Pyaare Bapu ke charnon ki le lo kasam
Posted on: December 22, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Unknown composers Composer 6-D C Dutta
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Do you know the world famous singer HEMA HARDIKAR ?
No ? Surprising !
O.K. I will give you some clues. Try again.
a) Her sisters and brother are also famous singers and
b) She lives on Peddar Road, Mumbai.
What, still not sure ? OK, here are final clues now..
a) She got ” Bharat Ratna ” Award
b) She started her Playback singing from the 1947 film ” Aapki Sewa mein ” and
c) She became famous with Mahal-1949 song, ‘Aayega aanewala’
What,you are still confused ? All clues suspiciously lead to Lata Mangeshkar ?
Yes, Hema Hardikar IS Lata Mangeshkar.
But how ?
The original surname of Mangeshkars is Hardikar and Master Dinanath used to call her by her pet name Hema, though her actual name was Hridaya, which was never used !
I would not have known all this, but for an Internet site.
The famous and very useful Internet site http://www.jointscene.com always and only uses Hema Hardikar instead of Lata Mangeshkar on its site.(Now it seems this site is banned by Government, though Tata, Reliance and other than the Government BB connections can still reach it, I believe. It also may be available to overseas readers).
Initially I was also confused but after reading from various sources Lata’s family history, I got the information.
Lata’s entry into film world was not an easy one.
There were many established female singers already in the field and no composers had any problems with them. In this situation, to get into film singing was certainly a Herculean task, and that too without a God Father.
Established composers did not want to take any chance and the new composers worked as per the producer’s wishes.
In these circumstances one person volunteered to help Lata and gave her opportunity to sing in his Marathi films-Datta Davjekar.
Later another Datta-Datta Korgaonkar gave her singing opportunity in his film Badi Maa-1945.(Incidentally, Badi Maa was the only film in the History in which all three by now legends, Noorjahan, Lata and Asha acted and sang).
Finally it was again Datta Dawjekar who gave Lata her first Playback song in AAP KI SEWA MEIN.
This much History every Lata fan knows….But what is NOT known is that there was one more Dutta who had shown confidence in Lata’s singing and gave her a chance to sing in his film
SONA CHANDI-1946, much before her First playback when she was struggling.
The name of this third Dutta was composer D.C.DUTTA.
Lata became a big name but what about the 3 Dutta s who helped her initially ?
Datta Davjekar got very few Hindi films. Datta Korgaonkar, after Noorjahan left India became almost helpless and….no one even remembers composer D.C.DUTTA.
Actually, for Sona Chandi-46, the composer was Tufail Faruqi, but Dutta had 2 songs in it- one of Lata and the other of Saroj Borkar. In fact Sona Chandi was Dutta’s debut film and he started with Lata’s song.
His second film was Saray ke bahar-47 in which he had composed a Ghalib’s Ghazal ‘phir mujhe deedaye tar..’. In Anjna-48 there were good duets of Geeta and Shankar Dasgupta. After a lacklustre Dil ki aawaz-48 he did Aahuti in 1950. Somehow luck was eluding Dutta. He became one of the 6 Music Directors for Ram Darshan-50. Although he gave two very melodious songs to Mukesh, still no luck !
He got Simba-51 and Ranee-52. Disappointed he disappeared from films and reappeared with Saahil in 1959. When this also failed he simply vanished into thin air and no information is available on him after that.
Surprisingly, though D.C.DUTTA had shown confidence in Lata in her hard days, later on Dutta never used Lata even for one song in any of his films. Many known singers were used by him, like Amirbai Karnataki, Shamshad Begum, Mukesh, Geeta, Shankar Dasgupta, Bhanumati(south), Manik Verma, S D Batish, Uma Devi and even Asha Bhosle, but no Lata !
Anyway, whether D.C.DUTTA succeded or not his name will be forever there as one composer who helped Lata during her early struggle !
Here is the historic Lata song from her pre playback days……
This is a historical song, in the sense that it is one of Lata ji’s first few songs, which are available.
