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4535 | Post No. : | 16103 | Movie Count : |
4396 |
Hullo Atuldom
There is a test match on, ‘Down Under’, and I am recalling the words of Sunny Gavaskar. He had hosted a short tele-series in the late 80s. He had also written his autobiography “Sunny Days”.
What I am quoting here and often prior to today, is something that I have read in “Sunny Days” or heard it on the said serial. It could also be Sunny Gavaskar in his avatar as a commentator. His advice to the batsmen used to be that “One should always reach the milestone of say a 50 or 100 with a four, six or at the most run two runs. This would cover up for any score that the scorer had inadvertently credited to extras”. Possibly this may have been due to his experiences at the start of his career when scorers used to do their work manually.
My reason for quoting Sunny Bhai (as he is sometimes addressed by his co-commentators) is that it has been a while since my last post, that had been a milestone for me. And following Sunnybhai’s advice my quick single (next post) should have come a few days back. But that has not been. I had many posts in mind for various birthdays and anniversaries but I have been away. But, as the elders say ‘better late than never’.
So coming to today’s post it is to wish an actor who is blessed with a good voice almost equaling Amitabh Bachchan’s baritone, a good height again almost equal to Mr. Bachchan and looks that far surpasses many of his contemporaries. He was born in Quetta in present day Pakistan a year before independence, educated in Hyderabad (in India) and was a Tennis and Swimming champion.
His career in the entertainment industry began with Radio Shows (which he got thanks to his voice) and stage plays. He is also trained at FTII. On relocating to Mumbai his experience on radio and stage kept him going and his looks helped him gain modelling assignments; I remember him in ads for ‘Lifebouy soap’ and also ‘Charminar cigarettes’. His Bollywood debut happened in 1977 with “Jeewan Mukt” but it was his role in “Laawaaris” as a potter that is my first recall of him. Hope that rings a bell in the mind of the readers.
Yes, I am speaking of the National Award winning, still handsome Suresh Oberoi. He turns a year older today. He has done a few romantic roles too in his career which are overshadowed by the character roles he has played. We can recall him as ‘Mukhi’ in “Mirch Masaala”, the tormentor in “Coolie”,”Shraddhanjali”, etc. He has played an inspector in a number of movies and may be holding the record for the third highest by an actor after Jagdish Raj and Iftikaar. 🙂
Today’s song is from the 1982 released, Satyen Bose directed “Tumhare Bina”. It had Suresh Oberoi and Swaroop Sampat playing a couple and parents to a little boy. He is a film producer whose wife is suspicious of his relation with a beautiful actress (Simple Kapadia). The couple separate and Robin Dutt (Suresh Oberoi) is forced to abduct his son, go into hiding etc. The movie had songs penned by Govind Moonis and tuned by Raam Laxman. Bhupinder Singh, Behroz Chatterjee (never heard this name before), Manhar Udhas, and Gurpreet Kaur (not heard this name too) were the playback singers used. Apparently the movie was a remake of Kramer v/s Kramer.
Today we have a song which shows that Suresh Oberoi would have made a good romantic hero too. It is duet by Bhupinder and Behroz Chatterjee.
(Atulji, here is the link for the song “lab tak aayi hai jo baat”
Video (shorter)
Audio (Full)
Song-Lab tak aayi hai jo baat kaho to boloon(Tumhaare Bina)(1982) Singers-Bhupinder Singh, Behroz Chatterjee, Lyrics-Govind Moonis, MD-Ram Laxman
Both
Lyrics
hmm hmh hmm hmm
ho ho ho
aa ha ha
lab tak aai hai jo baat
kaho to boloon
dil mein hai kuchh jazzbaat
kaho to boloon oon
lab tak aai hai jo baat
kaho to boloon oon
dil mein hai kuchh jazbaat
kaho to boloon
kahne do o
kahne do o
kahne na rahne do o
lab tak aai hai jo baat
kaho to boloon oon
dil mein hai kuchh jazbaat
kaho to boloon
milte hi nazron se nazar
sapne suhaane kitne jage
milte hi nazron se nazar
sapne suhaane kitne jage ae
chhoo ke badan sihran si lagi
tumko kya aisa na lage
main kya jaanoon oon
rahne ae do o
thehro na aa aa
kahne do o
lab tak aai hai jo baat
kaho to boloon oon
dil mein hai kuchh jazbaat
kaho to boloon
lab tak aai hai jo baat
kaho to boloon oon
dil mein hai kuchh jazbaat
kaho to boloon
saath tumhaara jo aaj mila
jeevan bhar ye saath rahe
saath tumhaara jo aaj mila
jeevan bhar ye saath rahe
dil mein rahe ye pyaar sada
haathon mein ye haath rahe
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
lalalalaala
lalalaala
o o o
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm mm mmhmm hmm hmm
lalalalaal
lalalaala
o o o
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
Deep jaley dekho
Posted on: December 17, 2020
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4535 | Post No. : | 16102 |
“Dil Daulat Duniya”(1972) was directed by Prem Narayan Arora for All India Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Sadhana, Rajesh Khanna, Helen, Om Prakash, Sulochana, Jagdeep, Agha, Bela Bose, Shyam Kumar, Ram Avtar, Keshav Rana, Tuntun, Indira Bansal, Polson, Satish, Gurnam, Kabeer Kumar, Parasram, Altaf (child artist, Prince (dog) etc in it.
“Dil Daulat Duniya”(1972) had five songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the past.
