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Haathhon se karo kaam
Posted by: Atul on: September 11, 2023
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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Today’s song is from the film Nanhe Munne-1952.
This is an interesting film in many ways. The film was made by Alhaad Chitra, Poona, in 2 languages – Marathi and Hindi. In Marathi the film’s title was ” Chimni Pakharen” (चिमणी पाखरें ), which means ” The young birds”. The film was produced and directed by Datta Dharmadhikari and the music was by a pair- Vasant(Pawar) and Ramchandra(Vadhavkar). The cast of the film was Baby Shakuntala, Sulochan (Latkar), Raja Nene, Indira Chitnis, Alhaad (son of Datta Dharmadhikari, on whose name the banner was named), Raja Gosavi and many others. The Hindi songs were written by Pt. Phani.
When silent films were made in India from 1913 onwards till the Talkie was established, it was considered as a source of cheap entertainment by some people. But when sound was introduced and all characters on the screen started talking and some of them singing, peoples’ curiosity was aroused and the theatres overflowed. People understood that this new medium had immense scope to provide them real entertainment with Mythological, social, action and historical stories.
From the early 30’s, films started attracting people and crowds were seen at every studio for employment in various capacities-actors etc. Initially the non-singers and stage actors were working in films. With their stage type acting and sometimes out of tune singing, a search started for good actors who could sing also. No wonder many experts in acting on stage and professional singers and musicians were keen to join films.
Even those people who had done remarkable work in the International arena and foreign lands wished to join the Indian Film Industry. There were also artistes who first worked here and then went abroad to propagate Indian Music. Few such names can be quoted like, Himanshu Roy, Devika Rani, Niranjan Pal, Dewan Sharar, Shakuntala paranjpye, Rabindranath Tagore, S.D.Batish, laxmi Shankar, Ramnarana Sarma (actor Ranjan) etc etc. Similarly, those who were nationally famous in music-Vocal and Instrumental, too wanted to have a go at the films, atleast for some period. Some such names were- Pt. Ravishankar, Ustad Alla Rakha, Ali Akbar khan, D.V.Paluskar, manik Varma, Hirabai Badodekar, Pt.Sureshbabu Mane, Firoz Dastoor etc.etc. Such was the lure and attraction of the Silver Screen !
In today’s film, one such notable and famous singer made his Debut in singing in Hindi films. His name was DR. VASANTRAO DESHPANDE. Anyone who enjoys classical singing need not be told about Vasantrao Deshpande. Vasantrao Deshpande (2 May 1920 – 30 July 1983) was a Hindustani classical vocalist renowned for his contribution to Natya Sangeet (musical dramas). Vasantrao Deshpande was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family in Murtizapur, Akola District, in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India. At the age of eight, Vasantrao Deshpande’s ability was observed by Bhalji Pendharkar, who cast him in the role of Krishna in the Hindi movie Kaliya Mardan (1935).
Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande was one of India’s most illustrious classical vocalists. He played classical and semi-classical music. In the raga form which constitutes classical music, the artist displays his creativity on a basic canvas. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande’s rendition of famous ragas like Marwa, Salag Varali, Nat Bhairav, Kauns (in its various forms), Chhayanat, Basant Mukhari, Patamanjari, Jaijaiwanti, Janasammohini, Bhoop, Shree, Maru Bihag, Yaman etc. had a quality to them that kept people interested. His performance of offbeat ragas was not too different. The “Sargam” was his forte.
Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande was equally at ease with the Thumri, Dadra and Ghazal forms. These find their origins in countries like Iran and Afghanistan. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande had picked up the original style and nuances of the thumri and ghazal while studying at Lahore. He also learnt quite a bit of Urdu to elevate his ghazal performances. Another area of music where he made his mark was “Marathi Natyasangeet”. Some of the plays in which he acted and performed were “Katyaar Kaaljaat Ghusli”, “He Bandh Reshmache”, “Vij Mhanali Dhartila”, “Meghmalhar”, “Tukaram” and “Varyavarchi Varaat”. Out of these, “Katyaar Kaaljaat Ghusli” became highly popular. Dr. Vasantraro Deshpande became the cynosure of everyone’s eye for his challenging role of “Khan Aftaab Hussain Khansaheb”. As the play’s popularity began to soar, he acquired the alias, “Pandit Vasantkhan Deshpande”.
He gave playback to more than 80 Marathi films. Besides pure music, he also put together the history of Marathi music plays, from origin showing their evolution up to the present stage. This is how he presented his brainchild, his tour de force, “Marathi Natyasageetachi Vaatchaal” (the evolution of music in Marathi music plays). In this he would first explain the socio-cultural influences that shaped the musicals as they stood in a particular era and then demonstrate the evolution through its music. The concert was first held in Delhi. It stretched for 3 days, 6 hours each day. The experiment was bound to be a winner with the audience.
Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande was an academic, earning himself a PhD in “The Transformation of Hindustani Classical Music”. He was also invited to several educational institutions to deliver lectures on music, quite often with live demonstrations.
Vasantrao has had several commercial releases under his name. Among them, the more famous are his LP of Marwa and a two-cassette interview, conducted by Va Pu Kale, about the history of Marathi Natya Sangeet which showcases the breadth and depth of Vasantrao’s knowledge about the art form.
Vasantrao Deshpande got trained under several gurus, in various different schools of singing. He began his musical training with Shankarrao Sapre of Gwalior, a disciple of V. D. Paluskar, in Nagpur. After this, he studied under several musicians including Sureshbabu Mane (son of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan) of Kirana gharana, Asad Ali Khan of Patiala gharana, Aman Ali Khan and Anjanibai Malpekar of Bhendibazaar gharana, and Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze (Vazebuwa) of the Gwalior gharana. Dinanath Mangeshkar, a direct disciple of Vazebuwa, had a particularly strong influence over Deshpande, who is regarded as Mangeshkar’s musical heir, having adopted his signature mercurial and dramatic style of singing.
Deshpande performed classical and semi-classical music, appearing in movies including Kaliya Mardan-1935, Dudh Bhaat-1952, and Ashtavinayak-1979. He issued several commercial releases under his name, and created raga Raj Kalyan, a variant of Yaman without pancham.
Deshpande’s students included Chandrakant Limaye, Vijay Koparkar and Pt Padmakar Kulkarni.
His grandson, Rahul Deshpande, is also a singer, and has also reprised some of his roles on stage and screen, such as Khansaheb in Katyar Kaljat Ghusali. Rahul Deshpande has portrayed Vasantrao in a film entitled Me Vasantrao, which is based on Deshpande’s life.
A foundation, the Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande Pratishthan, organizes Vasantotsav, an annual music festival at Pune in his memory. The annual festival is held over three days during January. During the festival, two awards, the “Vasantotsav Youth Award” for Promising Artists and the “Vasantotsav Award” for veteran artists, are given out.
In 2011, a three-day music and dance festival in Nagpur was organized by the Indian government’s South-Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) in Deshpande’s memory.
A film entitled Me Vasantrao, based on Deshpande’s life, was scheduled to be released on 1 May 2020, but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Later it was released on 1st April 2022. (Adapted with thanks from last.fm, wiki, पूर्वसूरींचे सूर by Dr.Suresh chandvankar and संगीतकार कोष by Madhu Potdar).
The other person or persons making a Debut in this film was the MD pair of Vasant-Ramchandra. This was their first Hindi film as a Music Director. They went on to do music for some more Hindi films, mostly remakes of Marathi films. However their work remained limited in Hindi films otherwise. Many people think that the pair of MDs- VASANT-RAMCHANDRA was made up by Vasant Desai and C.Ramchandra. But this is not true.
VASANT- RAMCHANDRA – this pair was of VASANT PAWAR AND RAMCHANDRA WADHAVKAR, both composers from the Marathi film world. Together they gave music to 5 Hindi films. Individually, Vasant Pawar gave music to 50 Marathi films and 8 Hindi films. Ramchandra Wadhavkar gave music to 5 Marathi and 5 Hindi films.
Famous director Datta Dharmadhikari gave break to this pair of Composers- Vasant-Ramchandra ( Vasant Pawar and Ramchandra Wadhavkar ) for 5 of his films in Hindi, but they could not get any work from other banners and their career in Hindi, as a pair, ended with these 5 films only.
