Torey naina raseeley kateeley haaye raam
Posted on: April 6, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
There is very little that I know about the 1953 film titled ‘Hamdard’. Well, besides the basic information of course. The Geet Kosh listings tell us that this film was produced by Asha Biswas, under the banner of Variety Pictures. The film is directed by S Bhagat, and the star cast includes Shekhar, Nimmi, Smriti Biswas, Yashodharat Katju, Ishu Jagirdar, Harish Bhardwaj, Rajan Kapoor, PD Lal, KS Sengar, and Shivraj etc. The film has a total of nine songs, eight of which come from the pen of Prem Dhawan and one is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The music is composed by Anil Biswas.
Asha Lata Biswas was the wife of Anil Biswas, the music director. Asha Lata’s real name is Mehrunnisa Bhagat. Apparently, she is the sister of S Bhagat, the director of this film. She has been active in the film industry since 1935, first as a lead actress, and then later as a producer and character artist. She and Shobhana Samarth were classmates, and possibly may have started their film careers simultaneously.
It is surmised that Asha Lata and Anil Biswas met for the first time in 1935, during the production of the film ‘Manmohan’. Asha Lata ji had a role in the film, and Anil Da was the assistant to the music director Ashok Ghosh. ‘Manmohan’ was released in 1936, which is also the year that these two were married. Over the next decade or so, their family grew, with the addition of three sons and one daughter. In the late 1940s, Asha Lata decided to give up her career as an actress to devote more time as a mother.
She turned to film production, and the husband wife team set up the banner called Variety Pictures. They produced the films ‘Laadli’ (1949), ‘Lajawaab’ (1950), ‘Badi Bahu’ (1951), ‘Hamdard’ (1953), and ‘Mehmaan’(1953). One more film, ‘Baazooband’ (1954), was also produced under this banner, but sadly by this time, the husband and wife had separated, and Anil Da probably did not have a hand in this latter film.
When we check the credits for these films, we find that the music direction for the first four films is under the baton of Anil Biswas. But for the film ‘Baazooband’ (1954), the music direction is under the charge of Mohammed Shafi. The reason was the falling out between the husband and wife, who formally separated from each other in 1954. During the years 1950 to 1953, a very serious emotional bond developed between Anil Da and the singer Meena Kapoor (daughter of Bikram Kapoor, an actor from the decades of 1930s and 40s). The extent of seriousness was such that Anil Da left his home and he and Meena Kapoor started living together. It has been variously insinuated that Anil Da and Asha Lata ji were divorced and that Anil Da married Meena Kapoor (this is stated in the biography of Anil Da, ‘Ritu Aaaye, Ritu Jaaye’). But nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is that Anil Da and Asha Lata ji were never legally divorced, and that Anil Da and Meena Kapoor were never legally married. I cannot comment on why the biography contains this erroneous information, and why this error was allowed to be carried forward in print. In fact, till as late as late 1980s, Anil Da continued to make efforts to give a legal blessing to his
changed relationships in life, but apparently he was never able to legally get a divorce.
Interesting side note – the title of the biography ‘Ek Ritu Aaaye, Ek Ritu Jaaye’, is based on the mukhdaa of a song from ‘Hamdard’, “Ritu Aaye, Ritu Jaaye Sakhi Ri”.
Asha Lata ji appeared on screen once again, in the role of Kishore Kumar’s mother in the 1965 film ‘Shriman Funtoosh’, a picture that she also produced under the banner of SB Productions, a film company owned by her brother S Bhagat. In 1968, she also appeared in a character role in the Gujarati film ‘Maare Jaavun Pele Paar’.
Well so much about the film and some history about its producer team. About the song itself, the search was prompted by a Reader’s Farmaish that was posted by Prakash ji couple of days ago. I checked out the online sources also, but could not locate this song. Going back into my own collection, I located this song, and decided to post it online with a write up. As I listened to it, I realized that the quality is good, but still not very good, such that one line in the second antaraa is somewhat unclear.
Wondering what to do, I was just browsing through the collection again when I chanced upon another copy of the same song. I played it and found it to be a much better recording. I was relieved that now I shall be able to get the lyrics fully correct. But I was so completely surprised that the second copy I have, actually has different paragraphs. Intriguing as it may sound, the song exists in two different recorded versions. In both versions, the first antaraa is the same, but the second antaraa is different. The one thing I can speculate is that the complete song was originally with three antaraas. However, due to length of recording (maybe being much more than the conventional 3 minutes), the song was eventually recorded as two different versions, each with a different second antaraa. Since the listings show only one record number for this song, viz. N50380, it means that the two different versions were used – one for releasing on the record, and one for the soundtrack. (I still have to confirm with my collector friend, whether he has this record (No. N50380) and what version of the song is on the record).
