Song : Song-Ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai....
Movie : Rustam Sohrab (1963)
Singer-Suraiyya,
Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi,
MD-Sajjad Hussain,
Cast : Prithvi Rajkapoor,suraiya,Premnath,Mumtaz,Ratna Bhushan,Hiralal
Director : Vishram Bedekar
Lyrics
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
ye dil kaa dhadaknaa, ye nazron kaa jhuknaa
jigar mein jalan si ye saanson kaa ruknaa
Khudaa jaane kyaa daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
bujhaa do bujhaa do,
bujhaa do sitaaron ki shammen bujhaa do
chhupaa do chhupaa do,
chhupaa do haseen chaand ko bhi chhupaa do
yahaan raushni mehmaan ho gayi hai
aaa
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
ilaahi ye toofaan hai kis balaa kaa
ke haathon se chhootaa hai daaman hayaa kaa
Khudaa ki qasam aaj dil kah rahaa hai
Khudaa ki qasam aaj dil kah rahaa hai
ki lut jaauun main naam lekar wafaa kaa
tamannaa tadap kar jawaan ho gayi hai
aaaa
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
Lyrics :-
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
ye dil kaa dhadaknaa, ye nazron kaa jhuknaa
jigar mein jalan si ye saanson kaa ruknaa
Khudaa jaane kyaa daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
bujhaa do bujhaa do,
bujhaa do sitaaron ki shammen bujhaa do
chhupaa do chhupaa do,
chhupaa do haseen chaand ko bhi chhupaa do
yahaan raushni mehmaan ho gayi hai
aaa
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
ilaahi ye toofaan hai kis balaa kaa
ke haathon se chhootaa hai daaman hayaa kaa
Khudaa ki qasam aaj dil kah rahaa hai
Khudaa ki qasam aaj dil kah rahaa hai
ki lut jaauun main naam lekar wafaa kaa
tamannaa tadap kar jawaan ho gayi hai
aaaa
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
chhupaate chhupaate bayaan ho gayi hai
ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai..
Suraiya was independent India's first big movie star.
Someone who moved Indians to frenzy, like no other star had done in her time. By her ethereal beauty and her stunning voice. 'You have brought Mirza Ghalib alive,' Nehru told her, after watching Mirza Ghalib.
Then, abruptly, Suraiya said sayonara to the limelight.
For more than 40 years after her retirement from show business, she lived the life of a recluse, only occasionally venturing into the public gaze, to accept an honour from her countless admirers.
And through all those years, Suraiya remained the movie star she was.
She lived in a house full of stuffed dolls, dressed up like a queen even when she visited a neighbour next door and was graceful in real life as she was on celluloid.
For most of her life she lived a few metres from the Arabian Sea, on Mumbai's famed Marine Drive. Few Indians knew that, and many came to know what a huge star she was only after she died quietly, almost unnoticed in a Mumbai hospital, last week.
Dhimant Thakkar knew Suraiya for over 30 years. He, his wife and daughters Amee and Camy saw her almost every day. For Suraiya, they were family.
One of Indian cinema's greatest legends, as seen through the eyes of three people who knew her best.
Words: A Ganesh Nadar
Photograph: Jewella C Miranda
Dhimant Thakkar: After her mother Mumtaz Begum -- an excellent cook -- died, she had a maid to do the cooking. But in the last two years she did not like her maid's cooking. She ate very little. I used to bring her a tiffin from my home on the way to the office. Sometimes she came home for dinner.
Camy Sanghvi: She had her own room in our house. She stayed with us for the last six months of her life. She never knew even how to boil water.
Amee Shah: For breakfast she had bread and malai(cream). She loved fresh malai. When she came home for lunch she ate Roti, Dal and vegetables. When her mother was alive, she ate lots of non-veg food. After her mother's death she stopped eating non-veg regularly. In the last few years she ate non-veg rarely. She loved Chinese food and the only places we went out with her was to China Garden (a wellknown Mumbai restaurant) and the Willingdon Club (a Mumbai club) .
All the maids (one of whom is in the picture) came during the day, did their work and left. She stayed alone.
Words: A Ganesh Nadar
Photograph: Jewella C Miranda
Amee Shah: I was four when she retired so I didn't know her as a star. She used to come home with her mother. Slowly, she became Suraiya aunty in our lives. I never knew her grandmother. Her mother died in 1987. Suraiya aunty was so upset that she stayed with us for two months to recover.
She used to tell us it was only three steps from her home to her car, and yet there would be a melaoutside to see her. Once she traveled to Ajmer by train to shoot for a film. The platform at Ajmer was overflowing with people. The film's director told her she needed to wave out to the crowds; only then would they disperse. She stood in the doorway of the compartment and waved. Her dupatta slipped and fell onto the platform. There was a near riot. In seconds it was torn to shreds. Everyone wanted a piece of Suraiya's dupatta.
We celebrated Id, Diwali, New Year and birthdays together.
Perhaps the last trophy she received -- the Screen Videocon award for lifetime achievement (1997) sits alongside other memorablia from a memorable career.
Words: A Ganesh Nadar
Photograph: Jewella C Miranda
