Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
Posted on: May 19, 2009
In Bollywood movies, we often have songs about places, viz cities, towns etc. Out of all these cities, there have been quite a few songs on Bombay. For instnace, “ae dil hai mushqil jeena yahaan, zara hatke zara bachke ye hai Bombay meri jaan” is still regarded as a song that aptly describes Bombay ( now Mumbai).
Here is a song on Bombay, from a movie whose title itself contained Bombay. The movie was called “Kya yahi Bombay Hai ?” This movie, released in 1959 went so unnoticed that for all practical purposes this movie may not have existed. But this movie was actually released. It was a very small budget movie where hero was Maruti ( who ?) and heroine was Nishi (who ?).
Here is a song from this movie which talks about Bombay. This song ” Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai ” is as obscure as the movie itself. The song is written by Noor Dewasi and the music director is Bipin Dutta. The singer, though is the very well known Rafi saab.
Here is this very very rare song from exactly 50 years ago. It is interesting to watch the picturisation of Bombay of fifty years ago. The place looked far less crowded those days, still this song talks of crowds and “bheed” . This song takes us on a journey down memory lane. Those were the days !
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Song-Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai (Kya ye Bombay Hai ?) (1959) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Noor Dewasi, MD-Bipin Dutta
Lyrics
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Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
andhon ko soojhe yahaan door ki
aankhwaalon ko milta nahin raastaa
sunta nahin koyi mazboor ki
kisi ko kisi se nahin waastaa
suno bhaiyaa meraa ye paighaam hai
suno bhaiyaa meraa ye paighaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
aaloo ko bolen batata yahaan
namaste ko kahte hain Tata yahaan
amrood peroo aur anda hai vaidaa
yahaaan par huye hain naye naam paidaa
ye jisko bulaayen karen shh shh shh
hairat ka yaaron har ik kaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Kahin Raj bhayyaa kahin baby Nanda
satte ki maanind hai filmon ka dhanda
jo lag jaaye number to ban jaaye bandaa
jo number na aayaa to maangoge chandaa
zara bachkar rahna suno meraa kahnaa
agar meri maano buraa kaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Bijli se chaltin yahaan gaadiyaan
tramon buson ka azab saa hai khel
jo kismat se inmen jagah mil bhi jaaye
to dhakke pe dhakka nikal jaaye tel
badi bheed hai bada shor hai
magar car waalon ko aaraam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Ye worli ka naaka ye dadar ka circle
yahaan ka dikhaayen tumhen ek latkaa
jawaanon ki toli haseenon ki halchal
nahin hai shareefon ko koi bhi khatkaa
jo nadaan hai wo hairaan hai
jo hoshiyaar hai wo nakaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Jahaan dekhta hoon jidhar dekhtaa hoon
main ladki ko ladkaa banaa dekhtaa hoon
ai mere Bhagwan ye kya dekhtaa hoon
zamaane ki ulti adaa dekhtaa hoon
ye Bharat ki beti hayaa khoke baithi
ab inko bachaana teraa kaam hai
Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai
par gadbad ghotaale ka har kaam hai
aaa aaa ooo ooo aaa hahahaha laralalra
3 Responses to "Ye Bombay shahar ka badaa naam hai"
November 10, 2009 at 5:40 pm
This song is 50 years old … but the things like ‘Gadbad Ghotaale’ were so common in those days also ….
It wz written by ‘Noor Dewasi’ … just think how wd he compose the lyrics for Today’s Mumbai
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September 15, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Sorry, noticing this only today.
What a fantastic song this is.
It makes me nostalgic for Mumbai. 🙂
What fun lyrics – and quite a lot of them too. Pretty creative lyricist Noor Dewasi must have been. Not very well-known though.
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