Here are the details of the songs:-
| S.No. | Song Title | Lyricist | Posted on |
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| 01 | Saath mein pyaara saathi hai | Shaily Shailendra | 28.08.2010 |
| 02 | Masti aur jawaani ho | Verma Malik | 18.07.2013 |
| 03 | Ruk ruk … ruk meri raani | Hasrat Jaipuri+Neeraj | 18.07.2017 |
| 04 | Deep jaley dekho | Verma Malik | Being covered today |
| 05 | O meri laaraa loo | Hasrat Jaipuri+Neeraj | 28.08.2020 |
The fifth and final song from “Dil Daulat Duniya”(1972) is sung by Asha Bhonsle, Usha Khanna and Rekha Jaikar. Verma Malik is the lyricist. Music is composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
The song is picturised as a family get together song where Sulochana, Rajesh Khanna etc are seen watching a dance performance by Sadhana, Helen and Bela Bose.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
With this song, all the five songs from “Dil Daulat Duniya”(1972) are now covered in the blog and the movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Video
Audio
Song-Deep jaley dekho (Dil Daulat Duniya)(1972) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Usha Khanna, Rekha Jaikar, Lyrics-Verma Malik, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
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Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
deep jaley dekho o
deep jaley dekho
kaise karte hain hamko ishaare ae ae
deep nahin gori ee
deep nahin gori
dil ki dhadkan hain
dil ko pukaare ae ae
deep nahin gori
dil ki dhadkan hain
dil ko pukaare ae ae
deep nahin gori ee
raat ko jaagte din ko soyi
raat ko jaagte din ko soyi
ye na jaane mujhe kya huaa hai
ye na jaane mujhe kya huaa hai ae
jo jawaani mein hota hain aksar
ho jo jawaani mein hota hain aksar
aaj tujhko wahi ho gaya hai
o aaj tujhko wahi ho gaya hai
yahi to hai pyaar
yahi to hai pyaar
koyi aaya hai dil main tumhaare ae
deep nahin gori
dil ki dhadkan hai dil ko pukaare ae ae
deep nahin gori ee
chor hamne bhi dekhe sune hain
chor hamne bhi dekhe sune hain
par ye dil chor to hain niraale
par ye dil chor to hain niraale ae ae
dil gaya hain to jaane de gori
o dil gaya hain to jaane de gori
bach sake to jawaani bachaale ae
bach sake to jawaani bachaale
bach ke raho jee ee
bach ke raho jee
koyi peechhe padaa hain tumhaare ae
deep nahin gori
dil ki dhadkan hai dil ko pukaare ae
deep nahin gori ee
unko dil mein chhupaa loon umar bhar
unko dil mein chhupaa loon umar bhar
aisa jaadu koyi ab sikhaa do o
aisa jaadu koi ab sikhaa do naa
na unko aanhkon ke andar bithha kar
unko aanhkon ke andar bithha kar
apni palkon ke aanchal giraa do
apni palkon ke aanchal giraa do o
tum unko dekho o
tum unko dekho
wo dekhen tumhaare nazaare ae ae
deep nahin gori
dil ki dhadkan hai dil ko pukaare ae ae
deep jaley dekho
kaise karte hain hamko ishaare ae ae
la la la laa laa laa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
la la la laa laa laa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
la la la laa laa laa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
la la la laa laa laa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 100
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This day ten years ago (16 december 2010) was another productive day for the blog. As many as seven songs were covered that day. The first post was published at 7:54 whereas the final post of the day appeared at 9:41 AM.
Here are the details of these songs :-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 3353 | Arri o mohe chhed gayaa | Singaar(1949) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3354 | Meri pyaari patang chali baadal ke sang | Dillagi(1949) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3355 | Chaman mein rah ke veeraanaa | Deedaar (1951) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3356 | Yoon hi ulfat ke maaron par ye duniya zulm karti hai | Alladin and the wonderful lamp (1952) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3357 | Kaahe jaadoo kiyaa mujhko itna bataa | Naghmaa (1953) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3358 | Gusse mein jo nikhraa hai | Dil Hi To Hai( 1963) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 3359 | Rafta rafta wo hamaare dil ke armaan ho gaye | Ham Kahaan Jaa Rahe Hain(1966) | 16-Dec-10 |
One can notice that fist six movies whose songs were covered that day have been YIPPEED in the blog by now. That leaves us with just one movie, namely “Ham Kahaan Jaa Rahe Hain”(1966) as the only movie eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (16 December 2020).
“Ham Kahaan Jaa Rahe Hain”(1966) was produced by Shashdhar Mukherjee and Directed by Nitin Bose For Filmistan. The movie had Introducing Neena and Prakash (new introductions) With Abhi Bhattacharya, Badriprasad, Jagirdar, P Kailash, Rajan Haksar, Leela Misra, Murad, Bhardawaj, Jankidas, Rajkishore, Master Raja, Master Prakash, Pasha, Pardhi, Narbada Shankar, Nadira, Asrani, Birbal, Vittaldas Panchotia etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it. Two songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the third song from “Ham Kahaan Jaa Rahe Hain”(1966) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Manna Dey, Krishna Kalle and chorus. Qamar Jalalabadi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Basant Prakash.
HFGK mentions this as a two part song, though the picturiasation appears one single song.
The song is picturised on Prakash, Neena, Raj Kishore, Manjula(Dancer) and Shirley(dancer). Prakashchandra, who provided the lyrics if the song feels that Edwina is also there in the picturisation of the song at 2:05,3:30,5:08 of video link.
One can see that the song celebrates the year 1965. That was 55 years ago ! How time flies !
