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Blog Day :

5745 Post No. : 18267

“Daada”(1949) was produced by Sheikh Mukhtar and directed by Harish for Omar Khayyam Films Limited, Bombay. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Shyam, Munawwar Sultana, Begam Para, Mukri, Muraad, Ansari, Pratima devi, Maya Bannerjee, Cuckkoo, Shamshad Khan, Neela devi, Suraiyya Sultana etc in it.

“Daada”(1949) had ten songs in it that were penned by four different lyricists and sung by four singers. Nine songs from the movie have been covered so far.

Here are the details of the songs covered so far:-

SNo in Blog Song Title Singer/s Lyrics Posted On Remarks
4585 Chal chal chameli baag mein Shamshad Begam, G M Durrani Shewan Rizvi 8 September 2011
8444 Main boloon piya piya Surinder Kaur, Mukesh Shewan Rizvi 1 August 2013
8448 Tera kisi se pyaar thhaa Mukesh, Suriinder Kaur Shewan Rizvi 2 August 2013
8857 Saari duniya four twenty Mukesh, Surinder Kaur Shewan Rizvi 20 October 2013 Post by Sudhir jee
8906 Badi zulmi tamanna hai dil mein Shamshad Begam,Mukesh Majrooh Sultanpuri 30 October 2013 Post by Sudhir Jee
11593 Ae chaand tere saath to rehte hain sitaare Surinder Kaur Rafi Ajmeri 25 November 2015
13630 Aa jaao phir zara meri bigdi ko banaane Shamshad Begam, Surinder Kaur Majrooh Sultanpuri 4 October 2017
13644 Le duniya teri chhod chale Shamshad Begam Shewan Rizvi 10 October 2017
13815 Saath mere hain saanwariya Shamshad Begam Hussain Hyderabadi 16 December 2017

Here is the tenth and final song from the movie to appear in the blog. HFGK describes it as sung by Shamshad Begam and chorus. But the song has another female voice and a male voice. The female voice sounds like Surinder Kaur (who has sung other songs in the movie). I have not been able to identify the male voice though it sounds like Rafi to me. But then Rafi did not sing any songs in this movie.. This is the only song of the movie whose lyricist is not known.

I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the identity of the singers as well as that of the lyricist, and also picturisation.

The song is a fun playful song. I have not been able to get many words in the song to my satisfaction. I request our readers with keener ears to help fill in the blanks/ suggest corrections wherever applicable.

With this song, all the ten songs of “Daada”(1949) have been covered in the blog. The movioe thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.


Song-Jawaani ka zamaana come come dear(Daada)(1949) Singers-Surinder Kaur, Shamshad Begam, Unknown male voice, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-Nashaad

Lyrics

jawaani ka zamaana come
jawaani ka zamaana come
come come come
dear come come

chalo khelen kabaddi ham
ham
chalo khelen kabaddi ham
come come come
dear come come
kabaddi ham
kabaddi ham
kabaddi ee

jawaanee se ??
chali jaati hai jo pal pal
chali jaati hai jo pal pal
jab jab hook uthhti hai
phir chham chham se ?? hai
kahin ?? kahin madhyam
kahin ?? kahin madhyam
come come come
dear come come
chalo khelen kabaddi ham
ham
chalo khelen kabaddi ham
come come come
dear come come

chal beta aamchoo
aamchoo aamchoo
kaala badaamcoo
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
hoy
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui

titititi thai taam titaam taam titaam thhai thai

o o
chhum chhum kartee aaun
main aaun
o o
?? kar dil le jaaun
le jaaun
aur haath kabhi na aaun
sajaniya
??
are bam chiki chiki bam
bam chiki chiki
bam chiki chiki
bam chiki
hoye
hoye
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
hoy
hhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui

titititi taam titaam taam titaam thhai thai
rang laal ghodi
lagaam ??
rang laal ghodi
lagaam ??
?? zyaada
to chaal dikhaaye ghodee
o daudee daudee daudee
o duggi duggi dugg
o daudee daudee
?? ghodee
?? daudee
?? ghodee
?? daudee
teree meree jodee
??
aamchoo aamchoo
kaalaa badaam choo
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
hoy
hhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
aa aa aa aaa
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
hoy
chhua chhui
chhua chhui
chhua chhui


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

5722 Post No. : 18242 Movie Count :

4944

Hullo Atuldom

Heard a song this morning after almost 45-46 years.

It was from “Amar Shakti”(1978) which was produced by A.K.Nadiadwala & directed by Harmesh Malhotra. It had Sulakshana Pandit, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha leading the cast with Pradeep Kumar, Jeevan, Om Shivpuri, Ranjeet, Roopesh Kumar, Indrani Mukherjee, Alka, Murad, Birbal, B.M. Vyas etc. playing supporting characters.

Manjula who was from South India; active in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada films, played a banjaran character in the film. She was seen in a few Hindi films of the late 1970s.

The songs of “Amar Shakti” were written by Anand Bakshi & composed by Laxmikant – Pyarelal. Asha Bhonsle, Sulakshana Pandit, Chandrani Mukherjee, with Kishore Kumar & Mohd. Rafi being the male singers.

The story of the film was of the typical “lost and found” story, where there is also a royal family involved. Since it was the story of royals, inheritance etc there has to be a scheming Diwan & a sulking brother of the King- Jeevan & Pradeep Kumar played these characters. There is a Maharaj (Murad) who becomes ill on hearing of the assassination of his Yuvraj & his wife. The Maharaj is also poisoned to death, but somehow the young Rajkumars (sons of the Yuvraj I think) escape or are saved. They come back as grownups to regain their lost titles etc. Along the way, there are the usual twists & turns, where the brothers are unaware of the relation between them (to start with). Then one brother is in love with the traitor’s (who is the current Maharaj) daughter & is also the Senapati of the land. This naturally puts the brothers on opposite sides of the law, before they discover their identities & unite before the HAPPY ENDING. Very typical!!!!

Today’s song happens after the brothers have found each other. They are celebrating in the ‘kabeela’ which had given shelter to one of the brothers & the palace nanny (Indrani Mukherjee). The princess (Sulakshana Pandit) also joins the dance routine. The lady in the red costume is Manjula.

With this song we also remember the super sweet, cute, handsome, Shashi kapoor on what would have been his 86th birthday. He had worked in 4 films as child star (from 1948-53) before making his debut as an adult in ‘Dharmputra’ that released in 1961. He was about 23 then, but already married to Jennifer Kendall. It was ‘Jab Jab Phool Khile’ (1965) opposite Nanda that helped him find a place among popular actors of the 1970s & much of the 1980s.

He had acted in around 160 films before he took retirement from films sometime in late 1990s. He had acted in 12 English & 148 Hindi films – solo hero films were 61 & 53 were in multi-starrers. He was seen playing supporting characters roles in 21 films (has played father to Govinda, I remember). “Ghar Bazar” which released in 1999 was Shashi Kapoor’s last film, his was a special appearance in the film which released 10 years after it was completed.

Here is the song that shows the handsome Shashi Kapoor who was a good actor but an average dancer. Kudos to the choreographer for giving the heroes horses in the middle of the song and making things easy for them.


Song-Sabko pata hai ye sabko khabar hai (Amar Shakti)(1978) Singers-Kishore Kumar, Rafi, Chandrani Mukherjee, Anuradha Paudwal, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Kishore Kumar + Rafi
Male chorus
Female chorus
All chorus
Kishore Kumar+Rafi+ Chandrani Mukherjee + Anuradha Paudwal

Lyrics

hey ae

Aa hey ae
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

phir kaahe ka dar hai ae ae ae
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

tu meri jaan hai
tu mera jigar jaane jigar
sabko pata hai yeh sabko khabar hai
sabko pata hai yeh sabko khabar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

parbat uthhaa loon jo tu saath de
tu saath de
jo tu saath de
laa mere haathhon mein tu haath de
tu haath de
tu haath de

ho o o
bachpan mein toh saath khele nahin
khelenge abb hum akele nahin
abb saath apna zindagi bhar hai ae
maa ki duaaon mein
maa ki duaaon mein kitna asar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

humko kisi ki nazar na lage
nazar na lage
nazar na lage

mujh par lage
tum par na lage
tum par na lage
tum par na lage
ho o o o
kyun apne dushman saare banen

chhoote mehal banjaare banen
gham na kar
hamaari lambi umar hai
mehlon se bhi oonchaa
mehlon se bhi oonchaa aaj yeh sar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

kismat se tu mehmaan hai
mehmaan hai
mehmaan hai
hum pe bada tera ehsaan hai
ehsaan hai
ehsaan hai

o o o o
mujhko bhi tum apne kaabil karo
apnon mein mujhko bhi shaamil karo
yeh zindagaani ek safar hai
meree tumhaaree
meri tumhaari ek dagar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

aa hey
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai

amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai


This article is written by Dr PradeepKumar Shetty, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

5681 Post No. : 18196

Exactly one year back (on 6 February 2023) I debuted on this blog as a contributor. Then I had said to my ‘technical support’ Avinash ji, “I will be sending at least one post per month”. He had enthusiastically and encouragingly replied then, “Sir Ji, do it once a week. I am there with you.” It is one year or twelve months or fifty- six weeks now to that day and my contribution on the blog is total three posts only instead of ‘fifty-two’ posts :). These three posts includes the one recently posted on 22nd January this year on the pious occasion of Shree Ram Praan-pratishthha at Ayodhya (this was actually a hurriedly planned post and I had written it in around fifteen minutes or so).
I never stop wondering at the capacity of the regular (or frequent) contributors on the blog particulary like our Shri Arun ji, Sadanand Kamath ji, Peevesie’s Mom ji et al. Atul ji of course, goes without saying.