Vasant Pawar ( 1927 to 6-8-1965) was from Kolhapur. He was professionally trained in Sitar. He was also proficient in playing Flute,Sarangi and harmonium etc. He was assistant to Khemchand Prakash in Ranjit. From 1946, he worked for Sudhir Phadke. He gave music ( under guidance of Sudhir Phadke) to film Jai Bhim-52, Earlier he had composed one song in film Do kaliyan-49,where his co-composer was P.Shankar. Finally, he composed music for Shivleela-52 (Bilingual in Hindi/Marathi). His music was extremely popular in Marathi films and also for NFS of Lata,Asha and many others. His Bhavgeets became very popular and were sung by leading Marathi singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Sudhir Phadke, Manik Verma, Sulochana Kadam and many others.Due to alcoholism,he died in 1965 at the young age of just 38 years.
Ramchandra Wadhavkar ( 1919 to 2-12-1972) started with Prabhat films in 1935 as a Harmonium player. He also played Organ and Sitar. Along with V Shantaram,he too left Prabhat and joined Rajkamal. For a few years he worked in a private company too and hence could not accept Shantaram’s offer for films twice. He joined Vasant Pawar in 1952 as a composer. He died in 1972.
Vasant Ramchandra gave music to 5 films.
1. Nanhe munne-52 ( Remake of Marathi film-Chimni Pakharen चिमणी पाखरें )
2.Mahatma-53 (Trilingual in Hindi, English and Marathi)
3.Suhagan-54 ( Remake of Marathi film Suvasini सुवासिनी )
4. Kalakaar-54
5.Savdhaan-54
All the above films were produced by Datta (Dada) Dharmadhikari, under the banner of his “Aalhad Chitra-Poona”. He also directed 3 films. Only Kalakaar and Suhagan were directed by his protege Anant Maane.
The film was a melodrama and absolutely a fitting story for those times, when the older generation and the ladies in the theatre audience used to enjoy such films even when they all had flowing tears while seeing such films ! The Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema by Ashish Rajadhyaksh has the following entry for this film’s Marathi version, which had the same story in Hindi too.
” Typical Dharmadhikari melodrama about a 12year-old girl (Shakuntala) who raises her three younger brothers when their father runs away after committing a crime and their mother dies of shock. Several songs intensify the sentimental approach, e.g. Aai meli baap gela aata sambbali vithala (Mother is dead, father is gone, now we’re in God’s bands). The film’s stark realism, adapted from e.g. Bimal Roy demonstrates its compatibility with tragic melodrama, as the film sets up a basic conflict between goodness and evil (the latter represented by a neighbour who wants the children evicted from their house), and eventually evokes the saint film in a contemporary setting (cf. the formal similarities with Sant Dnyaneshwar, 1940).”
One of the names in the cast is Raja Nene, who was himself a good director with beginner’s training under V.Shantaram at Prabhat Studios. One interesting thing about today’s song is that the same Hindi song was used in the Marathi version also, but issued on another 78 RPM record. It is sung by Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande, Asha Bhosle and chorus. Apart from this song in Hindi, Vasantrao has also sung 3 more songs in Hindi films ,one in each film – Chacha Chaudhary-1953, Badi Maa-1974 and Rang Birangi-1983.
Enjoy the song….
Song-Hasthon se karo kaam (Nanhe Munne)(1952) Singers- Vasant Deshpande, Asha Bhosle, Lyricist-Pt. Phani, MD- Vasant-Ramchandra (Vasant Pawar-Ramchandra Vadhavkar)
Lyrics
Haathon se karo kaam
Haathon se karo kaam
kaam kaam kaam
aur man se bhajo Raam
Raam Raam Raam
aur man se bhajo Raam
Raam Raam Raam
mehnat se na darna
na darna na darna
naa aa aa darnaa
mehnat se na darnaa
mil jaayen jo karnaa
mil jaayen jo karnaa
bekaar na rahna
fatkaar na sahna
bekaar na rahna
fatkaar na sahna
kahna to ye kahna
kahna to ye kahna
duniya mein bada naam
aur aage badha naam
duniya mein bada naam
aur aage badha naam
haathhon se karo kaam
haathhon se karo kaam
kaam kaam kaam
aur man se bhajo Raam
Raam Raam Raam
aur man se bhajo Raam
Raam Raam Raam
mehnat to hai mewa
mewa mewa mewa
mehnat to hai mewa
raahat to hai sewa
raahat to hai sewa
dil us se lagaana aa
haan jee na churaana
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
dil us se lagaana aa
haan aa aa aa aa
dil us se lagaana
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
dil us se lagaana
haan jee na churaana
?? ka naam
? ka naam
hai kaam tera naam
aaraam hai haraam
hai kaam tera naam
aaraam hai haraam
haathhon se karo kaam
haathhon se karo kaam
kaam kaam kaam
aur man se bhajo Raam
Raam Raam Raam
aur man se bhajo naam
Raam Raam Raam
bhajo Raam bhajo Raam
bhajo Raam bhajo Raam
bhajo Raam Raam Raam
bhajo Raam Raam Raam
jai jai Raam jai jai Raam
jai jai Raam jai jai Raam
jai jai Raam jai jai Raam
jai jai Raam jai jai Raam
jai jai Raam jai jai Raam
Ab to jagna hee hoga behnon ham ko mil ke
Posted by: Atul on: June 20, 2023
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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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wo tere pyaar ka gham, ek bahaana thhaa sanam
apni kismat hi kuchh aisi thhi ke dil toot gaya
While recording this song for ‘My Love’ (1970), Mukesh had told Daan Singh that people will remember this song for long after they are no more in this world. Mukesh’s prophecy has become true.
Remembering Daan Singh (belatedly) on his 12th Remembrance Day on June 18, 2023. A talented music director, Daan Singh’s musical career did not take off as per his talent due to sheer bad luck. He had done music direction for only 7 films during early 1960 to 2000 out of which his first 4 films remained either incomplete or unreleased. His 3 released film did not fare well at the box office despite having popular songs.
Daan Singh came to Bombay (now Mumbai) in the late 1940s and assisted Khemchand Prakash beside becoming his disciple for about 2 years until the latter’s death. His first four assignments as a music director – ‘Ret Ki Ganga’ (UR), ‘Bhool Na Jaana’ (1965, UR), ‘Bahadur Shah Zafar’ (Unfinished), ‘Matlabi’ (Unfinished) either remained unfinished and did get released.
Daan Singh’s greatest setback in his musical career was when ‘Bhool Na Jaana’ (1965, UR) for which he put his best efforts to compose songs and was banking on the film’s success as according to him, the film was well conceived and made. The film’s story had a background of Indo-China war of 1962. Unfortunately, the film was not released presumably because the authorities did not wish to complicate the relations with China in the background of Indo-Pak war of 1965. Subsequently, Daan Singh’s two released film, ‘Toofaan’ (1969) and ‘My Love’ (1970) did not fare well on the box office despite their songs became popular.
Disillusioned with his musical career in Hindi films, in early 1970s, Daan Singh left Mumbai for his native city, Jaipur and joined AIR Jaipur as a music director. After a gap of nearly 3 decades, Daan Singh got an opportunity to compose songs for Jagmohan Mundra’s film ‘Bawandar’ (2000). But this film also got embroiled in controversies. As a result, the film got delayed in obtaining censor certificate for its release in India. Finally it got censor certificate in the later half of 2001 with ‘A’ Certificate. In the international circuit, the film was released in 2000 itself.
Daan Singh passed away on June 18, 2011, due to liver ailment at the age of 78.
‘Bawandar’ (2000) which was Daan Singh’s last Hindi film as a music director, was produced by Gaurang Doshi and Jagmohan Mundhra who also directed the film. The principal actors were Nandini Das, Raghuveer Yadav, Deepti Naval, Govind Namdeo, Laila Rouass, Rahul Khanna, Gulshan Grover, Yashpal Sharma, Lalit Tiwari, Ravi Jhankal, Lillete Dube, Mohan Bhandari, Anupam Shyam, Ashok Banthia, Shri Vallabh Vyas etc.
The film’s plot is based on a real story of Bhanwari Devi who was gang-raped by 2 men in Bhateri village near Jaipur. The details about this case are available on wikipedia. I have not been able to see the film fully as I found it distressing to watch. So, I have seen the film in snippets and that too skipping some portions. The name of the characters as well as the village where this incident happened was changed to avoid the legal issues. The film also took some cinematic liberties to make the plot dramatic.
The story of the film is introduced as a narration by a foreign journalist, Amy (Laila Rouass), who has read about Sanwari’s case in a newspaper. Amy with her friend-cum-interpreter Ravi (Rahul Khanna) visit Sanwari’s village to investigate the matter, five years after the gang-rape incident. Upon their arrival in Rajasthan, Amy and Ravi meet a rickshaw-puller named Sohan (Raghuvir Yadav) who happens to be Sanwari’s husband. He narrates the story to them. The story of the film is as under:
Sanwari (Nandita Das), a lower-caste woman lives with her husband, Sohan (Raghuvir Yadav), and two children in a village near Jaipur. One day, she sees a neighboring woman being mistreated by a man from the city’s upper caste. She speaks out in public about the incident. Shobha (Deepti Naval), a social worker, is impressed by Sanwari’s conviction and hires her as an assistant as the Indian government begins implementing a program to give greater rights and protection to Indian women.