audio link 1 (first part)
audio link 2(second part)
video link
Song-Bombay Nineteensixtyfive chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life (Ham Kahaan Jaa Rahe Hain)(1966) Singers-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi, MD-Basant Prakash
Manna Dey + Krishna Kalle
Male chorus
Male Chorus + Female Chorus
Male Chorus + Manna Dey
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
oho ho
o ho o o o
oho ho
o o o o o
shabaab aa aaaya
khuley ae ae hain
husn ki aankhon ke ae
mai ae ae khaaaney
chaley ae ae aaaa aaye hain
mastaa aa aaney
liye ae haathon mein paimaaaaney
Bombay Nineteen sixty five
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life
Bombay Nineteen sixty five
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life
I love you u u
I love you
I love you u u
I love you
Bombay Nineteen sixty five (aehhey ae ae)
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life (aehhey ae ae)
Bombay Nineteen sixty five
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life
I love you u u
I love you
I love you u u
I love you
hey jaaney waaley kal ka zikr kya
aaney waaley kal ka fiqr kya
jaaney waaley kal ka zikr kyaa
aaney waaley kal ka fiqr kya
aao zara jhoomen
aao zara gaayein
aao zara jhoomen hhey
aao zara gaayein
aish karein maze karein
dhoom machaayein
aish karein maze karein
dhoom machaayein
bhool jaao kal
aaj ke ye pal
bhool jaao kal
aaj ke ye pal
yehi to hai
yehi to hai
yehi to hai life
Bombay nineteen sixty five (aahhhaa aa aa)
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life (oho o o ho o )
Bombay nineteen sixty five (oho o o ho o )
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life ( ho o hho o ho o o oo)
I love you u u u
I love you
I love you u u u
I love you
come on girls come on
hey boys
come let`s dance
twist twist
twist twist
twist twist
twist twist
twist twist
twist twist
come babes
come along
ek se ek yahaan beautiful
inki adaayein wonderful
ek se ek yahaan beautiful
inki adaayein wonderful
dene waala deta hamein dil jo hazaar
dene waala deta hamein dil jo hazaar
kar dete hum inn pe nissaar
kar dete hum inn pe nissaar
bhool jaao kal
aaj ka ye pal
bhool jaao kal
aaj ka ye pal
yehi to hai
yehi to hai
yehi to hai life
Bombay nineteen sixty five (aahhhaa aaa)
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life (oho o o ho o )
Bombay nineteen sixty five (oho o o ho o )
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life ( ho o hho o ho o o oo)
I love you u u
I love you
I love you u u
I love you u u u
hey ae tirchhi nazar ka khumhaar (aa hha hayye)
uss pe shabaab ki bahaar (aaa hha haayye)
hey tirchhi nazar ka khumhaar hayye haayye
uss pe shabaab ki bahaar haayye haayye
aao zara naachen
yaaron dil khol
aao zara naachen hey
yaaron dil khol
aao karein aao karen rock `n roll hho
aao karein aao karein rock `n roll
rock rock rock rock rock `n roll (ohho ho)
rock rock rock rock rock `n roll (ohho ho)
twist twist twist twist twist twist
twist twist twist twist twist twist
yehi to hai
yehi to hai
yehi to hai life
Bombay nineteen sixty five (aahhhaa aaa aaa)
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life (oho o o ho o )
Bombay nineteen sixty five (sixty five) (aahhhaa aa haaa)
chaa chaa chaa ki rangeen life(aahhhaa aa haaa)
I love you u u
I love you
I love you u u u
I love you
Hai ye kaisa nasha
Posted on: December 15, 2020
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4533 | Post No. : | 16100 |
So we are at it again. For the 161st time in the blog ! We arrive at post number 16100 in the blog with this writeup !
I have mentioned it in the past that we no longer look forward to these century posts with the same eagerness as in the past. This applies not only to blog centuries but also to the centuries of artists. At this moment, a good number of artists are into their ninetees. I propose to take them all up to their respective centuries after we are done with this blog century.
This post too takes up one such case. The artists in questions are Shankar Jaikishan. If some artists are in their 90s, then they are in their 990s- 999 to be precise. This post sees then break into the four figure mark. We have had singers (four) and lyricists (three) who are in fopur figures in the blog. Shankar Jaikishan join them today and become the first music directors to reach 1000 songs in the blog.
I was in quite a dimemma to pick a song for the occasion. All iconic Shankar Jaikishan songs from the golden era of HFM are altready covered. A few leftover songs of that era somehow did not fit the bill. I was looking for a special song- typically a rare song.
Finally I have zoeroed in on a song which qualifies to be called a rare song. It is not a song of 1940s or 1950s. Rather it is a song of recent vintage (by the shandards of this blog).
Moreover, this song is quite unusal in the sense that one would not guess it to be a Shankar Jaikishan song if he is not informed beforehand. One would guess it to be a song composed by Kalyanji Anandji, or R D Burman, or Bppi Lahiri, considering when this song was composed, but this song is a creation of Shankar Jaikishan, or more precisely Shankar (seeing that Jaikishan had already expired by then).
It is quite a surprise that this song did not get popular. I was very much into HFM listening those days, but even I never got to listen to this song even once ! That has to do with the fact that the movie did not do well at the box office. It was not really a surprise seeing that the movie did not star Amitabh Bachchan. The movie starred Jeetendra and Neetu Singh. Jeetendra, alongwith Sri Devi or Jaya Prada could draw crowds, but not Jeetendra and Neetu Singh, and the movie duuly flopped. The songs of this movie, including this song remained unheard by majority of music lovers.
This movie was “Chorni”(1981). I had heard about this movie but I did not consider this movie worthy of watching. So I saved my 3 Rs and 80 paise (ticket for a balcony seat) which I then spent on watching some other “worthy” movie. 🙂
“Chorni”(1981) was produced by V K Sood and directed by Jyoti Sawroop for Kesar Films, Bombay. The movie had Jeetendra, Neetu Singh, Dr Shreeram Laagoo, Indrani Mukherjee, Sonia Sahni, Jalal Agha, Helen, Leela Mishra, Anita, Shashi Kiran, Sunil Dhawan, Sundar Taneja, Rajesh Valecha, Master Shaaka, Baby Suparna, L R Tiwari, Ramlal, Jugnu, Uma Khosla, Parveen Pal etc in it. Aruna Irani, Ajeet, Mohan Choti were also there in guest appearances.
The movie had Six songs in it.
This song, the second song from the movie to appear in the vlog, is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Shailly Shailendra is the lyricist. Shankar (under the brandname Shankar Jaikishan) is the composer.
The song is picturised as a club dance song on Helen.
Those were those of disco songs. Music director was clearly under instructions to create a Disco song. The song sounds like a song meant for those days, but it is not a disco song. It is a western style song with western orchestration allright, but it is a proper song with proper lyrics, just how it used to be in Hindi movie songs in pre disco days.