The song I am presenting today is the second song from the movie ‘Aadipurush-2023’. I have selected this song for two special reasons which are as given below.

1) My son’s name is Dr Shree Ram (named after his maternal grandfather, who was a highly respected doctor too.).
2) Secondly in the today’s song there is the voice of twenty-one singers featuring in it and these twenty-one singers have been officially credited for singing this song. This includes four female voices (Gwen Dias, Shazneen Arethna, Crystal Sequeira & Marianne D’Cruz Aiman) and seventeen male voices. One of the male voices is Atul Gogavale i.e. Atul of the music-duo Ajay-Atul.
So far we have some songs with eight or more singers (I mean established singers, of course) e.g. the song ‘saat saheliyaan (from Vidhaataa). And so far I think it is for a song from the movie ‘Katha-1982’ and ‘Dillagi-1999’.
But I think the today’s song is the only song in Indian Cinema where so many singers have been given credit and where so many singers’ voice is featuring in a song.

It is a beautiful devotional song. I find that there are other versions of this song available on YouTube (sung by Arijit Singh, Sachet-Parampara which probably are the ones not used in the movie).

‘AdiPurush’ was directed by Om Raut for ‘T-Series and Retrophiles Production’. Om Raut is also a co-producer of this movie along with Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Prasad Sutar and Rajesh Nair. The movie a ‘mythological action genre’ movie was based on ‘Ramayan’ by Valmiki or ‘Valmiki Ramayan’. The cast of this movie has actor Prabhas (‘Bahubali’ fame) playing Ram and actress Kriti Senon as ‘Janaki or Seeta’. The role of Ravana was played by actor Saif Ali Khan. Actor Sunny Singh and Devdatta Nage played the role of Lakshman and Hanuman (or Bajrang) respectively.

The other cast of this movie included Vatsal Sheth, Sonal Chauhan, Siddhant Karnik, Ayesha Madhukar, Tejaswini Pandit, Krishna Kotian, Sonali Khare, Lavi Pajni, Ajit Shidhaye, Asha Sharma, Urvi Singh, Bijay S. Anand, Neha Khan, Rehan Khan, Gaurav Walia, Manohar Pandey, Roopesh Jadhav, Kaustav Sinha, Saurabh Thakre, Prashant Uthale, Rajesh K. Salhotra and many others.

Om Raut the director of this movie also wrote the screenplay for this movie whereas the dialogues were written by Manoj Muntashir Shukla. Editing of this film is done by Apurva Motiwale and Ashish Mhatre.
‘Adi Purush’ had five sound tracks where the lyrics for all the songs are written by Manoj Muntashir. Music for four songs is composed by Ajay-Atul and one song is composed by Sachet-Parampara.

Today’s song is composed by Ajay-Atul and lyrics are by Manoj Muntashir Shukla. As mentioned above the song has voices of twenty one artistes featuring in it. For the interested readers I am giving below the names of these artistes or singers.

Atul Gogavale, Gwen Dias, Shazneen Arethna, Crystal Sequeira, Marianne D’Cruz Aiman, Umesh Joshi, Swapnil Godbole, Janardan Dhatrak, Vivek Naik, Santosh Bote, Devendra Chitnis, Yash Kulkarni, Mangesh Shirke, Anil Bhilare, Gaurav Dandekar, Siddhant Karawde, Rishikesh Patil, Ameya Paranjape, Vidit Patankar, Yashad Ghanekar, Prasad Manjrekar.

MNy thanks to Avinash ji for his technical support (as always).

Let us now listen to this devotional song. This song has an exhilirating Army march rhythm/ beats, befitting the march of Vanara sena to sri Lanka with the blessings of Shree Raam.
Video

Song-Jai shree Raam (Aadipurush)(2023) Singers-21 singers (names mentioned above), Lyrics-Manoj Muntashir Shukla, MD-Ajay Atul

Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)

Raam hare
Raam hare
karun param satya
Raam hare
Raam hare
karun param satya
dashrath nandan
bhaybhanjan shakal
Raam hare
Raam hare
karun param satya
Raam …

tere hi bharose hain ham
tere hi sahaare
duvidhaa ki ghadi mein
ye man tujhko hi pukaare
tere hi bal se
hai bal hamaaraa aa
tu hi karegaa
mangal hamaaraa
mantron se badhhke tera naam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
raaja Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
raaja Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
raaja Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam

thar tharaaye
dharaa jo
dhanush leke aataa hai tu
ya re ho
jo asambhav ko
sambhav kare
wo vidhaataa hai tu
ya re ho
suryavnashi janam se
o o o
aur raaja dharam se
o o o
jo lade saare dam se ae ae
wo tej tujhme bharaa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
vajr chhaati pe roke
ho o o
wo samudra ko toke (sokhe)
ho o o
jo rahe tera ho ke ae
ho ke rahe wo teraa

tere hi bal se
hai bal hamaaraa aa
vishwas tujhpe har kshan hamaaraa
tujhe se bhi badhh ke
tera naam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
raaja Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
raaja Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
raaja Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam
jai shree Raam


This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

5681 Post No. : 18195

Today’s Bhajan is from a Devotional film (भक्ति प्रधान ) – Bhakta Raj-1943. This was a film made by Jayant Desai Productions, Bombay. It was directed by Jayant Desai himself. The Lyricist was D.N.Madhok and the music was by C Ramchandra.

This was the first film of C.Ramchandra, as a well paid Music Director of Jayant Desai productions and also a steady beginning of his career. C.Ramchandra has written a very interesting account of those days in his Marathi Autobiography-‘ Mazya jeevanachi Sargam’ (माझ्या जीवनाची सरगम ). The date was 19-11-1942 and C.Ramchandra got married with his first wife ‘Ben’ aka Ratan Thakur. This was a love marriage and it was done against the wishes of both the families. They got married in the temple at Arya Samaj, in Matunga, Bombay. Only 3 friends were in attendance. One of them was his Best friend Master Bhagwan. After marriage they stayed in their 2-room tenement. In one room a friend stayed with his wife and in the other his mother and sister stayed. C.Ramchandra and his wife slept in the gallery for their First Night.

His mother and sister left him and he took another 2 room flat elsewhere for them. The Marriage brought good luck and Jayant desai called him to join his company as an MD, on a princely salary of Rs. 300 pm. His first film was Bhaktaraj in 1943. The film celebrated the Silver Jubilee. He did 5 films with Jayant Desai, namely Bhaktaraj, Zaban, Manorama, Lalkaar and Chandragupta. All these films were successful. It was Jayant Desai who changed his name from Ramchandra Narhari Chitalkar to C.Ramchandra, to suit the Cine Industry.
In 1946, he left Jayant Desai on the issue of increased salary and within a few days joined Filmistan at a salary of Rs. 1000pm. This change altered his life totally…….

The story of film Bhaktaraj-1943 was based on a character – Ambarish – found in Bhagwat Puran, in which King Ambarish ruled in Satyayug. Taking this name and a part of the original story, a new ” Khichdi” story was written for this film. The star cast of this film was Vishnupabnt Pagnis, Vasanti, Kaushalya, Mubarak, Kantilal, Nurjahan Sr. and many others. Vishnupant Pagnis was a popular star in those days. In 1936, Prabhat Film Company had made a Marathi film ” Sant Tukaram”, in which Vishnupant had played the role of Saint Tukaram. This film became very famous not only all over India but even abroad also.

Vishnupant Pagnis was born in a small place Chikodi, near Kolhapur, on 1-11-1892, in a lower middle class family. After formal education, he was assisted by Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur state to join a Drama company at the age of 10 years. He sang naturally, without any training from an expert. He was a popular artiste doing female roles, till his entry in films. He shifted to work in various drama companies including “Lalit Kaladarsh” of Mama Varerkar- a name connected with many Marathi and Hindi films of that time. In 1913, he floated his own company ‘ Jagchitradarsh ‘, only to wind up after two years in 1915. He continued working in dramas and doing female roles, for which he was famous in those times.

After a few years, he left drama acting. In 1920, he worked in a silent film, Surekha Haran. In this film V Shantaram had also acted. After this he worked as a Music Teacher in Municipal school at Girgaum in Bombay. After his wife died, he lived with his friend Petkar. They started a Gold Jewellery shop “Pagnis Petkar and Mandali” in Girgaon.

