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There are some superhit songs previously the place the identify of the Almighty is talked about in a romantic/emotional context. No extra of those. The point out of God in any exclamatory kind, emotional or non secular, is unofficially banned in Bollywood movie songs.
Abdullah and Bachna Ae Haseeno posters
Ae khuda har phaisla tera mujhe manzoor hai/Saame tera tera banda bahot majboor hai (Kishore Kumar in Sanjay Khan’s Abdullah), Dard se mera daaman bharde ya Allah/Phir chahe deewana karde ya Allah (Lata Mangeshkar in her album with Jagjit Singh Sajda), Khuda bhi aasman se jab zameen par dekhta hoga/Mere mehboob ko kissne banaya sochta hoga (Mohammed Rafi within the movie Dharti), Hum intezaar karenge tera qayamat tak/Khuda kare ke qayamat ho aur tu aaye (Asha Bhosle in Bahu Begum)…
These are some superhit songs previously the place the identify of the Almighty is talked about in a romantic/emotional context. No extra of those. The point out of God in any exclamatory kind, emotional or non secular, is unofficially banned in Bollywood movie songs.
“One by no means is aware of how reference to God in a tune will probably be taken. For all , chances are you’ll find yourself combating 100 litigations and FIRs for blasphemy for mentioning God if you imply no disrespect all. Take a tune like KK’s Khuda jaane within the movie Bachna Ae Haseeno. It appeared completely okay ten years in the past. At this time, the identical lyrics—Khuda Jaane Ke Mein Fida Hoon/Khuda Jaane Mein Mitt Gaya/Khuda Jaane Yeh Kyun Hua Hai/Ke Ban Gaye Ho Tum Mere Khuda—can be perceived by the general public, a number one senior poet-lyricist sounds pessimistic of the future.
So are we to eschew songs that don’t evaluate like to God?
“It really works each methods. Even an immortal divine songs like Tumhi mere mandir tumhi mere pooja tumhi devta ho (written by Rajender Krishan for the movie Khandaan within the Nineteen Sixties) can be seen to deify a human being, so not permissible,” says the lyricist.
Shabana Azmi, who has a really robust empowered feminist picture, recollects, “Within the movie Fakira (1976), I sang considered one of my greatest hit songs Dil mein tujhe bithake kar loongi predominant bandd aankhen pooja karungi teri… If I had been to sing this tune at present, I’d be lynched. Occasions have modified. Spiritual sensitivity has grown drastically. One needs to be very cautious in utilizing spiritual references in artwork.”
Even the songs that sang of a secularism would at present be seen as pandering to the minorities by anti-liberals. Tu hindu banega na mussalmann banega insaan ki aulad hai insaal banega from the 1959 movie Dharamputra can be contextualized cynically in modern occasions.
“These are troubled troublesome occasions,” admits filmmaker Javed Akhtar. “One needs to be very cautious in expressing oneself in cinema, be it a tune or the onscreen narrative. Agar koi political celebration thodi bhi sachhi secularism dikhati hai toh usski izzat karni chahiye. I used to be approached to put in writing a tune for the Congress for the elections. I agreed and wrote the tune Principal hello to Hindustan hoon.”
The immortal Lata Mangeshkar sang India’s most secular tune, Allah tero naam Ishwar tero naam for the movie Hum Dono. She was rightly happy with its unfaltering enchantment over caste and creed. However I ponder if Sahir Ludhianvi had been alive at present, would have the ability to write a tune mentioning ‘Allah’and ‘Ishwar’ in the identical breath?
Subhash Okay Jha is a Patna-based movie critic who has been writing about Bollywood for lengthy sufficient to know the business inside out. He tweets at @SubhashK_Jha.
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