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Hum chaahen ya na chaahen
Posted on: June 17, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Hemant Kumar, on the 93rd anniversary of his birth (16th June, 2013).
An active career that lasted more than five and a half decades, Hemant Da is a voice that has left behind a luminous legacy of musical treasures to cherish. Starting his musical journey very early in his teens, it was 1933 when he first sang and recorded for All India Radio in Calcutta (then known as Indian State Broadcasting Service). He received his training in classical music at feet of Ustad Faiyaaz Khan, and was mentored in Rabindra Sangeet by two very close friends, both well known musicians themselves –Subhas Mukhopadhyay and Sailesh Duttagupta.
In his formative years, his father’s desire was for him to become an engineer. He even joined the Bengal Technical Institute at Jadavpur, but his passion for literature and music pulled him away from engineering in a very short time. In 1937, the Gramophone Company of India (GCI), contracted him, and that year he recorded his first non-film songs in Bengali. His non-film recordings became an annual feature with GCI, and continued till 1984. In 1940, he recorded his first Hindi non-film song – “Kitna Dukh Bhulaaya Tumne”. Gaining popularity with his non-film renderings, it was but natural that he started singing for films. The debut in Bengali films came in 1941, and in Hindi films, it was 1944 with the film ‘Iraada’ under the music direction of Pt. Amarnath.
In the mid 1940s, he joined the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA), and thence began a very strong friendship with the music director Salil Chaudhry. In the backdrop of Bengal famine of 1943, IPTA was active and a lot creative output came from this group based on this man made calamity that ravished Bengal. Salil Da wrote and composed a song “Gyaner Badhu”(‘The Rural Bride’), that told about the tribulations of an idyllic and caring rural housewife, whose entire world is ravaged by the scourge of the famine. This six minutes song was recorded in the voice of Hemant Da. The composition lacks the traditional Bengali romanticism and sweetness, and the song is built of sections of varying pace. The unexpected and unforeseen popularity of this song went on to establish Hemant Da as the leading male singer in Bengal.
His career as a music director is significantly impressive, and in the Hindi film world, he has composed music for 57 films. In Bengali cinema, his record is even more impressive – he scored the music for about 140 films. On the Hindi screen, his music has embellished many a wonderful films starting with ‘Anand Matth’ (1952), and on with ‘Shart’ (1954), ‘Jaagriti’(1954), ‘Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam’ (1962), ‘Kohraa’ (1964), ‘Bees Saal Baad’(1962), ‘Sannaata’ (1966), ‘Khamoshi’ (1969), ‘Anupama’ (1966), ‘Bin Badal Barsat’ (1963), ‘Faraar’ (1965), ‘Ek Jhalak’ (1957), ‘Do Dooni Chaar’(1968), ‘Miss Mary’ (1957), and many more.
The song I present here today is a wonderful memory from the 1971 film ‘Phir Bhi’, directed by Shivendra Sinha. The philosophical content of this song appealed strongly to the impressionable mind of the student that I was then. The thoughtful lyrics are from the pen of Pt. Narendra Sharma, and the mesh of music is woven by Raghunath Seth.
The words tell about the journey of life that is so much away from our control. We may fancy ourselves to be free spirits, yet the we are so bound by the passages of this life, of the decisive determinism of birth and death. Eventually, the impermanence of our smug arrogance and the futility of our flights of fancy, talks back to us in the face of the ultimate destiny that will eventually visit us all. And bounden we are, to travel this path, and meet our destination.
Things to think about.
Song-Hum chaahen ya na chaahen (Phir Bhi)(1971) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Pt Narendra Sharma, MD-Raghunath Seth
Lyrics
hum chaahen
ya na chaahen
humraahi banaa leti hain
hum ko jeevan ki raahen
hum chaahen
ya na chaahen
ye raahen kahaan se aati
ye raahen kahaan le jaati
ye raahen kahaan se aati
ye raahen kahaan le jaati
raahen dharti ke tan par
aakaash ki faili baahen
hum chaahen
ya na chaahen
humraahi banaa leti hain
hum ko jeevan ki raahen
hum chaahen
ya na chaahen
utraa aakaash dharaa par
tan mann kar diya nichhaawar
utraa aakaash dharaa par
tan mann kar diya nichhaawar
jo phool khilaana chaahen
hans hans kar saath nibaahen
hum chaahen
ya na chaahen
humraahi banaa leti hain
hum ko jeevan ki raahen
hum chaahen
ya na chaahen
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हम चाहें
या ना चाहें
हमराही बना लेती हैं
हमको जीवन की राहें
हम चाहें
या ना चाहें
ये राहें कहाँ से आतीं
ये राहें कहाँ ले जाती
ये राहें कहाँ से आतीं
ये राहें कहाँ ले जाती
राहें धरती के तन पर
आकाश की फैली बाहें
हम चाहें
या ना चाहें
हमराही बना लेती हैं
हमको जीवन की राहें
हम चाहें
या ना चाहें
उतरा आकाश धरा पर
तन मन कर दिया न्योछावर
उतरा आकाश धरा पर
तन मन कर दिया न्योछावर
जो फूल खिलाना चाहें
हंस हंस कर साथ निबाहें
हम चाहें
या ना चाहें
हमराही बना लेती हैं
हमको जीवन की राहें
हम चाहें
या ना चाहें
Aata hai dil pe pyaar kyun
Posted on: June 17, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Many Colors of Love #2
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लिखने वाला लिख गया है. . .
