Madhuban mein mat jaa re bhanwra
Posted on: April 18, 2013
“Bharthari” (1944) is by now a forgotten movie with hardly any information available on it. Thankfully we have our own inhouse encyclopaedia to look up to in the form of Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh. Here is what he has to say about this movie:-
BHARTHARI-1944 was a movie by Navin pictures. It was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi with music by Khemchand Prakash. The correct name is Bhartrihari, but the common name is Bharthari.
Raja Bharthari was a king of Ujjain either in the 1st or 7th century. There are many folk tales about him in North india where he was famous as a saint. He was also a subject matter of many films like-
Bharthari-1922
Bharthari-1932
Bharthari-1944
Rajyogi Bharthari-1954
P Bharthari-1990 and
Raja Bharthari(Gujarati)-1973The music of this film was very popular. The story is, King Bharthari goes on a Hunt when he sees a young woman jumping on the burning pyre of her dead husband(Sati). He comes home and asks his queen Pingala if she would also do the same after his death. The queen replies No, because she will die the moment she hears about his death. The king wants to test this and goes for hunting once again. From there he sends a false message of his death. Hearing the news, the queen dies instantly. The king is repentent and mourns very much. Hearing this episode, Guru Gorakhnath comes and creates 750 images of pingla and also makes her alive. The king realises the futility of this mortal world, renounces everything and becomes a saint.
The film cast was Surendra as Bharthari, Mumtaj Shanti as Queen Pingala and Nagendra (who later became pahadi Sanyal) as guru Gorakhnath, Kajjan, Sulochana, Dave, Babar etc.
The music was outstanding, particularly Amirbai-Surendra duet ‘Bhiksha dede maiyya pingala…’
Five songs from this movie have been discussed in the past. Here is the sixth song from this movie. It is sung by Surendra. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music is composed by Khemchand Prakash.
Only the audio of this song is available but it is clear that the song was picturised on Surendra himself.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Nitin Shah.
Song-Madhuban mein mat jaa re bhanwra(Bharthari)(1944) Singer-Surendra, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-Khemchand Prakash
Lyrics(Provided by Nitin Shah)
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bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa re bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa
abhi kamal ki kali khili na
abhi kamal ki kali khili na
tu kyon goonj raha re bhanwra
tu kyon goonj raha re bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa re bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa
roop-rang ka lobhi-rasiya
roop-rang ka lobhi-rasiya
sab ke gunn mat gaa o rasiya
sab ke gunn mat gaa
neha lagaa le ek kali se
neha lagaa le ek kali se
kali-kali mat jaa re bhanwra
kali-kali mat jaa re bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa re bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa
kis kaaran tu pad gaya kaala
aaa aaa aaaa
kis kaaran tu pad gaya kaala
itni baat bataa o rasiya
itni baat bataa
udnaa seekha nahin kali ne
udnaa seekha nahin kali ne
mann mein dheeraj laa re bhanwra
mann mein dheeraj laa re bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa re bhanwra
madhuban mein mat jaa
2 Responses to "Madhuban mein mat jaa re bhanwra"
May 18, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Atul, Arunji
This is an excellent song. Thanks a lot. A small clarification. ‘Nagendra, who later became Pahadi Sanyal’ – not clear to me. Surely Pahadi Sanyal was there in many films on 30s by New Theatres.
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April 18, 2013 at 1:04 pm
Is there a link for a jpeg somewhere or a video with a photograph embedded for Pt Indra Chandra? Now that i think about it, I dont think i have ever seen his picture and so wondering now how he must have looked like.
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