Mori paayal geet sunaa
Posted by: Atul on: February 21, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Most of us like to watch films, be it on a TV, in a cinema hall, or through DVD. Some like old films and some like new films.
Did you ever see films like, Khooni Khanzar, Dagabaj Doctor, Shaitaan ka paash, Char chakram, Daku Rani Talwarwali, Jaadu ka dandaa, Zinda Laash, Revolver Rani, Sindbad-Alladin-Alibaba, Flying man, Fighter Sheela, Khooni Darinda, Tarzan aur Jadugar, Tarzan aur Jadui Chiraag, Golden Gang, Murde ki jaan khatare mein, or Jadui putli ?
I bet none of these movie names have been even heard by you ever. These are all STUNT FILMS or in other words ‘C’ grade films.
In India I really wonder how the classification or Grading of films is done, or who is the person or the body authorised to do it. Because Censor Certificates do not label A B or C grades at all.
Then how does this happen ?
My guess is that films are graded on two counts- One, the cost of production or Budget and the class of stars in it and Two, The class of people for whom the film is made or directed, like the Rich, middle and the Poor class.
Whatever the basis, there is a very thin line between A and B grade films, while there is a big gulf between these two and the C grade films.
Stunt films, Costume films, fantasy films and purely Religious films are normally treated as C grade films. These film do not carry any prestige, the actors working in them are exclusive to C grade films, the production values and the budget is quite low and most important, they are ALWAYS shown in theatres situated in older parts of the town, single screens, or only for Morning shows or in Theatres generally frequented by lower strata of society.
A person seeing/loking or craving for such films is generally considered a ‘Low’ creature and a person with ‘child brain’.
In India ,this is the fate of C grade films. Actually these films have everything that A and B grade films have, like, story, songs, dances, fights etc, but still,the treatment given to handling of the story ets in the films is very poor or lacking in expertise.
This is a different world altogether. The set of actors is fixed, many times the composers are unheard of or they are known composers now in bad shape, the Directors are typical and the production houses are exclusive to churn out such films.
It is, nevertheless, a fact that many well known and famous actors and actresses of the 40s and 50s evolved from the stunt films of yore. Examples are Jairaj or Master Bhagwan. Can you believe that this roly-poli Bhagwan dada was a great body-builder when he started in stunt films in the late 20s and 30s ?
Lalita Pawar(Amboo), Madhuri, Rampyari, Miss Moti, Sabita Devi and Sulochans(Ruby Myers) are some female examples who graduated to Social films via Stunt films.
Sometimes Gems are found in these C grade films. Remember the famous qawaali- Hamen to loot liya mil ke husnwalon ne– which had the honour of becoming the prestigious 5000th song in this Blog ? This was from a C grade film- AL HILAL.
In my younger age I was fond of stunt films and used to travel to theatres in Old city of Hyderabad, to watch films featuring Kamran (father of famous choreographer and Director Farah Khan and Director, comedian, Anchor Sajid Khan), Naazi, Bhagwan and many such actors. “Adventures of captain Marvel and Trip to the Moon” were my favourites from Hollywood’s republic Serial productions.
In the 50s and 60s, some respectibility to these stunt films was brought by actors like Mahipal, Ranjan, Dara Singh, Azad, Hemant Birje etc. The set of Heroines was also set to Mumtaz, Tabassum, Vijaya chaudhary, Indira, Nishi etc. Mumtaz started with Stunts and graduated to greater heights and was counted in Top actresses of her days.
Costume and Stunt films like Baaz, Insaniyat and Azaad etc were made respectable by the stars acting in them.
over a period the picture changed and nowadays every alternate film has breath-taking stunts done by almost all top Heroes.
Stunts have improved, Technology has evolved but the participation of Zippy the Monkey, Tiger the Horse, Moti the Dog, parrots, snakes and khatara cars named Rolls Royce ki beti and Austin ki Bachhi is missing !
The contribution of Fearless Nadia in making Stunt films popular can not be denied, but then she had the backing of companies like Wadia Movietone, Basant pictures, Ranjit, Sagar, National etc.