Listening to this song is a scintillating experience. I have listened to this song quite a few times. The song grabs your mindshare on the very first listen. It is not like those songs that one needs to listen to a few times before it grows on you. It grows on you immediately, even before Asha Bhonsle sings hef initial lines.
The video is over four minutes long. The audio is even longer at over six months. The singing is superb, as one expects from Asha Bhonsle. The music is quite incredible to listen to, and the music is what one remembers long after the song is over. What a song. The song may be an unusaul composition from Shankar Jaikishan. The sonbg deserves to be presented in the blog as their 1000th song in the blog.
Here is this special forgotten gem. Let us savour this song and welcome Shankar Jaikishan to the exclusive club of HFM artists who have completed their 1000 sopngs in the blog.
I take this opportunity to thank one and all. Our special thanks to those who haas repeatedly petitioned me. One thousandth song of Shankar Jaikishan was their long pending demand.
We are all happy that Shankar Jaikishan become the first music directors in the blog to reach four figures. In time, they could well become the first music directors whose entire set of 1200 odd HFM compositions may be showcased in the blog. we are just 200 odd songs away from that mark.
So let us celebrated blog’s 16100th post and Shankar Jaikishan’s 1000th song in the blog with this fantastic hidden gem of a song.
Audio
Video
Song-Hai ye kaisa nasha (Chorni)(1981)Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Shailly Shailendra, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics(Based on Audio Link)
laaa
lalalalalala
lalalalala
lalalaalaa
laaa
dudududududududoo du
haaye ye nasha
chadhne laga aa
badhne laga aa
chadhne laga aa
badhne laga aa
hadd se guzarne laga aa aa
haaye ye kaisa nasha aa aa
hosh mera aa
udne laga aa
hadd se guzarne laga aa
haaye ye kaisa nasha
viva la ??
viva la ??
haa haa haaaa
mast jawaani meri ee
kuchh yoon machalne lagi ee
jaise ke koi kali ee
hai phool ban’ne lagi ee
aa baahen badhaa
na daaman chhudaa
aa baahen badhaa
na daaman chhudaa
hai kaisa ye kaisa nasha aa
chadhne laga
badhne laga
hadh se guzarne laga aa
haaye ye kaisa nasha aa
hosh mera
udne laga aa
hadd se guzarne laga
haaye ye kaisa nasha aa aa aa
mehfil mein jaise chiraag
bujhte huye phir jalen
mere bhi seene mein kyun kuchh aisi halchal chale
mujhe kya hua
ae saaqi bata
mujhe kya hua
ae saaqi bata
hai kaisa ye kaisa nasha aa aa
chadhne laga
badhne laga
hadd se guzarne laga aa
haaye ye kaisa nasha aa
hosh mera aa
udhne laga aa
hadd se guzarne laga
haaye ye kaisa nasha aa aa aa
jo main idhar ko chaloon
udhhar ko badhe hain kadam
dil bhi hai bas mein nahin
mitne lagi hai sharam
hai josh jawaan ye hosh kahaan
hai josh jawaan ye hosh kahaan
hai kaisa ye kaisa nasha aa
chadne laga aa aa
badhne laga
hahd se gujarne laga
haaye ye kaisa nasha aa
hosh mera aa aa
udne laga aa aa
had se gujarne laga aa
haaye ye kaisa nasha aa aa aa
viva la ??
viva la ??
haahaahaaaa
Bambai raat ki baahon mein
Posted on: December 15, 2020
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4533 | Post No. : | 16099 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 99
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This day ten years ago (viz 15 December 2010) was a wednesday, viz middle of the week. I was based at Nagpur. After initial struggle early in the year for settling down, I began to post songs at an average of 5 songs a day from
July 2010 onwards. Then there was a temporary slowdown in November 2010. I picked up pace again in december 2010. I notice that I had covered as many as seven songs on 15 december 2010. This was one of the seven occasions in the month when I posted as many as seven articles in a day. The first post appeared at 7:13 AM and the seventh at 9:27 AM. That is the kind of productivity I was capable of ten years ago. ! 🙂
Here is the list of the songs covered that day:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie | Year | Remarks |
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| 3346 | Balam mohe chhedo naa | Daasi | 1944 | 6 songs covered out of 11 |
| 3347 | Gaaye jaa geet milan ke tu apni lagan ke | Melaa | 1948 | YIPPEED by now |
| 3348 | Dharak dharak tere bin mera jiyaraa | Singaar | 1949 | YIPPEED by now |
| 3349 | dil ki duniyaa ujad gayi | Shair | 1949 | YIPPEED by now |
| 3350 | Taaraa toote duniyaa dekhe | Malhaar | 1951 | YIPPEED by now |
| 3351 | O chaand jahaan wo jaayen | Shaarda | 1957 | YIPPEED by now |
| 3352 | Jalti huyi jawaaniyaan | Bambai Raat Ki Baahon Mein | 1967 | One song out of 5 covered |
One can notice that five out of 7 movies whose songs were covered ten years ago have since been YIPPEED.
“Bambai Raat Ki Baahon Mein”(1967) is one movie that made its debut ten years ago and that is the only song from that movie to appear in the blog so far. This movie was written,produced and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The movie had Surekha (as Asha), Madhavi (as Rosy), David (as Barrister Rameshchar), Irshad Panjathan, Prakash,Yunus Parvez,Madhukar, Hangal,Samir Kumar, Kuljit Singh, Ravikant, Bhagwan Sinha, Qamar Amrohi, Pardesi, Bhola, Jagadish Kumar, Ghanshyam Rohera, Moti Bina, Sunil Kaushik, Surendra Kaushik, Nazir Kashmiri, Chandulal, Verinder Raj Anand,and Athar Siraj. The movie introduced Persis Khambata as Lily, Vimal Ahuja as Amar and Jalal Agha as Johnny.
The movie had five songs in it.
