Tumhi ho maata pitaa tumhi ho
Posted on: May 23, 2009
There are some Bollywood songs which became so popular that they became part of Indian life. For instance, many filmy prayers/ bhajans became real life prayers/ bhajans. I have already posted a few such songs.
Here is a song from “Main Chup Rahoongi” (1962). This song is a prayer where a small kid ( who is he ?) prays to God alongwith other kids. I have no idea what the story is, but it appears to be a moving story. Perhaps the kid has lost his parents and so he is telling God that He is the “Mata” (mother) as well as “Pita” (father) for the kid, as well as “bandhu” (brother) and “sakha” (friend) for him.
PS-The kid is Kutty Padmini, as I have found out much later. She plays Meena Kumari’ and Sunil Dutt’s kid in the movie.
This song so influenced the collective psyche of Indians that it promptly became the prayer in the morning assembly in many schools. In my first school, it was very much the morning prayer, and during those days, I actually thought that it was a real prayer, and not a movie song.
It is only yesterday that I have come to know about the details of this song, including the name of the movie. This song was written by Rajinder Krishan. Rajinder Krishan has written numerous immortal songs, and this song is right up there as one of the most immortal ones. Similarly, Chitragupta, who preferred keeping a low profile and as a result missed out on big banner movies has created this out and out iconic song.
This is a song picturised on a kid. Those days, female singers used to give playback for kids, and this song was sung by Lata.
This song is truly a song that has transcended all barriers and its immortality is assured.
Song-Tumhi ho maata pitaa tumhi ho (Main Chup rahoongi) (1962) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Chitragupta
Lyrics
Tumhi ho mata pita tumhi ho
tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi ho
Tumhi ho mata pita tumhi ho
tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi ho
tumhi ho saathi tumhi sahaare
koi na apna siwa tumhaare
aaa aaa
tumhi ho saathi tumhi sahaare
koi na apna siwa tumhaare
tumhi ho naiyya tumhi khewayya
tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi ho
Tumhi ho mata pita tumhi ho
tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi ho
jo khil sake na wo phool ham hain
tumhaare charnon ki dhool ham hain
aaa aaa
jo khil sake na wo phool ham hain
tumhaare charnon ki dhool ham hain
daya ki drishti sadaa hi rakhna
tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi ho
Tumhi ho mata pita tumhi ho
tumhi ho bandhu sakha tumhi ho
4 Responses to "Tumhi ho maata pitaa tumhi ho"
May 23, 2009 at 5:53 pm
You are right about some songs becoming a part of popular pysche far beyond the movie they came from.
This was also in our school’s songbook for the morning assembly: and I went to a Roman Catholic convent school, and apart from the hymns the only other Hindi “songs” were “Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum” and “hum ko man ki shakti dena”.
Well, we also had 500 Miles and Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan- it was not until I was older and learnt more that I wondered how Bob Dylan’s revolutionary song had found its way into our school assembly in India!
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October 9, 2009 at 2:58 pm
This is interesting. I found it after a long search. Lalitha also mentioned it in one of her comments.
http://www.mastitube.com/node/4175
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November 23, 2012 at 9:20 am
There is a slower (sad) version of this song too. So that would make this a multiple version song.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
May 23, 2009 at 3:07 am
What a wonderful song! I rented this movie about ten years back just to watch this song and a couple of others from this movie. The story itself was like any other story from the 60s: all weepy, what with Meena Kumari and Sunil dutt being the lovers, then they have this child, who somehow ends up in an orphanage, Sunil Dutt goes away, I guess for the usual higher studies, Meena Kumari is rejected by his parents and thrown out of their house, and so on. The other good songs were:
1. chand jane kahan kho gaya … Rafi and Lata
2. Koi bata de dil hai kahan … Lata and Rafi
3. Mera dil kabhi to koi aayega … lata
4. Main kaun hoon main kahan hoon … Rafi – the usual song where the hero is drunk and ends up with Helen or someone, and sings a sad song.
Anyway, all these songs were great, even if the movie wasn’t all that great.
Thanks for the wonderful song, Atul!
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