Din dhal jaye haye raat na jaaye
This gem is from the 1965 film "Guide" and is picturised on Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman.
The lyricist is Shailendra. The first line of the song "din dhal jaye" was written by Hasrat Jaipuri, the film's original lyricist. Dev Anand and Vijay Anand did not like the line and wanted Hasrat to drop it, which he declined. The brothers then asked Shailendra to take over as lyricist. Shailendra, unhappy with being the second choice quoted a very high fee to which both agreed and hence Shailendra wrote all the songs for the film. However ironically, he still kept the Hasrat Jaipuri's offending line and the song became an all time hit.
The music in this highly successful film is one of the best by SD Burman. Burman Da became sick while composing for the film, but Vijay Anand and Dev Anand opted to wait for his recovery, rather than taking someone else. The film though having some exquisite numbers, failed to get the best music filmfare award, which was given to Shankar Jaikishan for the film "Suraj". The film was India's official entry at Oscars in 1966. Rafi's melancholic voice with soft music in this song makes it an iconic song.
Here is the video. Watch it by clicking on its youtube link. Enjoy!
Superb song
ReplyDeleteSongs from GUIDE are often heard after 55 years of release while SURAJ has completely faded from public memory
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