Here is the second song from “Bambai Raat Ki Baahon Mein”(1967) to appear in the blog. The song, the title song of the movie, is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Chorus and an unknown nmale voice is also there in the song. The song is picturised as a stage performance song on Persis Khambhata, Jalal Agha and others. Hasan Kamal is the lyricist. Music is composed by J P Kaushik.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
video link:
Audio link:
Song-Bambai raat ki baahon mein (Bambai Raat Ki Baahon Mein)(1967) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Hasan Kamal, MD-J P Kaushik
Male chorus
Female chorus
All chorus
Unknown male voice
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
hey aye aey ae aye aye ae ae ae
Bambai raat ki baahon mein
kahey nigaahon nigaahon mein
kyun khoyaa hai tu aahon mein
aa ja
aa jaa aa aa aa
aa ja pyar ki raahon mein
hey ae ae ae ae
aye ae aye ae aye ae
Bambai raat ki baahon mein aen
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aa
kahey nigaahon nigaaon mein aen
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
kyun khoyaa hai tu aahon mein
aa ja (aaa aaa aaa aaa)
aa jaa aa aa aa (aaa aaa aaa aaa)
aa ja pyar ki raahon mein (aaa aaa aaa aaa)
aaa aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa
khaaa
pee
aur maze udaa
eat drink and be merry
khaaa
pee
aur maze udaa
kyun sabke fikron mein ghultaa hai ae ae ae
gaa
jhoom
mastiyaan lutaa
kyun gham ke sholon mein jalta hai
kal ki chinta kyon kartha hai
tu kyon dartha hai
naahaque marta hai
duniya ke dukh bhool ja
hey ae ae ae
hey ae ae ae ae ae
Bambai raat ki baahon mein
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
kahey nigaahon nigaahon mein
aaahaaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
kyun khoyaa hai tu aahon mein
aa ja (aaa aaa aaa aaa)
aa jaa aaa aaa aaa aaa (aa aa aaa aaa aaa aa)
aa jaa pyaar ki raahon mein (aaa aaa aaa aaa)
hey ae ae ae ae hey Bombay ae ae
hey hhey hey hey ae Bombay ae
hey hey hey ae Bombay ae (mm mm mm)
hey ae hey hey ae Bombay (mm mm mm)
aaa aa aaa aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
hey ae hey ae ae Bombay ae
hey ae hey ae ae Bombay ae (hmm hmmmm)
hey ae ae ae hey Bombay (hmmm hmmmm)
hey ae ae ae Bombay ae (hmmm hmmmm)
raat muskuraati hai
what a sweet smile
raat muskuraati hai
jeene ka aa raaz bataati hai ae
jab chaahey to
thhoda jhuk ja
daam lagey to o o
khud bhi bik jaa
bik jaa bik jaa bik jaa aa
gairon se gar dil miltaa hai
gairon ko apnaa
apnon ko tu bhool jaa
hey ae ae ae
hey ae ae ae ae
Bambai raat ki baahon mein
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
kahey nigaahon nigaahon mein
aaahaaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
kyun khoyaa hai tu aahon mein
aa ja..aa (aaa aaa)
aa jaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa(aa aa aaa aaa aa aa)
aa jaa aaj ki raahon mein aen (aaa aaa aaa aaa)
aa jaa aaj ki raahon mein aen
aa jaa aaj ki raahon mein aen
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“Insaan-1952” was produced by J G Mohla and directed by Jagdish Sethi for ‘New Social Theatre Limited, Bombay’. The movie had Prithviraj Kapoor, Ragini, Kamal Kapoor, K.N. Singh, Kukku, Kanhaiyalal, Rajkumar, Ramesh Thakar, Chamanpuri, Baby Nazar, Roopmala, Urvashi, Naaz etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it (penned by five lyricists). Two songs have been covered in the past.
Today (14 December 2020) is the 106th birth anniversary of S D Batish (14 December 1914-29 July 2006). On this occasion, here is a song from “Insaan-1952”. It is an “advice” cum caution song. I is sung by S D Batish. Sajanb Bihari is the lyricist. Music is composed by B N Bali.
Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
Song-Sambhal sambhal kar chalna pagle (Insaan)(1952) Singer-S D Batish, Lyrics-Sajan Bihari, MD-B N Bali
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
Sambhal sambhal kar
Sambhal sambhal kar chalna pagle ae
Jag hai andheri raa aa aat
Jag hai andheri raat
sambhal sambhal kar
Jeewan mein insaan ke dukh sukh a a a
Jeewan mein insaan ke dukh sukh
Yoon qismat ne baante ae
Phool se daaman bhara kisi ka
Miley kisi ko kaanten ae ae ae ae
Jag hai andheri raat
Jag hai andheri raat
Sambhal sambhal kar
Pyaar ka jhoola kabhi jhulaaye
Ae ae ae
Pyaar ka jhoola kabhi jhulaaye
Kabhi hain lab par naale
Is duniya ki reet yahi hai
Sun le jaane waale ae ae ae ae
Jag hai andheri raa aat
Jag hai andheri raat
Sambhal sambhal kar
Manzil teri door musaafir r r
Manzil teri door musaafir
Thhak kar baith na jaana aa
Kis se aas lagaaye pagle
Kiskaa huaa zamaana aa aa
Jag hai andheri raa aat
Jag hai andheri raat
Sambhal sambhal kar
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Devnagri script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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संभल संभल कर
संभल संभल कर चलना पगले ए
जग है अँधेरी रात
जग है अँधेरी रात
संभल संभल कर
जीवन में इंसान के दुःख सुख
जीवन में इंसान के दुःख सुख
यूं किस्मत ने बांटे ए
फूल से दामन भरा किसी का
मिले किसी को कांटे ए ए ए
जग है अँधेरी रात
जग है अँधेरी रात
संभल संभल कर
प्यार का झूला कभी झुलाये ए ए ए
प्यार का झूला कभी झुलाये
कभी हैं लब पर नाले
इस दुनिया की रीत यही हैं
सुन ले जाने वाले ए ए ए
जग है अँधेरी रात
जग है अँधेरी रात
संभल संभल कर
मंज़िल तेरी दूर मुसाफिर
मंज़िल तेरी दूर मुसाफिर
थक कर बैठ न जाना आ
किस से आस लगाए पगले
किस का हुआ ज़माना
जग है अँधेरी रात
जग है अँधेरी रात
संभल संभल कर
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#The Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # 116 #
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Regulars on the blog must have noticed that nowadays I ’am focusing on ‘one-song movie’ viz movies that are represented in the blog by just one song.
