From: Ashish Bokil Muddatein guzar gayi is maqaam se phir se guzare ....wahi deewar kaa toota huaa konaa .. jaani pehchaani si sannaate ki awaaz .. kaanon ko thhandak detaa huaa hawaa kaa wahi mehaktaa saa jhonkaa ... sookhe patton kaa dher ... aadhe-adhure geet... aur kuchh puraani yaadein .... pichhali kai.N baar se aqsar kuchh yaadein hi is maqaam par kheench laati hain... aur yahaan pahunch kar kuchh aur yaadein zindaa ho jaati hain ..... na jaane aisaa kyaa hai yahaan ?? Is safar main harek chauraahe pe ek kahaani khadi hai ... har-ek mod pe parchhaaiyaan nazar aati hain ..... aisaa kain baar sochaa ki safar ke saath saath chalte waqt main ye kahaaniyaan kaheen kho jaayengi, ye saaye kaheen gum ho jaayenge.. magar phir se us chauraahe pe aate hi wahi chehare phir roobaroo ho jaate hain .... RD-Gulzar ke is safar main aaj bahut dinon ke baad kisi maqaam par ...qadam pade hain ...... shaayad 6 maheenon ke baad ..... waaqai muddatein guzar gayi is maqaam se guzare hue ....... kuchh beqasi kaa aalam, kuchh bezaari aur ek sailaab ... Lekin lau jal rahi hai .... haan... roshni kabhee tez to kabhee madhdham ho jaati hai .... un palon main jab roshni madhdhham ho jaati thhee .. inhi raaston se safar kaa sabaq seekhaa aur aankhen uthhaa kar phir chal diye. raaston ke saath saath chalne waali tasveeren to badal jaati hain .. lekin jazbaaton ke saath saath chalne waali tasveeren nahee badlaa karti ... aise main ... badle hue manzar main wohi khayaal baar baar aate hain .. aur lagtaa hai jaise hum phir usee maqaam par pahunch gaye hain jahaan se chale thhe..... aqsar hotaa yahee hai .. aur hum jaan nahee paate .... asliyat ko sapnon se door nahee kar paate ... kyaa aisa safar kaheen khatm hogaa ? ..... lagtaa to nahee .... The deep rooted philosophy in Gulzar's lyrics as i've already pointed out a couple of times is "to keep going in life as its too short ... enjoy it in its shortest moment without grudge" ... when he writes lyrics which have meaning to this effect, his playfulness with words and composing poetry scales everest. and if it also happens to be his directorial venture ...... his imagination achieves an additional dimension of portraying his philosophy ...... and the depth in the combination of the two brings mixed feelings of pleasure and thoughtfulness to the audience and viewer ..... yet another dimension is added when music is by RD and the final feather in the cap is KK's resonating voice. Amazing combination this is ............ never failed to touch a raw nerve somewhere .... aur jab jazbaat bhee maakool ho ... to geet dil ki gehraai main utar jaataa hai ...... Namkeen is such a movie .... Screen is green with lush valley and a black streak is visible somewhere in a corner .... camera zooms on this black streak as beautiful details of green trees and the contours of valley come in focus and so does a moving object following the streak .... closer and closer .... and one begins getting the feel of the speed of the moving object - a truck - just as camera fixes on it and one can see the broken white line right in the middle running past the truck ...... and Violines break the silence ...... accompanied shortly by the persussion - drums and congo. one set of violins keeps following the signature tune while the other strays and follows another course straight up as ecstacy builds up .... and then guitar introduces strings as KK's super bass voice joins in ...... Raah pe rehate hain ...... yaadon pe basar karte hain ... khush raho ... ehle watan ... hum to safar karte hain ....... jal gaye jo dhhoop main to saayaa ho gaye ... jal gaye jo dhhoop main to saayaa ho gaye ... aasmaa.N kaa koi konaa oDhhaa so gaye ... jo guzar jaati hai bas uspe guzar karte hain .... the road makes his living .... simple statement ... but what a beautiful way to put it .... the truck continues ... and the story and philosophy of the driver goes on ... music accomodates the accompanying scenes that the truck encounters during its travel which sometimes spoils the effect of the interludes ..... uDate pairo.N ke tale jab behati hai zamee.N ... uDate pairo.N ke tale jab behati hai zamee.N ... muD ke humne koi manzil dekhi hi nahee .... raat din raahon pe hum shaam-o-sahar karte hain ........ sometimes when we move in a car..... and stare hard at the trees ... it appears as the trees are running backwards ..... and if you stare at the road ... it seems like a flowing river .... and the driver is moving at a high speed with his feet off the ground as if he is flying ..... "uDate pairo.N ke tale jab behati hai zamee.N ... " ... it takes a Gulzar to give such a beautiful description of moving truck ...... the scene now has "banzaare" moving as truck passes them .... and the banzaaraa girls sing ... " saammaa saammaa saammaa saammaa ....... " a beautiful piece of music ..... and then again ..... " saammaa saammaa saammaa saammaa ....... " this is the most unkewl portion of the song .. one of those times when movie dominates the music .... and i fervently wish they had two versions of the song .. one for movie and other for audio tapes ... the latter sans "saammaa ... ..saammaa " ....... however, in that beautiful piece of music ...there is one percussion instrument which i am not able to figure out ..... sounds like a mix of ghatam and something else ... but don't know its name ... it sounds nice ... ho... aise ujaDe aashiyaane .. tinke uD gaye ... bastiyon taq aate aate .. raste muD gaye ... hum thhahar jaayen jahaan .. usko shahar karte hain ... this last stanza ia a volume in itself .... the unsettled life of a truck driver ... the sad truth that he comes close to a destination to divest him of his boring solitude ... and then it all suddenly seems such a distant thing in a very short while ... but his optimism .. almost a strong will to not let that depress him ... but to create another world full of life wherever he halts .... to pour life in those dull stoppages .. and move on ..... A perfect example of "what it takes to connect a song to the motion picture .." .. the violins enhance the effect of the valley through which the truck speeds and the beat is just apt for driving as well ... the smooth flowing cycle ... [ almost the same that's in O mere dil ke chain ... "] ... rolls melting into the song ... never breaking the flow of the song even when beat stops for a short while between stazas .. signifying the flow of life .... such flowing songs are my weakness .... two interludes of this song [to accomodate some scenes of passers by] are rather irritating ..... yet i list this song as one of my all time favourites from RD-Gulzar combo ..... the interludes are more than compensated by the tune and the excellent lyrics .... the flow just overpowers me once the song starts. Kishore's voice is terrific in this song ..... the bass and cohesion in his voice also enhance the effect of the landscape on screen along with the music and the calm and composed aspect of it is just appropriate for expressing the philosophy in the song ..... Passed on to me by a kind soul [to whom i owe special thanx ... as i had been looking for this song for ages ..] this song has accompanied me to many a long drive .... not to speak of those moments of philosophical introspections .... ....... A song that escalated events ...... ashish