I intend to acquaint our readers with few C grade films from the 1950s and 60s, discuss their songs, stories etc. For this I have selected the word TARZAN. We will discuss 10 films and songs, which have the word TARZAN in their Titles. The main actors will be different, hopefully.
The first film today is ‘ TARZAN AND DELIAILAH ‘-1964. When you read the stories of these films please dont employ Logic or common sense to it.
We all know the story of SAMSON AND DELAILA, but here the producers have jumped over the Time machine and the 7 seas too to combine Tarzan with Delialah. I know,the creator of TARZAN stories, Mr.Edgar Rice Burrows must be turning in his grave !
TARZAN AND DELAILA-1964 was an H S Films production, Directed by A Shamsheer, who also wrote the screenplay, dialogues and the Lyrics. Robin Bannerjee was the music director.
Raghu’s friend Ramu rapes his daughter who gives birth to a dead child and becomes mad. As a revenge, Raghu kidnaps Sunanda, Ramu’s sister and wants to kill her with a poison injection. But a good soul Fernandes saves her and runs away with her in a boat on the sea. The boat capsizes and they are washed ashore of a Jungle.
Zippy, the Monkey brings Tarzan (Azaad), the king of the jungle to save and nurse them. Tarzan takes them to his cottage.
Delailah ( Chitra) is a beautiful girl, who is kept in a jail by the king mother of the Jungle to marry her to her son Rozem. Her daughter Laila is in love with Tarzan and wants to marry him. Delialah loves Tarzan. She sees Tarzan from her jail cell. She injures Tarzan with an arrow and asks him to come for her help. With oozing blood touching the door of the jail, magically the door opens and Tarzan rescues all other girls and Delaila.
Rozem and Laila try to kill Tarzan many ways, by even throwing him to hungry lions, but everytime Tarzan’s animal friends save him. Finally Tarzan, Deliaila, Sunanda and Fernades are captured. Sunanda is instructed to kill Delaila during a dance and song session, but instead Sunanda kills the queen mother and laila and rescues all prisoners. In the final fight Rozem and all other evil men are killed.
Tarzan and Delaila and Sunanda and Fernandez united.
Here is a song by Usha Mangeshkar tuned by Robin Banerjee.
Song-Mori paayal geet suna (Tarzan and Delialah)(1964) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-A Shamsheer, MD-Robin Bannerji
Lyrics
mori paayal geet suna aa
mori paayal geet suna
aaj to sur mein muskura
dil ki lagi bujha de meri
aisi aag laga aa aa
mori paayal geet suna aa
pyaasa bhanwra kya chaahta hai
phool samajh na paaye ae ae
isi tarah naadaan sanam ko
pyaar kaun samjhaaye ae
sargam tere paanv padoon main
roothe balam ko mana aa
mori paayal geet suna
mori paayal geet suna
dil to ek aur sau afsaane
samjhe kya deewaane ae ae
dard ko samjhe dard bhara dil
bedardi kya jaane ae
jalta hai jo khud ki aag mein
usko ab na jala aa aa
mori paayal geet suna
aaj to sur mein muskura
dil ki lagi bujha de meri
aisi aag laga aa
mori paayal geet suna aa aa aa
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February 21, 2013 at 12:14 pm
There were C grade sexy/porno films too like Adhuri Hawas, Yauwan ke Lutere, Prem Shastra etc.. They had their own captured audience, which catered to their tastes. By the way It should be Edgar Rice Burroughs.
There were also Toofani Tarzan (1937), Toofani Tarzan (1962), Tarzan Aur Gorilla (1963), Rocket Tarzan (1963),Tarzan Aur Jalpari (1964), Tarzan Captain Kishore (1964), Tarzan Comes To Delhi (1965),Tarzan And Circus (1965), Tarzan And King Kong (1965); Tarzan Aur Hercules (1966), Tarzan Ki Mehbooba (1966), Tarzan In Fairyland (1968), Tarzan 303 (1970),Tarzan Mera Saathi (1974), Tarzan (1985), Taarzan – The Wonder Car (2004)
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