When Prabhat Film company planned to make Sant Tukaram, a search was undertaken for the main role and the main female role. This was in early 1936 and he was selected for the role of Tukaram, while a worker in the Prabhat company-Gauri – was selected as his wife. The Director duo of the film- Damle and Fattelal- were not happy about his selection, because his name was associated with female roles. But this became his strong point for the film in which he portrayed a soft, kind and loving Tukaram. He did the role so well that the film Sant Tukaram became an International Hit, in addition to running to full houses in Non Marathi areas like Madras Presidency, covering Andhra, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka and also in Bengal and Punjab. He became an actor in great demand for Saint films. After the film Sant Tukaram, hundreds of people used to crowd in his shop at Girgaum to pay respects and touch his feet as Tukaram. He also always dressed like Tukaram thereafter !

Vishnupant Pagnis worked in 4 more such films, namely Sant Tulsidas-39, Narsi Bhagat-43, Bhakta Raj-43 and his last film Mahatma Vidur-43. He also gave music to 2 films, Sant Janabai- 38 and Sant Tulsidas-39 (Marathi). These two and Mahatma Vidur were also made in Marathi language. His most famous film Sant Tukaram was released in Hindi only in 1948, but without his songs, because he had died on 3-10-1943. The MD- Snehal Bhatkar sang his songs in the Hindi version.

Vishnupant Pagnis did the immortal role of Tukaram in his first film and then lived the role throughout his life, though he did 4 more films in the same Genre of Saint films.His name became famous not only in India but also in other countries, when this film was hailed as “one of the 3 Best films in the world”at the Venice Film Festival, where it won accolades.

Records of his Bhajans from this film created records ( we too had these records in our house in the 40s.) Even today this film is shown and discussed in the film Institutes of many countries.Many books, essays and articles are published on this film. His performance as Tukaram has become a major reference-point in debates about Indian performance idioms: e.g. Kumar Shahani’s essay The Saint Poets of Prabhat, 1981; Geeta Kapur’s Mythic Material in Indian Cinema, 1987 etc etc.

In the film Bhaktaraj-1943, the queen’s role was done by actress Kaushalya. Kaushalya was born at Lucknow on 12-12- 1929. She was the daughter of the famous dancer Lachhoo Maharaj and actress Daya Devi. Being brought up in the house of dancer and actor, Kaushalya picked up Dance, Music and acting very early. She appeared as a child artiste in films from 1936, when she was just 7 year old. She worked in 11 films as a child artiste. After the film Devbala-38, she did roles in Bhole Bhale and Uski Tamanna-both in 1939, made by Sagar Movietone. She even sang in both films.

Then came films like Darshan and Ghar ki laaj, both 1941, and Baraat, Bharat milap, Rai Saheb, Station master and Swapna, all 42. The work poured on her till 1946, when she got married to a boy from Calcutta, when she had gone there to do films. After marriage she found it difficult to work in films, but continued for some more films, till her last film Ek Do Teen-1953.

In all Kaushalya acted in 27 films and sang more than 100 songs in about 35 films, in her short career. As a Heroine she had worked with Prithviraj Kapoor, Ulhas, Kumar, Ishwarlal, Trilok Kapoor etc.

Today’s Bhajan is sung by Visnupant Pagnis, Kaushalya and Kantilal. Enjoy….


Song- Prabhu aaye tore dwaare (Bhakt Raj)(1943) Singers- Vishnupant Pagnis, Lyricist-D.N.Madhok, MD- C.Ramchandra
Vishnupant Pagnis + Kaushalya + Kantilal

Lyrics

Prabhu aaye tore dwaare
Prabhu aaye tore dwaare
maare
maare haare
haare maare
maare haare
haare
de darshan bhakton ke pyaare ae
de darshan bhakton ke pyaare
Nand dulaare RaadheShyaam
Nand dulaare RaadheShyaam
bhajo pyaare pyaare naam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
bhajo pyaare pyaare naam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
bhajo pyaare pyaare naam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
bhajo pyaare pyaare naam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyam

Prabhu
raakhe tu jaako
Prabhu
raakhe tu jaako
koi maar sake na waako
koi maar sake na waako
toohi bhakton ka rakhwaalaa aa
toohi bhakton ka rakhwaalaa
jab jab bhaktan kare keertan
naache Nandlaala
jab jab bhaktan kare keertan
naache Nandlaala
bhola bhaalaa mora kaalaa
Brij ka gawaalaa aa
Brij ka gawaalaa aa
jab jab bhaktan kare keertan
naache Nandlaala
jab jab bhaktan kare keertan
naache Nandlaala
jab jab bhaktan kare keertan
naache Nandlaala
jab jab bhaktan kare keertan
naache Nandlaala

teree mahimaa jo gaaye
teree mahimaa jo gaaye
wo sada sukh paaye
wo sada sukh paaye
tum ho sab dukh taaranhaare
tum ho sab dukh taaranhaare
Nanddulaare RaadheShyaam
Nanddulaare RaadheShyaam
bhajo pyaare pyaare naam
RaadheShyaam RaadheShyaam
bhajo pyaare pyaare naam
RaadheShyaam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyaam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyaam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyaam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyaam RaadheShyaam
RaadheShyaam RaadheShyaam


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5680 Post No. : 18194

Hullo Atuldom

Beginning this post with a few thoughts that have been running through my head. What is the time or age to define something as old?

I have been observing people around me, for the last few years of my better half’s tenure, at his last workplace. I am saying “last workplace” as he has decided to call it a day; inspite of loving what he has achieved over the last 45 years. People consider him young enough to open up about their joys & sorrows. His colleagues cannot believe or don’t want him to hang his boots yet. Of course, I am very proud of all that his co-workers (he doesn’t call them subordinates) have to say about him.

Then there are residents in this colony who may be about the same age as my spouse but look so old & my deduction for that is ‘maybe because the concerned individual is not physically occupied with things that interest them; or because they have retired from their jobs & not kept themselves occupied; or simply that the individual has let himself/ herself be labelled old’. But when when I look at my spouses’ brothers who are nearing 70, still look like in their 50s & are sure they can pull wool over people’s eyes about their age.

The above are the points that made me think “how old is old? when is a person or thing old?”

Similarly, movies of what period are categorised as old, older, still older & oldest. Plus, our blog has one nomenclature of it’s own- “new by the standards of this blog.” 🙂

The song in today’s post falls into the bracket of NEW i.e. “Newer than the standards of this blog”. But it was released in 2002; that means it is 22 years old. That means for a section of followers of the blog it will be part of their growing up years; some would have seen the film with their young children; & some would have never heard of the film.

The film that I am speaking of is the 2002 released Anupam Kher directorial debut “Om Jai Jagdish”. It had an all star cast which was lead by Waheeda Rehman. Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Fardeen Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Mahima Chaudhary, Tara Sharma, played Waheeda Rehman’s family. Parmeet Sethi, Achint Kaur, Lillette Dubey, Raju Kher, Annu Kapoor, Rakesh Bedi, Shirish Sharma, Anjan Shrivastav, etc were in the supporting cast. Anu Malik was the music director with Sameer writing the 7 songs. Kunal Ganjawala, Sonu Nigam, Abhijit, Alka Yagnik, Hariharan, Shaan, KK, Udit Narayan, Hema Sardesai, and Kavitha Krishnamurthy were the playback singers used.
The story of the film is thus:

“Saraswati Batra (Waheeda Rehman) is the widowed mother of Om (Anil Kapoor), Jai (Fardeen Khan) and Jagadish (Abhishek Bachchan). Om is responsible and provides the income for the whole family. He works in a music company owned by his friend, Shekhar Malhotra (Parmeet Sethi). Jai is very ambitious (he wants to construct the world’s fastest car) and is studying in the United States. His education is paid by Om for which he has taken loan from Shekhar Malhotra. Jagadish is a college student who is very good with computers.

They all want different things and soon Om & Jai marry. Om marries the bubbly Ayesha (Mahima Chaudhry), an MTV VJ and Jai marries Neetu (Urmila Matondkar), the daughter of a rich NRI. Jagadish is in love with Pooja (Tara Sharma) who is from Bangalore; they meet at a college festival. When Jai clashes with Om’s values, they drift apart.

Soon Jai receives a promotion back in the United States and leaves with Neetu. Jagadish is caught computer hacking after trying to help a friend get the answers to a test and Om throws him out of the house as a result. Om, Ayesha and his mother have to leave the house after Om failed to pay the loan covering it. The three brothers are separated. Eventually, they all come together at the house auction to buy it back. Om is at the auction to see the winner and is surprised when Jagadish shows up to bid. He reveals that he used his hacking skills to create a program to block hackers instead. Jai comes at the end of the auction and bids more, which he got by selling his engine for the fastest car and realizes that his future is in India not in the United States. He doesn’t have enough so the three brothers combine their money to win back the house, but it isn’t enough. Finally, it is revealed that the CEO of the company that Jagadish made the hacking program bid for the house and won. Jagadish made a deal that the price of the house is the price of the program. The three brothers reunite and move back into the house.”

The above goes to show that it was a family-drama like those that were popular in the 60s.

