Dilli waale bure nahin
Posted on: January 10, 2013
Regulars of this blog must have noticed that the daily output of this blog seems to have dwindled for the last few days. The reasons for that can be summed up briefly by saying that I have not been able to devote as much time to the blog as is necessary for its usual daily quota of songs.
I am in Delhi at present and I will be here for much of the week.
I may have only been able to discuss a couple of songs daily for the last two days but that does not mean that I have been inactive. I have been able to meet with some regulars of the blog and these meetings have been very fruiful.
I have met Sudhir jee, one of the strong pillars of our blog, for two days in a row. And as in the past, the time spent by us was extremely fruitful, informative,and enjoyable.
One of the burning (or may be chilling) topic of discussion in Delhi these days is the weather which is extremely cold and Sudhir jee was very particular that I needed to be suitably protected from the cold. The weather also meant that we were unable to keep very late nights as in the past. But the good thing this time was that we were able to meet in a relaxed manner for two days in a row (with another possible meeting today) unlike in the past when we were able to meet only once during my visit and that was that.
Thanks to Sudhir jee, I was able to meet a couple of more regulars. We first went up and met AK. Discussions with him were as stimulating as in the past. During the discussions, he wondered whether “Aarzoo” (1950) was the first movie of Talat Mehmood as a movie playback singer. Both Sudhir Jee and I felt that Talat Mehmood had sung in a Hindi movie prior to that.
Later in the evening, Sudhir Jee and I were joined by another great music enthusiast. I met Mr Bakhshish Singh for the first time. Naturewise he is same as all the other regulars that I have met- viz extremely knowledgeable and at the same time quite humble and self effacing. I learnt a lot and picked up lots of information during the two hours that I spent with the two of them. The question that AK ji had asked a couple of hours ago was answered by Bakhshish Singh jee immediately. He stated that the first Hindi movie of Talat Mehmood as a playback singer was “Rajlaxmi”. Sudhir Jee checked it up with the Geetkosh and indeed it was “Rajlaxmi” (1945) where Talat Mehmood sang in a Hindi movie for the first time.
I too had a query for both of them. Suggest me a song on the cold weather that I may use to discuss my visit to Delhi. Later, Sudhir Jee came up with a few such songs. Meanwhile, I realised that a song mentioning “Dilli” should also serve my purpose. So here is one such song from “Sabzbaagh” (1951).
This song does not mention cold weather, but it does mention the nature of “Dilli waale”.
It goes:
Dilli wale bure nahin
dil lete hain ji dil dete hain
and I fully agree, of course. 🙂
Here is this lovely song from “Sabzbaagh”(1951). It is sung by Shamshad Begam. Aziz Kashmiri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Vinod.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Nitin Shah.
Song-Dilli waale bure nahin (Sabzbaagh)(1951) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Aziz Kashmiri, MD-Vinod
Lyrics(Provided by Nitin Shah)
hoooo
Dilli waale bure nahin
hooooo
Dilli wale bure nahin
dil lete hain ji dil dete hain
dil lete hain ji dil dete hain
hooo
Dilli wale bure nahin
karte hain hairaan
khila kar do paise ka paan
karte hain hairaan
khila kar do paise ka paan
kahenge baitho to mehmaan
kahenge baitho to mehmaan
abhi dil bhara nahin
abhi dil bhara nahin
hooooo Bambayi waale
hooooo Bambayi waale bure nahin
dil lete hain ji dil dete hain
dil lete hain ji dil dete hain
hooooo
Bambayi waale bure nahin
jaate hain baazar ke inka satte ka vyopaar
jaate hain baazar ke inka satte ka vyopaar
kahenge baitho to sarkar
kahenge baitho to sarkar
abhi dil bhara nahin
abhi dil bhara nahin
hooooo panjabi bhi
hooooo panjabi bhi bure nahin
dil lete hain ji dil dete hain
dil lete hain ji dil dete hain
hooooo panjabi bhi bure nahin
girte daanwadol te utto
bolen meethe bol
girte daanwadol te utto
bolen mithe bol
kahenge aaja bay ja kol
kahenge aaja bay ja kol
aje dil bharya nahin
aje dil bharya nahin
hoooo panjabi bhi
hooooo panjabi bhi bure nahin
7 Responses to "Dilli waale bure nahin"
January 10, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Nitin ji, Atul ji,
One correction to the lyrics.
The lines,
kahenge aaja bay ja pol
kahenge aaja bay ja pol
Should read
kahenge aaja bay ja kol
kahenge aaja bay ja kol
‘kol’ in Punjabi means ‘near’.
Rgds
Sudhir
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January 10, 2013 at 12:43 pm
Sudhirji
Thanks for the correction. You know better.
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January 10, 2013 at 1:18 pm
Shamshad Begum may be singing about the Dilliwalla of the 50s; can we say the same thing about the Dilliwalla of today?
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January 11, 2013 at 11:33 am
Atul ji,
Thanks for a great upload, You have made my day.
This beautiful song has become another Landmark
of my Life in memory of Our first meeting.
Thanks once again to You,Sudhir Ji & especially to
Harish ji for such a valuable information.
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January 11, 2013 at 3:52 pm
It is nice to see your comment in the blog for the first time. 🙂
Meeting with you was undoubtedly a highlight of my visit to Delhi this time.
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January 10, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Atul ji,
Thanks for the vote of confidence in favor of ‘Dilli Waalas’ :).
After this post came online, I got an immediate call from Harish Raghuvanshi ji of Surat. He has provided the following clarification and additional information.
Talat Mehmood has also acted in the 1945 film Raj Lakshmi. The two songs sung by him are picturized on himself. In that sense, these are not true playback songs, in that these are not sung by Talat for another actor.
Then in 1947, we have the film ‘Tum Aur Mein’, in which Talat has acted under the name of Tapan Kumar. (This film was produced in Calcutta.) The songs details are not fully available for this film, so it is not certain (as yet), which song Talat may have sung as well as performed on screen.
Then in 1949 comes the film ’Rakhi’ in which Talat has rendered one song, “Teri Gali Se Bahut Beqaraar Ho Ke Chale”, was picturized on Karan Dewan. So as per these records, this should be the first playback song by Talat for another actor.
Rgds
Sudhir
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