Do Din Ki Baharein Khatm Hui

  Do Din Ki Baharein Khatam Hui- Lata Mangeshkar- Film Dara 1953- Lyrivs Saba Afghani- Music Mohammad Shafi

Dara was the second movie by Actor/producer Shaikh Mukhtar after Annadata 1952. The music of Annadata was scored by Mohammad Shafi and that of Dara was also given by Shafi. He composed for about one and a half dozen Hindi films as a music director and has done nearly about five dozen films as assistant and arranger and also background scores. He also scored for two Marathi films, Shrreman Balasaheb 1960 and Shrimant Mehuna Pahije 1967

Mohammed Shafi had a long association with Naushad. It’s said that when he was assisting Naushad for Mughal-e-Azam, K. Asif used to send a car to pick him for playing Sitar for the background music along with another Sitar player, Abdul Haleem Jaffer Khan! It says all about Mohammed Shafi’s contribution to Indian Film Music World.

Mohammed Shafi was going through a very difficult phase in his last days. He suffered a stroke and was almost jobless. No one from the industry came forward to help him except Mohammed Rafi. It’s said that Rafi visited him during this phase and when he left, Mohammed Shafi found a bundle of 10,000 rupees under his pillow! He called back Rafi and thanked for his gesture and returned the bundle. He was touched by the love and caring of the singer.

In his last days, Mohammed Shafi was suffering from amnesia! What else can one say other than remembering his beautiful composition from Annadata! "Taqdeer ke haathon mein hai insaan khilona...", which he himself composed for film Annadata.

In this song of Dara also , Shafi has used Lata's divine sweet voice to full extent for expressing the pathos of grief stricken heart.

do din ki bahare khatm hui
arman bhara dil ro hi diya
do din ki bahare khatm hui
ulfat ki kahani itni thi
paya bhi unhe aur kho bhi diya
do din ki bahare khatm hui
ummid ka suraj chamaka tha
sawan ki andheri raat liye
malim na tha milane ki ghadi
aayegi judai sath liye
kismat ne hame dhokha dekar
aabad kam aur barbad kiya
do din ki bahare khatm hui
fariyad bani hontho ki hansi
gam dil ki tamnna lut gaya
ek geet bichha ke ruth gai
ek taar baja aur tut gaya
in jagati aankhon se hamane
ek khwab adhura dekh liya
ulfat ki kahani itni thi
paya bhi unhe aur kho bhi diya
do din ki bahare khatm hui

                                 

Dara 1953
Cast - Sankatha Prasad, Patanjal, Shaikh Mukhtar, Begum Para, Mukri, N. A. Ansari, Nigar Sultana
Lyrics: Indivar, Madhup Sharma, Prem Sagar, Saba Afghani, S.T.Hussain
Music Director - Mohammed Shafi
Producer: Shaikh Mukhtar
Director - Harish
A Omar Khayyam Films Production