33 Responses to "Hawa mein udta jaaye mora laal dupatta malmal ka"
September 28, 2008 at 9:01 am
Yes, indeed this song is timelessness personified.
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October 15, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Indeed a classic.
This movie was full of terrific songs.
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October 16, 2008 at 9:18 pm
There are so many timeless songs in this movie. I have lost count.
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October 10, 2009 at 2:10 am
Two things have emerged from the introduction. One of Ramesh Shastri, the lyricist little known really. Only other song penned by him I find on web is from Har Har Mahadev (1950) (ka.nkar ka.nkar se mai.n puuchhuu.N rendered by Geeta Dutt). Second is regarding much talked about subject – “Lal Dupattewali” Bimala Kumari .. here too little known personality. Please allow me to mention a little about it. Most of the web sites do mention her name as Pushpa Bimla.. except that she acted in only Barsaat no more details are emerging.
Beautiful song from a movie that made high marks in more than one aspect.
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March 23, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Waht a beautiful song! And how lovely the lady looks! I came across this video of “Dheere Se Aaja” from the 1952 film Albela:
Do you think this is the same Bimla Kumari?
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August 6, 2010 at 9:02 pm
this song is fab !!!!!
i let my children watch it and they are stunned by Ms. Bimla Kumari . she looks like hip mod cool model type that rules the day today.. what a great face she has !!
it’s amazing how underrated she was… wonder why that was.
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August 6, 2010 at 9:03 pm
oh, and on youtube where they posted the song, they are mistaking her for Nimmi !! now Nimmi is fab looking too (like the hollywood Russel).. but they don’t even look anything alike.
it’s too bad Ms. Kumari did not even get a mention or billing in the film… hmmm..
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August 7, 2010 at 8:02 am
Welcome to this blog, Joy.
The music lovers of youtube are often very ignorant and they do not bother to find out the proper details. So one should not take the information presented there at face value.
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September 4, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Bimla Kumari figured in the very first song that Naushad composed as a music director. That was in “Prem Nagar” (1940). In this song, Bimla Kumari sang for herself as was the trend those days. I will post this song tomorrow.
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February 22, 2022 at 5:46 pm
Atul ji,
There were 2 actresses by name Bimla kumari sr / Bimla kumari jr.
The senior one acted from 1934 to 1940 only, in 12 films. She was a singer also and sang 13 songs in her 4 films. She worked in films Simhasan-34, Prem lakshya-36, baghi Sipahi-36, prem kahani-37, milap-37, Izzat-37, Double cross-38, Baghbaan-38, Vachan-38, Zambo ka beta-39, Daughters of India-39, Jhuti sharm-40 and prem nagar-40. She sometimes used name Vimla / Devi also.
The second was Bimla kumari junior. Bimla was a starlet in Bollywood films from late 40s to early 60s. She will always be remembered as the “Lal Dupatta” girl because that famous song “Hawa mein udta jayey” from Barsaat (1949) was picturized on her. Besides Barsaat, another memorable role of hers was in Albela (1951) as Bhagwan’s sister. Other notable films include Sunehre Din (1949), Sargam (1950) and Shrimatiji (1952). She left Bombay in 1954 to work for Vauhini Studios in Madras. Later, she came back and worked primarily as a dancer in more Hindi films including Do Ustad (1959) and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) before disappearing into oblivion. She worked in Sunehare din-49,Barsat-49,Sargam-50, Shri ganesh Mahima-50, Badi bahu-51, Albela-51, Anand math-52, Shrimati ji-52, Sheesha-52, Gorilla-53,Inaam-55, Raja Vikram-57, Aadhi Roti-57, Detective-58, keechak Vadh-59, Guest House-59, Do Ustad-59, Bazigar-60, Angulimal-60, Sahib Bibi aur ghulam-62, Madam Zorro-62 and Tarzan and Gorilla-64.
