Ho been waale
Posted on: March 28, 2013
The last time I heard radio on a regular basis was in early 1980s, viz more than three decades ago. I continued to listen to radio for some more time during 1980s but only sporadically and things were never really the same again as far as radio listening was concerned.
Radio listening to me meant listening to Radio Ceylon (later SLBC, or Srilanka Broadcasting corporation), Vividh Bharati, Urdu service of All India Radio etc for music, BBC world service, Hindi service and Urdu service for news, and also the relevant radio stations (All India Radio, Australian Broadcasting corporation, BBC etc) for cricket commentaries. I have in fact discussed these radio listening experiences in great detail in my by now almost defunct blog.
Radio listening days are over for most people and not just me, since TV has rendered radio defunct in most households the same way writing letters is rendered unnecessary for most people thanks to the ready availability of mobile phones.
But people like me and other regulars who are into nostalgia big time often look back into those glorious days of radio listening with fondness. Old radio stations and radio programmes are no longer the same but it is still nice to be able to revisit them if we can.
SLBC Hindi service, which played a huge role in the lifes of Indian radio listeners from 1950s to 1980s is no longer the same. Today it is a much curtailed and toned down barebones service that broadcasts for less than four hours in a day in two sessions. But the good thing is that the service is still available. What is more, it is available on internet.
The morning programme begins at 7-30 AM IST with that legendary programme- “Puraani Filmon ke geet”. In fact I am listening to this programme on my computer at this time as I type this out.
The half hour programme is then followd by other programmes from 8 AM to 9 AM and then the morning session comes to a close.
Likewise there is a two hour night session of this service.
As mentioned earlier, SLBC Hindi service is no longer what it used to be in its glory days. Those were the days when it broadcast for over 12 hours in three sessions and almost the whole day on sundays and there were many sponsored programmes too.
Now the service is suffering from lack of patronage and as a result lack of resources. There is only one announcer for this service (one Ms Perera) who presents all the programmes. Presenting the programmes singlehandedly must be a labour of love for her the way this blog is a labour of love for us.
SLBC Hindi service used to have a big collection of Hindi songs. Most of them seem to have been lost to the vagaries of time and other reasons. The announcer pays tributes to old masters on the occasion of their abnniversaries and on those occasions she mentions that she only has a few songs of that artists that can be played. For instance, today is the anniversary of Timir Baran and she mentioned that she only had four records (eight songs) of Timir Batan available- the movies being “Karwan e Hayaat” (1935), “Devdas” (1935), “Pujaaran”(1936) and “Sampatti” (1949).
After this programme was over, I was thinking of stopping to listen to the next programme which was titled “Rang Tarang”. Just when I was about to close the connection that the announcer announced that today was the death anniversary of Ganesh and S N Tripathy and that she would play songs composed by these music directors in the programme. Anyone who knows about Timir Baran and Ganesh and S N Tripathy’s death anniversaries and pays tribute to them automatically rises up in my esteem and the announcer Ms Perera rose up in my esteem immediately.
Seven songs of Ganesh were played. These songs were Zulfon a rangeen saaya, hai taubaah khudaaya (Anjaam), Ham tere binaa jee na sakenge sanam (Thakur Jarnail Singh) , Tu pyaar maange pyaar de doon (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa), Ham jahaan hain wo makaam husn aur ishq hai (Husn aur ishq) , Jaane jigar tu hai haseen (Sharaarat) , Man gaaye wo taraana(Chaalaak) and Intezaar ka aalam (Shera Daaku). The announcer mentioned that these were the only records of Ganesh available with her.
Then seven songs composed by S N Tripathy were played. These songs were Tu hai ya nahin Bhagwaan (Janam Janam Ke Phere), chand dhalne laga (Amrit Manthan), unpar kaun kare jee vishwaas (Kavi Kalidas) , gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka (Piya Milan Ki Aas), hamen kya khabar thhi (Roopkumari), Aa laut ke aaja mere meet(Rani Roopmati)(1957) and Parwar digaare aalam(Hatimtai)(1956) were played.
And with that the morning transmission ended at 9 AM IST.
The programme had a profound influence on me. I was not aware about the day being the death anniversaries of these three music directors. So I decided to pay tributes to them in the blog today. One rare song composed by Timir Baran has been discussed today and one Ganesh composition too will follow. In the meanwhile, here is an S N Tripathi composition. This rare song is from a movie which is rather fortuitously titled as “Sinhaldweep ki Sundari” (1960). The song is a duet which is sung by Lata and Mukesh. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist.
Here is this fantastic rare composition of S N Tripathi as a tribute to him on the occasion of his 25th death anniversary.
Song-Ho been waale (Sinhaldweep ki Sundari)(1960 ) Singers-Lata, Mukesh, Bharat Vyas, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics
ho o o
been waale ae ae
been waale ae ae
ho o o
been waale ae ae
been waale ae ae
teen sur tere been ke
le gaye dil mera chheen ke
teri taan pe
meri jaan bhi
ho gayi tere hawaale
teri taan pe
meri jaan bhi
ho gayi tere hawaale
o o o
been waale ae ae
been waale ae ae
oopar dekhe jaadugar hai
jaadu tera niraala re
oopar dekhe jaadugar hai
jaadu tera niraala re
jaane kyun lagta
pehna doon tujhko hi varmaala re
tere sur aur mere noopur
tere sur aur mere noopur
hilmil rang jamaa le
o o o
o o o
been waale ae ae
been waale ae ae
bhed nahin batlaaye sargam
chup hai meri taan re
bhed nahin batlaaye sargam
chup hai meri taan re
apne aap samajh le
tu hai mere dil ki jabaan re
jab se mili tum
dil mein khili tum
jab se mili tum
dil mein khili tum
jal gaye duniya waale ho
ho o o
been waale ae ae
been waale ae ae
ho o o
been waale ae ae
been waale ae ae
teen sur tere been ke
le gaye dil mera chheen ke
teri taan pe
meri jaan bhi
ho gayi tere hawaale
teri taan pe
meri jaan bhi
ho gayi tere hawaale
ho o o
been waale ae ae
been waale ae ae
4 Responses to "Ho been waale"
March 29, 2013 at 2:46 am
Atul ji,
I believe that today’s set of postings is one of best sets to come out on a single day, such a fabulous set of songs.
I have not been a regular to listen to the SLBC service these days, but today’s experience is prompting me to start listening regularly. 🙂
Rgds
Sudhir
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March 29, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Even today amazingly the style and poise of the announcers and also the pregnant pauses in between reminds us about halcyon and salad days of the erstwhile Radio Ceylon. How come we are not able to produce such announcers. You can listen on the Net: http://www.slbc.lk/
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March 29, 2013 at 2:00 pm
There is another movie by the same name Sinhaldweep ki Sundari in 1937. Any more details
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
March 28, 2013 at 11:46 pm
I vaguely remember listener’s bulletin suggesting a different passing away date for S N Tripathi.
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