One of the golden stories of the film world was the tale of the famous song \u201cKhoya Khoya Chand, Khula Aasman\u2026\u201d from the film Kala Bazar. The story of its creation was as interesting as the song was melodious. The 1960 film, starring Dev Anand, was directed by Vijay Anand (Goldie), with music by Dada S.D. Burman. The lyricist was Shailendra, whose name stirred a special feeling in the hearts of lovers of Hindi film music.<\/p>\n
At that time Shailendra was an extremely busy lyricist. He had no fixed base \u2014 sometimes he was with Raj Kapoor, sometimes with Shankar-Jaikishan, and sometimes on the set of another film. So when Dada Burman composed the tune for this special song for Kala Bazar, he badly needed the opening lines, but reaching Shailendra proved very difficult.<\/p>\n
Finally, Dada Burman gave his son Pancham (R.D. Burman) the responsibility: no matter what, get Shailendra to write the opening lines that day. On his father\u2019s orders, Pancham set out to find Shailendra. After a whole day of searching, he reached the house of composer Jaikishan, where Shailendra was busy with another song. Seeing Pancham, Jaikishan said, he is writing my song right now. But when Pancham said it was Dada Burman\u2019s order, Jaikishan asked him to wait.<\/p>\n
At about 11 pm Shailendra was free. He met Pancham and asked, \u201cDo you remember the tune?\u201d Pancham said yes. Shailendra then said, \u201cLet\u2019s go to Juhu.\u201d The idea of going to a deserted seashore so late at night seemed odd to Pancham, but Shailendra insisted.<\/p>\n
Reaching Juhu beach, the two sat by the sea. Shailendra began talking about this and that, but the restless Pancham kept asking for the opening lines. Then Shailendra suddenly asked him for a matchbox. Pancham smoked, so he had one in his pocket. Shailendra said, \u201cPlay the tune on this matchbox.\u201d Pancham did so. Shailendra then took the matchbox in his hand, felt the tune, and suddenly, looking at the sky, said, \u201cLook how beautiful the moon is today. Khoya-khoya chand\u2026 khula aasman\u2026 how can one sleep on such a night?\u201d<\/p>\n
This was the moment the opening lines of this immortal song were born. Pancham was stunned. Within a few minutes Shailendra put the whole song on paper. Two days later, the song was recorded with Rafi Sahab\u2019s voice and Dada Burman\u2019s tune.<\/p>\n
Pancham Da himself shared this anecdote in an interview. He said that for Shailendra a song was not just a string of words but an atmosphere, a feeling, which turned into poetry in an instant.<\/p>\n
When listeners heard this song, they felt not only Rafi Sahab\u2019s voice or Burman Da\u2019s tune but also Shailendra\u2019s sensitive eye that turned the moon shining over the sea into a song.<\/p>\n
And there could be no better occasion to recall this story, because 30 August was Shailendra\u2019s birthday. Born in Rawalpindi in 1923, the lyricist gave Hindi cinema timeless songs such as \u201cAwara Hoon\u201d, \u201cSajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo\u201d and \u201cTu Pyar Ka Sagar Hai\u201d. Every word he wrote still touched listeners\u2019 hearts.<\/p>\n
Vindhya Satta Samachar paid heartfelt tribute to Shailendra on his birthday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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