Teri jawaani tapta maheena
Posted on: April 28, 2009
“Amaanat” was a movie starring Manoj Kumar and Sadhana. I find that the date of release of this movie is shown as 1977. Considering that Sadhana had retired from movies in late 1960s, I think that “Amaanat” was a movie picturised in 1960s and accordingly I thought that it was a movie of 1967 rather than 1977.That is the only explanation for the kind of dresses worn by Sadhana and Manoj Kumar in this movie which are incongruous with the dressing styles of 1970s. This movie has an iconic song that goes “matlab nikal gaya hai to pahchaante .”. I am fully convinced that I have been listening to this song from 1960s itself.
Here is another song from “Amaanat”. This goes “Teri jawaani tapta maheena”. This song too had 1960s written all over it. It is sung by Rafi and picturised on Manoj Kumar and Sadhana , and both of them appear to be dressed in their night dresses. Well, what is wrong in that ? Why cannot hero and heroine sing love songs in their night dresses ? Where is it written that they have to be formally dressed for such occasions ? Indeed, it is the right of the Hero and Heroine to sing love songs in any kind of dresses.
Sahir Ludhianvi is the lyricist and Ravi is the music director of this movie.
PS- Can any one clarify the reasons why this movie is described as a movie of 1977 ? Many sources, including my records show it to be a movie of 1977, though the songs and their picturisations very much bear the signs of 1960s. My feeling is that it was a movie made in 1960s but it got released very late.
PS-Much later, I came to know that this movie (a badly delayed movie) was released on 31 december 1975.
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Song-Teri jawani tapta maheena (Amaanat) (1975) Singer- Rafi, Lyrics- Sahir Ludhianvi, MD-Ravi
Lyrics
teri jawaani taptaa maheenaa ai naazneenaa
teri jawaani taptaa maheenaa ai naazneenaa
chhoo le nazar to aaye paseenaa ai naazneenaa
teri jawaani
haay ye teraa lahra ke chalna ithla ke chalna
haay ye teraa lahra ke chalna ithla ke chalna
rah rah ke dhadke dharti ka seena ai naazneenaa
rah rah ke dhadke dharti ka seena ai naazneenaa
teri jawaani
tere badan mein phoolon ki narmi sholon ki garmi
tere badan mein phoolon ki narmi sholon ki garmi
har ang teraa tarshaa nageenaa ai naazneenaa
har ang teraa tarshaa nageenaa ai naazneenaa
teri jawaani
jeene ka koi saamaan kar de eksaan kar de
jeene ka koi saamaan kar de eksaan kar de
tere bagaair ab mushkil hai jeena ai nazneena
tere bagaair ab mushkil hai jeena ai nazneena
teri jawaani taptaa maheenaa ai naazaneenaa
chhoo le nazar to aaye paseenaa ai naazneenaa
teri jawaani
14 Responses to "Teri jawaani tapta maheena"
April 28, 2009 at 2:18 am
This movie has such well known songs as “matlab nikal gaya hai to pahchaante nahin” and “door rahkar na karo baat kareeb aa jaao”. I am very sure that I had been listening to these songs from 1960s itself. I feel that this was a movie which was released very late and in the meanwhile its songs had already become popular.
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April 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm
1977? Interesting indeed. I got curious and decided to google this film and see what comes up. I found the links to the other two songs from Amaanat you’ve referred to in the previous comment, and both list 1965 as the year.
https://atulsongaday.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/door-rahkar-na-karo-baat/
https://atulsongaday.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/matlab-nikal-gaya-hai-to/
My guess is probably that the film’s music was released around ’65, but the film didn’t get a theater release until 1977… perhaps problems with financing, distribution, dates, etc. At least it wasn’t as bad as ‘Yaar Meri Zindagi’ which took about 37 years to release!
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April 29, 2009 at 12:24 am
Ha ha. Your googling led you to two posts of my own blog, where I had mentioned the year at 1965, since that is what seemed most plausible to me.
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April 29, 2009 at 11:33 am
Balraj Sahni died in 1973. Which means film would have been completed before his death i.e. 1973.
