Darshan do Ghanshyaam
Posted on: August 20, 2009
In my school days, my Hindi textbooks used to contain poems by eminent Hindi poets. One such poet was called Gopal Singh Nepali.
Today, after more than three decades, I heard his name again under unexpected circumstances. In “Slumdog Millionaire”, Anil Kapoor asks the slumdog kid a question- “who wrote the song “darshan do ghanshyam”, the contestant replies, Kabir, and his answer is deemed as correct.
Gopal Singh Nepali’s son watched this movie recently and he was not amused, since this song was written by his father and not by Kabir. He slapped a lawsuit of Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 millions ) on the makers of this movie to either correct the fact, or to get this portion deleted from the movie. He has facts to back him. As it happens, Gopal Singh Nepali, in addition to being a poet of calibre (whose poetry was taught in schools) had forayed into Bollywood movies as a lyricist as well. This song “darshan do Ghanshyam” was written by him for a Bollywood movie. This movie was “Narsi Bhagat” (1957). This song was sung by Hemant Kumar and Sudha Malhotra and Manna Dey in one version and by Manna Dey in another version. Ravi composed the music.
Here is this song that was sung by Hemant Kumar, Sudha Malhotra and Manna Dey. Its video is not available, but the uploader of this song has done a great job in providing some nice paintings of Lord Krishna (Ghanshyam) with this song. The song is very nice and soothing to listen to. So here is this song from “Narsi Bhagat” (1957) which was repeated in “Slumdog Milllionaire” with incorrect credit.
This song also has a lesser known Manna Dey solo version.
Song-Darshan do Ghanshyam (Narsi Bhagat) (1957) Singers-Hemant Kumar, Sudha Malhotra, Manna Dey, Lyrics-Gopal Singh Nepali, MD-Ravi
Hemant Kumar + Sudha Malhotra
Lyrics
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part I
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darshan do Ghanshyam naath
mori ankhiyaan pyaasi re ae ae
darshan do Ghanshyam naath
mori ankhiyaan pyaasi re ae ae
darshan do Ghanshyam
man mandir ki jyoti jagaa do
man mandir ki jyoti jagaa do
ghat ghat baasi re ae ae
darshan do Ghanshyam
mandir mandir moorat teri
phir bhi naa deekhe soorat teri
aaa aaa aaa
aaaa aaaa aaaa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
mandir mandir moorat teri
phir bhi naa deekhe soorat teri
yug beete
na aayi milan ki
pooranmaasi ee ee re ae ae
darshan do Ghanshyam
dwaar dayaa ka jab tu khole
pancham sur mein goongaa bole
aaa aaaa aaa
aaa aa aaa
dwaar dayaa ka jab tu khole
pancham sur mein goongaa bole
andhaa dekhe
langdaa chal kar
pahunche Kaashi re ae ae
darshan do Ghanshyam
paani pi kar pyaas bujhaaun
nainan ko kaise samjhaaun
aankh michauli chhodo ab to
man ke baasi re ae ae
darshan do Ghanshyam naath
mori ankhiyaan pyaasi re ae ae
darshan do Ghanshyam
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Part II (Manna Dey solo)
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aaj faisla tere dwaar par
meri jeet hai tere haar par
haar jeet hai teri
main to charan upaasi re ae ae
darshan do ghanshyaam naath mori
ankhiyaan pyaasi re
darshan do ghanshyaam
man mandir ki jyoti jaga do
man mandir ki jyoti jaga do
ghat ghat baasi re ae ae
darshan do ghanshyam
dwaar khada kab se matwaara
maange tum se haar tumhaara
narsingh ki ye vinti sun lo
bhakt vilaasi re ae ae
darshan do ghanshyam
laaj na lut jaaye prabhu teri
naath karo na daya mein deri ee ee
laaj na lut jaaye prabhu teri
naath karo na daya mein deri ee ee
teeno lok chhod kar aao
gangan niwaasi re ae ae
darshan do ghanshyam
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
darshan do ghanshyam
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
darshan do ghanshyaaam
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
darshan do ghanshyaaaam
aa aa aa aa aa
ghanshyaaaam
aa aa aa
ghanshyaaam
aa aa aa
5 Responses to "Darshan do Ghanshyaam"
December 27, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Thanks for the excellent song in raag kedar. My record has one more song by Manna Dey & others : Aaj Faisla tere dwar par, mere jeet hai tere har par………………… darshan do ghanashyam. I wish that the second song is also put on the web. Hiox.org has the complete lyrics of both the songs and more.
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January 29, 2015 at 6:04 pm
The second part of the song has been kindly uploaded on youtube by MayaKersi from USA/Canada. Please add it to your collection. Thanks a lot
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September 15, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Liked the bhajan lyrics and musical presentation in Rag Kedar
Ajit Dongare
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May 30, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Dear friends,
Late Shri Gopal singh Nepali ji the famous lyricists of his time has given really peace oriented song though . Hemant da , Sudha ji and Ravi ji has done excellent job. Commercially credit has been taken away spuriously but his son has taken the right action. This is a bad thing. Such hijacking if ideas and works should be stopped forthwith and stern actions ought to be taken against those guilty people of stealing the song or disappearing the name of right man behind it.
Arvind Bhargava
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