Aurat ne janam diya mardon ko, mardon ne ussey bazaar diya/Jab jee chaha masla kuchla, jab jee chaaha dhutkar diya/Mardo ne banayee jo rasme, unko haq kaa farmaan kaha/Aurat ke zinda jalane ko, kurbaanee aur balidaan kaha/Kismat ke badle roti dee, aur usko bhee ehsaan kaha/aurat ne janam diya mardon ko’ Sahir Ludhianvi ’s hard-hitting lucid timeless words on the status accorded to women in our society ring true to this day. No better homage to the spirit of womanhood crushed by the rites of patriarchy has ever been written.
The incandescent Vyjayanthimala who lip-synced Lataji’s voice in the film says, “It is one of my proudest moments as an actress, to have such a great song about womanhood. Sahir saab’s words were like hammered inscriptions in rock. This is a song I am most closely identified with. No one but Lataji could have sung it.”
Recalling her initial reaction to Sahir Saab’s lyrics the incandescent actress reveals, “The song for B R Chopra’s film encapsulated the film’s theme of a fallen woman and her rise to respectability. My fiery speeches on women and their status in backward societies, were splendidly strewn in the storytelling.
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The nautch-girl Champabai’s transformation into a domesticated daughter-in-law Rajini was achieved through a remarkable synthesis of music and drama. While the early songs(composed by N Dutta) are seductive Mujras, the later numbers are spiritual Bhajans and of course the song with a social message Aurat ne janam diya mardon ko .
I am proud to have sung one of the strongest statements on feminism on screen. Of course Lataji sang it as only she can. I was glad to put across Sahib Saab’s powerful words.
