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Full Name - Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra
Date Of Birth - 30 August 1923 Rawalpindi pre-Partition India
Date Of Death - 14 December 1966 Mumbai India
Best Known For - Teesri Kasam 1966
Wife Name - Shakuntala
Children - Gopa Chandra, Dinesh Shailendra, Shaily Shailendra, Amla Mazumdar, Manoj Shailendra

From lullaby to lingering pain, there is a Shailendra song to soothe every emotion. The welder from Mathura failed in his profession but effortlessly blended words for posterity. Among his peers his understanding of films as a medium different from poetry and theatre stood out. Hailing from Bihar, Shailendra, born as Shankardas Kesrilal on August 30, 1923, spent time in Rawalpindi and Mathura before moving to Bombay. Perhaps that’s why he could write in a variety of dialects, in a language that suited the character. Sample this: When Raj Kapoor took Kaviraj — that’s how Raj used to address Shailendra — to K.A. Abbas for narration of a script, Abbas ignored him. After two-and-a-half hours of narration, Raj Kapoor asked, “Kuchh samajh mein aaya Kaviraaj?” Shailendra replied, “Gardish main tha, par aasman ka taara tha. Awaara tha.” A shocked Abbas finally noticed the stranger in his room for he had summarised his two hours of effort in one line. The three together with Shankar Jaikishen made a formidable team in the years to come.

Dinesh, who has himself faced a similar situation as his film “Ladies Only” is still waiting in the cans, has his reasons. “ ‘Teesri Kasam’s’ shooting started at Mohan Studios in Bombay but later it was shifted to Bina, a town in Madhya Pradesh, an unheard of location for a Bollywood film. My maternal uncle, who was the production controller, suggested Bina to director Basu Bhattacharya. We later discovered that his prospective wife was from Bina and that he opted for the location to impress her.”

The final blow, he says, came when he was not allowed to attend the Delhi premiere. “He had stood guarantee for the distributor of Delhi. A large amount of money was to be paid. There was court injunction in Delhi; a warrant was issued against him. He should not have done it. All the people he worked with ditched him. The film was released in theatres where Dara Singh’s films used to excel.”

Dinesh points out that his feelings reflect in the songs that he wrote in his last days. “Be it Rula Ke Gaya Sapna Mera” or “Kabhi Jo Kehna Paaya Baat Woh Hoton Par Ab Aayi, Aadalat Uth Chuki Hai Ab Karega Kaun Sunvayi…Tumhari Bhi Jai Humari Bhi Jai, Safar Jitna Tha Ho Gaya Taye Na Tum Hare Na Hum Hare,” establish his sense of being betrayed.”

Shailendra passed away on December 14, the birthday of his mentor Raj Kapoor. “Teesri Kasam” went on to win the President’s Gold Medal for the best film and over the years it has become not only a classic but a commercial success as well.

Between the lines

Was “Paan Khaye Saiyyan Hamaro” taken off the airwaves because All India Radio considered it obscene? “In a way the song was the ’60s version of ‘Bidi Jalaile’,” says Dinesh.

Dev and Vijay Anand had already left for Udaipur to shoot “Guide” when S.D. Burman recorded “Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tammanna Hai.” When the song was sent to the location, Dev Anand didn’t like it but changed his mind when during the shoot it became a hit with the unit members.

Dinesh is planning to bring out a collection of Shailendra’s unpublished 50 poems. “He deserves space in literature. At the time of the riots after Partition he wrote, “Bhagat Singh is baar na lena kaya bharatwasi ki, desh bhakti ki aaj bhi sazaa hai phansi ki.”

Oops!

At the recently concluded Habitat Film Festival at New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre, where “Teesri Kasam” was screened, one was shocked to find the posters of the film with some unknown people credited as producer, director, music composer, lyricist… “It is a fraud that my elder brother noticed some years back at a DVD shop in the U.S. I had called a press conference but the copyright issues are so complex that you can’t do much. Also I found a family member involved in it. So we didn’t pursue it. Even today I don’t know under whose name the film’s CDs are being sold in the U.S.,” says a visibly shocked Dinesh.

The person in charge at the Habitat removed the posters immediately and apologised for the oversight but Shailendra continues to suffer the price of simplicity.