Today’s song has the Batra matriarch (Waheeda Rehman) out on a picnic with her family. Alka Yagnik, Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan & Sonu Nigam give their voices to the song. With this we wish Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Waheeda Rehman (3rd February) on her birthday. She turned 86. Also Urmila Matondkar turned 50 yesterday (4th February). 5th February happens to be Abhishek Bachchan’s birthday, he turns 48.
After seeing the song I would like to know about “who is old older & oldest” among the cast of this film. 🙂


Song-Pyaar ka matlab rab hota hai (Om Jai Jagdeesh)(2002) Singers-Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Lyrics-Sameer, MD-Anu Malik
Chorus

Lyrics

pyaar kisi se
kab hota hai
jab hona ho
tab hota hai

pyaar ka kya
matlab hota hai
pyaar ka kya
matlab hota hai
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kisi se
kab hota hai

jab hona ho
tab hota hai

pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai

tak dhin tak dhin
tak dhin tak dhin
tak dhin dhin
tak dhin dhin
tak dhin tak

koi mehsoos kar ke to dekhe ise
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
khoobsoorat se bhi khoobsoorat hai ye
aa aa aa
khushboo ban ke ye saanson mein ghul jaata hai
dil ki bechainiyon ki zaroorat hai ye
hmmm
koi mehsoos karke to dekhe ise
aa aa aa aa
khoobsoorat se bhi khoobsoorat hai ye
aa aa aa aa
khushbu ban ke ye saanso me ghul jaata hai
dil ki bechainiyon ki zaroorat hai ye
iski dhadkan anjaani si
iska dard ajab hota hai
pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai

aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
lalalal
lalalalal
aa aa aa aa

naa subah kaa pata
naa khabar shaam ki
iski chaahat mein hai bas nasha hi nasha

koi maane naa maane
magar sach hai ye

sabse hoti hai ik baar aisi khata
naa subah kaa pata
na khabar shaam ki

aa aa aa aa
iski chaahat mein hai bas nasha hi nasha
aa aa aa aa
koi maane naa maane magar sach hai ye
sabse hoti hai ik baar aisi khata
iski pyaas pata chalti hai
jab honthon pe lab hota hai
pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai


This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5637 Post No. : 18126

Today’s song is from a film with a funny title – Dhobi Doctor-1954.

I said the title was funny because during our childhood, I remember, a Bogus doctor or an RMP doctor was called ‘Dhobi Doctor’, because he would wash off the patient with his money without curing him ! But this film had nothing to do with that and it only indicated that a person from a Dhobi family was a Doctor.

The 50’s decade was very significant, not just for films, but also for the entire nation.Having secured the independence after hundreds of years, India was in celebration mood as one United country and the people were trying to revive their traditions and values, which were buried under the foreign rules of first the Mughals and then the British. Both these rulers tried to destroy the ancient knowledge, arts, treasures and the progressive meaningful traditions of the Indians, before leaving them, the biggest blow being the Partition of the country. In Spite of all this trauma, reestablishing the lost culture and values was in full speed in the 50’s decade.

Hindi films, of course, reflected the mood of the people and films highlighting the aspirations and importance of values like the united joint families, respect for the elders, importance of education, building a casteless society, uplifting the forgotten arts etc. were made. Film Dhobi Doctor-54 was also an attempt to underline the principle that the Caste is no bar for education and becoming a respected part of the society. This was the story of a brilliant and determined boy from a Dhobi (washerman) family to become a Doctor so that he can save and serve those who were weak, poor and needy. The subject being a serious one, to balance the mood possibly, a comedy actor like Kishore kumar was selected as the hero. The 50’s decade was the best for Kishore. He did 44 films from 1951 to 1960, at an average of more than 4 films per year.

Kishore was a multifaceted artiste. His basic desire was to become a singer. Due to circumstances, he also became an actor, director, lyricist, music director and of course a singer. If you see his achievements in these fields, you will be amazed.
He acted in 95 films.
He directed 9 films.
He sang 2708 songs in 1190 films. He gave music to 11 films, composing 79 songs.
and he wrote 16 songs for 9 films.
He did a variety of films, roles and songs There will not be another artiste like him in many years to come. And he excelled in one more field – marriage. 4 marriages… first with Ruma Ghosh, second Madhubala, third Yogita Bali and fourth Leena Chandavarkar. Here too he was Unique !

Film Dhobi Doctor-1954 was made by Ranjit Movietone. It was directed by Phani Mujumdar (husband of actress Monica Desai) and the music was by Khayyam. Khayyam had started his musical career with the film Heer ranjha-48 with a pseudonym Sharma ji along with Vermaji (Rehman Verma). Later on for films Parda-49, Biwi-50, and Pyar ki baten–51 also he used the name Sharmaji. It was from the film Footpath-53, he started using his own name khayyam. The story of his name is interesting.

In one of the interviews Khayyam gave to Abhijit Desai in the 80s he narrated his first meeting with the Ranjit Boss Chandulal Shah,thus-
” When I got ‘ Footpath’,everyone knew that I had taken the name ‘Sharmaji’ for films.I had an appointment with Zia Sarhadi and Chandulal Shah,the owner of Ranjit-producers of ‘Footpath. Zia saab had already heard my tunes and he had liked my work.This was only a formal meeting.

Sethji was sitting on a big chair. ”unke woh safed bal aur trademark white coat bhi tha”. As soon as he saw me,he shouted at me loudly
“Asli nam kaya hai ? ” he had known about my name Sharmaji and he had felt it was not good.I knew this.So,when he shouted at me,I shouted even louder than him,” Mohammed Zahoor Khayyam Hashmi”
He liked Khayyam out of my full name, and he shouted double than me
” aaj se khayyam likho”.
The meeting ended there only and I came out wiping my sweat. ”

The film Dhobi Doctor cast was Usha Kiran, Kishore Kumar, Jagdeep, mehmood, Baby Asha parikh, Shivraj and many others. All the 7 songs of the film were written jointly by Sardar Jafri and Majrooh Sultanpuri. Unfortunately the only song that Kishore sang in this film was not recorded commercially and hence not available anywhere. Today’s song is sung by Ashima Banerjee, Premlata and Chandbala….all small-time singers.

In Mahabharat,there is a story that Ghatotkach-son of Bheem-created a Mayanagari,in which everything looked real,but was all imaginary.In India too BOMBAY was a Mayanagari for those,who thought that life was beautiful and enjoyable and that every happiness is available here.Millions of people came to Bombay,but not all were able to fulfil their Dreams.Very few-the lucky and fortunate ones-could achieve their goals in life here.

BOMBAY Film Industry was a Mayanagari.It lured one and all.Only a few could make it big in this ‘Make believe’ world of Cinema.Actors,Directors,Musicians,Technicians-all and sundry came here to try their luck.

1950 to 1970 was the Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.During this period,there was a deluge of Singers and Musicians from all over the country to try their luck. Few such singers,who attempted to establish themselves as Singers here.They had limited success.May be their Luck exhausted,may be their efforts were not enough or may be they were just not fit for a ‘Long Race’. After singing a few songs in films,they just faded away and today are not remembered by many.Some of the songs that came their way were really good,but……….

Ashima Banerjee was born in Comilla, East Bengal(now Bangla Desh) in 1936, but like many middle class Bengali families they too shifted to Calcutta.Ashima got Postgraduate training in classical music from Gyanprakash Ghosh and others and she got M.A degree. At the age of 18 years she came to Bombay, where her Mama was working as a technician in Ranjit studio.She got her first break in Ranjit’s BAHADUR-53.She sang 2 solos and a duet with Rafi.Surprisingly for a new comer,she got 4 more films in 1953 itself-Footpath,Khoj,Gul Sanobar and Naina.However her luck exhausted and she got 2 films in 54,1 each in 55 and 56 and few more till 1963.
She got married to Alok Mukherjee in 1960 and later in 1965 settled in Calcutta where she worked as a Musician in A.I.R.

Her selective Filmography is Bahadur, Gul Sanober, Khoj, Naina, Saaya, Sultana Daku, Dhobi Doctor, Haar jeet, Jungle ka Jaadu, Flying Horse etc.
She sang with Rafi, Talat, Shankar Dasgupta, Geeta Dutt, Chandbala,Ira Mujumdar, Asha etc.

More or less the same story of Premlata too. Badi Bahen-1949 became a Hit film due to its song. The best song was ” Chup chup khade ho, jarur koi baat hai” sung by Lata and Premlata. She sang many songs later but till the end she was known for this one song only.

She started her singing career with Char Din-1949 under the baton of Shyamsundar. In all she sang 43 songs in 22 films. Some of her films were, Badi bahen, Tara, Gharana, jeewan saathi, Dilti Naiya, Bhai Behan, Gazhal, Sholey, Dhuan, Footpath and Naghma. She also acted in small roles in 12 films.
She got married to Nashaad-MD and stopped singing and acting totally. She was converted to Islam and named Shaukat Ara Begum. She migrated to Pakistan with Nashaad in 1962 In Pakistan Nashaad did 64 films, but she remained a housewife only, till death.

Singer Chandbala acted in 3 films and sang 18 songs in 11 films. Nothing more is known about Chandbala.

The story of the film Dhobi Doctor-1954 was given by our Sadanand Kamath ji, a few years ago, as published in the issue of Film India issue of 24-1-1954. Here it is….