Initially, Sanwari feels uncomfortable in her work as she is afraid of what the villagers would feel about her. However, she soon starts enjoying her work as a feminist activist. She becomes more outspoken against injustice done to women and against the caste system. This leads to enmity between her and many powerful men, mostly from the Gujjar caste. Sanwari and her family are boycotted by the local leaders. Sanwari persists with her efforts to educate the women folk in her village.
One day, Sanwari finds that a child marriage is taking place in her village in a Gujjar family. She opposes the marriage. Fed up with her constant feminist activities, the Gujjar family decides to take revenge against Sanwari. Five men from the family severely beat-up Sohan and gang-rape Sanwari. Devastated by the incident, Sanwari and Sohan decide to lodge FIR in the police station, But the police inspector refuses to lodge a FIR until he gets a medical report. The doctor will not issue a medical report until he gets Court Order. Sohan and Sanwari, with Shobha’s help go through these processes and their FIR is finally accepted. By this time, more than 24 hours have passed after the rape incidence which is crucial for the medical evidence. When the local leadership refuses to bring Sanwari’s attackers to justice, they bring the crime to the attention of the national media, leading people across the country to demand justice for Sanwari.
Despite huge hue and cry in the media, culprits are not arrested and continue to wander around in the village boasting about themselves. With Sanwari’s case getting nation-wide attention, the case is entrusted to CBI. The culprits are arrested and tried in Court. With the backing of a local MLA, Dhanraj Meena (Govind Namdeo), a lawyer is hired with the instructions that culprits are to be sheltered. At every date of hearing in the lower court, judges are transferred. The prosecuting lawyer who is from the upper caste is under pressure from the Gujjar community. Faced with a non-cooperative police force and maneuvered judicial system, Sanwari faces enormous obstacles in getting justice where the caste, influence, and money rather than the rule of law appears to have an upper hand.
Finally, after much delay, the lower court acquits all the rape accused due to lack of evidence. There is a feeling that the evidence have been deliberately tempered with as the medical checkup of Sanwari was not done within 24 hours from the happening of the rape incidence. The court judgement is resented by the women’s organisations from all over India. Under pressure, Rajasthan Government files an appeal against the judgement in the High Court. It is over 5 years, but High Court has yet to give a date for hearing.
The film ends with the acquitted accused being feted by local MLA, Dhanraj Meena and a huge crowd from the neighboring villages which include a large gathering of women. Sanwari and her husband Sohan continue to work towards the betterment of women in the village.
7 songs for the film were written by Hariram Acharya which were composed (set to tune) by Daan Singh with music arranged under the supervision of Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
Aa a tribute to Daan Singh, I have selected one of the 7 songs from ‘Bawandar’ (2000) which is a Rajasthani folk-based song. The song is ‘ab to jaagna hi hoga baheno hamko mil kar’ which is rendered by Mahalaxmi Iyer and Chorus. The song is written by Rajasthani poet, Hariram Acharya.
[Editor Note: Incidentally, Hariram Acharya also wrote four of the seven songs for the unreleased film ‘Bhool Na Jaana’ (c1965) three decades earlier.]
The song is picturised on Nandita Das and runs in the film towards the end when the closing credit titles are displayed. From the lyrics of the song, it appears to be picturised on Nandita Das with other women from the village, motivating the women to fight injustice to them unitedly. The song also advocates for an effective law to get timely justice to them. The song ends with the optimism that there may be delay in getting justice but ultimately truth will prevail. भगवान के घर देर है,अंधेर नहीं|
Audio Clip:
Song-Ab to jagna hi hoga behnon ham ko mil ke (Bawandar)(2000) Singer-Mahalaxmi Iyer, Lyrics-Hariram Acharya, MD-Daan Singh
Chorus
Mahalaxmi Iyer + Chorus
Lyrics
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
ab to jagna hi hoga behnon hamko mil ke
ab to jagna hi hoga behnon hamko mil ke
hamko mil ke saathinon sabko mil ke haan
hamko mil ke saathinon sabko mil ke
aage badhna hi hoga behnon sabko mil ke
aage badhna hi hoga behnon sabko mil ke
doob maren wo laaj lutere
naari sar kyun jhukaaye
doob maren wo laaj lutere
(aa aa aa aa )
naari sar kyun jhukaaye
wo kaanoon banaaye jo behnon ko nyaay dilaaye ho…oo
wo kaanoon banaaye jo behnon ko nyaay dilaaye
ab to jagna hi hoga behnon hamko mil ke
ab to jagna hi hoga behnon hamko mil ke
der bhale andher nahin hai
ik din nyaay milega
der bhale andher nahin hai
(aa aa aa aa aa)
ik din nyaay milega
ghor zulm ki raat dhalegi
sach ka surya ugega
ghor zulm ki raat dhalegi
sach ka surya ugega
ab to jagna hi hoga behnon hamko mil ke
ab to jagna hi hoga behnon hamko mil ke
hamko mil ke saathinon sabko mil ke ho
hamko mil ke saathinon sabko mil ke
aage badhna hi hoga behnon sabko mil ke
ab to jagna hi hoga behnon hamko mil ke
aage badhna hi hoga behnon sabko mil ke
Is Raam Bharat ke desh mein jhagde na bhai bhai
Posted by: Atul on: June 7, 2023
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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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Today’s song is from the film ‘Teen Bhai’ (1955).
In every person’s life there are happy and memorable events which he enjoys remembering till his last day. Like others, I too have few such memorable events in my life. Few events are – like the day when I saw my name in newspapers when I came into the XII std. Merit List, the day I married the girl of my choice and the day I rose from the post of a Medical Representative to take over as a Director on the Board of a couple of Pharma Companies, etc.
June the 2nd, 2023 was the latest happy and memorable day, which brought me such joy, which even 10 Dictionaries also can not express in words ! This was the day I had been waiting for since 11 years. On this day I met ATUL BESRA ji for the first time. If you ask me why this was a special event, I have many reasons. I have seen very few people who believe in actions rather than words. I have yet to see a person who has the capacity to manage a devoted band of music lovers, remotely, in such a way that they become not only dedicated but loyal to his Blog. His skill of handling difficult situations is unparalleled. These and many such qualities make him a Long Distance Effective Leader and a very dear person ! Above all, he is the one who encouraged me to start writing posts on his Blog. Today, in the field of Old Hindi Films and Music, whatever position I have , Atul ji has a major role in it. Thank you Atul ji for meeting me !
The occasion of meeting Atul ji was an ATULITES’ MEET in Mumbai. When Sudhir ji initially sent me a mail about the proposed get-together in Mumbai, I was disappointed. The reason was I was to be out of Mumbai during that period. On learning about my problem, Sudhir ji – like a thorough gentleman that he is – changed the date to suit my availability. So it was 2-6-2023 finally. The problem was I returned to Mumbai on the 31st night and I had only one day to make all the arrangements in my house for the meeting and the lunch for about 12 people ! However I had done some spade work on mobile , consulting Sadanand ji and Nalini ji to fix the menu and other matters. In addition, Avinash ji had informed me of his plan to stay with me for 2 days. Adding to this, my both daughters were not available this time to help me, like the earlier big meet a few years ago. (In Sudhir ji’s words, the services of ‘Anju-Manju Event Management Company’ were not available this time !) And so, I had to do everything single handed, this time.
With planning mentally and working physically throughout the day, by evening the arrangements were done for the meeting and the lunch preparations were under control. One of the special items of the lunch was the ‘Malaiwala Dahi‘, which I had set well in time. Changing bedsheets, pillow covers and sofa covers in bedroom and the meeting room as well as selecting and arranging tableware for food was physically very exhausting for a single man of my age. Luckily everything was available at home and was set in place before the clock struck 12 midnight !
Sudhir ji had asked everybody to reach the venue by 11 am. The first to arrive was Sadanand ji, then came Shenoy ji, followed by Nitin ji. Nalini ji came as a surprise (Avinash ji had already leaked this news to me unintentionally). Sudhir ji and Bakshish ji with Subhash Bhat ji were the last to join. Atul ji came as per his time and the group was elated with his arrival. Vaidehi and her husband Ishan came much later.
