New Delhi: To express their deep feelings, lyricists and poets often make such amazing experiments in songs that people start weighing them on the scales of logic. Gulzar has often had to face this, but the matter became complicated when he wrote a wonderful song praising the beauty of a woman. People started asking what kind of imagination this is. Here music composer Hemant Kumar has to be praised. He composed Gulzar’s song without any tampering. This song from Rajesh Khanna and Waheeda Rehman’s film ‘Khamoshi’ is very popular even today. People make a lot of reels on this.
That famous song written by Gulzar is- ‘Humne dekhi hai un aankho ki mekhti khushboo.’ People asked whether there is shine or light in the eyes, what kind of strange imagination the ‘Mehakti Khushboo’ lyricist has here. However, Lata Mangeshkar sang it beautifully. Gulzar wanted Hemant Kumar to sing it, because it praises the beauty of a woman, so it would be very strange if a female singer sings it. Gulzar had written the song by imagining the hero. But composer Hemant Kumar did not listen to him and said that if anyone can do justice to this song, it is Lata Mangeshkar. The opening lines of the famous song are as follows-
‘We have seen those eyes
sweet fragrance
Don’t accuse him of relations by touching him with your hand…’
Songs and poems are not words, but without them a poet or lyricist cannot express his feelings. Hemant Kumar knew this very well. He was a musician and singer who gave more importance to the lyrics than the music. He took Gulzar’s song as it was. This is the reason why this song is being heard a lot even after 55 years. People feel the song ‘Humne dekhi hai un aankho ki mekhti khushboo’ in their heart without getting entangled in logic. This song from the 1969 film ‘Khamoshi’ was filmed on Waheeda Rehman, in which apart from Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra also played an important role. The film was a hit and its song was a superhit.
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Tags: Dharmendra, Gulzar, Lata Mangeshkar, Rajesh khanna, Waheeda Rehman
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 8, 2024, 18:58 IST