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Of all the songs that I listened on the gramophone of my uncle Noor Din, one stuck in my head. Here
is a stanza from it that I remember:
3-Change of fate
Destiny had something else in store for Noorpuri and India. Our
Independence coincided with the biggest holocaust witnessed by
the region. The partition changed everything for him. He lost his
home and livelihood and came to Jalandhar, which would be his
home for the next two decades. Sources of income dried up.
In the time of upheaval, poetic sensibilities were the last things on
their minds. House and hearth took precedence over all else.
Noorpuri found work in the radio but the income was never
enough for the family. Times had changed and how. He then got
employment in the newly formed State Language Department.
Poet’s nature again took over and he left the department after
about two years.
He limited himself to the radio and kavi darbars for income, which
was erratic and in fits and starts. Slowly, poverty increased its grip
on Noorpuri and the family sunk deeper into it.
Depression and suicidal thoughts followed. Noorpuri loved life and
words. He wanted to write the thoughts churning in his mind. But
the rigors of life, earning a livelihood were the ultimate winners. He
could not print his book.
4-Tragedy strikes
Even before partition, when he was a police officer and had
earned awards for bravery and fearlessness, the police combats
left him thinking about the families of criminals. He got into great
depression and after partition, he continued down on that path.
He had written an Elegy on the death of a loved one titled: ETHON
UD JA BHOLEYA PUNCHIA One evening (May 13, 1966)
he was very depressed and asked his grandson Inderjeet Singh to
sing him the above elegy. Suddenly he headed out in the street. A
small girl heard a splash in the nearby water well and life of the
poet ended. The strangest part was that before jumping into the
well, he had taken off his flip flops neatly placed on the edge of
the well.
5-Family’s struggle
Life after the demise of the patriarch at 60 was never easy for the
family. Noorpuri’s eldest son, Satnam Singh Noorpuri, the father of
Inderjit, was given a job in the Punjab Roadways. The rough life
made him an alcoholic and the liquor claimed his life in 1994. The
other son, Satkartar Singh Noorpuri, refusing to put up with the
hard times, migrated abroad. He now lives in Switzerland with his
family.
The grandson continues to live under his famous grandfather’s
shadow: the same city, the same locality and the same house
(constructed over a small piece of land the state government
gifted to the family).
The glory and the tragedy of Noorpuri’s life continue to haunt his
next generation. Inderjit could not secure a job in his father’s
department. “My mother and I kept going to the offices. We even
met ministers. They promised us that something would be done.
But nothing happened,” he says.
Twenty-seven-year-old Inderjit, married, with a child, now works as
an employee on contract. He goes to work crossing a road
named after his grandfather. He was there when the Chief Minister
came to attend a function in the city. He will be there again. But
the Govt. of India has done nothing to alleviate miseries of this
family.
6-Movie songs
MANGTI (PUNJABI: ਮੰਗਤੀ) Is a 1942 film starring Masood Pervez as a
hero with Mumtaz Shanti and others. It ran for more than one year
in Lahore and became the first golden jubilee Punjabi film in British
India. The music is composed by Pandit Govindram. The playback
singers include Zeenat Begum, Rehmat Bai and Noor Jehan. Nand
Lal Noorpuri wrote the lyrics (around 1940) along with Nazim
Panipati.
Film Songs:
1-Aavin Chann Ve Nehar De Kandhe Utte
2-Aey Dunia Taan Khush Hundi Eiy – sung by Zeenat Begum
3-Mainu Suttian Neend Na Aayee- Contains the line “Gora Rang
Te Sharabti Akhiyan”.
4-Banke Naina Walia Nain Milanda Ja
5-Lutt Lai Mast Jawani
6-Aithaun Udd Ja Bholia Panchhia – a duet by Dilawar Hussain
and Zeenat Begum
7-Supne Vich Mahi Aaya, Haule-Haule- Sung by Zeenat Begum
8-Tere Dars Di Pyasi
9-Din Charhia Tey Bankian Naaran
10-Ujjdi Hoee Dunia Meri Pher Wasanda Ja
In addition to above some of the songs that I found that are still
very popular on our media and some of the famous singers have
sung for TV and Films:
11-Jutti Qasoori https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCuLmPM9d0c -Surinder Kaur
12- Chan Ve Ke Shokan Mele Di
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVwWs88vBCE - Surinder
Kaur And Narinder
Kaur (Originaly by Mohammad Rafi and Surinder Kaur)
13- Gori diyan Jhanjhran bulaundia payan (Movie Husan Da
Chore) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDUqA-MNcNc By NOOR JEHAN –
NADRA
14-Balle ni Punjab diye sher bachiye-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk9nU-sFwNw-DALVINDER SINGH
15-Ni mainoon deor de wiyah wich nach lain de- Surinder Kaur -
Prakash Kaur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPIaYDNbEKI
16-Chum Chum Rakho Ni Eh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVRcqUfChc -
Surinder Kaur Parkash Kaur
17-Kidde shone chand ni
18-Ni Arriyo Kaag Banere te boliya- Surinder Kaur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmfzOmgX4A
19-Khat Aaya Sohne sajnaan da https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf1KMa8I5-U
-Surinder Kaur
20-Kithey Mata Toriya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVE7rS9bijg Surinder
Kaur Parkash Kaur
21-Daatey diyaan beperwahiyan ton -Gurpal Singh Paal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSKYEvT5K5Y