After posting Aandhi as this week’s movie, can the song be any different? So song of the week is Tere Bina Zindagi Se Shikwa. I’m sure this song features in the top ten of every Pancham fan. The way the songs opens – with the santoor playing – grabs your attention. And then the lyrics do all the talking!
I’d read an interesting piece of info on this song a few years back in one of Gulzar’s interview. He’d gone to Pancham’s house when Pancham was composing a tune for a Durga Puja album with Gauri Prassano, one of Bengal's top lyricists. Gulzar saheb was so struck with the tune that he started writing a song for it. When Prasanno had left, Pancham asked him, “Now what do we have to compose?” and he replied, “Yeh gaana karenge.”
So the original tune was retained for the mukhda and a new one was created for the antara. When Gulzar saheb tried adding dialogues in the lyrics, Pancham had scolded him saying, “Do you have any understanding of sur or taal? You put in dialogues wherever you want. Its not done!” but eventually, the dialogues were retained!
* Kaash aisa ho tere qadmo se chun ke manzil chale
Aur kahin duur kahin
Tum gar saath ho
Manzilon kii kamii to nahi *
Song: Tere Bina Zindagi Se
Film: Aandhi
Music: R.D.Burman
Lyrics: Gulzar
Vocals: Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar
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