Sunday, January 15, 2012

A small tribute to Gulzar saab


Kaafi choti thi main, jab ‘choti si kahani’ suna tha

Tape recprder hote they us zamane mein

Aur ‘rewind’ button bahut istamal hota tha

1988 ka saal tha, aur Aamir Khan ne meri zindagi mein kadam rakha

Lekin tab bhi…aur ab bhi… ‘papa kehte hain’ se zyada achcha

‘mera kuch samaan’ lagta tha
 

Filmein jo thi meri padaish ke pehlein ki

Lekin choo jaati mukhe kuch aise

Jaise, mujhse salah karke kahani sajayi ho


1973 ki ‘Aandhi, 1982 mein ‘Angoor’

Ek ne aise rula diya, dooji kabhi sakte nahin bhool

Bambai mein ghar khojne ki takleef

Sirf ‘Do deewane shahar mein’ aur Gulzarji hi shabdon mein utar sakte

‘Tum he ho na ho, mujhko to, itna yakeen hai’ jaise bol

Jo ek dil ki kashmakash ko bayaan karte hain

Unke siwa aur kaun likh sakta hai?

Umar thi dus, jab ‘tujhse naaraz nahin zindagi’

Aur us bachche ki masoom aakhon ne mujhe chua tha

‘Dil toh bachcha hai ji’..27 saal kyon na guzarein ho?
 

Kis ne socha tha ki ‘chaddi aur phool’,

aur ‘beedi’ aur ‘jigar’ ek hi vakaya mein rehkar

Itne achche lag saktein hain?


Tab samundar ki leheron ka shor hota tha

Aur kuch kuch traffic ki awaaz

Mere kamre mein jhoole pe behetkar

Sunti thi main Gulzar saab ke saaz

Tere bina zindagi se shikwa toh zaroor hoti

Kyonki meri zindagi Gulzarji ke bina kuch kum hoti

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