Mera naam Rita Christina
Posted on: April 21, 2009
In Bollywood movies, action takes place mostly in India where everyone speaks Hindi/Urdu. But sometimes the action would take place in the Western counttries as well. There, even the Westerners would speak Hindi/Urdu and the western cabaret dancers would sing a cabaret song full of words like “ishq”, “husn” “haseena” etc. I suppose words like “blonde”,”bombshell” etc were not in use in West those days. 😉
Here is a song from “April Fool”, where our dashing hero Vishwajeet, on hot trail of baddies meets who he thinks is Madhu, but who in reality is her look alike called “Rita Christina”. Though a westerner, she seems well versed in the manners of Bollywood and she promptly bursts into an introduction song that goes “Main hoon Rita Christina ai ai ai ai yaa”. Well, now I know that western people too say “ai ai yo”, with just a minor change in accent. I always knew that Indian influence had struck far and wide even four decades ago. 😉
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Song-Mera naam Rita Christina (April Fool) (1964) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
main hoon Paris ki haseena
ai ai ai ai yaa
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
Palkon beech sajaa loon tumko
ankhon me bithlaaun
apne dil me rakh loon tumko
duniya se chupaaun
Palkon beech sajaa loon tumko
ankhon me bithlaaun
apne dil me rakh loon tumko
duniya se chupaaun
dil ki baat nazar se kah doon
to main samjhaaun
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
main hoon Paris ki haseena
ai ai ai ai yaa
aanken meri neelam jaisi
pyar ke do paimaane
aisi madira kahaan milegi
pi le o mastaane
aanken meri neelam jaisi
pyar ke do paimaane
aisi madira kahaan milegi
pi le o mastaane
aaja dil ki aag me jal jaao
o nadaan parwane
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
main hoon Paris ki haseena
ai ai ai ai yaa
kyaa rakha us paar na jaa tu
o raahi albele
manzil tere paas khadi hai
tu baanhon me le le
kyaa rakha us paar na jaa tu
o raahi albele
manzil tere paas khadi hai
tu baanhon me le le
duniya ki har cheez usi ki
sholon pe jo khele
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
main hoon Paris ki haseena
ai ai ai ai yaa
Mera naam Rita Christina
ai ai ai ai yaa
4 Responses to "Mera naam Rita Christina"
April 21, 2009 at 2:28 am
By the way, I am wondering if the “ai ai ai yaa …” is taken from Desi Arnaz’s favorite phrase from the “I love Lucy” show. Shammi Kapoor also uses this phrase in the song “Ai ai yaa karoon main kya sukhu suku …” from Junglee.
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April 21, 2009 at 2:30 am
Well, there are 1139 songs in all at the moment, and this just scratches the surface. I am sure there are many many more songs which have not yet been discussed.
And welcome back again after a break. I always appreciate your comments.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
April 21, 2009 at 2:25 am
I had completely forgotten this song until I saw it here. I think you should do a set of DVD’s of all the songs in this blog. I am sure it would sell like hot cakes, since these songs are all old favorites, and even if they weren’t favorites at the time, they are all wonderful songs to be listening to, late at night. You can count on me to be one of the buyers, should you ever decide to do this.
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