Sadhna had thyroid problem around 1967-1968. She was treated in US for this.
This indicates film was postponed during this period.
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April 29, 2009 at 3:05 pm
There are few more mysteries about this film.
If you look at Sadhna’s eyes these are giving protruding look, as happens in exophthalmic goitre (Thyroid related problem), as compared to other movies say Rajkumar(1964), Mera Saya(1966) etc.
Her post thyroid problem hits were Inteqam(1969).
Vividh Bharti started airing songs of two films about two years before their release (both bombed at box office) Amaanat and Bairag (Dilip Kumar). Hence these songs couldnot be available in 1965 etc.
It means this film was her post thyroid problem film (her face is also bloated with protruding eyes) but might be completed before the death of Balraj Sahni (in 1973).
Moreover the song “Matlab Nikal Gaya Hai To” is also Anand Bakshi’s song (I may be wrong, Please check).
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April 30, 2009 at 9:37 am
I am 100% sure I know the songs of this movie way way before 1977.
Songs like this one, “matlab nikal gaya” have been songs I used to sing (badly) in the early 70s.
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February 18, 2012 at 9:57 pm
When in doubt, go to the oracle. Also known as Arunkumar Deshmukhji. 🙂
Arunji, we need your help to put to bed all speculation about this film’s release date and reasons behind a delayed release.
Many sources say it was released in 1977 but clearly this looks like a 1960s film. I know for sure that I heard the songs (which was very popular) way back in the late 60s.
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February 20, 2012 at 9:19 am
Raja ji,
AMAANAT was produced by Shatrujit Pal,who had earlier produced Bahu Beti in 1965,under his banner Shatrujit Films.After Anita in 1967,Amaanat and Sachchai were launched somewhere in late 67 or early 68.The shooting started on and off,as S.Pal had finance problem.
Meanwhile Sadhana had Thyroid problem,for which she went to US and came back fully recovered,however her symptoms of oedema on face and body etc. took some time to subside completely.The shooting of Amaanat had stopped.After Sadhana came back from US in 1968,she did a quicky” Stree” in Oriya language.Sachchai was completed and released also in 1969,but due to finacial problems,the shooting of Amaanat used to take place on and off.Atlast the film was completed,but the Financier dispute went to the court.In the meantime,Balraj Sahani also died in 1973.
In 1975,Shatrujit struck a compromise with the Financer and the film was presented to the Censors.The censor certificate of this film is dated 31-12-1975,making it a 1975 film(and NOT 1977 in any case).
Thus,Atul ji and you and the others in this discussion are correct that the film actually belonged to the 60s and certainly not the 70s.I must appreciate everyone’s observation powers and logical thinking too.
I hope I have given a satisfactory solution to the riddle.
Credits-Sadhana’s interviws to Movie mag-1990,Filmfare-91,Cine Blitz-93 and Filmfare-97,the book “stories behind cinema stories”-by Abhijit Desai.
-AD
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February 20, 2012 at 9:29 am
Thanks a lot for this detailed explanation. That clarifies matters a great deal which was bugging me and others for decades.
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February 20, 2012 at 10:05 am
Thank you VERY MUCH, Arunji. This explains a lot and clears all the confusion in my mind (and others’ minds too).
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February 18, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Discussion on date of release of the movie aside, this one is a brilliant song.
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April 16, 2013 at 3:53 am
There is another ‘antara’ after “Tere badan mein phoolon….” The lyrics for that particular antara is below:
Aankhon mein bijli, zulfon mein baadal, saanson mein hulchul
Tujhsi nahin koi qaatil haseena, ae naazneena
Teri jawaani tapta mahina, ae naazneena
Only after this antara comes “Jeene ka koi saaman karde…”
Thank you.
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April 28, 2009 at 2:14 am
All I can say is that their outfits are ludicrous and they look too old! Not that I have anything against older people singing romantic duets, either, but they just don’t fit the bill for this youthful sounding song, which talks of “teri jawaani …”!
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