The mood of the meeting was a joyous one. All friends were happy to be in each other’s company. The atmosphere was so friendly. Like a POTLUCK Party, Nalini ji had brought AAMRAS, Sadanand ji had brought MALAI SANDWICH and Nitin ji had come with KHAMAN DHOKLA – the last two were as planned, but Nalini ji’s item was a surprise The rest of the main food was taken care of by me. We were waiting for Vaidehi and Ishan, but they got stuck in a meeting. Due to a shortage of time at disposal, we decided to start the lunch. I chose to wait for the expected guests. Being the host of the event and as they were coming for the first time to my place, it was my duty.
They arrived at about 3 pm and the last batch had lunch. Then we had photos. Vaidehi works as a Costume Designer in Bollywood and her husband Ishan is a skilled photo expert. By the time we finished lunch, photos and chatting, the first to leave for the airport was Shenoy ji. Soon Vaidehi and Ishan also left.
Then tea was served and Atul ji left for Airport. The rest of us chatted for some more time and then everyone left one by one.
I have attended many meets at Mumbai and Bangalore, but this meeting was truly an enjoyable one. A memorable event indeed. I thank Atul ji and Sudhir ji especially and all others for making this meeting a pleasurable one. Thanks.
I must mention the help by Avinash ji on that night and the next day in the restoration of my house by moving things and generally helping me to rearrange the rooms by clearing materials. The help was also valuable from Sadanand ji and Nalini ji in managing the meeting satisfactorily.
Now coming to today’s film song. Film ‘Teen Bhai’ was directed by a veteran of New Theatres, Calcutta – Hemchandra Chunder. He directed 13 Hindi films, some of them classics of Saigal. He had established a production company along with actress Meera Mishra – HM Films. The MD was Arunkumar Mukherjee and the lyricist was Bharat Vyas. The cast included Nirupa Roy, Shyama, Bharat Bhushan, Pahadi Sanyal, Gulab, Leela Mishra, Menaka, Colin Pal, Nimbalkar, Kammo etc. Colin Pal was the son of writer Niranjan Pal and the grandson of the famous Patriot Bipin Chandra Pal who was one of the famous Lal-Bal-Pal trio, before Partition. Colin Pal played the role of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in the film ‘Samadhi’ (1950).
Today’s song was sung by Manna Dey and Lakshmi Shankar. Lakshmi Shankar is not a very well known name, but her life story is very inspiring.
Laxmi Shankar went to the USA, after retiring from Hindi film playback singing. She won several awards, got nominated for Grammy awards, held several shows and taught Indian Classical music to American students. She was held in high esteem in the USA. She died on 30-12-2013 in the USA.
After her death, ‘India West’ published her obituary, which clearly indicated her achievements and respect she earned in USA –
One of the most influential Indian musicians in America, vocalist Lakshmi Shankar, passed away Dec. 30 evening in Southern California, surrounded by her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and close friends. She was 87.
Laxmi Shankar was extraordinarily versatile, excelling in Indian classical dance before health issues halted her dancing career and she committed herself to vocal music. Shankar was proficient in a wide range of Indian vocal music styles including Carnatic, khayal, thumri, dadra, kajri, Rabindra sangeet and bhajans. She sang in 14 languages.
“Bhajans were her specialty,” her son, Kumar Shankar, told India-West by phone. “As far as I’m concerned, nobody could sing a bhajan like her.”
Lakshmi Shankar was born June 16, 1926, in the eastern Indian city of Jamshedpur, and first trained as a child in Bharatnatyam. Later on, she was accepted into the prestigious music institute founded by Uday Shankar in Almora, in what is now Uttarakhand.
While working under Uday Shankar, she mastered the Manipuri, Kathakali and ballet styles, and it was there that she met her future husband, Rajendra Shankar, Uday’s brother. The two were married in 1941, and went on to settle in Mumbai, where Lakshmi’s career grew as an actress and dancer, also branching out into playback singing for regional films. In her career she sang 27 songs in 18 Hindi films, starting from ‘Neecha Nagar’ (1946) to ‘Aarop’ (1974).
In the early 1950s, she was struck with pleurisy, a condition that leads to painful inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs. “She could not dance,” explained Kumar. “She had breathing problems, and weight gain.”
But instead of giving up the arts, Lakshmi Shankar decided to put her talent on course in a different direction. In an interview with Traditions Engaged, she explained, “I know the meaning of what I am singing, which is a very big thing in music. When I sing I see the expression and the movement of the words and feel them as a dancer would.”
Lakshmi Shankar had a musical epiphany when she discovered ghazals and other north Indian music forms, and soon started studying with Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan of the Patiala gharana. Her new affection for Hindustani music led her to collaborate with sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar (brother to Uday and Rajendra), for whom she assisted in many projects for ballets, films and festivals. It was a family affair, with her son Kumar handling sound checks for their performances.
Through her work with Ravi Shankar, Lakshmi’s talent was able to reach a global audience. She made numerous recordings with Western artists, including on the soundtrack to Richard Attenborough’s film ‘Gandhi’ (1982). Before that, in 1974 she toured extensively in USA and Europe with George Harrison and Ravi Shankar as the lead singer for George Harrison’s groundbreaking ‘Music Festival from India’.
Among the many honors she received, her 2008 Grammy nomination for ‘Dancing in the Light’ was a milestone. She also received a Durfee Foundation grant to teach Indian music to American students; a Kalpana Chawla Award for ‘Woman of the Year’, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bengali Association of New York, and an award for ‘Uplifting the World with Music’ from Sri Chinmoy.
Kumar Shankar explained that a private memorial will be held Jan. 6 in the San Fernando Valley, and a more public memorial will take place at this year’s Ravi Shankar Foundation music festival. A statement from the Shankar family reads: “She had a heavenly voice which would melt any heart. She was a kind and beautiful soul. We will miss her. “
Lakshmi’s children, Kumar and Vijayshri (who passed away in 1995), were blessed to grow up in a household where nonstop music filled every day, explained Kumar. “She would practice for hours and hours each day … we were surrounded by music all the time.”
Knowing that her loss will also be felt by countless music lovers around the world is small comfort for Kumar. “I have mixed feelings,” he told India-West. “I knew it would happen. But it’s overwhelming.”
Hats off to this worthy soul who did monumental work in spreading Indian culture in advanced countries.
The story of the film ‘Teen Bhai’ is. . .
Teen Bhai was a DP Production movie, directed by Hemchander Chunder.
I have seen this movie. It had a ‘beaten track’ story of a wayward young man. Mahesh, Suresh and Naresh are staying together. Suresh (Bharat Bhushan), though married, falls in love with a dancer Champa (Shyama). He spends lot of money on her and even tries to fix younger brother Naresh’s marriage with a barrister’s daughter (to get a bakhshish in form of dowry). Naresh is already in love with their tennant’s daughter Krishna. There is a fight among all brothers, they separate and finally unite after a happy ending culminating in a group photo.
[Editor Note: Regarding the lines in the lyrics of the song –
jis din pratap ke aage shakti ne
apni khadag uthhaai
‘shakti’ refers to Shakti Singh, brother of Maharana Pratap, who turned against him, and sided with the Mughals.]
