! ..................................................................... Rules of this RJGK quiz: ------------------------ 1. You have to IDENTIFY the song (the first line of it) from the given clues. The clues given are lines occuring somewhere in the song. Additional text sub-clues are also provided. 2. PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS ON THE NET. E-mail your entry directly to subraman@cs.umn.edu. 3. The entry should be received on or before: Jan 10, 96. 4. You will receive a BONUS if you send in an early entry. (You will know about the bonus when you send in your entry). 5. There are 26 clues in this quiz. 6. If any corrections needs to be made in the clues, let me know soon. ...................................................................... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: A special thanks to all the beta-testers who went through the quiz with great care and helped bring the quiz to its final shape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Majrooh Sultanpuri ==================== This RJGK is dedicated to lyricist Asrar Hussain Khan, better known to us as Majrooh Sultanpuri. Unlike his contemporaries who chose pen-names like Sahir (magician), Hasrat (desire), Qamar (moon) and so on, he preferred to have the pen-name Majrooh which meant hurt/wounded. He was born in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and hence the surname Sultanpuri. His parents wanted him to be a physician, but he preferred to be a poet, and touch many more lives that he would have, had he been a physician. He used poetry as a medium to express his communist views before he was drawn into the world of Hindi film lyrics. He was one of those lyricists with a never-say-die spirit, and who has entralled us over the past 50 years with his fine lyricism. His lyrics ranged from soft melodies, ghazals, romantic duets, rock&roll, pop, qawaalis to bhajans. Probably, Majrooh is the lyricist to have worked with the maximum number of music directors. Not a mean achievement for a lyricist, who has to cope up with the varying styles of different MDs. While, for other lyricists their writing style or ego came in their way of working with any MD, Majrooh had no such problems. He was versatile and a thorough professional and above all a nice person, as vouched by many of his colleagues. Here is a partial list of music directors with whom Majrooh has worked with: Anand-Milind, Anil Biswas, Chitragupta, Khaiyaam, Kishore Kumar, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, N.Dutta, Naushad, O.P.Nayyar, R.D.Burman, Ravi, Roshan, S.D.Burman, and Salil Choudhury (all the above have been featured in this quiz). He has also worked with Anu Mallik, Bappi Lahiri, Basu Chakravarty, C.Ramachandra, Ghulam Mohd., Hemant Kumar, Husnlal-Bhagatram, Kalyanji-Anandji, Mukul Roy, Rajesh Roshan, S.Madan, Shanker-Jaikishan, Tushar Bhatia, Usha Khanna and Vasant Desai. He received his first Filmfare award for his lyrics in the film "Dosti" (1964). In 1994 he was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke award for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... More on Majrooh later, now back to the quiz. If you are one of those song lovers who rarely keep track of the lyricist of the songs that you hear, there is nothing to be worried. After all, RJGK is not about finding out how many songs you don't know or haven't heard off before. All the songs included in the quiz might turn out to be the songs you have heard and loved all these years. And as you will see for yourself, most of Majrooh's songs need not be your favourites, but most of your favourites are probably Majrooh's. The quiz has three sections, each having a different theme. Part 1. Lighter songs - some fun songs. Part 2. The 'Majrooh' theme - some sad/serious songs. Part 3. Memorable duets. - great duets. ************************************************************************ PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS ON THE NET. Send answers to: subraman@cs.umn.edu Before: Jan 10, 96. (Wednesday) ************************************************************************ ======================================================================== Part 1: Lighter songs ======================================================================== To start with here are some lighter (fun/romantic) songs from Majrooh. ........................................................................ 1. M: Yeh mausam yeh raat chup hai, woh honthon ki baat chup hai, khaamoshi sunaane lagi hai daastaan. A slow romantic Hemant Kumar song. ........................................................................ 2. M: suni meri sadaa to kis yaqeen se, ghaTa utar ke aa gayee zameen pe rahi yahi lagan to ai dil-e-javaan, asar bhi ho rahega ik haseen pe! A beauty from Rafi. ........................................................................ 3. M: be_ghar ko awaara, yahaan kahte hans hans khud kaaTe gale sabke, kahe isko bisiness Give a marching tune to Majrooh and he turns it into one of the best loved fun songs of Rafi. ........................................................................ 4. M: door ho hoke aji, yun na satao humko hum jiyen kaisa bhala, yeh to batao humko F: Doob maro! Fun songs and no signs of Kishore yet? Not fair. So here he is in and as the RAFIan :) from Delhi! ........................................................................ 5. M: saare hansi nazare, sapnon mein kho gaye sar rakh ke aasman pe, parvat bhi so gaye mere dil, tu suna, koi aisi daastan This one has Kishore composing and singing it on the screen too! ........................................................................ 6. M: dil mila, ek jaane mehfil mila ya chiragey manzil mila yeh na poocho ke kahaan! You should have seen this one a thousand times! ........................................................................ 7. M: kissa abhi hai kal ka, rooThi thi ghar ki malka surma idhar se chhalka, gussa udhar ka halka. If you are selling something ask Majrooh to write for you! He does a fine job here, doesn't he? A fun song from the team of Kishore-OPN-Majrooh. .......................................................................... 8. M: ek pari, kuchh shaad si nashaad si baiThi hui, shabnam mein teri yaad ki bheeg rahi, hogi kahin, kali si gulzar ki.. The team of Rafi, Chitragupta and Majrooh have always churned out the best whenever they got together. This is one of them. .......................................................................... 