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![]() ![]() The gloom that the poet refers to is the realization that there is a futility associated with life, that has no answers. This gloom has laid siege to my mind, finding it alone and unsupported. There is a gloom that continues to mount and grow. Being here on this world is incidental, like stopping on way for a night or two, to rest and take a breather. The poet is alluding that there is another journey (or a larger context, a larger scheme of things) that we are a part of. It is, but, a resting place for a night or two. Know that this (world, life) is not forever, neither for you nor for me. For those, who are not “connected” with Him, even the day time is a time of darkness. The poet says that a mind without belief is easily overwhelmed by regrets and sorrows in life. The poet is dealing with the concept of belief, and the power of belief to vanquish the sorrows and regrets in life. This ghazal by Aarzoo Lucknawi, is seemingly a simple read, but then it carries such significant implications. For Phani Mazumdar, the story was forever unfinished, for he could never think of completing it with any other star. Leaving Phani Mazumdar to start working on script and start planning for the film, Saigal Saab traveled to Jullundur, in what turns out to be his final travels. ![]() When Phani Mqzumdar indicated that he may not be able to afford the star of his eminence any more, Saigal Saab promised him that finances would be the least of the issues and that he would take care of it. Saigal Saab told Phani that he wanted to work together again. Phani had produced and directed the film Street Singer, for New Theatres. Before he left for Jullundur in the winter of 1946, he met with Phani Mazumdar in Bombay. He apparently lived only for music and singing. People that he took seriously were the people who were less fortunate than himself. BN Sircar (founder of New Theaters, Calcutta), recalls that Saigal Saab would never take himself too seriously. This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.Ī diffident soul for most part of his life, Saigal Saab avoided calling or causing any attention to himself in public. ![]()
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