Song- Iss Raam Bharat ke desh mein jhagde ba bhai bhai (Teen Bhai)(1955) Singers- Manna Dey, Laxmi Shankar, Lyricist- Bharat Vyas, MD- Arun Kumar Mukherjee
Both
Lyrics
bharat mata ke ae ae ae ae
laadlon mein ae
howe na ladaayi ee ee
howe na ladaayi
is raam bharat ke ae desh mein
jhagde na bhai bhai
ho bichhde na bhai bhai
ae ae ae ae ae ae
ho o
tum yaad karo mahabharat ki
wo beeti baat puraani
tum yaad karo
bhai bhai ke jhagdon ki hai jismein likhi kahaani
jab bhari sabha ke beech kheench kar cheer
kari manmaani
aur bheekh maangti rahi Draupadi
liye nain mein paani
tab liye haath mein chakr sudarsan
pragate the Yadurayi
is raam bharat ke ae ae ae
is raam bharat ke ae desh mein
jhagde na bhai bhai
ho bichhde na bhai bhai
is raam bharat ke ae desh mein ae
jhagde na bhai bhai
ae ae ae ae he ae he ae
ho o ho
jis din pratap ke aage shakti ne
apni khadag uthhaai
chittod durg tilmila uthha
mewad bhoomi tharraayi
aapas ki phoot ne
bade bade veeron ki jaden hilaayi
chal padi yahaan se
chal padi yahaan se
rajpooti lekar ke ant vidaai
bhai bhai ke jhagdon ne sone ki lanka dhhaayee
is raam bharat ke ae ae ae
is raam bharat ke desh mein
jhagde na bhai bhai
ho bichhde na bhai bhai
is raam bharat ke ae desh mein
jhagde na bhai bhai
ho bichhde na bhai bhai
ho jhagde na bhai bhai
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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भारत माता के॰॰ए॰॰ए
लाडलों में॰॰ए
होवे ना लड़ाई
होवे ना लड़ाई
इस राम भरत के देश में
झगड़े ना भाई भाई
हो बिछड़े ना भाई भाई
ए ए ए ए ए ए
हो ओ
तुम याद करो महाभारत की
वो बीती बात पुरानी
तुम याद करो
भाई भाई के झगड़ों की
है जिस में लिखी कहानी
जब भरी सभा के बीच
खींच कर चीर करी मनमानी
और भीख मांगती रही द्रौपदी
लिए नैन में पानी
तब लिए हाथ में चक्र सुदर्शन
प्रगटे थे यदुराई
इस राम भरत के॰॰ए॰॰ए
इस राम भरत के देश में
झगड़े ना भाई भाई
हो बिछड़े ना भाई भाई
इस राम भरत के देश में॰॰ए
झगड़े ना भाई भाई
ए ए ए ए हे ए हे ए
हो ओ ओ
जिस दिन प्रताप के आगे
शक्ति ने अपनी खड्ग उठाई
चित्तौड़ दुर्ग तिलमिला उठा
मेवाड़ भूमि थर्राई
आपस की फूट ने
बड़े बड़े वीरों की जड़ें हिलाईं
चल पड़ी यहाँ से
चल पड़ी यहाँ से
रजपूती लेकर के अन्त विदाई
भाई भाई के झगड़ों ने सोने की लंका ढाई
इस राम भरत के॰॰ए॰॰ए
इस राम भरत के देश में
झगड़े ना भाई भाई
हो बिछड़े ना भाई भाई
इस राम भरत के देश में
झगड़े ना भाई भाई
हो बिछड़े ना भाई भाई
हो झगड़े ना भाई भाई
Jungle maange dhoop paanee dhoop paanee rahne de
Posted by: Atul on: June 5, 2023
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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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Today, June 05, 2023, is the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day led by United Nations Environment Programme since 1973.
The main components of environment are atmosphere (air), lithosphere (rocks and soil), hydrosphere (water) and biosphere (living things). We have been told as to how the degradation of each of these components of environment have taken place during the last 5 decades. Some of the environmentalists have personally undertaken the studies of degradation over a period of time and their results are eye opener.
How does the degradation of environment take place? Aitareya Upanishad says that this world is made up of five elements – earth, water, sun, air, and sky. A proper balance has to be maintained between these elements and the living creatures. Any major imbalances between these elements vis-à-vis living creatures can cause environmental degradation, putting the human life in danger. One can visualise how a rising population on earth can create a disequilibrium in all the five elements leading to degradation of environment.
The conservation of environment has been one of the important topics in India’s culture and traditions since the Vedic period. In Yajurveda, there are verses highlighting the importance of protecting environment. It says that destruction of forests is dangerous for human life and for the nation. The pollution of natural environment causes destruction of vegetation which can damage the human life. Apart from Vedas, the conservation of environment is also discussed in Upanishads, Puranas, Bhagwat Geeta, Kautilya’s Arthashastra etc.
A verse in Matsya Purana has beautifully described the importance of a tree:
दश कूप समावापी, दस वापी समो हदः।
दशहदसमः पुत्रः, दस पुत्र समोद्रुमः।
A pond is equivalent to 10 wells, 10 ponds are equivalent to one reservoir, 10 reservoirs is equivalent to one son and 10 sons are equivalent to one tree.
Guru Jambheshwar, the founder of the Bishnoi sect in the early 15th century had given 29 commandments to his followers. One of these commandments is to protect animals, birds, and trees. Bishnoi sect meticulously follows these commandments. I had visited four Bishnoi villages in December 2013 which are in the radius of 25-30 kms from Jodhpur. It was a pleasant surprise for me to watch Blackbuck Deers (in the list of endangered wildlife species), Gazelles, peacocks. wild fowls etc, roaming freely around villages without any fear of human beings because Bishnoi villagers would not harm them.
Khejarli was one of the four Bishnoi villages I visited, the name of the village being derived from khejari trees which are abundant in the village. Khejari trees effectively stop the spread of sand dunes thus controlling the expansion of desert. In the early 18th century, Khejarli village was probably the first to start the ‘Chipko’ like movement in India. It was also the first bloodiest environmental protection movement in the history of any country. Amrita Devi Bishnoi of Khejarli village and her three young daughters laid down their lives to protect the Khejari trees which the Maharaja of Jodhpur had ordered to be cut for building his new palace. The motto of the villagers, who belonged to Bishnoi sect, was that it was cheap to sacrifice a head then cut a tree. In this ‘Chipko’ movement, 363 villagers sacrificed their lives to protect Khejari trees. Soon Maharaja realised his mistake and ordered stoppage of felling Khejari trees. There is a memorial made in red sand stones in honour of the martyrs of Khejarli village.
Probably, the sacrifices of Bishnoi of Khejarli village may have inspired the Chipko Movement started by Sunderlal Bahuguna, Gaura Devi and others in Uttarakhand in 1970. It was a non-violent movement in which women participated in large numbers by embracing the trees in forest which were given on contract for cutting. Most of the time, contractors’ men had to go back without cutting the trees. Finally, Government of India issued a notification in 1980 for a complete ban on felling the trees in Uttarakhand for the next 15 years or until the green cover is fully restored.
A study by Hannah Ritchie shows that from the beginning of the 20th century till 2018, the world has lost the forest coverage by 10 per cent. And it is not due to urbanization alone. The fact is that the loss in forest coverage was overwhelmingly due to increase in agricultural and grazing land. Urbanisation accounted for just 1 percent of the habitable land. This means that the increased population needs more to eat than places to live. Of course, this may not be entirely true in the Indian context. Being a developing country, now with a largest population in the world, urbanisation may be one of the key reasons for the deforestation in India. The authorities may claim that planted trees compensate for forests lost, but that does not mean complex flora and fauna destroyed along with cutting of trees have been restored. The reason is when trees in the forest are cut, the plants and shrubs underneath the trees also get destroyed. The new trees planted in the place of the trees already cut may not provide flora (plants and shrubs) which is essential for the survival of the fauna (animal, birds and insects).
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, I have selected the film ‘Sherdil – The Pilibhit Saga’ (2022) for exploration. The film is jointly produced by T-Series and Reliance Entertainment and is directed by Srijit Mukherji. Pankaj Tripathi, Sayani Gupta, and Niraj Kabi have played the pivotal roles in the film. The film got theatrical release on June 24, 2022 and later released on OTT platforms on August 20, 2022. I have watched the film on OTT platform mainly because Pankaj Tripathi was in the lead role and I admire his acting prowess.
The film is a satirical drama which is based on a real-life reported incidence in 2017 in a poverty-stricken village at the edge of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve where farmers indulged in a practice of sending one of their elderly persons to the forest to be mauled by tigers to claim the compensation of Rs.10 lakhs from the Government. They had to do this as villagers had lost their crops either damaged by wild animals or by flood/draught for the consecutive years. The bureaucratic red tape prevented the villagers from getting the financial compensation from the Government.
The gist of the story of the film is as under:
Gangaram (Pankaj Tripathi), the Sarpanch of the village takes the onus of becoming a ‘tiger martyr’ so that the amount of compensation can take care of the poverty-stricken village. He convinces his wife and the mother by lying that he has cancer which is in 4th stage, and he has only 3 months to live. So why not he gets killed by a tiger and get compensation. His family is not convinced but nonetheless, he leaves for the Tiger Reserve forest against the wishes of his family. He spends nearly a week in the Tiger Reserve forest without sighting any tigers.
One day, Gangaram meets Jim (Niraj Nabi), a poacher-hunter who offers Gangaram to locate the tiger who would kill him. Jim does locate the tiger. However, when Gangaram goes near him, tiger walks away from him because he had just completed his meal from his hunting. In this failed plan, Jim and Gangaram are surrounded by the forest officials who have been after Jim for many years to nab him. In the encounter, Jim gets killed and Gangaram is arrested. In the court, he tells his real reason as to why he was in Tiger Reserve forest. A journalist covering the court proceedings flashes the news which creates a pan-India outrage over the reason which forced Gangaram to take the extreme step. Considering the circumstances which made Gangaram to take unusual step, the court pardons him and he is released.