(and so the scribe has written. . .)
“Mohabbat Aisi Dhadhkan Hai Jo Samjhaayi Nahin Jaati”.
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Jam jam rahe meharbaan
Posted on: June 15, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sajjaad Hussain – the enigmatic genius of the industry. A self trained composer par excellence, for whom the venerated Anil Biswas has used the epithet of the “only original composer” in Hindi films. An artist whose composition have the capacity to surprise you and confound you at the same time. No other music director comes even close to creating the fusion of the spoken sound and the music so seamlessly and so beautifully, and one is left wondering at the depth of this genius as he will move from one arrangement to another one, as the song moves from one antaraa to the next one.
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Jhoom jhoom ke naache manwa
Posted on: June 15, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When Manoj Kumar approached him for lyrics and music for his film on the life of Bhagat Singh, the first thing he did was he traveled to Banga village in Punjab, and personally met with the Bhagat Singh’s moher, Mata Vidyawati ji. He talked with her about the legendary martyr, his childhood, his time in college, and as a freedom fighter. And the time he spent in the prison. From these reminiscences of Mata Vidyawati, the incredible poetry that emerged from the pen of this extraordinary poet became the iconic song of patriotic inspiration – “Tu Na Rona Ke Tu Hai Bhagat Singh Ki Maa. . .”.
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Hamaare sainyya daaroo pi ke aaye
Posted on: June 14, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Voice of Mukesh #20
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We are discussing songs sung by Mukesh, in the year 1947. In this year, the film ‘Do Dil’ was a veritable bonanza for Mukesh, with the music director Pt. Gobindram getting Mukesh to sing for as many as six songs. Three of these songs are solo, and three duets. On this blog, we have already posted the three solo songs, and two of the duets (with Suraiyyaa). Here is the third duet, and the sixth Mukesh song from this film. The accompanying voice in this song is that of Rajkumari.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The year is 1993. It is twenty five years now that the Dada Saheb Phalke award has been instituted. For the first time after twenty years of its inception, this prestigious award that represents a lifetime of significant contribution to the Indian cinema, is announced for a lyricist. And the recipient – Majrooh Sultanpuri.
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Chale aana sanam uthhaaye kadam
Posted on: May 24, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Raj Ratan is the name that I am not familiar with. This music director is making a debut on this blog today. When I came across this name as I checked on this song, it did not sound very familiar. I did some quick scanning of the Geet Kosh, but am not able to locate too much more work done by this composer. In the quick scan I did, I am able to pull up just two more films by him, and that too in the years far apart (‘Ramu Ustad’ in 1971, and ‘Madine Ki Galiyan’ in 1979). It appears as if he is a person who is active in the industry as an assistant music director, and has had an occasional opportunity to independently score music, as a music director.
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Pyaar jataa ke apna bana ke
Posted on: May 23, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Voice of Mukesh #18
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The year of 1947 was the most prolific yet for Mukesh. Having started his singing career for Hindi films in 1941, in the six years from 1941 to 1946, he had sung a total of 21 songs in eleven films. Of these, seven are solos and fourteen are duets. As far as incremental score is concerned, the years 1945 and 1946 were very good in comparison to the years from 1941 to 1944.
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Jhoomta muskuraata chal
Posted on: May 22, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Ah yes, a surprise it is. This post is being written, as I am at the home of Khyati ji, in Fountain Valley, California. I reached here just earlier in the evening today, and Khyati ji and her husband, Jagdish Bhai picked me up at the airport. Folks may remember from an earlier exchange, that we had some specific plans for ensuring that we recognize each other, when we would meet for the first time at the airport (since we have never met before). But these plans did not work out, as planned. 
I was supposed to be wearing a black trench coat, felt hat, and dark glasses, and carrying a red rose in my hand. And Khyati ji was supposed to be dressed like. . . well, without any description, I refer to the photograph she had shared in email.
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