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| 1917-2003 |
How many lyricists of the Golden Age of Hindi music can you name off the bat? Sahir Ludhianvi? Hasrat Jaipuri? Shailendra? Shakeel Badayuni (maybe)? Yet there were many more of their ilk, men whose pens dripped shairi; whose muse set words to the melodies that are alive even today, and will be for many, many years to come.
Think about it - if it weren't for the lyrics, how many tunes would call to our hearts and emotions? If Shakeel hadn't written Pyar kiya to darna kya, would Anarkali's defiance have set the mirrors in the Sheesh Mahal ablaze? If Sahir's pen hadn't dripped with anger against a materialistic society, would Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai be as effective as it was? If Shailendra hadn't come up with Sajanva bairi ho gaye hamar or Hasrat with Duniya bananewale, would the music of Teesri Kasam have been the same?
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