Ramu (childhood role played by Jagdeep) is the son of a poor Dhobi, Mahadeo. Ramu is smart and intelligent. His elder sister, Lakshmi is very proud of her younger brother. Every evening, Lakshmi walks through the fields to pick him up from the school for back home.

One day, Lakshmi falls ill. Mahadeo has no money to bring a doctor to the village. Having ranked top in his class in the school examination, Ramu has to attend to a prize distribution ceremony. But Lakshmi cannot accompany him as she is ill. After the prize distribution ceremony, Ramu returns home quickly to show his Didi the books he received as the prize. He finds that his Didi is dead. Choked with grief, he asks his father as to why Didi died. Mahadeo has no answer except that he was so poor that he could not afford to call a doctor. The broken-hearted Ramu vows that he would become a doctor and treat free the poor in the village.

Mahadeo works hard to earn more money for the fulfillment of Ramu’s dream. In the school, Ramu is taunted by some of his rich classmates for a dream of a poor Ramu of becoming a doctor but he is indifferent to the taunts. Ramu’s hard work and his father’s struggle bring fruits. He finishes his school with good performance and gets admitted to the medical college.

Ramu’s aptitude for medical studies attracts the attention of the Vice- Principal, Professor Tripathi. He takes a greater interest in Ramu’s studies. Ramu becomes a doctor. Professor Tripathi helps him further in his practice by placing his laboratory at Ramu’s disposal. He also allows Ramu to study in his residence since his house in the village is far-off. Professor Tripathi has a young daughter, Uma (Usha Kiran) who plays pranks with Ramu. Gradually, Uma falls in love with Ramu. However, he is shy to reciprocate the love. Moreover, he is aware that he is the son of a poor Dhobi and Uma is the daughter of a rich father. There is a struggle between his heart and the realities of the situation. However, at the end, they unite after overcoming the stumbling block of the society.

Here is the song sung by 3 aspiring singers…..enjoy…..


Song-Aa utre hamaare dwaare (Dhobi Doctor)(1954) Singers- Premlata, Ashima Bannerjee, Chandbala, Lyricist- Majrooh Sultanpuri and Sardar Jafri combined, MD- Khayyam

Lyrics

ek do teen chaar
akad bakad bambe bo
gori kaalu champa ram
assee nabbe poore sau

aa utre hamaare dwaare
chanda pyaare
khelen aankh michauli aankh michauli saare
aa utre hamaare dwaare
chanda pyaare
khele aankh michauli aankh michauli saare

so jaa kaalu ped ke peechhe
ped ke peechhe
so jaa kaalu ped ke peechhe
gori bhaag bichhaune mein
chanda maamu chor banenge
chanda maamu chor banenge
chhup jaana munh kone mein
phir dhoondhen haath pasaare
chanda pyaare
khele aankh michauli aankh michauli saare
aa utre hamaare dwaare
chanda pyaare
khelen aankh michauli aankh michauli saare

tukur tukur kya dekh rahe ho
baithhe baagh na peechhe
tukur tukur kya dekh rahe ho
baithhe baagh na peechhe
jaao tumhen hum jaan gaye
tum kya utroge neeche
hum jeet gaye
hum jeet gaye
tum haare
chanda pyaare
khelen aankh michauli aankh michauli saare
aa utre hamaare dwaare
chanda pyaare
khelen aankh michauli aankh michauli saare


This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5629 Post No. : 18118

Today’s song is from the film Zindagi-1956. Films with the same title were made in 1940,47,56,64,77 and 2001. The word Zindagi was in 10 film titles till 2011.

Man has always been curious about the unknown future. For this he took refuge in consulting astrologers, palmists, numerologists, mantriks, priests and anyone who had the celestial powers. How far is Astrology reliable ? Is it a science or just an eye wash ?

My family had many astrologers. My Grandfather was a well known Palmist. My father, though he was a practicing criminal cases lawyer of the High court, was an expert astrologer. My elder brother specialised in Numerology and I became a student of Indian astrology. I say ‘Indian astrology’ because there is also astrology studied in western countries. Not many people know that western astrology is based on the Sun’s movement and it is called ” SAYAN ” system.The Indian astrology is based on Moon’s movements and it is called “NIRYAN ” system. Though the Sun does not move, only the Earth moves, for calculation purposes, relative placement of the Sun in 24 hours is called the Sun’s movement.

I have studied Indian Astrology for more than 50 years. When I was at Poona in the late 70’s, I was bestowed the title of “Jyotish Praveen” by Maharashtra’s highest Astrological Institute. I had a good collection of books on Astrology in Marathi, Hindi and English. My name and fame as an astrologer spread among relatives and friends’ circle. I enthusiastically practiced free astrological services to whosoever approached me. Based on the rush of visitors for this purpose, I must have been a reasonably reliable astrologer, I guess. Of late, since a few years I have given up this practice, as I am into old films and songs work. I have recently donated all my books to an emerging young astrologer from an interior town in Maharashtra. So, knowing about Astrology myself, I can definitely claim that Yes, Astrology is a science, not Hoax. Ofcourse, there will be people who do not believe in Astrology. So be it.

You must be wondering why I am elaborating on this . This is because the story of today’s film” Zindagi”-1956 is based on astrological predictions. At the end of the film, the Astrology expert says ” Astrology lost the faith of people due to those people who practiced it with half knowledge.” This is applicable to any other science, like Medicine, for example.If you go to an R.M.P. Doctor, who does not have much knowledge, can you get well ? Or do you have complications ? One great rule every wise astrologer follows is to Never predict about Death. Film Zindagi-1956 stresses this point in a very interesting way.

The film was directed by C.L.Dheer, who directed only 3 films – Bahu beti-53, Zindagi-56 and Aalingan-74. The music was by Mohd. Shafi, a one time assistant to Naushad for 14 years. He gave music to 19 films as Mohd. Shafi and to 7 more films as Shafi M. Nagri. These were all B and C grade films. Kaifi Azmi and R.M.A.Khan wrote the songs. The cast was Geeta Bali, Jaswant, Vijayalakshmi, baby Naaz, Gulab, Rasheed Khan, Krishnakant, Tuntun and others. The story of the film was….

Nandini was to get married to Amar. The astrologer was called to fix the date of marriage. After a lot of calculations the Astrologer declared the date 21st may, but not for marriage. This was a date on which Nandini was going to die. The parents had a great shock. Nandini, who was listening to all this from half a closed door, was devastated with this announcement. Parents did not know that Nandini had heard this. They hide it from her and anyway declare that the marriage date is fixed. Nandini and Amar start meeting and singing songs etc, as usual. But Nandini has taken a decision and as per that she fights with Amar on flimsy grounds and breaks the marriage. Amar was truly in her love. He gets shocked. Nandini’s friend Meera meets Amar to console him. They keep meeting, fall in love and declare that they want to get married. Nandini is devastated but knows about her death, so gulps all this.
The date of 21st May arrives. In the morning Nandini finishes all her work and writes her last letter to parents. The night comes . She is waiting for the time 12 midnight when she will die. When the clock nears 12, she hears steps outside. She is ready to welcome Yamraj. The clock bangs 12 strokes, the door opens and she closes her eyes. The room is lit. She opens eyes and finds Amar, Meera and her parents smiling at her. Nandini is confused. They all clap. Amar explains that he found out that the astrologer was a bogus person. Amar contacted another well known astrologer who saw her horoscope and said that she will not die but have a long life.
Amar and Meera explain that they did all the drama of their love and marriage. Amar said he will only marry Nandini. They did all this to make her realise that the Death can not be predicted by anyone and one has to have self confidence. At the end all is well and Amar weds Nandini.

Vijayalakshmi was an actress who is known to many, but her details are not known to many Here is her short bio, mainly based on her interview by Sudarshan Talwar ji and my notes.

Born Kamla Verma, in a tiny, unpublicized town called Nagina, in Uttar Pradesh, the twenty five year old Vijayalakshmi left her birthplace when only five months old.

She did her schooling in Mussoorie, where she was a boarder, her parents’ home being in Kotah. The war scare made her parents recall her while she was doing her Junior Cambridge, and she eventually matriculated from Delhi.

Both her parents being doctors (her father an eminent surgeon), Vijayalakshmi naturally drifted to the study of science in college at Agra, although she admits to being indifferent where the medical profession was concerned. After the Inter-Science examination, she was found to be under age for entrance to the medical college. So she did a third-year course in science and during this period was “discovered” for films.

In 1947, while still at college, Vijayalakshmi was offered a contract by a film company. Taken with the idea of becoming a film star, she told her parents about it.

Her father objected strongly (he still hasn’t reconciled himself to his daughter’s choice of profession), but her mother stood by the little girl.

“My mother has a habit of giving in to me on most occasions,” said Vijayalakshmi with a grateful smile. “And it was she who signed the contract on my behalf, because I was still under age.”

Vijayalakshmi came to Bombay, with a contract to work exclusively for the film company which had engaged her. Unfortunately, the film was never completed. But while she was in Bombay, Kamal Amrohi spotted her talent and invited her to work in “Mahal” which he was making for Bombay Talkies.