Song-Pyaare bapu ke charnon ki le lo kasam(Sona Chandi)(1946) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-D C Dutta
Lyrics
pyaare baapu ke charnon ki le lo kasam
haan
le lo kasam
ho
le lo kasam
haan
le lo kasam
pyaare pyaare tirange ki le lo kasam
haan
le lo kasam
ho
le lo kasam
ek ho jaao saare watan ke liye
bolo jai hind
bolo watan ke liye
haan watan ke liye
khoon ?? baha kar ke paaya hai raaj
haan paaya hai raaj
dekho paaya hai raaj
?? sapooton ki maa
ek ho jaao hindu musalmaan aaj
ek ho jaao hindu musalmaan aaj
jaan bapu ne de di milan ke lye
haan milan ke liye
jaan bapu ne de di milan ke lye
haan milan ke liye
bolo jai hind
bolo
watan ke liye
haan watan ke liye
???
mazhab ke aane nahin
aana nahin
dekho aana nahin
bair ?? mazhab sikhaata nahin
har mazhab mein phirte hain ??
hai watan ke sabhi magar ??
aashiyaan ke liye
watan ke liye
haan watan ke liye
aashiyaan ke liye
watan ke liye
haan watan ke liye
bolo jai hind
bolo watan ke liye
haan watan ke liye
bhai taareekh ka yehi
paighaam hai
haan paighaam hai
dekho paighaam hai
aapsi bair ka ye anjaam hai
saakh sabki mitti mein mil jaayegi
bediyaan phir ghulaam ki pad jaayengi
13 Responses to "Pyaare Bapu ke charnon ki le lo kasam"
December 22, 2012 at 9:22 am
The song can’t be from 1946. It is certainly from post independence period. It must have been recorded after Gandhi’s death. The lyric says “jaan bapu ne de di milan ke lye /haan milan ke liye…” Could anyone re-establish the exact year of the song. Geetkosh lists this song in Sona Chandi film of 1946. It is one of the two last enteries. The record number of this song is stated as GE 8187 but all the record numbers of all the other songs of the films have been listed between GE 3790 and 3794. This means this particular song record is from later period. This seems to be faux pass in Kosh. It may be from different film or it may be a non film song.
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December 22, 2012 at 10:15 am
Rajendra ji,
Your observations are correct and they had been noticed by me too,after I listened to the song myself.
There are 2 things possible.
1.) The film although made in 1946, must have been released in 1948.
2.) The film might be of 1946,but this song might have been added to it after Jan-1948.Such things are common.
One thing is sure that this song is from this film only.
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December 22, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Arun ji, Rajendra ji,
I saw this message, and immediately put a query to Harmandir ji. Here is the response that I just received from him,
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SONA CHANDI was originally certified on 19.7.46 at Bombay with Censor Certificate No.34253 and therefore, included in Geet Kosh in the year 1946. The movie was again got certified on 9th April 1948 [i.e. after the death of Mahatma Gandhi] at Bombay with an award of new certificate no.38154.
So, it leads to the conclusion that after adding the songs, the movie was got certified again !
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One also finds in the Geet Kosh that the last two songs (with the record series no.GE 8187) are by a different music director. It is DC Dutt, as listed above. The music director for the original 10 songs (for the 1946 release of the film) is Tufail Farooqui. In the 1948 release, two songs are added and both are available on the said record no. GE 8187. One of the song is the one presented in this post. The second song is “Jai Jai Ghanshyam. . . “, sung by Saroj Borkar.
Rgds
Sudhir
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December 22, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Sudhir ji,
Thanks for your prompt action,which vindicated my stand as conveyed to Bora ji.
I have extreme faith in Harmandir ji and I knew he can rarely go wrong.
Now for last 60-65 years this song has been credited to Sona Chandi,not for nothing !
Thanks once again.
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December 22, 2012 at 9:23 am
Arunji, I may be wrong but it sounds “kasam”, not “prasann” to me.
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December 22, 2012 at 9:32 am
Now that you point it out, it sounds “kasam”. I have now corrected it.
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December 22, 2012 at 9:25 am
This is a revelation!! That Lata is Hema Hardikar and who else but Arunji can reveal this “secret” to us!! The song is also beautiful.
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December 22, 2012 at 9:30 am
Based on this writeup, I tried accessing jointscene.com and couldn’t. I have a Tata broadband connection.
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December 22, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Seshadri ji,
Perhaps all the BB suppliers in India are abiding by Govt.Ban.
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December 22, 2012 at 7:39 pm
It is a very interesting situation. Additions were made in 1948 in the film originally censor certified in 1946. It got its release twice. Should it find place in the Geetkosh listings both in the year 1946 and the 1948 because it has two sets of songs in two different years.
Thanks for responses from all followers of this site. Hope Hamraz ji would add this clarification in next edition of the relevant volume of his Geetkosh.
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December 25, 2012 at 10:45 am
In the last but one line ‘sab’ should be replaced by ‘sakh’ which means credibility or fame.
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April 5, 2016 at 6:37 pm
There is a male voice with this song. whois the singer? please inform me. chatterjee1962@gmail.com
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December 22, 2012 at 7:47 am
Arun Ji, what an article. You are like an archaeologist of old hindi songs :). I am loving this series.
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