Thhodi thhodi gori hain thhodi thhodi kaali hain
Posted on: November 19, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
Divas of Hindi Film music (6) :
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The series has reached a stage where I have covered several old timers among female playback singers who left their marks in Hindi movie music. The last of those to feature here is Geeta Dutt. This is a duet with Rafi from the film ‘Superman’ (1960). Prem Dhawan is the lyricist and the music director is Sardar Malik. Only the audio link is available, but it is said to be picturized on Helen and Majnu.
I heard this song a few days ago for the first time. I was surprised to find this ‘yodeling’ by Rafi. I know that Kishore Kumar is famed for this facet of his singing. But I knew Rafi sahab had done yodeling in some songs, but this was a new example of a yodelling song from Rafi for me. When I searched the net about the history of Kishore Kumar yodelling, I found this Wiki page on yodeling which mentioned Kishore Kumar’s name and a Tamil comedian J P Chandrababu as having introduced yodeling in India. I found this page too. It is general perception that it was Kishore Kumar who started yodeling in playback singing with ‘Jhumroo’ (1961).
Now let us look at the Rafi Sahab’s history of yodeling. I found these songs which are already posted in the blog :
Unse rippi tippy ho gayi from ‘ Agra Road ‘ (1957), Hello sweety seventeen from ‘Dr Z ‘ (1959), Hello sweety seventeen from ‘ Dr. Z ‘ (1959), Gussa fuzool hai qubool from Reporter Raju (1962).
Still search led me to this song ek do teen chaar from ‘Muqaddar” (1950), where both Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle are yodeling. So this settles the matter, as this must be first instance of yodeling in hindi film songs.
Now let us come back to song under discussion. There are around around 130 duet songs by Rafi and Geeta Dutt.
List of my personal favourite songs :
| Song | Movie | Year | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohabbat Karlo Jee Bharlo Kisne Roka Hai | Aar Paar | 1954 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Sun sun sun sun Zaalima Pyar Humko Tumse Ho Gaya | Aar Paar | 1954 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Chal Diye Banda Nawaaz Chhed Kar Mere Dil Ka Taar | Mr & Mrs 55 | 1955 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Jaane Kaahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji | Mr & Mrs 55 | 1955 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Udhar Tum Haseen Ho Idhar Dil Jawaan Hai | Mr & Mrs 55 | 1955 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahaan | C I D | 1956 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Aankhon Hi Aankhon Mein Ishaara Ho Gaya | C I D | 1956 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Ghareeb Jaanke Humko Na Tum Mita Dena | Chhoo Mantar | 1956 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Hum Aapki Aankhon Mein Is Dil Ko Basa Den To | Pyaasa | 1957 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Rim Jhim Ke Taraane Leke Aayi Barsaat | Kaala Bazar | 1960 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
| Chupke Se Mile Pyaase Pyaase Kuchh Hum Kuchh Tum | Manzil | 1960 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt |
Among the songs listed above there are mostly romantic/fun songs by O. P. Nayyar & S. D. Burman. Geeta Dutt sang some sad songs too which are all time classics for Roshan, S. D. Burman, etc. She formed the mainstay of O. P. Nayyar’s music for most of 50’s alongwith Shamshad Begum.
So here is the Rafi-Geeta teasing duet reminiscent of the 50’s decade. If I find Rafi Sahab’s yodeling better sounding than the others, than that cannot be helped.