(NOTE: the line that is unclear is marked with (?) in the text of the lyrics. I request other readers to please suggest the correct words for this line.)
So I am posting both the versions of the song with this write up. However, the lyrics are presented as a single three antaraa song. The readers can listen to both versions and enjoy the complete song.
And for Prakash ji, a small gift per his request, as a celebration of reaching the 500th lyrics contributed by him on this blog. Many congratulation Prakash ji. 🙂 🙂
Version I
Version II
Song-Torey naina raseeley kateeley haaye raam (Hamdard)(1953) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics
aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa
ghaayal karte hain khud hi
aur khud hi bante hain dawaa
oooo oooo
hai zeher kabhi
amrit hai kabhi
na jaane torey nainaa hain kyaa
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye raam
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye raam
torey nainaa
raseeley kateeley lajeeley haaye raam
raseeley kateeley lajeeley haaye raam
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye raam
torey nainaa aa aa
badal gayaa rang mehfil ka
jab tum mehfil mein aaye
badal gayaa rang mehfil ka
jab tum mehfil mein aaye
rang udaa hai phoolon ka
dil samaa ka baithaa jaaye
rang udaa hai phoolon ka
haaan. . .
in nazron ke aage koi ee ee ee ee
in nazron ke aage koi
in nazron ke aage koi
kaise nazar utthaaye
haan kaise nazar utthaaye
haaye raam kaise nazar utthaaye
hoooo ooooo oooooooo
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye raam
torey nainaa
jhoom rahi hain naagin zulfen
mukh par halke halke
jhoom rahi hain naagin zulfen
mukh par halke halke
sar se aanchal dhalkaa jaaye
sar se aanchal dhalkaa jaaye
baitho zaraa sambhal ke
sar se aanchal dhalkaa jaaye
na jaane kya kar baithe dil
hoooo oooo ooooooo
na jaane kya kar baithe dil
na jaane kya kar baithe dil
mera aaj machal ke
dil mera aaj machal ke
haaye dil mera aaj machal ke
hoooo oooooo
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye ram
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye ram
raseeley kateeley lajeeley haaye ram
raseeley kateeley lajeeley haaye ram
torey nainaa. . .
yoon munh pher ke tann jaana bhi
hai ik adaa niraali
yoon munh pher ke tann jaana bhi
hai ik adaa niraali
aur bhi rang le aayee mukh pe
is gusse ki laali
aur bhi rang le aayee
is laali pe maine to ooo ooo ooo
is laali pe maine to
is laali pe maine to
duniya qurbaan kar daali
duniya qurbaan kar daali
haaye duniya qurbaan kar daali
hoo ooooo ooo oooo ooo oooo ooo oooo
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye raam
torey nainaa raseeley kateeley haaye raam
torey nainaa. . .
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir
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हाsss आssssss
आsssssssss आssss
घायल करते हैं खुद ही
और खुद ही बनते हैं दवा
ओsss ओssss
है ज़हर कभी अमृत है कभी
ना जाने तोरे नैना हैं क्या
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना
रसीले कटीले लजीले हाए राम
रसीले कटीले लजीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना . . .
बदल गया रंग महफिल का
जब तुम महफिल में आए
बदल गया रंग महफिल का
जब तुम महफिल में आए
रंग उड़ा है फूलों का
दिल शमा का बैठा जाये
रंग उड़ा है फूलों का
हां . . .
इन नज़रों के आगे कोई
इन नज़रों के आगे कोई
इन नज़रों के आगे कोई
कैसे नज़र उठाए
कैसे नज़र उठाए
हाए राम कैसे नज़र उठाए
होssss ओssss ओsssssss
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना . . .
झूम रही हैं नागिन ज़ुल्फें
मुख पर हल्के हल्के
झूम रही हैं नागिन ज़ुल्फें
मुख पर हल्के हल्के
सर से आँचल ढलका जाये
सर से आँचल ढलका जाये
बैठो ज़रा संभल के
सर से आँचल ढलका जाये
ना जाने क्या कर बैठे दिल
होssss ओssss ओsssssss
मेरा आज मचल के
दिल मेरा आज मचल के
हाए दिल मेरा आज मचल के
होssss ओssss
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
रसीले कटीले लजीले हाए राम
रसीले कटीले लजीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना . . .
यूं मुंह फेर के तन जाना भी
है इक अदा निराली
यूं मुंह फेर के तन जाना भी
है इक अदा निराली
और भी रंग ले आई मुख पे
इस गुस्से की लाली
और भी रंग ले आई मुख पे
इस लाली पे मैंने तो ओsssssss ओssssssss
इस लाली पे मैंने तो
इस लाली पे मैंने तो
दुनिया क़ुर्बाँ कर डाली
दुनिया क़ुर्बाँ कर डाली
हाए दुनिया क़ुर्बाँ कर डाली
होss ओssssss ओssss ओssss ओssss ओssss ओssss
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना रसीले कटीले हाए राम
तोरे नैना . . .
9 Responses to "Torey naina raseeley kateeley haaye raam"
April 6, 2013 at 6:50 pm
Bholl gaya tha
Sudhir ji
Enjoyed your post very very much and thanks for the detailed information about Anil Bishwas.
prakash
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April 6, 2013 at 7:12 pm
Sudhir ji,
Thanks for the song and more importantly,for the information on Ashalata Biswas.
-AD
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April 6, 2013 at 9:54 pm
Prakash ji,
Welcome, I am glad to be able to fulfill such farmaishes, whenever I can.
Arun ji,
Thanks for your comments.
Atul ji,
As I wrote to you in the email sent a little earlier. When I received the email notification about this song from the blog, on my Blackberry, it is such a uncanny coincidence that I was actually sitting at the home of my collector friend, with the very record in my hand. We had just listened to the record (a much clearer original sound), and were discussing the situation that I had found with the two versions of this song.
So the first thing, the record no. N50380 contains the version 1 of the song in the post above. And the correct words for the line with (?) are
yun munh pher ke tan janaa bhi
hai ik adaa niraali
यूं मुंह फेर के तन जाना भी
है इक अदा निराली
In the discussion, my friend pointed out the following possibility for the second version. Definitely the complete song is much longer than 3 minutes, and in all likelihood, the song is composed of three antaraas, as presetned above. The version 1 published on the record was puposely kept with two antaraas, to make it fit on one record.
The version 2 posted above is in all probability the version from the sound track, because the film has been released and available on VCD now. The source from where I got the second recording has pulled it from the VCD sound track. Now the messy thing that the VCD compnay may have done is that in the film, it is very possible that the entire song of 3 antaraas exists, but these guys mercilessly cut out one antaraa, just to edit and fit the video content into the discs.
Ah but, thanks for small mercies that we have access to both versions of the song.
Rgds
Sudhir
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April 7, 2013 at 9:33 am
Dear Sudhir,
The song under discussion and the song ‘tere haath haath mein aa gayaa’ are not in the VCD.of this film I have with me. Nonetheless, your presumption may be correct that the song with 3 antaraas existed in the film. Probably, the version you have posted may have been taken out of VHS tape of the film. However, I do not know whether it is possible to do so from the VHS tape.
With this background, the song under discussion becomes rarest among rare songs. As you said, we are fortunate that the audio of the full song is available to all of us to enjoy.
By the way, the film has actually eight songs though for record purposes, it is counted as nine songs. The song ‘ritu aaye ritu jaaye re sakhi ri’ though a single song, is counted as two songs because it is in two parts. So only one song remains to be covered in the blog.
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April 7, 2013 at 1:57 pm
I have seen the movie on B&W Channel No 124 of Hathway. Suresh is a blind ghazal singer. Coming to this song; Nimmi is in audience; Shekhar singing the song. Nimmi falsely thinks that the song is directed towards her as Shekhar was watching and singing in her direction continuously (as his wont of the blind people). She slaps him at the end of the song. A surprised Shekhar is taken inside by his friends.
After few reels they fall in love as she realizes her mistake; that is another story.
Same sequence was picturised in Cha Cha Cha with Chandrasekhar and Helen; again a classical song to boot.
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April 7, 2013 at 5:33 pm
Sadanand ji, Nitin ji,
Thanks so much for the additional information about the film and this song. Since Nitin ji has seen the film on cable TV, it is possible that it was a transmission from a VHS tape, and hence the song was still there. Apparently, when the VCD was cut, the manufacturers have edited out some footage including some songs.
Rgds
Sudhir
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May 12, 2021 at 10:53 am
Indeed a thoroughly exhaustive research study regarding the song Tore Naina rasile…..
However, it misses a basic query….On which raga this song is based?
Why all the stalwarts in the Music field shy away from this simple query?
After all this thumri is not created in a vacuum but is definitely based on some classical raga.
Let its name be told for information of curious persons like me.
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April 6, 2013 at 6:33 pm
Sudhir ji
Thank you very very very…………….very much for this “Anmol” gift.
Aapka(aur aap sabhi logon kaa) PYAAR mujh par aisi hi bani rahe, ye prarthana karthaa hoon.
Yours
Prakash
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