***REMEMBERING FAIZ AHMED FAIZ*** Despite Faizs full-time commitment to his Socialist ideals, and poetry, as well as his journalistic career, he did concern himself with films in some ways. He was seriously involved in two films during the early decades of Pakistans film industry. One of them was A.J. Kardars direction, called Jago Hua Sawera, made in Bangladesh, and released on May 25, 1959, and the second was Sukh ka Sapna, directed by that brilliant cameraman and visionary, Masood Parvez, which was released on January 5, 1962. In Sukh ka Sapna, Noor Jahans numbers, Shaam hoi ghar aaja & Hum tere paas aaey sarey sitam bhula ke was written by Faiz. There were other numbers too, but they did not become popular. Another movie, which was directed by A. J. Kardar, and titled Door Hai Sukh ka Gaoon could not be completed. For Jago Hua Sawera, Timir Baran provided the music, whose work in India and Pakistan was well-known, and who did 4 to 5 films in Pakistan, including Anokhi, Ishq Par Zor Naheen, etc. Timir Baran also gave the music for the unfinished Door HSKG. As for Sukh ka Sapna, the dynamic duo of Manzoor-Ashraf gave the tunes. But, later, due to Faizs ideological stance, he could not link himself with the film industry, as he was time and again banned on radio and television, and found it hard to continue with his film lyrics. But, the film-makers continued to take his famous poems and ghazals for their films, and that had begun much before the Partition. One of his famous poetic lines inspired the leading phrase of the famous number, Aaj kee raat to saz-e-dil-e-pur dard na chaer, which was sung by Noor Jahan for the Indian film, Jugnu. After Partition, the famous Indian film, Mehel contained Faizs Donon jahan teri mohabbat main haar ke, which was sung by Rafi. In Pakistan, when Khalil Qaiser and Riaz Shahid created that brilliant film, Shaheed, released in 1962, the versatile Rasheed Attre made exceptional tunes for the famous poems and ghazals of Faiz and Munir Niazi. A slightly changed version of Faizs masterpiece, Nisar main teri galiyon ke ae watan ke jahan was included in Shaheed, which was sung by Munir Hussain, and filmed on Alauddin, who was shown the Arab tribal leader, who was dismissed by a Jew conspirator from Arabia. In Riaz Shahids Farangi, Mehdi Hasans famous rendition of the popular ghazal of Faiz, Gulon main rang bharey was also picturized on Alauddin, while another poem, written on the slain workers movement leaders of America, Hum jo tareek rahon main marey gaey was also included, which was sung by Mala, and filmed on a blind Pathan girl, played by Shamim Ara, who struggles to cope up with the British fox, once again done with authority by Talish in Farangi. Aside from these, one cannot forget Noor Jahans classic rendition of the proverbial Mujh se pehlee see mohabbat mere mehboob na maang, which was included in Najam Naqvis Qaidi, released on June 15, 1962. It was, again, fabulously composed by Rasheed Attre, and picturized well on Shamim Ara. So, you could say that Faizs poetry was being regularly included in Pakistani films till 1962. But, after that, his poetry is only found in one film, based on the conditions that led to the Bangladesh tragedy. It was A.J. Kardars Qasam Uss Waqt Kee, the title song of which was written by Josh Malihabadi. Faizs free verse, Manzilain manzilain was composed beautifully by Suhail Rana for the film, and sung equally well by Mehdi Hasan. And Faizs ghazal, Sab qatl ho ke tere muqabil se aaey hain was also sung by Farida Khanum for this film, which was picturized on her too, in a concert by the Naval Academy in the film. But, the most endearing number of the film was by Mujeeb Alam, who sang Iss dhoop kinarey shaam dhaley beautifully, and it is still run on radio sometimes.
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A very rare song indeed!! Thanks a lot, Inaamji!
erumhashmii 2 years ago
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A very warm & hearty welcome on my page, Erum-ji, M glad u liked my upload.
Inaam2 2 years ago
very very very beautiful upload,very beautiful pictures of madam ji,many thanks for sharing
ShafqatHJatoi 2 years ago
You are welcome :)))
Inaam2 2 years ago
A song with oriental rhythms very, very pretty. Greetings
nuevayok 2 years ago
Thanks for the comments my dear.
Inaam2 2 years ago