When I took this mission I mainly wanted to focus on movies from the ‘Melodious Decade’ or ‘the golden era’ years i.e. 1951-1960, and I will continue with it in the future as well.
However, the song I am going to present today is not from a movie of fifties (1951-1960), but it is from one of the movies of ‘seventies. This movie made its debut in the blog twelve years ago in 2008. After that there has been no activity in the blog as far as this movie is concerned.
When we come across such cases, we have to thank the ‘Blog Ten Year Challenge’ started by Atul ji in 2019. At least some ‘un ‘Yippeeee’ed’ movies are now getting noticed as a result. Ten Year Challenge unearthed some movies that were left with just one song in the blog and their second song got covered exactly ten year later as part of ‘Blog Ten Year Challenge’ (or ‘BTYC’).
This also gave me the idea that we should check movies that were left with only one song for the longest period and we should work out their statistics viz what is the record longest period for such instances where a movie waited for its second song on the blog. 😊
Coming back to the today’s movie now, today’s song is from ‘Mera Vachan Geeta Ki Qasam-1974’.
‘Mera Vachan Geeta Ki Qasam’ was directed by Vinod Kumar for ‘M.M.R. Films, Bombay’. It was produced by Vinod Kumar and A. Nairang. (This movie is dedicated to the memory of Vinod Kumar, who I guess passed away either during production or post production of this movie). It had Saira Banu, Sanjay (Sanjay Khan), Ajit, Johny Walker, Nazima and Om Prakash, co-starring with K.N. Singh, Jagirdar, Tiwari, Ram Mohan, Haridas Shukla, S.N. Tripathi, Tun Tun, Shamim, Indira, Baby Shanoo, Major Anand, Raj Deepak, Mona, Monaliza, Geeta Kapoor, Qamar Sarhadi, Ramlal, Aziz, Kamal.
The movie introduced Qaim Raaj. And Madan Puri make a friendly appearance in the movie. Also, Laxmi Chhaya and Jankidas make special appearance in this movie.
Story of this movie was written by Vinod Kumar who screenplay and dialogues of this movie and was the director of this movie. Prabhakar Supare was the editor of this movie.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 23.07.1974.
(But I am not sure if it was released then or later, because many sources mentioned 1977 as the year of this movie).
This movie has five songs – all sung by – Asha Bhonsle. Hasrat Jaipuri penned all the five songs and Shankar-Jaikishan composed the music for this movie.
| Song | Posted On |
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| O doongi, ye dil tujhe doongi … balamwa mera hi hoga | |
| Achchha lagta hai ye bholaa bhaalaa sanwariyaa | Being covered in this post |
| Pyar kiya nahin jataa ho jaata hai | 07.12.2008 |
| Tanik kankari pad jaaye … manmohan se preet badhaayi | |
| Saath kali ka ghaaghro … mora resham ka ghaaghraa nazaaraa maare re |
Today’s song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Saira Banu is lip-syncing and performing it on the screen while Sanjay Khan and many others can see watching this ‘nautanki’ type song in a village set-up…
I have not watched this movie and I think this movie must have been a forgotten one. I would request knowledgeable readers, who have watched this movie, to throw more light on this movie and its songs.
Let us now listen to today’s song . It is composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and written by Hasrat Jaipuri. Asha Bhonsle is the singer of this song …
Song-Achcha lagta hai ye bholaa bhaala saanwariyaa (Mera Vachan Geeta Ki Kasam)(1974) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics
achchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
achchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
par kachchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
aah
kachchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa sanwariyaa
varna kaanon mein kuchh kehta
aas paas rehta
mere dil ki baat bhi to suntaa aa
haaye haaye
achchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
kachchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
badaa naasamajh hai
na samjhe ishaaraa
badaa naasamajh hai
na samjhe ishaaraa
magar phir bhi guinyaa
lagey mujhko pyaaraa
magar phir bhi guinyaa
lagey mujhko pyaaraa
main jab paas jaaun
to daaman bachaa le
main pyaasi nadi wo kinaaraa
haaye haaye
achchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
kachchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
varna kaanon mein kuchh kehta
aas paas rehta
mere dil ki baat bhi to suntaa aa
sssss
achchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa sanwariyaa
kachchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa sanwariyaa
naa khenche hai chunri
naa rastaa hi rokey
naa khenche hai chunri
naa rastaa hi rokey
rahe door kaantaa saa
man mein ae chubhoke
rahe door kaantaa saa
man mein ae chubhoke
naa jaane meri peed
buddhu kahin kaa
karey hai zulm meraa hoke ae
aay haay
achchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
kachchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
varna kaanon mein kuchh kehta
aas paas rehta
mere dil ki baat bhi to suntaa aa
sssss
achchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa saanwariyaa
kachchaa lagtaa hai
ye bholaa bhaalaa sanwariyaa aa
Zihaal e miskin makun tagaaful
Posted on: December 14, 2020
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Today, December 14, 2020 is the 86th birthday of Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner and Padma Bhushan Shyam Benegal who was born on December 14, 1934 in Hyderabad. He set a bench-mark for Hindi film industry by successfully making parallel films. His films became inspirations for some Hindi film producer-directors to venture into the ‘middle of the road’ films (a cross between mainstream and parallel films).
From the childhood, Shyam Benegal was familiar with a movie camera as his father owned a 16mm movie camera to shoot some family events. Besides, he was also exposed to English, Hindi and South Indian films which he used to watch in a theatre in an army cantonment in Secundrabad where his father worked as a professional photographer. In one of his many interviews, he had admitted that in his childhood, he was a film junkie and would watch any type of films.
