Teer chala teer chala
Posted on: March 17, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
There is a wonderful and very melodious song by Mukesh (already posted Palbhar ki hi pehchaan mein ). The film is Anuraag from 1953. The mukhda of this song is
“Pal Bhar Ki Hi Penchaan Mein Pardesi Sanam Se”
“Lagtaa Hai Ki Ham Jaante Hon Janam Janam Se”
Earlier in the day today, as I was seeing off Atul ji at the New Delhi railway station, for his return journey to Nagpur, some of the emotions passing through my mind – well, they are very closely reflected in the song mentioned above. Today is only the second time that I met with him in this life, but on meeting him today it did not at all feel as if this is only our second meeting. It feels as if I have known him for ages. Besides the fact that we are very familiar with each other over the electronic connection, it still seems much more – more like a lifelong association. Yes, a dream come true to meet this wonderful, dedicated and hard working pioneer in person. I was telling him yesterday, that for some time, I myself was looking for an opportunity to visit Nagpur, as part of my travel to Bangalore or Bombay, and then surprise him one fine day. But then he was quicker in giving me the same surprise.
Yes, we talked most of the time about films and songs, but that is not all. What impressed my mother was that Atul ji’s household includes his pets, two dogs and a cat. She commented that it must be a special environment that a cat and two dogs are living together as friends, and not as foes. Atul ji shared some episodes about these special members of the family, that are very interesting, as well as very surprising at the same time. That how sometimes when ‘chhotu’ goes out of home and then loses his way, then many a times ‘nuppy’, the cat will go out looking for him, and bring him back home. So very impressive, how this set of pets continue to stay together in such a friendly environment.
Some things that I had sensed about his personality over the past about 18 months that I am connected with this blog, turned out to be very true. Atul ji is a very humble, a very simple, and a quiet reserved person. Very un-assuming, and yet very friendly. The pleasure is really all mine that I am able to host him for some time at my place, and be able to talk with him face to face. Yesterday’s meeting with him is a memory that is going to now stay with me forever.
And so we celebrate another significant milestone on this blog. This post here is special, in that it is the 200th song of Talat Mehmood to be posted here. Yesterday, in our conversations, we just scanned the stats page on the blog, to see what are the upcoming milestones in the near term. And Atul ji confirmed that Talat’s presence on the blog is just one short of a double century. As I searched for a special song, I actually came across almost a dozen in a matter of few minutes, that are not yet posted here – each one of them a wonderful gem. From that list, I selected this wonderful rendition from the film ‘Naghmaa’ (1953). When I checked the listings on the blog, my first reaction was – ‘what? this song is not yet posted?’. And so comes this post.
J Nakshab (aka Nakshab Jarchavi) is a name that one is familiar as a poet and songwriter in Hindi films. Well, in this film, we see another side of his personality. Nakshab is the producer and director of this film. Released under the banner, Filmco, Bombay, the film’s music is composed by Nashaad. Being a poet, Nakshab has also written the songs for this film. Of the 10 songs in this film, 9 are creations from his pen, and the 10th is a collaboration with another poet Mirza Shaukh Lucknowi. The film has some very wonderful songs – and I am sure the readers would immediately recognize the iconic song “Badi mushkil se dil ki beqaraari ko qaraar aaya”. Besides this, another three songs from this film are already posted here. This is the fifth song from the film, and what a wonderful gem this one is.
The main star cast of the film includes Ashok Kumar, Nadira, Om Prakash, Roopmala, Murad, Qamar, Lotan, Ziraab etc. Regarding the music director, there are some interesting bits of information about him. Nashaad’s real name was Shaukat Ali. He started his career as a music director with the 1947 film ‘Dildaar’ in which his name appears as Shaukat Dehalvi. Over the next 5 years, he composed music for many films, under a variety of names, viz. Shaukat Ali, Shaukat Dehalvi, Shaukat Hussain, Shaukat Haidari, Shaukat Hussain Haidari etc. How his name came to e Nashaad is a very interesting tale. Arun ji has described this in his earlier comments on the song “Badi Mushkil Se . . .”. The following is adapted from his comments
Naashaad was a reasonably good composer, who created many melodious songs. I remember 2 things about him. One is about his change of name. Nakshab Jarachavi was a successful lyricist, who also used to write film stories, dialogues and screen plays. When he wanted to produce ‘Naghmaa’ in 1953, he approached the reigning composer Naushad for his film. It is said that Naushad Saab’s response was, “I do not give music to any ‘aira gaira’s films”. Nakshab was stunned. He threw a challenge to Naushad that as a producer he will create another Naushad and show him his value. Nakshab then invited Shaukat Ali Dehalvi, assigned to him the responsibility to for composing music for ‘Naghmaa’. Nakshab then also suggested to Shaukat Ali, to change his name to NAASHAAD. From this film onwards, he used only the name Naashaad, till the end of his career.
The second thing is – once somebody asked him in an interview, why almost all of his compositions give a feeling of having heard this tune somewhere earlier. In other words, why does he do plagiarism ?
Naashaad said, “with only 7 main notes(sa re ga ma pa dha ni), only 6 Raagas, 36 Raaginis and 72 Sub Raginis, every ‘new’ composition is bound to sound familiar in some places.”
And so, back to this wonderful rendition by Talat Mehmood. For those familiar with this song, this is a delightful reminder. And for those who are hearing this for the first time, here is a veritable treat of a song – an absolute gem. Enjoy. . .
Song-Teer chala teer chala (Naghma)(1953)Singer-Talat Mehmood, Lyrics-Nakshab, MD-Nashaad
Lyrics
teer chalaa. . . aaaaa
teer chalaa. . . aaa
teer chalaa. . . aaa
teer chalaa
o teer chalaane waale zaraa
aa saamne aa kar teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
tu ne mujhe chhup kar loot liyaa
aa saamne aa kar teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
dil todne waale
khauff na khaa
surat to dikhaa
nazren to milaa
hum bhi hain tere
dil bhi hai tera
aa saamne aa kar teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
o teer chalaane waale zaraa
aa saamne aa kar teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
main aur kahin tu aur kahin
ulfat ka to ye dastoor nahin
phir bhi tujhe dil detaa hai duaa
aa saamne aa kar teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
teer chalaa
2 Responses to "Teer chala teer chala"
July 31, 2014 at 4:14 pm
Hullo Atul(ji)
actually i had read it back then. but hadn’t made any comment. though i had forwarded the link of this song to my Dad who loves Talat mehmood songs. but will any one punish me for re-reading it today?
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July 31, 2014 at 1:52 am
Reading this post only now, after Atul mentioned it in his intro to Sudhirji. What a lovely account of their meeting, in the words of Sudhirji.
Sorry Sudhirji, sorry Atul, should have read this earlier.
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