These days Shivbhajan ‘Har Har Shambhu…’ is in a lot of discussion. Also in the discussion is Farmani Naaz, who gave her melodious voice. Actually, Farmani Naaz belongs to a different religion, even after that she has sung this spiritual song. There has been an uproar just over this issue. All the fundamentalists and Ulema are blaming Farmani Naaz on this matter. But, it did not have any effect on the decree. He believes, ‘The artist has no religion’. The word of the decree is true. The artist really has no religion. Many other Muslim lyricists have proved this before Farmani. Despite being a different religion, he penned splendid hymns. Which are those hymns, let’s know….
Javed Akhtar
You must have heard the song ‘O Palan Hare Nirgun Aur Nyare…’ from the movie ‘Lagaan’! Javed Akhtar is the famous lyricist who wrote this song. Let us tell you that Javed Akhtar calls himself an atheist. Despite that, he wrote this wonderful song. Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan gave their voice to this song. While AR Rahman composed it. Javed Akhtar may call himself an atheist, but he respects all religions equally. A few years ago, there was a lot of uproar in a Kannada reality show over a Muslim girl singing a bhajan. Then Javed Akhtar came out in support of the girl and said, ‘Whoever is attacking a Muslim girl for singing a bhajan, is not only a fanatic, but is also ignorant of the great heritage of Indian music.’
Shakeel Badayuni
The late poet, poet and famous lyricist Shakeel Badayuni has written many spiritual songs. But, the matter of his written hymn, ‘Man Tadpat Hari Darshan…’ is different. Interestingly, this song was given his voice by the famous singer of Bollywood, Mohammad Rafi Sahab. Also its composer was Naushad. Overall, the three artists left no stone unturned to make this hymn beautiful even after being a different religion. Shakeel Badayuni wrote this song for the film Baiju Bawra. Apart from this, Shakeel sahib wrote many songs like ‘O Duniya Ke Rakhwale’, ‘Mohe Panghat Pe Nandlal’, which are very much liked even today.
Sahir Ludhianvi
It was none other than the famous poet and lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi who wrote the song ‘Rome-Rome Mein Basne Wale Ram’ from the film ‘Neel Kamal’. The song in the film was picturized on Waheeda Rehman and actor Manoj Kumar. Let us tell you that Sahir Ludhianvi wrote great songs for many Bollywood films. However, this song written by him seems to take the listeners to a different spiritual world. Sahir Ludhianvi sahib wrote this song beautifully even after belonging to different religion.