Songs-Thhodi thhodi gori hain thhodi thhodi kaali hain(Superman )(1960) Singers-Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-Sardar Malik
Lyrics
thhodi thhodi gori hain
thhodi thhodi kaali hain
chhoriyaan aaj ki haaye
nakhre waali hain
thhode thhode kaale hain
thhode thhode gore hain
bade rangeen haaye
aaj ke chhore hain
hoy
thhodi thhodi gori hain
thhodi thhodi kaali hain
chhoriyaan aaj ki haaye
nakhre waali hain
munh pe lagaa hai powder
zulfen kati kataayin
uss pe kayee adaayen
haaye re haaye duhaayi
palle nahin hai paayi
phir bhi lagi hai tie
udd gayee issi tarah se
baaqi sabhi kamaayi
baaqi sabhi kamaayi ee
thhodi thhodi gori hain
thhodi thhodi kaali hain
chhoriyaan aaj ki haaye
nakhre waali hain
thhode thhode kaale hain
thhode thhode gore hain
bade rangeen haaye
aaj ke chhore hain
laa la ra le ee oo
laa la ra le ee oo
laa la ra le ee oo
dil ko le gaye mere
dekho yeh phool se chehre
jin ke liye lutey ham
baithhe hain munh ko bakhere
kis ne kahaa thha aanaa
ham se nain milaana
aa ke meri gali mein
mushkil badaa hai jaana
mushkil badaa hai jaana aa
thhodi thhodi gori hain
thhodi thhodi kaali hain
chhoriyaan aaj ki haaye
nakhre waali hain
thhode thhode kaale hain
thhode thhode gore hain
bade rangeen haaye
aaj ke chhore hain
laa la ra le ee oo
laa la ra le ee oo
laa la ra le ee oo
chhodo takraar ki baaten
karo kuchh pyaar ki baaten
aa ke chali na jaayen
kahin deedaar ki raaten
denaa kisi aur ko jhaanse
?? pyaar ki baaten
miyaan majnu raho bachke
kahin jaana nahin jaa ke
kahin jaana nahin jaa ke ae
thhodi thhodi gori hain
thhodi thhodi kaali hain
chhoriyaan aaj ki haaye
nakhre waali hain
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
November 21, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Dear Nahm bhai,
It may not be right to say that yodelling in Hindi film songs started from film ‘Jhumroo’. Much before that Kishore had yodelled in ‘New Delhi’, ‘Chandan’ and ‘Ilzam’.
Hollywood great actor-singer Danny Kaye used to yodel a lot in his songs. He was the role model for Kishore, who emulated his style of acting, comedy, dance and singing. Kishore portrayed the title role in the film ‘Begunah’ released in 1955, and yodelled like his idol, Danny Kaye’s famous film ‘Knock on the Wood’. The Hollywood producers sued in India charging that their film was plagiarised frame-by-frame in ‘Begunah’, which thus had the dubious distinction of being the first film (perhaps the only Indian film?) banned due to mis-use of copyrights by blatant copying.
I have read of famous south indian actor, Mr. Chandrababu but I am not sure whether yodelling was attempted in films earlier than the films mentioned above by me. May be other knowledgable persons can throw some more light on this issue.
Avadh
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November 21, 2013 at 5:00 pm
She is Nahm bahan.
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November 21, 2013 at 5:44 pm
The earliest yodelling song of Kishore Kumar I came across was https://atulsongaday.me/2012/08/13/ek-do-teen-chaar-2/ from ‘Muqaddar’ (1950). It is a duet song where at the end even Asha Bhonsle also yodels with Kishore Kumar.
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November 21, 2013 at 9:20 pm
This is what she has already written! May be u guys need to pay more attention when u read the article!
“Still search led me to this song ek do teen chaar from ‘Muqaddar” (1950), where both Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle are yodeling. So this settles the matter, as this must be first instance of yodeling in hindi film songs.”
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November 21, 2013 at 10:31 pm
bluefire,
May be you have not read my comments. You have repeated what I have already mentioned.
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November 21, 2013 at 10:37 pm
The above comments are by me. I do not know how the sender’s name as come as ‘nn’.
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November 22, 2013 at 3:00 am
No Sir, I did read ur comments, which frankly comes across as ur own observation. I have merely pointed out that the fact (as mentioned/repeated by you) is already part of article written by Nahm, which ur comment honestly is not pointing out. Im just giving the due credit to Nahm. I havent repeated ur comment. I have copied and posted exact quote in the above article written by Nahm.
Regards.
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November 22, 2013 at 6:58 am
I had read the article when it was posted. Then I read it before writing comments. Even after. bluefire’s comments, I once again read the article. I do not know as to how I missed the link in the article.
Even my name in the comments came as ‘nn” 🙂
May be it was one of my bad days.
nahm, bluefire, deeply sorry for my ‘mishap’.
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November 22, 2013 at 11:51 am
Thank you for additional information about yodeling.
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November 22, 2013 at 11:54 am
The above comment is for Avadh Lal ji.
Thank you for the timely interventions Atul ji and bluefire ji.
Thank you for reading the post repeatedly Kamath Sir, 🙂 .
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