Jab se pi sang nainaa laage
Posted on: November 8, 2009
Ever since Bollywood movies came into being, gossiping about the movies personalities and about their controversies have been a major activity of movie magazaines and other such publications. Often, some author would write something about some person purely from his fertile imagination and that would then become gospel for all times to come.
When it came to controversy, O P Nayyar was one of the most controversial and colourful. In his long and successful career, he courted many controversies. One of the very first and most speculated decision that he too was that he never worked with Lata in his entire career and still rose to the top. Two theories were advanced to explain it away. One was that Lata made some uncharitable remark about O P Nayyar and therefore O P Nayyar decided to have none with her. Other theory was that Lata was scheduled to record for a song for O P Nayyar but she did not turn up and so O P Nayyar decided that he would not work with her ever and got that song recorded by Raj Kumari. The theorist also tells us that Lata was not to blame, she was held up because of rain.
As happens with most Bollywood gossips, these juicy gossips soon became gospel. No one ever thought of cross checking them by asking Lata or O P Nayyar.
To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever asked Lata for her version. Then in 2003, a couple of fans interviewed O P Nayyar and they were treated to a treasure trove of information that was not known till then. O P Nayyar, in that interview stated that he had not planned for any recordings with Lata, and so the question of Lata snubbing him did not arise. In fact, such things (person not turning up in time) once happened with Rafi and then O P Nayyar stopped working with Rafi for a few years before the two made up again. O P Nayyar stated that though he never worked with Lata, he regarded as as the best female singer in the industry.
What was this song that O P Nayyar was supposedly going to record with Lata but was finally recorded in Raj Kumari’s voice ? Here is this song, from O P Nayyar’s debut movie called “Aasmaan” (1952). Of course, as O P Nayyar stated, he had never planned to record this or any other song with Lata because Lata’s voice did not suit his requirement.
Here is the song “jab se pi sang nainaa laage” from “Aasmaan” (1952). It is written by Prem Dhawan.Geeta Dutt and Raj Kumari were the two female playback singers in this movie and Shyama was the heroine, so I am not sure whether this song was picturised on Shyama or on someone else.
Song- Jab se pi sang nainaa laage (Aasmaan) (1952) Singer-Rajkumari, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-O P Nayyar
Lyrics
jabse pi sang nainaa laage
tabse naahin laage nain
ho ho gin-gin ghadiyaan din kaatoon main
gin-gin taare kaatoon rain
piyaa aan sakhi more nainan mein
piyaa aan sakhi more nainan mein
mori nindiyaa churaaye gayo
mori nindiyaa churaaye gayo
main to aas bani saajan ki
aur saajan moraa re
main to aas bani saajan ki
aur saajan moraa re
laakh manaaun par nahin maane
ab man moraa re
more tan-man mein haaye bedardi
more tan-man mein haaye bedardi
kaisaa jaadu jagaaye gayo
kaisaa jaadu jagaaye gayo
kabhi chup-chup ghoongghat kaadhoon
kabhi bindiyaa lagaaun main
kabhi chup-chup ghoongghat kaadhoon
kabhi bindiyaa lagaaun main
phir apne hi aap ko takke sharmaa jaaun main
ye pyaar nayaa singaar nayaa
ye pyaar nayaa singaar nayaa
mori sudh bisraaye gayo
mori sudh bisraaye gayo
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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