Chaand ki sundar nagri mein
Posted on: July 10, 2009
“Dholak” (1951) was an amazing musical blockbuster and I am realising this fact only just now. An interesting fact about this musical blockbuster is that the songs of this movie were sung by not one or two established singers, but by several singers. The variety that they brought to the songs of this movie was just wonderful.
Here is a “story” song from this movie. Kids are learning music in a “Modern school of music” from a lady teacher who sings this song followed by the kids. Then Ajit, a jobless man looking for a job, overheras the singing and joins the singing. The teacher gets a complex thinking that the singer was singing better. She need not have felt inferior, I think, since she was singing wonderfully herself. It was so delightful to listen to the voice of Uma Devi (Tuntun) who sang for the lady teacher. It was Rafi who sang for Ajit.
Aziz Kashmiri is the lyricist and Shyam Sundar composed the wonderful music of this song.
What a delightful song it is. I stumbled upon this gem just today. And I love it.
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Song-Chaand ki sundar nagri mein (Dholak) (1951) Singers-Rafi, Umadevi, Lyrics-Aziz Kashmiri, MD-Shyam Sundar
Lyrics
Chaand ki sundar nagri mein
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
Chaand ki sundar nagri mein
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
Chaand ki sundar nagri mein
taaron ki sundar thaali mein
geeton ki meethi baali mein
wo prem kahaani kahti thhi
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
chaand ki sundar nagri mein
aaa aaa
phool khile thhe us nagri mein
kali kali lahraati thhi
muskaati thi saari bagiyaa
raani jab muskaati thhi
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
chand ki sundar nagri mein
ik din ik shahzaade ne
kuchh dekha aisaa sapnaa
sapne me raani ko dekha
kho baitha dil apna
aaa aaa
udkar pahunchaa desh anokhe
lekar man mein aas
do nainon mein rachi huyi thhi
janam janam ki pyaas
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
pariyon ki
pariyon ki raani rahti thhi
chand ki sundar nagri mein
soyi huyi thhi sundar raani
soyi huyi thhi sundar raani
band pade thhe nain
jaag rahe thhe laakhon kitne
jaag rahe the laakhon kitne
karte thhe bechain
karte thhe bechain
aahat paakar jaagi raani
khule nain ke dwaar
aahat paakar jaagi raani
khule nain ke dwaar
jaag utha angdaayi lekar
jaag utha angdaayi lekar
do hirdon mein pyaar
jaag uthha angdaayi lekar
jaag uthha angdaayi lekar
do hirdon mein pyaar
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
July 10, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Wah! Atul, what a day you have had! All these gems on one page…
Bahut bahut shukriya!
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