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Click hereHe was in the railways : a welder
But @ night in the Communist movement he was
A "fellow-traveller ".
But his passion was ideological Poetry
In the then Bombay's fledgling
Communist Party !?
One day a budding film director
Shailendra's poetry got to hear
'Twas a Poet's Summit meetin' or Mushaira
The Star of the Meet was : you guessed it
Shailendra !
The Actor Director was a certain Raj
Not of the imperial variety
But a Kapoor dynast : Raj
By Shailendra ji's Shaiyree he was floored
He wanted his Poetry in his Movies
But by Hard Left Ideology Raj was gored !?
Snubbed by the Poet-welder
Who refused to become a Bourgeoise
Pen-pusher
Raj played a sublime trick
He said "i'm your greatest Fan
These ain't filmy dialogues, slimy'n slick !
In my Office with my Man Friday :
In a brown paper envelope glued shut
& colour Grey
I'm keeping some Money in your Name
If & when you require the
Same :
Just come collect & a Fan's simple admiration
Is my Game
There are no strings attached : no obliga'shun to this !
Both went there separate ways & forgot
But the complex ways of Destiny , Fate or Kismet
Wove a plot
When the Poet's wife
A son begot
He was in dire need of money but had
Clean forgot
'Bout the envelope full of Cash
As he racked his brains : Eureka he remembered
& made a Usain Bolt like dash
To the Raj Kapoor Studios in Chembur suburb
The faithful subordinate
In Master's absence
Did officiate
& without demur
To the Red Poet
Handed over
What was his
&.....&......&
After this
Shailendra ji bit the bullet
Joined Capitalist film maker's
Studio et Billet
Shankar Jaikishen , Shailendra &
Raj Kapoor
From 1949 onwards
Left a hoary track ....a Golden spoor
Of Legendary Movies in Hindi
There ends my Fable
It's True & very Friendly !!!