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September 5, 2010 at 12:11 am
Very interesting information indeed. Thanks. I am looking for that first song from Prem Nagar.
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September 5, 2010 at 10:54 am
Now I have posted the song.
Mat bolo bahaar ki batiyaan re (Prem Nagar)
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[…] of Meena Kumari is actually white or some other colour. I recall that the laal dupatta in the song Hawa me udta jaaye mora laal dupatta malmal kaa(Barsaat) too looked white in the picturisation. So you can never tell about the colours worn by actors in […]
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November 21, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Atul ji,
This timeless song is written by Ramesh Shastri.
Recently I came accross an article in a Gujarathi paper about him.Here it is in brief-
Ramesh Shastri was a sanskrit scholar who did his Ph.D from Benares University.When Raj kapoor advertised that he wanted songs for his new film Barsat,Dr.Ramesh shastri sent him 4 songs and RK selected’Hawa mein udta jaaye…’
.After this Ramesh also wrote 2 more songs for ‘Har Har Mahadev- 1950′,one of which was’
Kankar kankar se main poochhoon Shankar mera kahan hai..’ sung by Geeta Dutt.This too became very famous.RK called Ramesh to Bombay many times,but he was not interested in Film world.
He was a religious person and spent his life in teaching Sanskrit in many colleges in Gujarat.He died of cerebral palsy on 30-4-2010 in Ahmedabad.
Secondly,the Bimla kumari of the above song and the one featuring in Prem Nagar-1940 songs are different.Sometime back I wrote about both artists already.
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May 19, 2022 at 11:31 pm
Mr. Deshmukh ji, I have some more information on Ramesh Shastri sahib, which is a reply from his son to the Gujrati article written on the basis of information provided by Sh. R.K. Pandya. Please amend the dates of anniversary. Thanks and regards,
“Dr. Shastri was from Allahabad.
He shifted to Bombay after his mother’s death.
He wrote devotional songs for almost all films before Barsaat ans was already well know in the film industry at that time.
He was qualified in Sanskrit and ayurveda but never served at any university.
He had 5 daughters and one son.
I am his son.
His youngest daughter is Narayani Shastri who is wotking in TV serials and Films like pak pak pakak and rinh.
My father passed away on 8th February 1981”.
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May 20, 2022 at 11:08 am
Shri Bhim Raj Garg ji,
Thanks for this additional information,. I will amend the note on Ramesh Shasti.
Thanks.
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May 20, 2022 at 11:28 am
Shri Bhim Raj Garg ji,
On checking the source of my information, I find that it was based on an article published in ” Listeners’ Bulletin ” No.144 of April 2010, published by Hamraz ji. This was based on information provided by the Ahmedabad resident daughter of Ramesh Shastri- Ms. Sangeeta Shastri ji.
I wonder why there is difference in the information of a son and daughter.
It also puts us in confusion.
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December 28, 2011 at 11:58 am
lovely song..eve whn whn u hear it now aftr almost 60 yrs 🙂
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November 7, 2012 at 4:48 pm
So glad to know that the song “hava me udta jaye ” was picturised on Bimla Kumari
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May 15, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Here is the ORIYA language version of this song-
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May 15, 2013 at 1:55 pm
Sorry about that link.
here is the ORIYA version of this song-
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May 25, 2017 at 5:03 pm
Thanks for the commentary on this beautiful I old classic Bimala Kumari has done a great job bina
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February 21, 2022 at 10:55 pm
An Outstanding Song I Have Ever Listened.
I do pay my Heartiest To The Departed Soul Of Lata Ji.
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April 1, 2023 at 7:38 pm
For the first time I learnt that the song HAVA men..waa picturised on Bimla Kumari, and was written by Ramesh Shastry.
DR M ISMAIL FARUQUI
MA LL B PhD
77yearsLucknow.
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September 28, 2008 at 7:42 am
Beautiful song Atul! Thanks for posting this. It is indeed a timeless classic.
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