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Posted on: August 3, 2012
Today (3 august) is the birth anniversary of Shakeel Badayuni (3 august 1916- 20 april 1970). The combination of Shakeel Badayuni as a lyricist as Naushad as a music director was one of the most common and most successful lyricist-music director combinations of the golden era of Hindi movies. They worked together in as many as thirty movies.
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Hindi movie songs cover lots of ground as far as depicting various human feelings as well as activities of Indians are concerned. But there are still a few regular activities that have been sadly underrepresented. For instance, there are hardly any songs for an activity as common as buying and selling of vegetables.
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Late 1960s and early 1970s were a period which saw the creation of several songs that have now become integral parts of Indian weddings. These are songs whose tunes are played in most Indian baaraats almost without fail.
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“Aawaaz” (1956) is a Mehboob Production movie. This movie was directed by Zia Sarhadi. The sttar cast of this movie had names like Rajendra Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Usha Kiran, Zul Vellani, Anwar, N. Hussain, Mukri, Murad, Leela Chitnis, Jagdeep in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Street Singer (1938) is a wonderful musical bonanza, that has two of the greatest singer-actors in it, in the person of Saigal Saab and Kaanan Devi. Six songs from this movie are already posted on this blog. This is the seventh song, and what a wonderful ghazal it is. The ghazal itself is presented as a duet, and is rendered very simply, yet elegantly by Saigal Saab and Kaanan Devi. A summary of the story line of this film has already been discussed in the previous two songs posted for this movie, viz., ‘Ghungharwaa baaje chhananana chhan’ and ‘Hai kyaa koi suhaawan sapnaa’. In this song, the two street singers meet the rich theatre owner for the first time – a meeting that will change their lives and destinies. The theatre owner’s role is played by Jagdeesh Sethi. (Folks can recall the film ‘Baat Ek Raat Ki’ (1962), where this very person, Jagdeesh Sethi has played a role of a rich film producer who takes fancy to a street performer (Waheeda Rehman), takes her under his care, and makes her a film star. Another variant to the theme of this movie, although the 1962 creation further develops as a murder mystery).
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When I look back at the list of pending farmaishes in the farmaish page of this blog, I see that the oldest farmaishes are by sid for a few K C Dey songs. All these days, I did not know where to find these songs. Now I have been able to find these rare songs. So I will try and clear the backlock of this and other pending farmaishes.
When I located this song, I hit a jackpot. I found the audio version as well as the video version of this song. Those were the days when the video version for the movie and audio version for the record companies were recorded separately, and there used to be variations in the two versions. In case of this song, there are significant variations in the two versions. The video version is considerably more dramatic as compared to the more sedate audio version.
This remarkable song is sung by K C Dey and it is picturised on K C Dey himself. He plays a blind man, and he actually was blind himself. A small kid is also there with him who helps him stand up on his feet after he falls down and requests him to continue singing. Any idea who this kid is ?
Kidar Sharma is the lyricist and R C Boral is the music director.
This song is a gem, and a great legacy from the early days of Hindi movies. The fact that the video of this song survives, and that too in a reasonable shape is a cause for great jubilation and I thank the music lovers who have preserved this gem and have uploaded it for us the savour.
Here is this amazing composition from “Vidyapati”(1937). Listening to this song is a divine experience.
Video
Audio
Song-Hari charanan mein safal…Panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai (Vidyapati) (1937) Singer-K C Dey,Lyrics-Kidar Sharma,MD-R C Boral
Lyrics
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video version
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hari charanan mein
saphal hot sab poojaa
hari charanan mein
saphal hot sab poojaa
aaa
hari charanan mein
saphal hot sab poojaa
jab koi musaafir andhiyaare mein
apni raah
kho jaataa hai
jab koi musaafir
andhiyaare mein
apni raah kho jaataa hai
phir Manmohan aa haath pakad kar
usko raah dikhaataa hai
Manmohan aa haath pakad kar
usko raah dikhaataa hai
usko raah dikhaataa hai
usko raah dikhaataa hai
usko raah dikhaataa hai
usko raah dikhaataa hai
gaanaa kyun band kar diyaa baba
gaao naa
kyaa gaaun betaa
o
wahi Kanhiayya waalaa
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
oh achchhaa
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
Raadhaa se raas rachaataa hai
Raadhaa se raas rachaataa hai
sakhiyon ko
sakhiyon ko naach nachaataa hai
wo baansuriyaa le aataa hai
aur meethhi taan sunaataa hai
wo baansuriyaa le aataa hai
aur meethhi taan sunaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
Mohan ko maakhan bhaataa hai
Mohan ko maakhan bhaataa hai
wo maakhan khoob churaataa hai
wo maakhan khoob churaataa hai
khaataa hai aur ganwaataa hai
khaataa aur ganwaataa hai
sakhiyon ko bahut sataataa hai
sakhiyon ko bahut sataataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyyaa aataa hai
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Audio version
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aaa
aaa
hari charanan mein
saphal hot sab poojaa
aaa
hari charanan mein
saphal hot sab poojaa
hari charanan mein
saphal hot sab poojaa
aaa
hari charanan mein
saphal hot sab poojaa
jab koi musaafir andhiyaare mein
apni raah kho jaataa hai
jab koi musaafir andhiyaare mein
apni raah kho jaataa hai
phir Manmohan aa haath pakad kar
usko raah dikhaataa hai
phir Manmohan aa haath pakad kar
usko raah dikhaataa hai
tum ruk kyun gaye baabaa
gaao naa
gaaun
kyaa gaaun betaa
wahi
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa
oh achchhaa
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
Raadhaa se raas rachaataa hai
Raadhaa se raas rachaataa hai
sakhiyon ko
sakhiyon ko naach nachaataa hai
wo baansuriyaa le aataa hai
wo baansuriyaa le aataa hai
aur meethi taan sunaataa hai
aur meethi taan sunaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
Mohan ko maakhan bhaataa hai
wo maakhan khoob churaataa hai
Mohan ko maakhan bhaataa hai
wo maakhan khoob churaataa hai
khaataa hai aur ganwaataa hai
khaataa aur ganwaataa hai
sakhiyon ko bahut sataataa hai
sakhiyon ko bahut sataataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
aa kar dhoom machaataa hai
panghat pe Kanhaiyaa aataa hai
Ghungharwaa baaje chhananana chhan
Posted on: July 25, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Street Singer (1938) is a landmark creation from New Theatres, Calcutta. Directed by the legendary Phani Majumdar, the star cast of this movie includes KL Saigal, Kaanan Devi. Bikram Kapoor, Subeer, Jagdeesh, Boken Chatto, Chamanlal, Abdul Rehman, Ram Kumari, Nirmal Bannerjee etc. The movie has as many as thirteen songs. The lyrics are created by Aarzoo Lucknowi, and the music composition is by another legend, RC Boral. Four of the more famous and familiar songs are already discussed on this blog, including the inimitable “Baabul Moraa Naihar Chhooto Hi Jaaye”. This song is a duet sung by Saigal Saab and Kaanan Devi.
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