Overnight, he becomes a celebrity. He starts getting advertisements and brand endorsements. His forest journey is documented by a writer as a book. Naturally, his village after becoming a national spotlight, gets all reliefs from Government agencies. The film ends with Gangaram travelling with the officials of tourism departments in a vehicle in the Tiger Reserve to locate the spots where he spent nights which can be developed as tourist spots for Tiger Safari. Gangaram gets down from the vehicle to relieve himself when a tiger pounces upon him and he gets killed.
‘Sherdil – The Pilibhit Saga’ (2022) has 7 songs. All the songs are played in the film in the background during Gangaram’s forest journey. 3 songs are traditional while remaining 4 songs have been penned by Vinod Dubey (2) , Gulzar (1) and Rahgir (1). I am presenting the first song, ‘ jungle maange dhoop paani, dhoop paani bahne de’ from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by KK which is set to music by Shantanu Moitra. The song is about conservation of forest which is written by Gulzar using some colloquial words in the beginning of the song. In the film, the song is played in the background as the credit titles get rolled on the screen. However, the promo video of the song was released incorporating the various stages of forest journey by Gangaram.
The song under discussion is about saving the environment. Gulzar Saab has beautifully and metaphorically written the songs conveying the importance of saving forests, rivers, animals, birds etc. It is said that KK was very much pleased with the way the song has been written and composed. He had said that he would sing this song in his concerts to spread among the youth, the message for the conversation of environment. I feel that this song is worthy of inclusion in the school curriculum of Hindi poems to inculcate among the students, the respect for the environment from the very beginning of their schooling.
There is an interesting coincidence about the song under discussion. In ‘Maachis’ (1996), KK sang his first Hindi film song, chhod aaye ham wo galiyaan which was written by Gulzar. The song under discussion which was also written by Gulzar, became KK’s last recorded Hindi film song before his untimely death on May 31, 2022.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Jungle maange dhoop paani Dhoop paani rahne de (Sherdil – The Pilibhit Saga)(2022) Singer-KK, Rituraj, Lyrics-Gulzar, MD-Shantanu Moitra
Chorus
Lyrics
arre mutthi mutthi boyee de
mutthi mutthi boyee de
arre mutthi mutthi boide beejaa
arre maati maange boota
boyee de re bhaiya
arre boota boota
boyee de
ugaaide re bhaiya
boota boota ugne de re
boota boota ugne de
bhoomi apni maange re ae
maange uske gehne re
patta patta boota boota
jungle jungle rehne de
jungle maange dhoop paani
dhoop paani rahne de
in hare
pedon ki
daaliyaan aan kat gayin
kuchh puja mein
kuchh shaadiyon mein jal gayin
oh oh oh
kat gayi
chhaaon bhi
dhoop bhi
pedon ki ee
jo bachi
daaliyaan
wo sati ee ee ee ho gayin
jo god mein lekar chita mein jal gayin
ho o o
mar gaye
mor sab
udd gaye ae panchhi tere ae
mujhe aawaaz deti hai hawaayein junglon ki re
mujhe dariyaaon ka rona sunaayi de raha hai re..ae ae ae ae
kat gayin
chhaaon bhi
dhoop bhi ee ee pedon ki
na re raa aa
aa re raa aa
na re re ae raa aa
aa re raa aa
na re re ae
na re raa aa
aa re re ae
ra re re ae ae ae ae
ra re ra aa aa aa aa
ra re re ae ae ae ae
ra re ra aa aa aa aa
na re raa aa
aa re raa aa ae….ae
khushk hone lag gayi hai ye zameen
chal hare pedon ki chhaaon boyenge
odh ke ye thhanda thhanda aasmaan
ped ke patte bichaa kar soyenge
phir mujhe bhoomi ki boli sun’ne de
ugne de phir boota boota ugne de
de de re bhoomi ke gehne de de re ae
ugne de phir boota boota ugne de ae ae
de de re bhoomi ke gehne de de re ae
de de re bhoomi ke gehne de de re ae
mujhe aawaz deti hai hawaayein junglon ki re
mujhe dariyaaon ka rona sunaayi de raha hai re..ae ae ae ae
kat gayi
chhaaon bhi
dhoop bhi ee
pedon ki
oh oh kat gayi
chhaaon bhi
dhoop bhi ee
pedon ki
boota boota ugne de re
boota boota ugne de
bhoomi apni maange re
(ra ra ra aa aa ae)
maange uske gehne re
(re re re ae ae)
patta patta boota boota
(ra ra ra aa aa ae)
jungle jungle rehne de
(re re re ae ae)
jungle maange dhoop paani
dhoop paani rahne de
Tu himmat na haar
Posted by: Atul on: April 24, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.91
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On this date ten years ago (24 April 2013), seven songs from seven different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 7965 | Lo chaand bhi jalne laga | Jungle Princess (1942) | 5 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 7966 | Qismat ne hamen majboor kiya | Aankhen (1950) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7967 | O bhoolne waale main tujhe kaise bhula doon | Pagli (1943) | 3 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7968 | Aankhon mein aansuon ko piye jaa rahi hoon main | Chehra (1946) | 6 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7969 | O dil mein basaane waale | Jeewan Nauka (1952) | 2 songs covered out of 13 by now |
| 7970 | Ae falak yoon hi sataata jaayegaa | But Taraash (1947) | 4 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7971 | Baansuriya haay toot gayi man ki | Dekho Ji(1947) | 5 songs covered out of 11 by now |
We observe that one movie (out of seven movies) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (viz on 24 April 2013) has since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with six unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (24 April 2023).
“But Taraash”(1947) is one of the BTYC eligible movie today.
“But Taraash”(1947) was directed by B D Garg and Afzal Jahangeer. The movie had Shirin, Harish, Arshad, Manorama, Pran, Farida, Suresh etc in it.
The movie had 11 songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the fifth song from “But Taraash”(1947) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by G M Durrani and chorus. Lyricist is not known. Music is composed by Ghulam Haider.
Only audio of this inspirational song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturiastion of the song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link
Song-Tu himmat na haar (But Taraash)(1947) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-Ghulam Haider
Chorus
G M Durrani + Chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
tu himmat na haar tu himmat na haar (aa aa aa aa aa aa )
tu himmat na haar tu himmat na haar (aa aa aa aa aa aa
tu himmat naa haar musaafir
tu himmat naa haar
tu himmat naa haar musaafir
tu himmat naa haar
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
(aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa)
ye naiyya wo door kinaaraa/kanaaraa aa aa
ye naiyya wo door kinaaraa
haath mein ley patwaar musaafir
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
aa aa aa aa aa aaaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
dekh ke man teraa na doley ae ae
dekh ke man teraa na doley
laakh padey manjhdhaar
aandhi baadal barkhaa bijlee
tu sabko lalkaar
tu sabko lalkaar musaafir
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
aa aa aa aaa aaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
dukh jo padey ghabraa nahin moorakh a a a a
dukh jo padey ghabraa nahin moorakh
dukhee hai sab sansaar
mar kar bhee gar chain na paayaa
phir marnaa bekaar
marnaa hai bekaar
marnaa hai bekaar
Chalta chal tu chalta chal
Posted by: Atul on: April 6, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.65
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On this date ten years ago (6 April 2013), eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7831 | Ek nek tabeeyat raaja thha | Abhagin (1938) | 5 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7832 | Naiyya dheere dheere jaana | Chitralekha (1941) | 4 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7833 | Sochta kya hai sudarshan ke chalaane waale | Neelkamal(1947) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7834 | Ho tere bin meri zindagi kis kaam ki | Suhaag Raat (1948) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7835 | Nahin boloon nahin boloon | Tamaasha(1952) | 7 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 7836 | Torey naina raseelry kateeley haay raam | Hamdard (1953) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7836 | Jhoomo re jhoomne ke din aaye | Fashionable Wife (1959) | 4 songs covered out of 10 by now |
We observe that four movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 6 April 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with four unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (6 april 2023).
“Fashionable wife”(1959) is one of the four unYIPPEED movies and is therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (6 aprl 2023).
“Fashionable wife”(1959) was produced and directed by Adarsh aka B.K.Adarsh for Adarshlok, Bombay. The movie had Jaymala in title role. Others in the movie were Abhi Bhattacharya, Anoop Kumar, Daisy Irani, Nazir Husein, Manorama, Leela Misra, Achla Sachdev, Mirza Musharraf, Iftekhar, Anand Joshi, Vijay Kaul, Mastana Azad, Murlidhar, R.S.Dubey, Nitoo, Jagdish Shrivastava, B.R.Wadia, Radhakishan etc.
The movie had ten songs in it. Five songs have been covered so far.