Then she went back to her home in Kotah, later to come back with her aunt to settle in Bombay – her mother being unable to accompany her because of her medical practice.

“Mahal”, in which she played “the other woman”, was a great success and Vijayalakshmi went on to make good in other films: “Shadi Ki Raat”, “Sagai”, “Bhola Shankar”, “Murliwala”, “Gohar”, “Bahu Beti”, “Bawre Nain”, “Gunah” and Raj Kapoor’s “Aah”.

Vijayalakshmi doesn’t really mind playing “the other woman,” but it is her contention that really good seductive roles are not forthcoming in Indian films. Besides, she feels that critics and audiences alike have liked her more in her “good girl” roles.

In “Aah” she once again played “the other woman.” “But that is because I have a great regard for Raj Kapoor,” she adds.

Listing her other preferences, Vijayalakshmi says that Nargis and Geeta Bali are her favorite stars, while she considers Ashok Kumar to be an outstanding actor. She has worked with both Ashok and Raj Kapoor and would like some day to be co-starred with Dilip Kumar.

Frank and outspoken, Vijayalakshmi is of the opinion that the Film Industry is no place for a girl to be entirely on her own, especially in matters of business. Now that her mother has retired and has joined her in Bombay, she consults her mother about her contracts. Recently, Vijayalakshmi entered into matrimony – with unfortunate results. Speaking frankly about her hasty marriage and her divorce, she said with head held high, “I am not ashamed of it.” And it seems to be with her a case of “once bitten, twice shy,” for Vijayalakshmi says she won’t soon think of marriage again.

She is Vaijyalaxmi, who started her career in Hindi films perhaps around late 1940s and Shanti (1947) might be her debut Hindi film. She gained prominence with Mahal (1949) where she was cast as Ashok Kumar’s jilted wife. Later, she kept on playing supporting roles in many films including Bawre Nain (1950), Aah (1953) [where she played Nargis’ elder sister], Toofan (1954), Marine Drive (1955), Tatar Ka Chor (1955) and Mughal-e-Azam (1960). She also played the lead in few films including Rishta (1954) where her role got favorable reviews as “a beautifully balanced role, very well sustained. Vijayalaxmi is utterly charming as the unfortunate bride and plays the part with sympathy, understanding, poise and grace.” Although mostly cast in supporting roles, she did bag some of the best songs composed in Hindi films including Khayalon mein kisi ke is tarah aaya nahin kartey (Bawre Nain), Ghabra kai jo hum sar ko takrayien to acha ho (Mahal, 1949) and Sunte the naam hum jinka bahaar sai (Aah, 1953).

She has acted in 45 films. Her first film was Shanti-1947 and her last appearance was in the film Kalakaar-1983.

Today’s song is sung by Balbir, Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar. Enjoy….


Song-Hamaari dawaai le lo (Zindagi)(1956) Singers- Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Balbir, Lyricist- Kaifi Azmi, MD- Mohd. Shafi
All

Lyrics

hey
Vrindavan se jadi mangaayi
himalaya se booti

aur Kaashi jee ne dhoyee bhigoyee
Ayodhya mein khoti
arre ?? chandrma
peethhi chhaani
?? chandrma
?? chhaani
jad se ?? sukhaayi

chaalis ?? amrit daalaa
tab ye banee hai dawaai
hamaari dawaai le lo
suno bade bhai le lo
hamaari dawaai le lo
suno bade bhai le lo

hamaari dawaai le lo
suno jee bade bhai le lo

hamaari dawaai le lo
suno jee bade bhai le lo

jiski naadi thhaam lo ik din
kabhi na achcha howe baabu
kabhi na achcha howe
aur dard na jaaye
chain na aaye
muft mein paisa khoye
babu muft mein paisa khoye
kadwi kadwi bike dawaai ee ee ee
kadwi kadwi bike dawaai
diya fakeera roye
bade aaye
chal hatt
bade aaye
dawaai le lo jee

hamaari dawaai le lo
suno bade bhai le lo

hamaari dawaai le lo
suno bade bhai le lo

hamaari dawaai le lo
suno jee bade bhai le lo
hamaari dawaai le lo
suno jee bade bhai le lo

ho o o o
raaje kya maharaaje kya
aejee kaise saadhu jogee
sun lo

kaise saadhu jogee
arre vaidh na dekha hoga
aisee dawa na dekhee hogee

aisee dawa na dekhee hogee
arre chamcha bhar ke jise pilaa do o o o o
chamcha bhar ke jise pilaa do
rog rahe na rogee
bade aaye
jaa jaa
kahaa maano dawaai le lo jee
hamaari dawaai le lo
suno bade bhai le lo

hamaari dawaai le lo
suno bade bhai le lo

hamaari dawaai le lo
suno jee bade bhai le lo
hamaari dawaai le lo
suno jee bade bhai le lo


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

5622 Post No. : 18106 Movie Count :

4862

Hullo Atuldom

Just like my previous post, here is a look at the posts on the blog on This Date That Year (viz on 9 December 2013):-

Song Movie (Year) Remarks
Gori tere liye sabka jiya doley Shamsheer (1953) post by Arukumarji. Oonly one song till now from this movie
Ik baat suni hai chaachaa jee batlaane waali hai Naram Garam (1981) my post. three out of six songs have been posted so far

That means, on that day, there were only two posts, which were posted after 8 p.m. Must have been a really long and busy day for Atulji. Because, if I remember correctly, those days, Atulji used to make his first post almost at the break of dawn; he still does that.

The song that I had posted was for wishing the Tall & Handsome (in his own unique way) Shatrughan Sinha on his birthday, which was listed on various sites (at that time) as 9th December. Last year, i.e. 2022, I came across some sites giving the date of birth as 16th July 1946. But then, there were some videos posted on YouTube, in December 2022, showing the birthday celebrations of this hugely popular celebrity, actor, producer, who went on to become a Member of the Indian Parliament first as a Rajya Sabha member & later he also became a Lok Sabha member after he contested & won the elections. I found HMV /SaReGaMa’s Youtube channel has released a list of popular Shatrughan Sinha songs today also.

I am writing this post based on the listings on our blogs’ ANNIVERSARY DATES Page.

He was born in Patna as Shatrughan Prasad Sinha as the fourth son of a Doctor father and homemaker mother. After graduation from Patna & a diploma from FTII he landed in Bombay with dreams of being an actor. He was first seen in ‘Sajan’ (1969) though he signed Dev Anand’s ‘Prem Pujari’ first. ‘Prem Pujari’ was his first release of 1970, a year that also saw him in ‘Chetna’, ‘Ek nanhi Munni Ladki Thi’, ‘Khilona’, ‘Raaton Ka Raja’, ‘Holi Aayi Re’ etc. In the next few years we saw him play characters with grey shades & he was appreciated. He even got to sing a few songs to the heroine or with the main hero- remember ‘sharbati teri aankhon ki’ in ‘Blackmail’, ‘pyar ka samay kam hai jahan’ in ‘Rampur Ka Laxman’ to just list a few. His first big hit came in 1976 when he played “Kalicharan” in Subhash Ghai’s film of the same name. He is one of the actors of mainstream Indian cinema who held his own ground in the late 1970s & the 1980s when Amitabh Bachchan was the reigning star. He had many solo-hero-hits in that period, i.e. after ‘Kalicharan’.

I really don’t know which was the first movie, of this actor, that I appreciated. But I know for sure that I liked him in Dulal Guha’s ‘Dost’ (1974) as a petty thief & expert lock breaker who is reformed by Dharmendra. Particularly in the climax scene, where he opens a huge wall-safe with one hand, as halfway through the movie his right hand gets amputated. Before ‘Dost’ Shatrughan Sinha had played Dharmendra’s friend in ‘Blackmail’ who helps him in getting married & then tries to get the wife to cheat on her husband.

We normally speak of actors successful pairing with their heroines. Then some actors act in multi-hero films which are super successful. We can think of movies with Amitabh Bachchan- Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna- Dharmendra, Jeetendra- Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan- Shatrughan Sinha in this category. But when I ran through Shatrughan Sinha’s films and I found the following list of films where he was a hero along with Dharmendra.

S No Movie (Year)
1 ‘Blackmail’ (1973)
2 ‘Jheel ke Us Paar’ (1973)
3 Dost (1974)
4 Kehtey hai Mujhko Raja (1974)
5 Santo Banto (Punjabi) (1976)
6 Dillagi (1978)
7 Putt Jattan De (Punjabi) (1983)
8 Teesri Aankh (1982)
9 Qayamat (1983)
10 Jeene nahi Doonga (1984)
11 Insaniyat ke Dushman (1987)
12 Loha (1987)
13 Aag Hi Aag (1987)
14 Zalzala (1988)
15 Mahaveera (1988)
16 Ganga Tere Desh Mein (1988)
17 Shehzaade (1989)
18 Hum se na Takrana (1990)
19 Taaqat (1995)
20 Zulm-o-Sitam (1998)
21 Yamla Pagla Deewana: phir se (2018)

That list has 21 films where the two heroes have screen time together. I have not added Manmohan Desai’s ‘Naseeb’ in there as the actors don’t share screen time. I have also not added the 1969 released Pyar Hi Pyar in which Shatrughan Sinha is supposed to have faced the camera. I really enjoyed seeing Dharmendra & Shatrughan Sinha in ‘Yamla Pagla Deewna: Phir se’ specially in the court room scene. The love that the two actors have for each other is evident in every shot. They also try & dance in the song that plays with the end credits.