At the age of 12, Shyam Benegal made his first amateur film of about 10 minutes duration from his father’s movie camera covering the visits of his family friends and relatives in summer vacations and going with them for picnics etc. As he grew up, he had already made up his mind to become a film maker. The success of ‘Baazi’ (1951) made by his cousin, Guru Dutt inspired him to the extent that ‘if Guru Dutt could do it why not me’? But those days, there was not much opportunity to pursue film-making in Hyderabad.
In 1955, Shyam Benegal visited Kolkata and met his uncle who knew that he was interested in film-making. He advised him to first watch a Bangla film made by an unknown person who was a commercial artist and let him know his reaction. The film he watched was Satyajit Ray’s maiden film ‘Pather Panchali’ (1955). For the first time, Shyam Benegal felt that this film was quite different from what he had so far seen in the theatre which included films from Prabhat, New Theatres,Bombay Talkies, Mehboob Khan and even some English films. He took a decision that if at all he became a film maker, he would make films which would be different from the mainstream films and would have his stamp of film-making.
In 1959, after completion of M.A. in Economics from Osmania University, Shyam Benegal came to Mumbai in his pursuit to become a film maker. Much earlier, Guru Dutt had invited him to join him as Assistant Director. But he had declined the offer as he did not want to take that route to become a film-maker. After remaining unemployed for about 6 months, he got a job in an advertising agency as a copyrighter. Within a short period, he became its creative head. During his stints in advertising companies in 1959-66, he made over 900 advertising and documentary films.
The working in advertising and documentary films gave Shyam Benegal the ‘hands on’ experience of all the major departments of film-making. During 1966-73, Shyam Benegal taught at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune.
During college days, Shyam Benegal had written a script based on what he had witnessed during Telangana Peasants Movement (1946-51). Having gain the experience of film making, he had decided to make a full-length feature film based on his script. For such type of a film, it was difficult to get a financier and more difficult to get a distributor even if the film was made. After many attempts, at last, he got a financier, Mohan Bijlani of Blaze Films for his first film. Blaze Films had distributed many of Shyam Benegal’s advertising films. The title of the film ‘Ankur’ (1974) was suggested by Anant Nag for whom it was his maiden Hindi film.
The success of ‘Ankur’ (1974) resulted in Shyam Bengal’s partnership with Blaze Films in some of his subsequent films like ‘Nishaant’ (1975), ‘Bhumika’ (1977) and ‘Mandi’ (1983). During 1979-81, Shyam Benegal got the opportunity to make ‘Junoon’ (1979) and ‘Kalyug’ (1981) with Shashi Kapoor who not only produced these films but also acted in them.
By 1983, Shyam Benegal had proved his credential as a successful parallel film maker. Almost all his feature films not only recovered the cost of production, but also made money in some films. Despite this, Shyam Benegal had somewhat lean period after “Mandi’ (1983). During this time, Shyam Benegal kept himself busy with directing TV serials – a 15-part ‘Yatra’ (1982) for Indian Railways and a 53-episode ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ (1988) for Doordarshan which are regarded as Shyam Benegal’s classic T V serials.
Shyam Benegal was back to the films with his Muslim trilogy, ‘Mammo’ (1994), ‘Sardari Begum’ (1996) and ‘Zubeida’ (2001). He continues to make films of his choice which are different not only from the mainstream cinemas but also from his earlier films.
I had become aware of Shyam Benegal from his very first film ‘Ankur’ (1974) which I saw in the theatre after its release. Afterwards, I had no opportunity to see any of his subsequent films until I watched some of them in the digital era during the last 5-6 years. So, subsequent to ‘Ankur’ (1974), I always related his name with the Doordarshan serial, ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ (1988) which I had watched almost all the episodes during its first telecast.
Before ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’, I had watched other serials shown on Doordarshan like, ‘Hum Log’ (1984), G P Sippy’s ‘Buniyaad’ (1986), Kundan Shah’s ‘Nukkad’ (1986). Ramanand Sagar’ ‘Ramayan’ (1987) etc. But, in my view, none of these could match ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ (1988) in terms of grandeurs, technical excellence, performances of the actors, music and above all the brilliant filming of each episode by the director, Shyam Benegal. It was a monumental series encompassing the period from Indus Valley Civilisation to India’s independence. And this vast history and culture of India was to be covered in 53 episodes. I regard ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ (1988) as the top classic Doordarshan serial of an epic proportion which is yet to be qualitatively matched by any of the subsequent T.V. serials.
Shyam Benegal had said after many years that it was his sheer madness that made him to undertake such a mammoth work as it involved a lot of research, coordination with the actors and crew members especially when some of them were also working in the films. Furthermore, it was a risky venture involving religious, political and social commentaries over a period of 5000 years of history. Fortunately for him, there was no interferences from Doordarshan, political parties, religious and social organisations during the making as well as during its telecast. After the completion of the shootings, he was glad that he took upon himself this project giving him a great satisfaction and an experience of life time.
The genesis of making ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ for Doordarshan as revealed by Shyam Benegal in a Doordarshan interview goes back to the year 1985 when Doordarshan had already commissioned the serials ‘Ramayan’ (1987) and ‘Mahabharat’ (1988). Once these two religious serials were ready for telecast, they wanted to commission another serial on India’s history and culture for which Shyam Benegal was invited for discussion. He was already in the making of a serial ‘Yatra’ (1986) for Indian Railways to be telecast on Doordarshan.
During the school days, one of the relatives of Shyam Benegal had gifted him a book ‘Discovery of India’ (1944), written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in Ahmednagar jail during 1942-46 following his participation in ‘Quit India’ movement in 1942. Shyam Benegal had read this book many times as he grew from boy into his adulthood. He was enamored by the history and diverse culture of India as enumerated in the book. He discussed this subject with the Doordarshan authorities and they approved the subject.
By early 1986, Shayam Benegal started the preliminary work on the T.V. serial for writing the script of ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ with a team of 10 writers which included himself, Shama Zaidi, Vasant Deo, Ashok Mishra among others and 22 eminent historians, each with their specialised fields. Simultaneously, he sent his Art Director and the Production Designer with a team of assistants to Archaeological Survey of India’s Office at New Delhi to research on the relevant periods of artifacts, costumes etc. After spending about 8 months in Delhi and other places all over India, they submitted their works.