Here is the sixth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Manna Dey and chorus. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by Suresh-Talwar.
The song is picturised as a background song as Jaymala is seen walking on foot , determination writ large ion her face. Abhi Bhattacharya, waiting at his home wonders where she is off to.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
video link:
Song-Chalta chal tu chalta chal (Fashionable Wife)(1959) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Suresh Talwar
Female chorus
Male chorus
All chorus
Manna Dey + all chorus
Lyrics (audio link)(Provided by Prakashchandra)
jeevan path mein aen
hai kahaan..aan..aan
pathik tujhe aaraa..aaam
chalna hi to zindagi..ee
rukna maut ka naam
hmm…hmmm…hmm…hmmm..hmm..hmm
chalta chal
hmm….hmmm…hmmm..hmmm
chaltaa chal
hmm…hmmm.hmmm…hmmm
dhoop ho ya chhaaon ho
door tera gaaon ho
chaahey thakey paaon ho
chaltaa chal tu chaltaa chal
ye phool aur ye kaantein aen (hmmm….hmmm)
maalik ne baraabar baantein (hmmm….hmmm)
phoolon ka baag lagaana to
kaanton se kabhi na tall l l (hmmm….hmmm)
chaltaa chal (hmmm…hmmm..hmmm..hmm)
dhoop ho ya chhaaon ho
door tera gaaon ho
chaahey thakey paaon ho
chaltaa chal tu chaltaa chal
mat maang dayaa ki bhikshaa..aaa (hmmm….hmmm)
ye teri aggni pareeksha (hmmm….hmmm)
iss jag jeevan ki jwaalaa mein
tu kundan ban`ke nikal.l.l .l(hmmm….hmmm..hmmm)
chaltaa chal (hmmm…hmmm..hmmm..hmm)
dhoop ho ya chhaaon ho
door tera gaaon ho
chaahey thakey paaon ho
chaltaa chal tu chaltaa chal
mat kho ankhiyan ke moti (hmmm….hmmm)
sach ki chamkegi jyoti (hmmm….hmmm)
hard dum sooraj ko dhak na saka
udtaa phirthaa baadal.ll..ll..ll (hmmm….hmmm..hmm)
chaltaa chal (hmmm…hmmm..hmmm..hmm)
dhoop ho ya chhaaon ho
door tera gaaon ho
chaahey thakey paaon ho
chaltaa chal tu chaltaa chal
ik bin dukh dard dhalenge ae (hmmm….hmmm)
tere dukh/sukh ke deep jalengey (hmmm….hmmm)
ik din tukde tukde hongein
duniya ke kapatt aur chhal (hmmm….hmmm)
chaltaa chal (hmmm….hmmm..hmmm)
dhoop ho ya chhaaon ho ho ho oo o (chaltaa chal)
door tera gaaon ho o o o o (chaltaa chal)
chaahey thakey paaon ho o o o o o o o o
chaltaa chal tu chaltaa chal (ho o o ho ho o o)
chaltaa chal tu chaltaa chal (ho o o ho ho o)
Jhoothhi teri aas manwaa
Posted by: Atul on: March 8, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 33
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On this date ten years back viz on 8 March 2013, nine songs from nine different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 7625 | Tum jabse mil kar chhoot gaye | Bebus (1950) | 3 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7626 | Nitya nirantar boley antar | Shiv Shakti(1952) | One song covered out of 7 by now |
| 7627 | Ae jee akdo na hamse piyaa | Abhimaan(1957) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7628 | Aaya hai zamaana aurat ka | Laxmi (1957) | 3 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 7629 | Jhankaar paayal ki tosey binti karey | Naag Devta(1962) | 3 songs out of 7 covered by now |
| 7630 | Meri daastaan mujhe hi mera dil suna ke roye | Aao Pyaar Karen (1964) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7631 | Tum hamen pyaar karo ya na karo | Kaise Kahoon(1964) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7632 | Meri saheliyaan byaahi gayin saari | Teesra Kaun(1965) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7633 | Phoolon ke dere hain saaye ghanere hain | Zameer (1975) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
We can observe that five movies (out of nine) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (8 march 2013) have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with four movies that are unYIPPEED from that date and therefore they are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (8 March 2023).
“Laxmi”(1957) is one BTYC eligible movie today (8 March 2023). This movie was produced by A Chiman Trivedi and directed by G P Pawar for Chitra Bharati, Bombay. This movie had Nanda, Chandrashekhar, Tiwari ,Maruti, Roopmala, Kamal Kapoor, Moni Chatterji, Satyanarain, Parshuram, Indira, S.Azim, Natial etc in it. The movie also had Mahipal, Ramavtar and Ratnamala in guest appearances.
“Laxmi”(1957) had eight songs in it. Three songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the fourth song from the movie. It is sung by Manna Dey. Qamar Jalalabadi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Avinash Vyas.
The song is picturised as a typical mendicant song picturised on a beggar whose song express the feelings of the lead actors who are nearby and they are able to listen to the song loud and clear. The message contained in the song tells the lead actors what they were doing wrong leading to the sad long faces they were sporting. They had built up tall buildings of hope on very weak foundations , they have tried to burn a diya in the midst of a cyclone. Such tilting at the winsdmills was an exercise in futility and was bound to lead to disappointments. Very good and sound advise. I wonder if the laed actors Nanda and Chandrashekhar pay heed to the lesson contained in the song and reform themselves. I am not sure who the actor is who lip syncs this song with a message. He could be Parshuram. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify him.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
video link:
Song-Jhoothhi teri aas manwaa (Laxmi)(1957) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi, MD-Avinash Vyas
Lyrics( of video link)(Provided by Prakashchandra)
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
jhoothi teree aas manwaa aaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
reti mein kyun on mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
jhoothi teree aas manwaa aaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
unko paa kar bhee naa paayaa
haath kisee kaa haath na aayaa
nadi kinaarey par jaa kar bhee
bujhee na teree pyaas manwaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
jhoothi teree aas manwaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
retee mein kyun mahal banaayaa
sapnon se kyun dil bharmaaye
sapnaa aaye sapnaa jaaye ae
sapnaa to phir bhee sapnaa hai ae
kyaa uskaa vishwaas manwaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
jhoothi teree aas manwaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
preet kiye kab sukh hotaa hai ae ae
ae ae ae ae
moorakh manwaa kyun rotaa hai ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae
moorakh manwaa kyun rotaa hai
manzil ko kyun dhoondh rahaa hai
manzil ke hee paas manwaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
jhoothi teree aas manwaa
jhoothi teree aas
ho o ho o
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
reti mein kyun mahal banaayaa
aandhi mein kyun deep jalaayaa
Himmat na haar raahee
Posted by: Atul on: February 5, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 20
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On this date ten years back viz on 5 February 2013, four songs from four different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 7449 | Hamen itna bata de bhagwaan | Ratna Manjari(1955) | 2 songs covered out of 5 by now |
| 7450 | Ye duniya rail niraali | Paayal (1957) | 7 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7451 | Hip hip hurray | College Girl (1960) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7452 | Hum pyaar karna sakta ke nahin sakta | Shabistan (1951) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
We can observe that two movies (out of four) whose songs were covered on the blog on this date ten years ago (on 5 February 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with two unYIPPEED movies which are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today ten years later (on 5 February 2023).
“Paayal”(1957) is the second BTYC eligible movie for the day today (5 February 2023). This movie was Produced By Joseph Thomas and directed by Joseph Taliath Jr. for Madras Talkies, Madras. The movie had Padmini, Sunil Dutt, David,Baby Naaz,Ragini,Bipin Gupta, Raj Mehra(Guest Artiste), Achla Sachdev,Meenu Mumtaz,Sheoraj(Shivraj),Laxman Rao, Agha, Praveen Paul, Puri, Bhavani etc in it.
“Paayal”(1957) had nine songs in it. Seven songs have been covered so far.