“Loha” which released in 1987 was a multi starrer which was produced by Salim Akhtar, & directed by Raj N. Sippy. The dialogues for the film were by Kadar Khan. Music directors were Laxmi-Pyare & Farooq Qaisar was the lyricist. Anuradha Paudwal, Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnk, Shabbir Kumar, Shailendra Sing, Suresh Wadkar & Mohd Aziz were the playback singers used.

There were three heroes- Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Kunal Kapoor (Shashi Kapoor’s son); two heroines- Mandakini, Madhavi & three BADMEN (villains)- Amrish Puri, Kadar Khan, Raza Murad; with a few known faces as henchmen-Tej Sapru, Macmohan, Roopesh Kumar, Goga Kapoor, Sudhir, Bhushan Tiwari. Jagdish Raj, Anjan Shrivastav, Yunus Parvez, Joginder, Vikas Anand, Ram Mohan, etc were the other male character artists. This is a film which is repeatedly aired on one-or-other satellite channels but I am yet to see it. If & when I see it I shall find out if there were any female character artist as well as any dancing queens like Helen, Bindu, Jayshree T., Leena Das, etc etc etc.; such a movie generally has one of these as there are so many BADMEN that there is every chance of a cabaret, mujra or item number. Need to see the film to know this.

The song with this post has Shatrughan opening in Suresh Wadkar’s voice, Karan Kapoor joins in Shailendra Singh’s voice. The song is almost like a debate about ‘paisa bada ya bhagwan bada’; Dharmendra begins with the stand that ‘bhagwan paise se bada’ in Mohd Aziz’s voice. There is lead lady dancer in a Maharashtrian saree who I cannot identify.

With this post we also wish our Dharam Paaji a.k.a. Garam Dharam (as he used to be addressed once upon a time) a very Happy Birthday (even if a day late). He turned 88 yesterday (8 December). These days he is a contented grandfather who is occasionally seen on reality shows as special guest along with ladies who had once played his heroines. He also acts & his last release was a film called “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani” where Jaya Bachchan played his family & Shabana Azmi played his ‘samdhan’. That is a film on my wishlist for the sake of the old-timers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Two Heroes who are charmers.


Song-Eesa peer na moosa peer sabsa bada hai paisa peer (Loha)(1987) Singers-Suresh Wadkar, Shailendra Singh, Md Aziz, Lyrics-Farooque Kaiser, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Suresh Wadkar + Shailendra Singh

Lyrics

hum gareebon ne tera raaz nahin hai khola
seth ki jeb mein paise ne
seth ki jeb mein paise ne
chhanak kar ye bola
kya bola
eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer
eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer

arre sabse bada hai paisa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer
eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer
eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer

yaaron jab maine dharam kaante mein sabko tola
sab to chup thhe magar
sab to chup thhe magar
dil ne tadap kar bola

kya bola
rupaiya peer na paisa peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer
rupaiya peer na paisa peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer

eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer
eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer

paisa pyaara pandit ji ko
paisa pyaara mulla ko
paisa pyaara pandit ji ko
paisa pyaara mulla ko

arrey paisa dekar neki khareedo
daan hai pyaara allah ko
paise mein hai laakhon buraai
aag isi ne saari lagaai
paisa jad hai har jhagde ki
isne ladaaye bhai bhai

o yaar pachhtaayega
yaar pachhtaayega
paise ki buraai mat kar
tu nahin jaanta
paise ka ajab hai chakkar
chakkar
bhai kya hai
arey bhai kya hai
paisa ho to mil jaati hai heer

rupaiya peer na paisa peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer

eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer

paisa aurat aur zameen
duniya ke hain dushman teen
seth ko darr hai income tax ka
chain se soye gangaadeen

o paisa gora hai ya kaala
koi nahin ye poochhne waala
master chaabi paisa hi hai
khol raha hai sabka taala

o paise waali hai to kaali bhi lage hai gori
sone chaandi mein to budhhiya bhi lage hai chhori
chhori
paisa ho to
arey paisa ho to kaani ka bhi lag jaata hai teer

rupaiya peer na paisa peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer

arre eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer

paisa naach nachaata hai
paisa geet sunaata hai
paackit mein gar dekh le paisa
chaand zameen par aata hai

saare kadke ullu hain
ullu hain
budhhiman bhi buddhu hain
buddhu hain
paise ki hai izzat warna
laala ji bhi lallu hain
doston paise ko ek zuroorat jaano
is’se badh jaaye to hoti hai museebat maano
saadhu pe bhi kar de jaadu
paise mein hai wo taaseer

eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer

rupaiya peer na paisa peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer
sabse bada hai moosa peer

eesa peer na moosa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer

rupaiya peer na paisa peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer

sabse bada hai paise peer
sabse bada hai eesa peer
sabse bada hai paisa peer
sabse bada hai moosa peer


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

5585 Post No. : 18059

Hullo Atuldom

The roots of the Carnival in Goa date back to the introduction of Roman Catholic traditions during the Portuguese conquest of Goa, & is being celebrated since the XVIII century. After the end of Portuguese rule, the Brazilian version of the festival was imposed by Timoteo Fernandes in 1965, a Goan musician who modeled it after the famed Rio Carnival. This was done to attract more tourism. Today, the urban parade includes floats from local villages, commercial entities, and cultural groups. It is still organised in a very traditional manner, including staging of streetside local plays, in the coastal taluka of Salcete.

The Carnival usually starts off on Fat Saturday (known as Sabado Gordo) and concludes on Fat Tuesday (known as Shrove Tuesday), just before Ash Wednesday and the first day of the Catholic season of Lent. In Panjim, the capital of Goa, the festival is complemented by Grape Escapade, a local wine festival, and a dance at Samba Square in the centrally-located Garden of Garcia da Orta.

According to local tradition, during Carnival Goa is taken over by King Momo, usually a local resident who presides over the festival during the four-day span. King Momo traditionally proclaims the Konkani message Kha, piye aani majja kar (English: “Eat, drink and make merry”).

I am sure that the readers will have more information regarding this festival of Goa, & I expect our very own Sadanand Kamathji to enlighten us further.

Any idea why this sudden interest towards the Goan Carnival ? Well today’s song shows the parade that accompanies the Carnival.

The song was composed by Anu Malik (DOB 02/11/1960) & sung by Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Hema Sardesai & Jolly Mukherjee. Nitin Raikwar was the lyricist. We can see Puneet Vashisht (who mouths the opening lines of the song), Ali Asgar, Priya Gill (makes her entry dressed in Egyptian costume), Sushant Singh, Vivek Vaswani etc. dancing merrily alongside Aishwarya Rai. The song is shot outside the church in Panaji which has featured in numerous films. (I tried visiting it on my last trip to Goa, but it was closed for renovation).

The song happens at the beginning of the climax. Shahrukh Khan gets to know the truth about his father, mother etc. from Nadira.

During the course of looking up material for this post I discovered that Puneet Vashisht & Harsh Vashisht (who played a blink and miss role in ‘Baghban’) are the children of character actor Brahmachari whose birth name was Murari Lal. (I feel our in-house encyclopedia will be able to give us more on Brahmachari).

We are having this lively song to have a party like feeling as it is our Sudhirji’s birthday. Wishing you a very very very happy birthday Sudhirji. May you find time to revive all the series that you had begun.

We also wish Shahrukh Khan & Anu Malik on their birthday today. Plus Belated wishes to the Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai who turned 50 on 1st November.


Song-Zinda hain hum to tere hi love se(Josh)(2000) Singers-Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Hema Sardesai, Jolly Mukherjee, Lyrics-Nitin Raikwar, MD-Anu Malik

Lyrics

aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah

tere re re raa re ree
ree rar raa re raa raa re
aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah

zinda hain ham to
tere hi love se
nahin to mar jaata
darling ham kab se
dil na todo
munh na modo
o maria
haan
o maria
zinda hain ham to
tere hi love se
nahin to mar jaata
darling ham kab se
dil na todo
munh na modo
o maria
haan
o maria

itna maska nakko maaro hamen
aisi baaton se dar lagta hamen
tum pyaar kaise bolo karega
darta hai kyun maria
aila saala hampe marta hai ye
lagta hai love hamko karta hai ye
kyu na karega
ham to kahega
tumsa nahin maria
zinda hain ham to
tere hi love se
nahin to mar jaata
darling ham kab se
dil na todo
munh na modo
o maria
haan
o maria

ru ru ru ru
ru ru ru ru
ru ru ru ru
ru ru ru ru
ru ru ru ru
ru ru ru ru
ru ru ru ru
ru ru ru ru

o saheba tum bhulaana nahin
dil mein aake door jaana nahin
dil jo liya hai
dil bhi diya hai
bevafa ham nahin
ho dil jo darega
ham kuchh kar jaayega
lagta hai ham to mar jaayega
tumse mohabbat hamko hai kitna
kaise kahen maria

aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
re re re re re re re re re re
yeah
aah aah u aah
aah aah u aah
o maria
o maria


This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

5581 Post No. : 18054

#The Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # (Shirdi Ke Saainbaabaa-1977)
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Today’s song is from the film ‘Shirdi Ke Saainbaabaa-1977’. I have earlier presented a song from this movie which has been close to my heart since many years, and had shared lyrics for one song from this movie which I liked very much. This movie has some good songs and a few of them have been permanently embedded in my memory ever since I watched it in ‘1977’. I vaguely remember to have watched this movie with my younger brothers and cousins at Akola . This must in the summer vacations of that year ‘1977’. Also, I vaguely remember that this movie was given a ‘tax free’ status.