9. M: yeh kya hua mujhe, mujh ko khabar nahin, ho sakay, tum hi batado. tumne kadam jab, rakkha zameen par, seene mein kyon jhankaar hui.. Did you revise the KKKlan's lessons on Navin Nischol's 'khaab vs khwaab' pronounciation? .......................................................................... 10. M: raaste khaamosh hain DhaDkane madhosh hain piye bin aaj hame chaDa hai nasha! A O.P.Nayyar signature tune, with Rafi singing for Shammi. .......................................................................... ========================================================================== Part 2: The 'Majrooh' Theme ==============================--========================================== The word 'Majrooh' means someone who is hurt or wounded. This section has songs that are serious/sad. .......................................................................... 11. M: saathi milaa, yuN to magar, raste meiN tha chaandi ka dagar, chaandi ki nagri bhaayi ussey hum, rah gaye aankhen malte malte. Rafi singing about his heart's desire. The clue number 11 itself might be a clue, or maybe you might need thousands to it. The happy version of this song appears as a Asha-Rafi duet in the same movie. .......................................................................... 12. M: ulfat ka diya hamne, is dil mein jalaya tha ummeed ke phoolon se is ghar ko sajaya tha ik bheDi looT gaya, ik bheDi looT gaya The 'Emperor' himself singing! A song that was the singer's favourite and was played in his funeral. .......................................................................... 13. M: koi kisi ki, aankh ka taara jeevan saathi, saajan pyaara aur koi taqdeer ka maara dhoondh rahaa hai dil kaa sahara Raj Kapoor is in the scene, and Mukesh is singing, but the person searching for the dil ka sahaaraa is not Raj Kapoor. .......................................................................... 14. M: tum to na kaho hum, khud hi se khele Doobe nahin hum hi yoon, nashe mein akele sheeshe mein aapko bhi utaare.., chale gaye Absolute gem from Rafi for Dev. .......................................................................... 15. M: ulfat kaa badlaa mil gayaa, vo Gam luTa vo dil gayaa vo Gam luTaa vo dil gayaa chalna hai sab se door door ab kaaravan koi na ho The word "Gam" can remind you of only one singer. As usual, he wants to go elsewhere.. Probably one of the singer's earliest songs, with Majrooh sort of setting this trend for the singer. .......................................................................... 16. F: majrooh likh rahe heN voh, ahl-e-vafa ka naam ahl-e-vafa ka naam ham bhi khaDe hue hain, gunehgaar ki tarah One of Majrooh's ghazals, composed by the king of filmi-ghazals. .......................................................................... 17: M: meri har khushi tere dam se hai, meri zindagi tere Gam se hai. tere dard se rahe bekhabar, mere dil ki kab ye majaal hai! A beauty from Majrooh for Madan Mohan. A Rafi solo. .......................................................................... 18. M: aag se naata, naari se rishta, kaahe man samajh na paaya mujhe kya hua tha, ik bevafaa pe, hai mujhe kyun pyaar aaya. Majrooh tops the cursing songs list, doesn't he? .......................................................................... ========================================================================== Part 3: Memorable Duets ========================================================================== This section has some memorable duets penned by Majrooh. .......................................................................... 19. M: tumse nazar jab gayi hai mil jahan hai kadam tere wahin mera dil jhuke jahan palken teri, khule jahan zulfen teri A duet between Rafi and Lata, in which Rafi is supposed to have had a hard time, but the Rafians believe that that is just an 'illusion'. .......................................................................... 20. F: yeh raag biraha ki mat lagana ke jal ke main raakh ho chuki hoon M: ye raakh maathe pe maine rakh li ye raakh maathe pe maine rakh li ke jaise mandir me lau diye ki! A sad, yet powerful Hemant-Lata duet. .......................................................................... 21. F: yun na dekho jaag jaaye pyaar ki angDayi yeh rasta yeh tanhayi, lo dil ne Thokar khaayi M: yahi din hain, masti ke sin hain yahi din hain, masti ke sin hain A Kishore-Asha duet with the unique word "sin" in it. .......................................................................... 22. M: kab talaq rahiyega yun door ki chaahat ban ke dil mein aa jaayiye iqraare mohabbat ban ke. apni taqdeer bana lun, to chale jayiyega. Gaana Isko Kahte Hain! A duet composed by the MD whose first song was also written by Majrooh. This song was probably done when Rafi and Lata were not singing together. .......................................................................... 23. F: hans, rahi, hai chaandni machal ke, ro na doon kahin aise, koi, rooThtaa nahin Majrooh uses the opportunity well to write the duet that brought Rafi and Lata together after the rift. Rafi sings a line: "na bol dun to kya karun, vo hans ke yun bulaaye hain ki o ho!", which is Majrooh's way of saying how the rift ended! .......................................................................... 24. M: pyaar ne jahaan pe rakhaa hai, jhoom ke kadam ik baar vahin se khulaa hai koi rastaa, vahin pe giree hai deevaar. A 'cutie' song. Director Mansoor and Majrooh (M&M) get together for the first time. .......................................................................... 25. M: aaj ham jaise jigarvaale kahaan. aha! zakhm khaaya hain tab hue javaan. aha! teer ban jaaye doston ki nazar. aha! ya bane khanjar dushmanon ki zabaan.. You can rarely go wrong with the songs from a Nazir Hussein film, as Majrooh always writes for them. A qawwali here with R.D.B. ........................................................................ 26. F: yahin pe kahin hai mere man ka chor M: nazar paDe to, bahiyaan doon maroD! One of the last films that had the great combination of S.D.Burman and Majrooh. The male singer was introduced to SDB by Majrooh for this song. .......................................................................... That's it! ************************************************************************ Remember:- PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS ON THE NET. Send answers to: subraman@cs.umn.edu Before: Jan 10, 96. (Wednesday) (there is a bonus for finishing early!) ************************************************************************ Have fun! -- bye satish subraman@cs.umn.edu