Najar lag jaaye na
Posted on: September 1, 2014
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“Jeewan Jyoti” (1953) was directed by Mahesh Kaul for Musical Pictures, Bombay. this movie was one of the earlist movies of the then underconfident looking Shammi Kapoor. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Chand Usmani, Shashikala, Leela Mishra, Dulaari, Amir Banu, Nazeer Hussain, Bannerji, Moni Chatterji, Saiyyad Jaan, Lily Kelkar, Jagdish Chandra etc in it.
Three songs from this movie have been discussed in the past.
Here is a song from this movie. It is a wedding song in fact where Shammi Kapoor and Chaand Usmani are getting married, clearly against the wishes of near relatives who are not amused as can be seen. So the constant refrain in the song “najar lag jaaye na” is not misplaced. 🙂
The song is sung with gusto by Geeta Dutt and chorus. The lyrics, in a language full of rural Hindi words and with plenty of references to Ramcharitmanas is written not by a Hindi poet but by someone who is considered an Urdu Shayar. Sahir Ludhianvi has shown that he is equally adept in writing this genre of song as he is in penning hard hitting songs of protest.
The music is composed by S d Burman.
Here is this wonderful song from “Jeewan Jyoti” (1953) which I heard for the first time only just now.
I am unable to identify the actors lip syncing this song. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify them.
PS-She is Dulaari, as identified by Khyati Bahtt, our knowledgeable reader.
PS-Comment on an earlier song of this movie my Mr Kanti Mohan Sharma , who watched the movie when it was released in 1953 mentions that
This movie was received well. I saw it in my student days. Mainly because of the popular song so ja re so ja meri ankhiyon ke tare mere rajdulare by Geetadutt who was using her full name then Geeta Ghosh Roychowdhuri. It was considered one of the best lories in any film. Chand Usmani acted very well but she had a bit more of Meena Kumari in her and gradually faded out. This was also Shammi’s debut film. Narendra Sharma claimed to have written two songs in this movie on the invitation of Sahir Ludhianvi who wrote all the songs. His name as a co-lyricist appears everywhere. One of the two is ‘dekho dekho nazar lag jaye na’. I have been looking for the other song which is evading me. It cannot be ruled out that it might have been dropped from the film at the last moment. Can any knowledgeable friend throw any light on it?
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So Pt Narendra Sharma had helped out in the penning of this song. That explains it.
PS-On watching the credits of the movie, I saw that the credits mention Sahir Ludhianvi as the lyricist of all songs except the wedding song. The wedding song is credited to Narendra Sharma.
Moreover, Sahir biography “The People’s Poet” (by Akshay Manwani) also does not mention this song among Sahir Ludhianvi’s songs. So it means that this song is not a Sahir creation, unlike what is mentioned in HFGK and elsewhere.
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Song-Najar lag jaaye na(Jeewan Jyoti)(1953) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Pt Narendra Sharma, MD-S D Burman
Chorus
Lyrics
man sheetal
naina sufal
jodi jugal suhaaye
sundar chhab hirday basi ee
nainan nahin samaaye
o o
dekho dekho
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na re ae
bairan ki najar lag jaaye na
inhen palkon ki oat bithha lo
inhen ankhiyon ki oat chhipa lo ji
bairan ki najar lag jaaye na
hans hans ke baandho ri navras ka bandhan
hans hans ke baandho ri
hans hans ke
arri hans hans ke baandho ri jeewan ka bandhan
hans hans ke baandho ri
hans hans ke
dekho bandhan kahin khul jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na re ae
bairan ki najar lag jaaye na
raghunandan phere phiren
janak-nandini sang
ankhiyaan umad asheesh den
bahe jamun aur gang
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na re ae
bairan ki najar lag jaaye na
sone ki jhaariyaan re
chaandi ki thhaariyaan
ras ras ke bhojan
parosen kumaariyaan
sone ki jhaariyaan re
chaandi ki thhaariyaan
o dekho
dekho
chhedo na
banni sharmaaye na
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na re ae
bairan ki najar lag jaaye na
bhaabhi achala phalwati
bhaiyya achal suhaag
sudh budh meri so gayi
jaag uthhe hain bhaag
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na re ae
bairan ki najar lag jaaye na
sang raghunandan ke
seeta suhaaye re
jodi ko dekh jiya
balihaari jaaye re
balihaari jaaye re jiya
balihaari jaaye re
o o
kahin komal kali kumhlaaye na
najar lag jaaye na
najar lag jaaye na re ae
bairan ki najar lag jaaye na
nain band aanand se
khul gaye man ke dwaar
mangal bhiksha maangti
hari se haath pasaar
4 Responses to "Najar lag jaaye na"
September 1, 2014 at 9:39 am
Yep. Leela Mishra. Shammi Kapoor and Chand Usmani, Moni Chatterjee has father. The later was in Ganga Jamuna.
Shammi and Kishori are in love, marry and live in wedded bliss for a short period of time; they start having differences. Even the birth of a baby boy does not bridge their differences, and eventually Kishori leaves to go to live with her dad, Baba. Shammi and his mom keep the baby with them. Kishori misses the baby, and eventually falls to serious illness, which can only be cured when she has the baby with her all the time.
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September 1, 2014 at 9:53 am
Sharmaji,
Is it chhai kari badariya bairaniya ho ram; lag gayi ankhiya; balma ne man har leena; saari khushiya saath laayi; chandni ki palkhi me;
It could be: man sheetal naina sufal; sakhi ri darshan pyase nain
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November 21, 2014 at 7:39 pm
@ Atul ji – thanks for the lyrics, details, and finally unfolding the ‘mystery’ on the ‘Lyrics Credits’ of this movie.
Enjoyed the song too. After all it is composed by Dada Burman, and as rightly said by you Geeta Dutt has sung it with full ‘gusto’.
thanks !!
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September 1, 2014 at 7:39 am
Atulji,
She is Dulaari.
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