{"id":6578,"date":"2022-08-15T00:22:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=6578"},"modified":"2022-08-15T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:59:11","slug":"the-two-worlds-of-jalte-hain-jiske-liye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/the-two-worlds-of-jalte-hain-jiske-liye\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Worlds of Jalte Hain Jiske Liye"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sunil Dutt and Nutan in Sujata<\/em> (Pic courtesy: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

The song had been germinating in Adheer (Sunil Dutt\u2019s) mind for a long time. Sometime back, when they were sitting by the lakeside, the tranquil waters lapping their feet, he had started humming. And Sujata (Nutan) had asked mischievously, \u2018Are you only humming because there is no song to sing?\u2019 And he had laughingly promised, \u2018Right now, only the tune hovers around me, but the moment I find the words, that very moment I shall sing them to you.\u2019<\/p>\n

Today is the day, now is the moment. He has found the words \u2013 they\u2019ve come in a torrent \u2013 the words that are a mirror to his emotions. And now he has to tell her. But she is not beside him. He rushes into the house, picks up the phone and pours his heart out \u2013 unabashedly, unhesitatingly and for the first time in the history of Indian Cinema \u2013 telephonically!<\/p>\n

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\n\u0924\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0906\u0901\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0940\u092f\u0947,
\n\u0922\u0942\u0902\u0922 \u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u0935\u094b \u0939\u0940,
\n\u0917\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f<\/p>\n

In every beautiful story there is a tipping moment. When on a blank page the first drop of ink appears, when on the canvas of one\u2019s mind someone\u2019s vague appearance, a fleeting glimpse is first registered. So here he describes the moment \u2013 how it first appeared and how now, the time is ripe for him to present its impact to her.<\/p>\n

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\n\u091c\u093e\u0926\u0942 \u092c\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0906\u0901\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0941\u0915\u093e, \u091a\u0932 \u0928\u093e \u0938\u0915\u093e,
\n\u0906\u091c \u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u0935\u094b \u0939\u0940, \u0917\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f<\/p>\n

It stayed in my heart as an ache I nurtured, it would not abate. Magically it reflected in your eyes, staying there, not moving away.<\/em>
\nToday I present you the same, this song for you!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sujata has been listening so far \u2014 rapt in attention \u2014 eyes closed, thinking. Her initial rejoicing has given way to cautious acceptance. And just as she is about to embrace this euphoric seminal moment, reality and its harsh repercussions hits her. Her tears break free. She moves the phone away. But Adheer doesn\u2019t know. He is so enraptured, his face is an eye-catching tapestry of emotions!<\/p>\n

He sings on \u2014 he is like a bird who has found wings to fly \u2014 he has a beatific smile on his face, like a boy who has found a box of cookies! He sings as if he has found the road to bliss. Sujata stands at the edge and stares down at an abyss!<\/p>\n

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\n\u0917\u0940\u0924 \u0928\u093e\u095b\u0941\u0915 \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \u0936\u0940\u0936\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u092d\u0940, \u091f\u0942\u091f\u0947 \u0928 \u0915\u0939\u0940\u0902<\/p>\n

Hold this song close to your heart. It is so fragile it may slip and shatter like glass if you hold it in your hands. Savor it gently as I hum this song for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Sunil<\/p>\n

Both are looking at their future. He is lost in the wonderland of a rosy tomorrow. She\u2019s experiencing the scalding, searing pain of a tomorrow, which is rooted in harsh reality \u2013 a realization that her reality is far away from his. He walks the rainbow; she walks the quicksand of public censure. He sees a bridge to happiness, she sees the impregnable wall of social stigma. Unaware of her thoughts, he sings on \u2013<\/p>\n

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\n\u0939\u094b\u0920\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0947,
\n\u092f\u0942\u0901\u0939\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u092b\u093f\u0930\u0947\u0917\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0940,
\n\u095b\u0941\u0932\u094d\u095e\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0932\u0947,
\n\u0917\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u090a\u0902\u0917\u093e \u092f\u0939\u0940,
\n\u0917\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f,
\n\u091c\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f\u2026<\/p>\n

There are only two people in the camera frame throughout the song. Talking of frames, ace director Bimal Roy creates a very beautiful frame wherein Nutan is sitting in the dark, listening, and a huge shaft of sunlight lights up the doorway. Quite like the love which is at the doorstep of her life \u2013 promising of a sunlit existence, a slice of paradise.<\/p>\n

\"Nutan<\/p>\n

But the enduring memory of this song is the gentle vulnerability of Talat who sings it with an irresistible charm; the coaxing, hesitant lyrics of Majrooh; and the decidedly outstanding emotional display of Nutan\u2019s acting prowess. With every word she hears, she is hurting, cracking up, imploding, her every nerve, sinew and fibre reeling under the impact of the proposal and you see and feel her helplessness, as she realises the impossibility of it. She speaks in silence. It\u2019s a bravura performance!<\/p>\n

This song is a plain, simple ode by a man who has found the woman he loves. Nothing else matters. She is, to him, the one who can shape, mould and fulfil his life! As Laurell K. Hamilton wrote: \u201cOnly love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he will ever be, and the weakest. Sometimes all in the same moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some great songs get diminished by their inadequate picturisation. Jalte hain jiske liye<\/em>\u00a0in Sujata<\/em> (1959) is a beautifully crafted song sung by a velvet-voiced maestro Talat Mahmood, tuned by the prince turned singer-composer SD Burman and written by Majrooh (which means \u2018injured\u2019). With his sensitive touch, the great director Bimal Roy puts the mark of immortality on it.<\/p>\n