Saanp se badhke mera zehar hai
Posted on: February 26, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I think and hope that this is the last song from Zehreela Insaan (1974) to be published here and thus it would put the name of the film in red colour in the list. This is the title song of the movie explaining why the main protagonist of the film is called zehreela insaan (poisonous man).
PS-Thanks to Prakashchandra, now we know that there is one more song in this movie that is left to be covered.
As I told the last time, I must have been 9 or 10 years old, when I saw the film on DD. When I heard the name of film on that particular Sunday evening, I was very much excited at the prospect of seeing a horror film, which was completely forbidden for us children. I was imagining a creature with big fangs. Something like a vampire, only that I didn’t know the term at that time, biting its way to glory!
Prakashchandra kindly informed me that this song and ye silsila pyaar se chala and Mere dil se ye nain were filmed in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka. It is a place near Bangalore. This rocky place compliments the song quite well describing the hard front he puts in front of the people.
A pleasant song to listen to, it is not, it is more of a declamation than a song. But all the same interesting meter!
Song-Saanp se badh ke mera zeher hai (Zehreela Insaan)(1974) Singer-Shailendra Singh, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics
saanp se badhke mera zehar hai
main hoon ghazab ka zehreela insaan
uskaa zeher to duniyaa utaare
meraa zeher se bachaaye bhagwaan
saanp se badhke mera zehar hai
main hoon ghazab ka zehreela insaan
uskaa zeher to duniyaa utaare
meraa zeher se bachaaye bhagwaan
saanp se badhke mera zehar hai
main hoon ghazab ka zehreela insaan
duniya ke sitam se
patthar ke saanche mein mujhe dhaalaa
toofanon ne mujhe paala
bas pyaar jhukaa saktaa mujhko
ya woh uparwaalaa
main donon hi kaa matwaalaa
mujhe pyaar ke badle mein
nafrat se agar chhedaa
uthh jaayega phir toofaan
haa haa
saanp se badhke mera zehar hai
main hoon gazab ka zehreela insaan
uskaa zeher to duniyaa utaare
meraa zeher se bachaaye bhagwaan
main raam hoon aise anyaayi
sansaar ke aangan mein
yeh bheja hai mujhe van mein
jo aag lagi thhi lankaa mein
sulghe hai mere tan mein
aur bhadke hai mere man mein
sang jeena gar mujhko
pachtayegi yeh duniya
kar ke mera apmaan
haa haa
saanp se badhke mera zehar hai
main hoon ghazab ka zehreela insaan
uskaa zeher to duniyaa utaare
meraa zeher se bachaaye bhagwaan
saanp se badhke mera zehar hai
main hoon ghazab ka zehreela insaan
17 Responses to "Saanp se badhke mera zehar hai"
February 26, 2013 at 1:06 pm
I think, the Music director of the originqal movie is the great kannada music director Vijaya Bhaskar
I remember whenever we three kid brothers are at war with each other, we used to warn each other by this song(saying that a Naag(that`s I think Cobra)`s enemity is for 12 years, but beware of my enemity, its for 100 years. Those were the days.
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February 26, 2013 at 10:25 pm
How long was your enmity?
12 minutes? 😉
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February 26, 2013 at 11:35 pm
At that time it used to be very serious and agressive( fighting etc.) enemity between three brothers(There is a age gap of 2 years each between us)(i.e., absolute Haathapaayee-once during our fighting,when my elder brother pushed me and I fell on my younger brother`s face and his front tooth was broken and he got it filled it up or beautified it- afterwards during his college days)(We used to fight about everthing like our dresses,shoes,share of favorite food,for attention of our mother,pocket money,movie watching,eating at restaurant, spending of vacation at out uncle`s place, even regarding the sitting place for our lunch on the ground floor.
🙂 Sochthe hain toh hansi aa jaathi hai.
But those are lovely moments. I remember, As a small kid,when my younger brother used to sleep, I always held his tiny folded hands.I still feel the warmth of those small hands. Only in his sleeping time, he never used to leave my hands.
Now even to show my enemity or affection, I don`t find them at my disposal as my younger brother is very busy with his business affairs in Bangalore and elder brother is damn busy(He is nearer to me than the younger one)
Sorry pakaa diya Harvey ji
and thanks for helping me to rewinding my childhood memories.
Prakash
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February 26, 2013 at 11:40 pm
harvey ask for more pakaoing!
that reminds me of my fights with my brother. I see him only once a year now. But it is as if we were never separated. 🙂
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February 27, 2013 at 1:23 am
thanks to YOU!
*hugs*
BTW I just sent the lyrics post of dum tumhaari dum to Atul! 🙂
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March 1, 2013 at 9:55 am
Prakash ji – now here is the time for Manmohan Desai ji – sharing my story – we are also three brothers- no sister- i am the eldest and the youngest in nearer to me at same place-in Kachchh-Gujarat ! the 2nd number is in Maharashtra(Parli-Vaijanth). we do also use to fight after spreading pillows and mattresses all along the floor and then jumping from tables chairs – and the last and important – MD strikes – my younger brother fall on me and i have my front TOOTH broken part of it breaks and flip away , it is still as it is …
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March 1, 2013 at 11:23 am
Avinash ji
What a co-incidence !, 🙂
We are also three brothers- no sister, only the difference is I am the 2nd one. and the difference between each one is 2 years. That too whichever weekday my birthday falls, my younger brother`s birthday fall on same weekday(i.e., if my birthday falls on monday, then his birthday will also be on monday.) Me and My younger brother share same Nakshatra->”Moola”(I don`t know what you call that in English)
Again the difference is -He is the successful one(owns his own business firm and more intelligent and practical- I am very very much happy for him)
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Prakash
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March 1, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Difference between us-three brothers – is also 2 years … (happy ending of the comments and story sharing here) to be continued on a different post and incidence next …
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February 26, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Other particulars about the movie:
Production house:Pragati Chitra International,Madras
Producer:Virendra Sinha
director:Puttanna Kanagal
Starcast:Rishi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee,Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy, Manorama, Ratanamala,Dulari,Madanpuri,Iftekhar,
Raj Mehra,Sajjan,Ashit Sen,Paintal,Ghanshyam,Maruthi,Jagadish Raj,Vijay Kumar, Ambarish,Master Ajay,Dilip Dutt,
Yogesh Chhabra,Pran,Dara Singh,
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February 27, 2013 at 11:31 am
I feel that the original kannada song rendition by SP Balasubramaniam has more punch and is more expressive than this.
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February 27, 2013 at 12:50 pm
SPB was surely a better singer than Shailendra Singh IMHO.
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February 28, 2013 at 12:56 pm
Thanks for agreeing Harveyji. BTW, I have visited your blog also. Find it nice, I enjoy the playlists that you make a lot. It makes it so easy to listen to all the realted songs at one shot.
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March 1, 2013 at 9:50 am
Nice Post Harvey ji ! and thanks Prakashji for the original (Kannada) link ! i listen to both. Listening the Hindi song also for first time. Not seen the movie till.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
February 26, 2013 at 12:56 pm
All other songs posted from this movie,must have been Pancham`s own creation, except this one is a tune originally used in Kannada original movie “Naagarahaabu”
video link:(Featuring Late Vishnuvardhan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQELvy63L0
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February 26, 2013 at 10:25 pm
I didn’t know that Vishnuvardhan passed away. He was a big hero on the Kannada screen wasn’t he? Next only to Raaj Kumar, I would say.
The tune is 1 to 1 pick up from the original.
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