Re: Happy Independence day, PAKISTAN!!!
The same producers who produced Indian movie ‘Jagriti’ in India, produced ‘Bedari’ in Pakistan with same story line and same music with change in lyrics. Both the songs 'aao bacho tumhe dikhaen jhanki dikhaen Pakistan ki ’ and ‘aao bachon ser karaen tuk Pakistan ki’ are real and early distortion of history through popular media. Indian version only covers Hindu history of India showing Marathas as heroes against Mughals.
Pakistan version’s part dealing with Sindh is ridiculous show of making looters heroes portraying MBQ as a preacher whose only aim was to convert people to Islam. lols. Punjab and Sarhad have been portrayed as land of warrior. The lyrics about ‘kafan bandhe Pathan’ are irony. May be the lyricist had a foresight how this area and its population (brought up under Bandooq) was going to be brainwashed and used in so called Jihads in future history.
Interestingly, there is no mention of Bengal in the song. So they had alienated East Pakistan as early as early 1950’s from popular media. The song does mention Kashmir (disputed area), but does not own East Pakistan / Bengal. Reminded me Habib Jalib’s shikwa regarding East Paksitan Vs Kashmir:
haseen ankhoan madhur geeton ke sundar des ko khokar
main hairaan hoon wo zikr e wadi e Kashmir karte hain.
Balochistan is also not mentioned in song, though movie was made in 1956 / 1957 (after accession of Qallat), but the ownership and status remained ambiguous in song. Probably, Balochistan as a province got more prominence after one-unit.
PS: You would enjoy, Indian version ‘sabarmati ke sant tune kar dia kamal’ for ‘Ae Quaid e Azam tera ihsan hai ihsan’:
