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#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
The song in this post is from the movie ‘Wanted-1961’. It was directed by N. A. Ansari for ‘Golden Films, Bombay’. The cast of this movie included Sayeeda Khan, Johny Walker, Vijay Kumar, N.A. Ansari, Nazir Hussain, Anwar Hussain, Dulari, Shammi, Manorama, Tony Walker, Helen, Rajan Kapoor, Dilip Dutt, Bihari, Rafi Ajmeri and others.
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6430 | Post No. : | 19959 |
Today’s song is the last and final song of the film Son of Sindbad-1958.
So far, hundreds of songs have been discussed from films on Arabian Nights stories of Alladin, Alibaba and Sindbad. In these posts almost all the relevant points have been discussed. So, there is a very little new thing that can be brought out and now such posts look repetitive. But it does not mean that everything is over. There are still many things which can be discussed with new angles and especially new information found on the older artists can be brought out.
Film Son of Sindbad-1958 was a creation of Producer Ram kamlani and Balwant Bhatt, for their banner Neo Lite films, Bombay. Directed by the expert of such films, Nanabhai Bhatt aka Batuk Bhatt, it had music by the Melody maker Chitragupt. The cast of the film consisted of premnath, Jabeen, Purnima, Nishi, Shammi, Kuldip Kaur, Cuckoo, Rinku, Saroj, Heera, Bhagwan, Tiwari, Sunder and the usual C grade artists.
Alibaba, Alladin and Sindbad were popular characters during our school days. Not only books of their stories but also films made on them were the targets of all children in those days. It was a thrilling experience to get a book on one of these Heroes, as a gift on “Happy Birthday” ! I am not very sure if today’s young children read these stories. I doubt if they even know these names. These boys seem to favour Harry Potter stories, while the young girls are lost on reading Mills and Boon novels, I suppose ! The big fat book ‘Stories of Arabian Nights’ was the most sought after book (in spite of 5 copies) in our school library. Stories of Alibaba, Alladin, Sindbad the sailor, Hatimtai, Gul Bakavali etc enchanted us.
Arabian Night stories evolved through a story which took place in Persia. King Shahriyar became a woman hater after he found that his wife was unfaithful to him. He not only killed her, but he started marrying a new girl every time and on the second day of marriage the wife would be killed to avoid unfaithfulness.
The legend says that Scheherazade, the beautiful young daughter of the Vizier, decided to marry King Shahriyar, against wishes of her family. On the first night of marriage, she started telling him a story which she left unfinished. Curious to know the story’s end, the king postponed her killing. On every night Scheherazade employed the same technique-keeping the story unfinished. Thus she continued 1001 stories on 1001 nights. Finally the king changed his opinion and pardoned his wife.
As always, the creative heads in the story departments of filmmakers invented titles like ‘Alladin Ka Beta’, ‘Alladin Ki Beti’, ‘Alladin And Laila’ etc. Similarly son and daughter were gifted to Alibaba and Sinbad and films made on them. The funniest title was ‘Sindbad, Alibaba and Alladin’ (1965) ! On a quick check of HFGK entries for the 1940s decade we find that as many as 9 films were made in 1946 alone on these characters. Added were ‘Baghdad Ka Chor’, ‘Hoor e Baghdad’, ‘Sher e Baghdad’, ‘Arab Ka Chand’ and ‘Shah e Misr’ – in which actor Ajit debuted with his real name Hamid.
Most of these stories took place in the Middle East cities which were land locked. However, one character Sindbad was a sailor and his stories of adventures and voyages to magical, strange and unbelievable places were mind boggling. He was equally popular as Alibaba and Alladin.
The fertile imagination of the members of ‘Story Departments’ of studios must be appreciated. Films like ‘Son of Alibaba’ (1955), ‘Son of Hatimtai’ (1965), ‘Son of Sindbad’ (1958) and also ‘Daughter of Sindbad’ (1958) were made. The original book of Arabian Nights does not have any such stories of their progeny (what’s more, films like ‘Daughters of India’ (1938) and even ‘Son of India’ (1962) were made). The funniest title of a film was ‘Sindbad, Alibaba and Alladin’ which was made in 1965. I did not see that film, because I did not want to spoil my sweet memories of these 3 heroes !
The story of this film was….
Towards the end of his life, Sindbad decided to settle down to Public Service and Meditation. He was a man of Justice. His only son Yusuf was adventurous and daring. He wanted to become as famous as his father, if not more. Once during an altercation, his opponent gets killed. Yusuf is arrested for murder and brought before his father. Sindbad sentences his son to death. Meanwhile Yusuf’s beloved admits that not Yusuf but she murdered the man and Yusuf was trying to shield her. She is asked to leave this country by the next morning or get a death sentence. Yusuf objects and he too is sentenced to leave with her the next day.
Next day, before Yusuf leaves the country, Sindbad gives him 3 pieces of advice – never to be proud, never to forget God and never trust women. After they leave the next day, that night one of the cousins of Yusuf – Shahnaz – comes to Sindbad and tells him that Yusuf was being cheated by the killed person and his beloved, who were the actual lovers. They wanted to kill Sindbad and Yusuf to become the King of their country. Hearing this, Sindbad asks, then why she killed him. The cousin, Shahnaz, tells that it was Shahnaz who killed him and not his lover.
The king recalls Yusuf and his lover. After interrogation the lover accepts everything. The king awards the death sentence to the lover girl and Yususf is married to Shahnaz.
The hero of this film was Premnath. Premnath Malhotra (21 November 1926 – 03 November 1992), known as Prem nath, was an actor, director and also a singer.
He was born in the Karimpura locality near Ghanta Ghar in Peshawar, (undivided India) now in Pakistan. His family moved to Jabbalpore, now Jabalpur, in Madhya Pradesh after partition & he moved to Bombay, where he was discovered as an actor.
Premnath married actress Bina Rai. Their children are actor Prem Krishen and Kailash Nath (Monty). They are also grandparents of actress Akanksha Malhotra and director Siddharth Malhotra who are Prem Krishen’s children. Adiraj Malhotra & Arjun Malhotra are the sons of Kailash Nath. His sister Krishna married Raj Kapoor, while his other sister Uma was married to veteran Hindi Film actor Prem Chopra. His brothers Rajendranath and Narendranath were also actors who mostly appeared in comic and supporting roles. He was also a close friend of the actress Asha Parekh.
Premnath made his film debut in “Ajit” 1948 opposite Monica Desai, which was one of the first colour films. He got major roles in Raj Kapoor’s first directorial film “Aag” & “Barsaat” (1949) which was his first major success. Premnath went on to appear in many films for the next three decades, some of which were the biggest block-busters in Indian film history. The films in which he played the leading role failed to do well, but the films in which he played the central villain role or supporting role were some of the biggest blockbusters in Indian film history. Some his most notable films were Aan (1952), Teesri Manzil (1966), Johny Mera Naam (1970),Tere Mere Sapne (1971), Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974), Dharmatma (1975), Kalicharan (1976) and Desh Premee (1982). He also starred in the Punjabi film Sat Sri Akal (1977).
Premnath fell in love with actress Bina Rai during the filming of “Aurat”. They married and formed a production company together called P. N. films. They held high hopes for their films, which didn’t become hits, such as Shagufa, Prisoner of Golconda, Samunder and Watan. Thus, the Premnath & Bina Rai pair never clicked on the screen.
Premnath earned Filmfare nominations as Best Supporting Actor for Shor (1972), Bobby (1973), Amir Garib (1974) and Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974). But he never got any award.
Apart from Hindi films, he also appeared in an episode of the American television series “Maya” in 1967 & a 1969 American film titled “Kenner Sandy” opposite former American football player turned actor Jim Brown. He also directed the film Samundar (1957) for his home production house P. N. films, which was its production. His last film appearance was in “Hum Dono” (1985) after which he retired from acting.
He acted in 121 films. His last film was Farz ki Keemat-1985. He directed 2 films- Golkonda ka qaidi-1954 and Samunder-1957. He sang 5 songs in 5 films.( He was a trained singer).
Premnath died on 03 November 1992 of a heart attack at the age of sixty-five in Mumbai.
(adapted from an article by Suresh Sarvaiya ji and book ” The stars of Indian Screen” by Baburao Patel.)
One of the artists was Purnima. Purnima, born at Bombay on 2-3-1932 as Meher Bano, was the daughter of a Lucknow Muslim mother and a Tamil Brahmin father-Ram Seshadri Iyengar. He was working in the Distribution office of Kikubhai Desai (father of Man Mohan Desai) the producer and director. While still in school Purnima started working in Hindi and Gujarati films from 1947 itself when she was hardly 15-16 year old. She also got married to Shaukat Hashmi. After giving her a son and a divorce, he migrated to Pakistan.
In 1954, Purnima married Producer/director Bhagvandas Varma and she stopped working. Her elder sister Shirin Banu, also had married Producer director Nanubhai Bhatt.Their sons are Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt. Purnima resumed working in films, when Bhagwandas was in financial difficulties in 1957. He died in 1962.
Purnima was Heroine or second lead in about 20 films. Her well known films are, Thes-49, patanga-49, Jogan-50, Gauna-50, Sagai-51, Badal-51, Shagufa-53, Pooja-54, Bhai Saheb-54, P.B.No. 999-58, Son of Sindbad-58,Kangan-59, Naya kanoon-65, Guide-65, Budtameez-66, Humjoli-70 etc etc. In all she acted in 152 films, though she claimed more than 200 films, in one of her interviews. Her last film was Sada Suhagan-86, after which she retired. Her friends were Saira Bano, Shakeela,and Dulari. Purnima died on 14-8-2013 in Mumbai.
Here is the last and final song of this film, sung by Lata and Geeta Dutt. Enjoy….
Song- Sabz gumbad ke makeen meree madad farmaaiye (Son of Sindbad)(1958) Singers-Lata Mangeshkar, Lyricist-Prem Dhawan, MD-Chitragupta
Lata Mangeshkar + Geeta Dutt
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
sabz gumbad ke ae makeen
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
zeenat-e-aras-e-baree
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
sabz gumbad ke ae makeen
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
jiske dar se laut ke
koyee sawaalee jaaye naa
ho o o
jiske dar se laut ke
koyee sawaalee jaaye naa
jis takee(?) ke aastaa(?) se
koyee khaalee jaaye na
main bhee aayee hoon oon waheen
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
sabz gumbad ke ae makeen
meree madad farmaayiye
mere..eee madad farmaayiye
aaj waqt-e-imtihaan
hai ae aafaton mein jaan hai
ho o o o
aaj waqt-e-imtihaan
hai ae aafaton mein jaan hai
ik taraf qaafir zamaanaa
ik taraf imaan hai
haarey naa imaan kaheen
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
sabz gumbad ke ae makeen
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
zeenat-e-aras-e-baree
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
sabz gumbad ke ae makeen
meree madad farmaayiye
meree ee madad farmaayiye
Aaja meri jaan
Posted on: February 23, 2026
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Pancham’s Music – Eighties-to-Nineties (1981-1994…) Duets-11
Today’s duet composition by Rahul Dev Burman is from the 1993 movie ‘Aaja Meri Jaan’. This movie was directed by Ketan Anand for ‘Gulshan Kumar’s ‘Super Cassette Industries’. Gulshan Kumar was the producer of this movie which introduced his younger brother Krishan Kumar. Actress Tanya Singh (daughter of musician Ajit Singh) made her debut in this movie and Krishan Kumar got married to her later.
The movie had Krishan Kumar, Tanya Singh, Shammi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Pran, Deven Verma, Poonam Dasgupta, Manohar Singh, Satish Shah, Rakesh Bedi, Girish Malik, Sunil Lahiri, Virendra Razdan, Shiva Sagar, Govind Namdeo, Durga Jasraj, Shabnam, Malvika Arora, Neelima, Viju Khote, Vijay Kashyap, Johar, Arun Bali, Nasir Shaikh, Dinesh Balraj, Vijay Korde, Ritesh Pandey, Purnendu Shekhar, Ghanshyam, Karishma, Rajendra, Rohit K., Hashim Khan, Jaypee Barot and others. This movie was passed by the Censor Board on 17.09.1993.
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6429 | Post No. : | 19957 |
“Paanch Dushman”(1973) also called “Daulat Ke Dushman”(1987) was directed by Vimal Rawal for M G Productions, Bombay. The movie had Manu Narang (new discovery), Raajee (new discovery), Pran, Shatrughan Sinha, Manmohan, Vinod Khanna, Prem Chopra, Nazeer Hussain, Mukri, Mohan Choti, Durga Khote, Jagdish Raj, Sundar, Sujata, Brahmchari, Agha, Helen, Aruna Irani, Mehmood etc in it.
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Laut ke aa laut ke aa
Posted on: February 22, 2026
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6428 | Post No. : | 19955 |
Today I am presenting a song by Mohd Rafi Saab. This song, “Laut Ke Aa Laut Ke Aa” is sung by Mohd Rafi and is from the album “Daastan-E-Laila Majnu (1974). It is written by Jaan Nisar Akhter and composed by Iqbal Qureshi.
“Daastaan e Laila Majnu”(1974) was produced and directed by R L Desai for Chandra Art, Bombay. The movie had Anaamika, Kanwaljit, Dheeraj Kumar (special appearance), Jayshree.T., Satyajeet, K.N. Singh, B.M.Vyas, S.N.Tripathi, Dulari, Mohan Sherry etc in it.
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6428 | Post No. : | 19953 |
#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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The song in this post is from the movie ‘Rangeen Kahaani-1947’. This “social” movie was directed by Anjum Hussaini for ‘New Roshan Art Productions, Bombay’. The cast of this movie had Surekha, S. Irshad, Dulari, Agha Mirza, Sayyad Ahmed, Bibi Jaan, Khursheed Parvez, P.D. Lal, Maqbool, M.K. Hasan, Ghulam Mohiddin, Sarita, Faiyyaz Begam, Mehrunnisa, Azim Hyderabadi, Mahshar Shirazi and others.
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This article is his 1800th post in the blog as a guest poster.
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This is my 1800th post here !
Oh, my God !! It is simply unbelievable !!!
I started writing posts here from 1-10-2012 and in almost 13.5 years’ time, I wrote 1800 posts here. Add to it another 100 odd posts elsewhere, on different aspects of Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Kannada films and I start thinking if I am really the same person ?
After quitting my Pharma work totally as a career (retirement in 1998, as a General Manager-Marketing and then as a Consultant upto 2008), I turned to my favourite subject – Old films and songs, starting only as a commentator on articles of other writers initially. I was initiated into writing posts by ATUL JI. So, whatever my achievements in this field are, the credit goes to ATUL JI, for his help, encouragement and for providing opportunity. Thank you, ATUL JI !
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