Tum kitni khoobsurat ho
Posted on: January 17, 2009
There are many a songs that become popular during its time and are then forgotten. The reason why many such songs are forgotten is because the movies featuring such songs are often forgettable.
“Jungle mein mangal” is certainly an eminently forgettable movie. What else can be the fate of a movie where the makers acn only afford Kiran Kumar as the hero ?
But the song is so nice to listen to.
When I got this farmaish from Raja, I wondered what song this could be. When I finally managed to locate the video, and listened to the song, I realised that I had listened to this song before, during its heydays. And now I am getting to listen to this song again after 35 years. And with the added bonus (?) of watching Kiran Kumar as the hero too.
Seriously, if Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah and Amol Palekar could become heroes in Bollywood, then there was no reason why Kiran Kumar should not have become a hero. It is too bad that he did not get proper guidance from his baap. But what can his baap do, seeing that it was Jeevan, who played a cunning villain in Bollywood movies his entire life.
The picturisation also shows Reena Roy, Pran and a lady that I think is Padma Khanna ( but I could be wrong).
What a great song sung by Kishore Kumar and how unfortunate that this song ha been forgotten by now. It is a gem, really.
Audio
Video
Song-Tum kitni khoobsoorat ho (Jungle mein mangal) (1972) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-Neeraj, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics
hmmm
lala
tum kitni khoobsoorat ho
ye mere dil se poochho
in dhadkanon se poochho tum
kyon dil hai tumpe deewaanaa
tum kitni khoobsoorat ho
ye mere dil se poochho
in dhadkanon se poochho tum
kyon dil hai tumpe deewaanaa
sharmaa rahi ho jaanaa
bal khaa rahi ho jaanaa
tum maano yaa naa maano
apnaa tumhi ko maanaa
sharmaa rahi ho jaanaa
bal khaa rahi ho jaanaa
tum maano yaa naa maano
apnaa tumhi ko maanaa
tum kitni khoobsoorat ho
ye mere dil se poochho
in dhadkanon se poochho tum
kyon dil hai tumpe deewaanaa
na bahaar maangta hoon
na karaar maangta hoon
main to zindagi ke badle
tera pyaar maangta hoon
na bahaar maangta hoon
na karaar maangta hoon
main to zindagi ke badle
tera pyaar maangta hoon
tum kitni khoobsoorat ho
ye mere dil se poochho
in dhadkanon se poochho tum
kyon dil hai tumpe deewaanaa
kyon dil hai tumpe deewaanaa
kyon dil hai tumpe deewaanaa
14 Responses to "Tum kitni khoobsurat ho"
January 19, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Shanker of Shanker-Jaikishen duo was running bad luck, since his many gems did not get proper attention. Even a film like Chorni featuring big artistes of that time Jitendra and Neetu Singh got thin response from viewers and thus tilting music of Shanker Jaikishen went to memory dump. The bad luck severely affected Shanker’s reputation that music of Eent Ka Jawab Patthar, Door Naheen Manzil, Rivaaz, Inteqam ki Aag, Waqt Ka Sikander(uncomplete film) and Love in Bombay(shelved/uncomplete) could not fetch SJ the lost glory. IT IS VERY SAD STATE.
http://shankarjaikishan.peperonity.com
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January 19, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Sorry for great mistake. I forgot to convey my thanks to Atul. A great job dear Atul for bringing in this memory.
http://shankerjaikishen.blogspot.com
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August 7, 2012 at 2:27 am
Atulji, i’m told that this song is written by Shailendra….pl. confirm.
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August 8, 2012 at 12:20 am
most probably you have heard from Dinesh Shailendra ji….yes he says that, but……….
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August 7, 2012 at 7:53 am
I love this movie. When I first saw it in Bangalore in the 70s, I liked it so much, I went to see it again. All the songs of the film were very catchy. And hey! Kiran Kumar was cute!
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February 9, 2014 at 3:21 pm
Correction required Atul ji
In our blog, 2 songs of film Jungle mein mangal(1972) have been discussed.For 2 songs of the movie, the lyricist`s name was wrongly credited to “GULASHAN BAWRA”,
Lyricist`s name credit for the movie was jointly given to
“HASRAT JAIPURI & NEERAJ” pair-for all the songs of the movie.
link to the LP cover of the movie Jungle mein mangal(1972)
http://ngh.co.in/ngh/jangal-mein-mangal-emoe-2246
Please correct this one.
prakash
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July 27, 2019 at 11:14 pm
video
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July 29, 2019 at 1:07 am
You are absolutely correct Sir. The time was not in favour of Shanker. Not only close ones like Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor etc ditched him, but the time itself. Otherwise his compositions in Garam Khoon, Resham Ki Dori, Dhoop Chhaon, Dur Naheen Manzil, Do Jhoot, Chorni, Dil Daulat Duniya, Eent Ka Jawab Patthar, were classy.
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July 29, 2019 at 10:52 am
I think Atul ji is referring to Sonia Sahni, Padma Khanna is not there in the picturisation of the song
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January 17, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Thanks for posting this, Atul.
Nice song, isn’t it ?
Actually the movie also was not bad at all – well, I liked it a lot when I saw it all those years ago (but then, my taste is weird. 😉 ).
It is about college students who go out into the jungle.
The “heroine” who Pran is interested in is Sonia Sahani. I think she is the “governess” of the girl students.
Maybe Raj Kapoor was impressed by this pairing and picked them for Bobby. 🙂
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