Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna

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Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna
CountryIndia
Language Urdu
Subject(s)Dedicated to the freedom fighters of India
Genre(s) Ghazal
PublisherSabah (Urdu journal from Delhi)
Publication date1922
Lines22 (11 couplets)

Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna is an Urdu patriotic poem written by Bismil Azimabadi as a dedication to young freedom fighters of the Indian independence movement. [1] This poem was popularized by Ram Prasad Bismil. When Ram Prasad Bismil was put on the gallows, the opening lines of this ghazal were on his lips. [2]

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Composition & publication

In 1921 Bismil wrote this poem, [3] [4] [5] following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and other atrocities by the British colonialists. [6] It was first published in journal "Sabah", published from Delhi. [7] [8] The ghazal has 11 couplets. [9] Khuda Bakhsh Library has preserved the original copy and page of his diary containing this poem written by him and the corrections done by his mentor Shad Azimabadi. [10]

War-cry of independence movement

The poem was immortalised by Ram Prasad Bismil, an Indian freedom fighter, as a war cry during the British Raj period in India. [11] [12] [13] It has also been associated with the younger generation of inter-war freedom fighters such as Ashfaqullah Khan, Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad. [3]

The Song

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Recent use

The first line of the poem was recited by Dr. Manmohan Singh in his Budget Speech of 1992, on the floor of Lok Sabha. [15] The poem has been recently being in use by various mass movements, [6] [16] like the anti-CAA protests in India, [17] Pakistani Students Solidarity March, [18] etc.

The poem was used in Manoj Kumar's Shaheed (1965) on the life of Bhagat Singh. [19] It was again used (with altered lines) as the lyrics for songs two films: in the title song of the 1999 film Sarfarosh (Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye), and in the 2002 Hindi film, The Legend of Bhagat Singh . The poem has also been used in the 2000 film, Dhadkan and 2006 film, Rang De Basanti . The poem is also referenced in abridged form in the 2009 movie, Gulaal by Anurag Kashyap. [6] The poem has also been recently used in Ajay Devgn's 2021 film Bhuj: The Pride of India .

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