From the year ‘1977’ I remember to have watched movies like ‘Agent Vinod’, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Chaachaa Bhateejaa’, ‘Chhailaa Baaboo’, ‘Dharam Veer’, ‘Dildaar’, ‘Dream Girl’, ‘Hum Kisise Kam Nahin’, ‘Khoon Paseenaa’, and ‘Shirdi Ke Saainbaabaa’. May be we also watched ‘Yahi Hai Zindagi’, but I could not recall it now. ‘1977’ is the year mainly remembered for the successful movies by Manmohan Desai like ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Chaachaa Bhateejaa’, ‘Dharam Veer’ and ‘Parvarish’. Other prominent movies of this year were ‘Ham Kisise Kam Nahin’, ‘Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye’, ‘Apnaapan’, ‘Khoon Paseenaa’, ‘Gharonda’, ‘Inkaar’, ‘Swaami’, ‘Kinaaraa’, ‘Shatranj Ke Khilaadi’, ‘Bhoomika’, and ‘Khattaa Meethhaa’. I think ‘Shirdi Ke Saainbaabaa’ also deserves a to be in this list as this was a well-made, well watched and well-appreciated by the audience even if it was not a highly successful movie.

Today I present one more song from this movie which I like very much and I often break into humming it. I had never forgotten this song even after the passage of many years. The lyrics are nice, and its soulful singing by all the singers leaves deep impact on me every time I listen to it. I hope readers will also enjoy listening to this song.

‘Shirdi Ke Saainbaabaa’ (passed by Censor Board on 28.02.1977) was directed by Ashok Bhushan for ‘Saain Shyam Movies’. It was presented by Manoj Kumar and Saain devotees. And the movie was produced by ‘Sarla Charities Trust’. Pandurang Dixit was the co-director and production controller of this movie. The cast of this movie included Sudhir Dalavi as ‘Saainbaabaa’, with Manmohan Krishna, Shrikant Moghe, Raj Mehra, B.M. Vyas, Birbal, Preetam Beli, Chanda, Vatsala Deshmukh, Ratnamala, Suman Dharmadhikari, Jyotsana Kirpekar, Bhavna, Nazeer Kashmiri, C.S. Dubey, Master Titu, Master Raju,

It also had Usha Chavan, ‘Laxman’ Chawla, Kumari Mahalaxami and Saain devotees in special appearance. And also making special appearance in the movie were Rajendra Kumar, Prem Nath, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha and Manoj Kumar, Madan Puri, Sachin, Kishan Dhawan, Paintal, Dheeraj, Satish, Kuljeet.

This movie was based on Govindrao Dabholkar’s ‘Sri Saain Satcharitra’ and experiences of devotees of Saainbaabaa. Screenplay and dialogues of this movie were written by Manoj Kumar. Dev Kishan wrote the story of this movie and was also the associate writer of this movie. Editing of this movie was done by V. V. Kamat. Audiography for this movie was done by Raghuvir Date while art direction was done by Kanu Desai. And Special effects were by Dahyabhai.

This movie had nine songs in it that were written by Manoj Kumar, Pandurang Dixit and Dev Kishan. Music for this movie was composed by Pandurang Dixit. Mohd Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar, Jani Babu, Anoop Jalota, Anuradha and Dilraj Kaur had given their voices to the songs in this movie. Music for this song is composed by Pandurang Dixit.

Today’s song is sung by Mohd Rafi, Jani Babu, Anup Jalota, and Anuradha. On screen we can see Manmohan, Vatsala Deshmukh, Dheeraj, Paintal, Madan Puri, Raj Mehra, and others ( I am unable to identify couple of the female actors lip syncing the song and few other male actors). We can also see Sudhir Dalvi, Birbal, Bharat Vyas and others in the picturisation of this song.

In the movie this song happens when Saint Saain baabaa leaves his body and travels to help his devotee (Tahsildar Chandorkar and his daughter who is about to deliver a child) on the way his meeting with Baijaa Bai. Before that Baabaa had told his devotee that if his body has no indication of life nobody should worry and cry and ask Shyama to write ‘tera saain yahaan thhaa, yahaan hai, yahaan rahegaa’. Saain baabaa’s lifeless body stays around seventy-two hours before he come backs to life and into his body, after this song. (Meanwhile his opponents had already prepared a site for his cremation.)

Let us now listen to this wonderful song.

Lyrics for the song are by Manoj Kumar and music is composed by Pandurang Dixit.

Video

Song-Saain baaba bolo saain baaba bolo (Shirdi Ke Saibaba)(1977) Singers-Rafi, Anuradha Paudwal, Anup Jalota, Jaani Babu, Lyrics-Manoj Kumar, MD-Pandurang Dixit
Anuradha Paudwal + Anup Jalota
All chorus

Lyrics

saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o

saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o

saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o

dagmag jag ye ae
dol rahaa hai
dagmag jag ye ae
dol rahaa hai
aasan se ae mat dolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o

aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

aankhen sookhin
man rotaa hai
baabaa hamaaraa
kyun sotaa hai

khol ke aankhen◦◦◦◦◦◦◦◦aen
dekh le baabaa
khol ke aankhen
dekh le baabaa
tere binaa yahaan
kya hotaa hai
tere binaa yahaan
kya hotaa hai
laut ke aajaa
saain hamaare
laut ke aajaa
saain hamaare
apni aankhen kholo o o
raam saain bolo
shyam saain bolo
saain raam bolo o
saain shyam bolo o

saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

tu to rehmat
khudaa ki saain
tu to mohabbat
khudaa ki saain
tu to kudrat
khudaa ki saain
tu to kudrat
khudaa ki saain
tu to soorat
khudaa ki saain
tu to soorat
khudaa ki saain

tum bin jeewan
zehar hai saain
tum bin jeewan
zehar hai saain
aab e zam zam gholo o

allaah saain bolo
maula saain bolo o
allaah saain bolo
maula saain bolo o

saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o

saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o
saain baabaa bolo o

awwal allaah noor upaayaa aa aa
kudrat ke sab bandey ae
kudrat ke sab bandey
awwal allaah noor upaayaa aa
kudrat ke sab bandey ae
kudrat ke sab bandey
kirpaa kar de
ae ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae
kirpaa kar de
naanak roopi
sab hovangey changey
sab hovangey changey
kirpaa kar de he
naanak roopi
sab hovangey changey
bhai
sab ho vangey changey

haan aan
sab hovangey changey
sab granthon ka aa arth tumhi ho o
sab granthon ka aa arth tumhi ho o
prem ki baani bolo o
naanak saain bolo o
govind saain bolo o
naanak saain bolo o
govind saain bolo o

saain raam
saain shyam
saain shyam
saain raam
saain raam
saain shyam
saain shyam
saain raam

subramanyam subramanyam
shanmukh naatha subramanyam

subramanyam subramanyam
shanmukh naatha subramanyam

allaah saain maula saain
maula saain allaah saain

allaah saain maula saain
maula saain allaah saain

saain baabaa bolo o ◦◦◦◦◦◦◦
shiv shiv
saain
bhola saain
bhola saain
shiv shiv saain

shiv shiv saain
bhola saain
bhola saain
shiv shiv saain

saain bolo re ae
satnaam satnaam
waaheguru waaheguru

baabaa bolo re ae
satnaam satnaam
waaheguru waaheguru

saain bolo re ae
baabaa bolo re ae
naanak saain govind saain
govind saain naanak saain

naanak saain govind saain
govind saain naanak saain

saain raam
saain shyam
saain shyam
saain raam

saain raam
saain shyam
saain shyam
saain raam

o o o o o o ◦◦◦◦◦◦◦◦
saain raam
saain shyam
saain shyam
saain raam
saain raam
saain shyam
saain shyam
saain raam
saain raam
saain shyam
saain shyam
saain raam

o o o o o o


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This blog discusses Bollywood songs of yesteryears. Every song has a brief description, followed by a video link, and complete lyrics of the song.

This is a labour of love, where “new” songs are added every day, and that has been the case for over FIFTEEN years. This blog has over 18200 song posts by now.

This blog is active and online for over 5000 days since its beginning on 19 july 2008.

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