After the script, screen-play and dialogues were completed, the shooting started in early 1988 which continued for the next 18 months. A major part of the shooting of all the 53 episodes was done at the Film City, Goregaon where as many as 144 sets were erected during the period of 18 months. Some shootings were also done at few historical locations in some parts of India and the shooting in the open ground and forests in the Western Ghats. Over 500 actors mostly drawn from FTII. National School of Drama and other film training institutes were involved in the shooting. Some of the prominent actors included Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, K K Raina, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Pallavi Joshi, Aloknath, Pankaj Berry, Ila Arun, Irfan Khan, Vijay Kashyap, Anjaan Srivastav, Mita Vashisht, Tom Alter, Jalal Agha, Urmila Bhatt, Surendra Pal and many more. Some of them had done multiples roles in the serial.
I have given all these details of the serial just to get the readers the enormity of the project which was a herculean task for Shyam Benegal to manage. The end result was that ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ was as popular in terms of viewership as ‘Buniyaad’ and ‘Mahabharat’ according to Doordarshan. Another end result of this serial as Vanraj Bhatia said in a lighter vein was that after the end of 18 months of shooting, Shyam Benegal looked much older than his age.
On the occasion of Shyam Benegal’s 86th birthday, we wish him a happy birth day and pray for his good health and an active life as a film-maker. He has said in an interview a couple of years ago that film-making will remain his passion at any age as long as he is active.
On the occasion of Shyam Benegal’s 86th birthday, I felt that I should select one of many songs from his extravagant T.V. serial, ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ (1988) which he considers to be the toughest assignment he had undertaken so far. Only a couple of songs from this serial have been uploaded on a video sharing platform of which I have selected a Sufi ghazal, ‘zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful’ in Episode-27. This Amir Khusrou’s ghazal is sung in qawwali stayle by Murlidhar who is a singer-actor in Nepali film industry. He is one of the deciples of Pandit Jasraj. I have seen him in an interview on one of the Nepali T.V. Channels and I feel that qawwali may have been picturised on him as well. Vanraj Bhatia is the music director assisted by Kersi Lord and Ashok Patki.
In the serial, the qawwali is preceded by a devotional song of Sant Tukaram. Both the song and the qawwali are reflections of the influences of thoughts and culture of Hindus on Muslims and vice versa during the start of the Bhakti Movement in North India.
One of the main features of the ghazal is that the lines in the first couplet is written half in Persian and other half in Brij Bhasha. Thereafter in rest of the two couplets, the first line is in Persian and the second line in Brij Bhasha.
The actual ghazal has been written as under:
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
ki taab-e-hijraan nadaaram-e-jaan na lehu kaaye lagaaye chatiyaan
shabaan-e-hijraan daraaz choon zulf wa rooz-e-waslat choo umr kotah
sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhoon to kaise kaatoon andheri ratiyaan
ba-haqq-e-aan mah ki roz-e-mahshar ba-daad maara fareb ‘Khusro’
sapit mann ke duraaye rakhoon jo jaaye paaun piya ki khatiyaan
The English translation of the ghazal is on the video clip.
There are two more she’rs in the ghazal which have not been included in the qawwali. The omitted two she’rs are as under:
yakayak az dil do chashm jaadoo ba-sad-farebam ba-burd taskeen
kise padi hai jo jaa sunaave piyaare pee ko hamaari batiyaan
choon sham-e-sozaan choon zarra hairaan mehr-e-aan-mah bagashtam aakhir
na neend nainaan na ang chainaan na aap aave na bheje patiyaan
Acknowledgement: Some of the information for the article is taken from the following sources:
1. ‘Yaadon Ke Saaye’ – An interview of Shyam Benegal by Irfaan on Rajya Sabha TV.
2. ‘Dil Se’ – An interview of Shyam Benegal on a TV Channel.
3. The making of ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ – An interview of Shyam Benegal conducted on Doordarshan.
Video Clip:
Song-Zihaal e miskin makun tagaaful ( Bharat Ek Khoj)(1988) Singer-Murlidhar, Lyrics-Amir Khusro, MD-Vanraj Bhatia
Chorus
Lyrics
aa aa aaaaaaaa
aa aa aaaaaaa aa aaaa
aa aa aaaaaa aa aa
aaaaaaaaa
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
ki taab-e-hijraan nadaaram-e-jaan
na lehu kaaye lagaaye chhatiyaan
ki taab-e-hijraan nadaaram-e-jaan
na lehu kaaye lagaaye chatiyaan
ki taab-e-hijraan
nadaaram-e-jaan
na lehu kaahe lagaaye chatiyaan
lagaaye chatiyaan
lagaaye chatiyaan
lagaaye chhatiyaan
na lehu kaaye lagaaye chatiyaan
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
shabaan-e-hijraan daraaz choon zulf
wa roz-e-waslat choo umr kotah
wa roz-e-waslat choo umr kotah
wa roz-e-waslat choo umr kotah
sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhoon
to kaise kaatoon andheri ratiyaan
sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhoon
to kaise kaatoon
to kaise kaatoon
to kaise kaatoon andheri ratiyaan
to kaise kaatoon andheri ratiyaan
sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhoon
to kaise kaatoon andheri ratiyaan
ba haqq-e-aan mah ki roz-e-mahshar
ba daad maara fareb ‘Khusro’
ba daad maara fareb ‘Khusro’
ba daad maara
ba daad maara fareb ‘Khusro’
ba daad maara fareb ‘Khusro’
sapit mann ki duraaye rakhoon
jo jaaye paaun piya ke khatiyaan
sapit mann ki duraaye rakhoon
ha aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
sapit mann ki duraaye rakhoon
ha aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
sapit mann ki duraaye rakhoon
ha aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
sapit mann ki duraaye rakhoon
jo jaaye paaun piya ke khatiyaan
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaaful
duraaye naina banaaye batiyaan
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