Here is the eighth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Lata and Usha Mangeshkar. The inspirational lyrics are penned by Rajinder Krishan. Music is composed by Hemant Kumar.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Himmat na haar raahee (Paayal)(1957) Singers-Lata, Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Hemant Kumar
Both
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
himmat na haar raahee…eee ee ee
jeevan ke is safar mein
himmat na haar raahee
bann jaayegee ujaalaa
ik din yehee siyaahi
jeevan ke is safar mein
himmat na haar raahee
bann jaayegee ujaalaa
ik din yehee siyaahi
himmat na haar raahee…eee
qismat mein hain jo thhokar
woh bhee tu hans ke khaa ley ae
qismat mein hain jo thhokar
woh bhee tu hans ke khaa ley
jab tak bhi chaahey tujhko
taqdeer aazmaa le aey ae
duniyaa hai jung gham kee
insaan hai sipaahee
bann jaayegee ujaalaa
ik din yehee siyaahi
jeevan ke is safar mein
himmat na haar raahee
bann jaayegee ujaalaa
ek din yehee siyaahi
himmat na haar raahee…eee
kaantein agar milein to
kaanton se pyaar kar ley ae ae
kaantein agar milein to
kaanton se pyaar kar ley
kaantein banengey kaliyaan
tu intezaar kar ley aey ae
kab tak rahegi aakhir
qismat mein ye tabaahee
bann jaayegee ujaalaa
ik din yehee siyaahi
jeevan ke is safar mein
himmat na haar raahee
bann jaayegee ujaalaa
ik din yehee siyaahi
himmat na haar raahee eee eee
Hai badh ke farishton se bhi insaan teri shaan
Posted by: Atul on: January 27, 2023
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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Hullo Atuldom
This post is thanks to the morning programs aired by Radio Ceylon (Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation) and Prasar Bharati’s Vividh Bharati today.
The first song that I heard this morning was from the 1967 Bharat Bhushan starrer “Taqdeer”; a song from “Gateway Of India” (1957) was just over. And Jyoti Parmarji announced that the segment was a tribute to yesteryear actor Bharat Bhushan (14th June 1920- 27th January 1992).
The next segment played songs from “Thokar” (1953), Taxi 555 (1958), “Saaranga” (1960) etc; and Jyotiji said that the segment was remembering Sardar Malik (13th January 1930- 27th January 2006).
I am sure if I had listened further, I would have heard some lovely songs of Zia Sarhadi Sahab (1917- 27th January 1997). This youtube link will give us the songs played in that segment.
Then around 9.30 a.m. I switched on to Vividh Bharati and I landed on their “aaj ke fankaar” and I discovered that today is LOIN’s birth anniversary too.
So many yesteryear populars’ anniversaries. So I set out on my favourite activity- trying to find a movie or song featuring at least two of those who are being remebered today. And I had my EUREKAAA!!!! moment sometime back.
Today we are having a song sung by Mohd. Rafi, written by Madan Mohan (not the music director, please note) & Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and composed by Sardar Malik. It is from the movie “Maa Ke Aansoo” (1959). It was a movie which had Hamid Ali Khan, Nalini Jaywant, Neelam, Lalita Pawar, Agha, Ajit Kumar etc. Dhirubhai Desai was the director and more details about the movie can be had in this post Meri jholi ko bhar de of December 27th, 2011. Shri. Arunkumar Deshmukhji has given a brief about the movie in the comments to the post.
I am sure that it is well-known that Hamid Ali Khan was popular as Ajit. He started as an extra in many of his initial films to feed himself. He changed his name to Ajit on the advise of Nanabhai Bhatt. and played the main protagonist in films till sometime in the 60s when he switched to playing character roles and was most sought after villain in movies of the late 60s and most of the 70s. His character in “Kalicharan” (1976) pompously called himself “LOIN” of course that was his way of pronouncing the word Lion; similarly his “Rabbert” for Robert, “Mona Darling” are all unforgettable.
He would have been 101 today.
Sardar Malik passed away this date in 2006. He was active in Hindi Films from late 1940s and gave music for nearly 600 songs. I could readily recollect all the songs that SLBC played this morning. I just thought I will mention here that his children and grand children are connected with the music industry as singers, music directors etc. I also feel like mentioning that Hasrat Jaipuri was his wife’s brother.
Video
Audio
Song-Hai badh ke farishton se bhi insaan teri shaan (Maa Ke Aansoo)(1959) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Madan Mohan (lyricist), MD-Sardar Malik
Lyrics
aandhi mein gunaahon ka diya jal nahin sakta
jo bachke aa pahuncha hai
anjaam tera tere hi haathon mein hai naadaan
khud ko zara pehchaan
tu khud ko zara pehchaan
hai badh ke fariston se bhi insaan teri shaan
khud ko zara pehchan
tu khud ko zara pehchaan
maathe se siyaah daag gunaahon ke mita de
gunaahon ke mita de
neki ke diye gham ke andhere mein jala de
andhere mein jala de
do din ki khushi ke liye tu bech na imaan
tu bech na imaan
hai badh ke farishton se bhi insaan teri shaan
khud ko zara pehchan
tu khud ko zara pehchaan
jannat na ?? na yazeedon ke liye hai
jannat na ?? na yazeedon ke liye hai
Allaah ka ye ghar to shaheedon ke liye hai
hai waqt sambhalne ka
sambhal jaa arre naadaaan
sambhal jaa arre naadaan
hai badh ke farishton se bhi insaan teri shaan
khud ko zara pehchaan
tu khud ko zara pehchaan
kya teri duaaon se falak hil nahin sakta
falak hil nahin sakta
is dar se jo tu chaahe to kya mil nahin sakta
to kya mil nahin sakta
thhak jaayega neki se buraayi ka ye toofaan
buraayi ka ye toofaan
hai badh ke farishton se bhi insaan teri shaan
khud ko zara pehchaan
tu khud ko zara pehchaan
hai badh ke farishton se bhi insaan teri shaan
khud ko zara pehchaan
tu khud ko zara pehchaan
Hans le gaa le jee le mere pyaare
Posted by: Atul on: January 16, 2023
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.
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4669 |
#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # (Missing movies of 1973-7)
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Today’s song in this series is from the movie ‘Jeewan Sukh’.
I guess this was an obscure movie of its time and it must have been forgotten easily. I could not find any video of this movie on internet and I think that this also seems to be unavailable as of now on internet.
“Jeewan Sukh-1973” was directed by Debu Sen for ‘Suman Productions’.
It had Dheeraj, Monica (New discovery), Nargis Banu, Anand Chaini, Nazeer Hussain, Dhumal, Asit Sen, Darshan, Niliman Pal, Chandrima Bhaduri, Praveen Pal, Mushtaq, Shirli, Bihari, Jhumru, Prakash Thapa, Hardeep, Dhananjay, Sanjana, Jankidas and others.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 20.03.1973.
This movie has four songs written by three lyricists. Naqsh Lyallpuri had written two songs, and Janisar Akhtar and Ved Kumar ‘Saroj’ had written one song each.
Music of this movie was composed by Sapan-Jagmohan.
Here is the list of songs in this movie :-
| S.No. | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Do nigaahen teri, do nigaahen meri | Naqsh Lyallpuri | Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar |
| 02 | Meri paayal kahin na kuchh kah de | Naqsh Lyallpuri | Asha Bhonsle |
| 03 | Hans le gaa le, jee le mere pyaare | Ved Kumar ‘Saroj’ | Manna Dey |
| 04 | Ab kisliye uthhayen ehsaan zindagi ke | Janisar Akhtar | Naseem Banu |
Today this movie ‘Jeewan Sukh-1973’ makes its debut on the blog with a song sung by Manna Dey.
Lyrics are are Ved Kumar ‘Saroj’, who, I guess, will also be making a debut on the blog as Lyrics writer.
Music is composed by Sapan Jagmohan.
As mentioned above only audio of this song is available.
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on the songs and other information about this movie.
Let us listen to today’s song now…
Editor’s note:-This song is the 600th song of Manna Dey in the blog as a playback singer.
Song-Hans le gaa le jee le mere pyaare(Jeewan Sukh)(1973) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Ved Kumar “Saroj”, MD-Sapan Jagmohan
Lyrics
hans le
gaa le
jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
arre hans le
aha gaa le
aha jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
baat badi chhoti si
soorat kyun roti si
gham se dil ghabraaye
lage na baat bhali si ee
baat badi chhoti si
soorat kyun roti si
gham se dil ghabraaye
lage na baat bhali si ee
hans le
gaa le
jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
are hans le
o ho gaa le
o ho jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
arey beeti baat bhulaa de
geet khushi ke gaa le
kal ki parwaah kisko
aaj ko apnaa banaa le ae
beeti baat bhulaa de
geet khushi ke gaa le
kal ki parwaah kisko
aaj ko apnaa banaa le ae
hans le
gaa le
jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
are hans le
haay gaa le
oye jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
samaa hai pal do pal ka
zaraa jee ko kar le halkaa
hans kar samay bitaa le
kya hai bharosa kal kaa aa
samaa hai pal do pal ka
o zaraa jee ko kar le halkaa
arey hans kar samay bitaa le
kya hai bharosa kal kaa aa
hans le ae
gaa le
jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
arey hans le
aha gaa le
aha jee le mere pyaare
jeewan mein dukh sukh
ke do hi kinaare ae
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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