O paise tu Bhagwaan nahin
Posted on: May 20, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The song under discussion today is from the funny film, “Main shadi karne Chala”-62, sung by manna Dey and Mohammad Rafi.
While Music Directors considered Rafi for ALL types of songs, be it a classical, bhajan, naat, qawawali, love, comedy, fun or sad song, they typedcast Manna Dey only for Classical, Bhajan or songs where a high pitch was required. Actually Manna Dey has sung ALL types of songs viz. Bhajan, qawwaali, Ghazal, love, sad, comedy, classical and any other type of songs. There are songs by Manna Dey in all Genres and he has sung with all female singers, still the ‘branding’ never changed.
Manna Dey sang about 3500 songs in all, and Rafi sang 4500 in all. When I opted for this song, I was curious to know how many songs these two stalwarts have sung together. I started my search and I ended up with 60 songs sung by these two singers from 1950 to 1977.
It is a delight to hear their duets.
Coming to the film- “Main shadi karne chala” was a very fun filled and hilarious film. The story was quite funny, based on the famous Marathi film ” AKHER JAMALE “-1952. It had Raja Gosavi and Sharad Talwalkar as two heroes. The Marathi film had broken all Box office records in those days.
This Hindi film had a very good plot, providing lot of scope for comedy, but somehow the Director seemed to have missed the bus. Actually the Director, Roop K Shoey was a “Purana Khiladi ” for comedy films, but this film could not succeed much. While seeing this film, one is reminded of ” Barretts of Wimpole Street ” a play by Rudolph Besseir and the film based on it, as well as Jane Austen’s ” Pride and Prejudice” . This is because the film is a mixture of all these. Later on several Hindi films as well as TV shows were made on the same theme. Although this was a 1962 film, I had seen it in 1970, during itssecond run. By that time the actors in it had established themselves inthe Hindi Film industry.
The cast was, I S Johar, Rajendranath, Firoz Khan, Prem Chopda, Vivek, Sayeed Khan, Mumtaz, Malika, Tabassum, Praveen Chaudhary, Manju etc.
The story was…
The film is set in the beautiful Kashmir. Deepak(I S Johar) has a Photo Studio on a Houseboat in Jhelum river, along with his friend Raja(Rajendranath). Deepak loves Seema (Sayeeda Khan) a daughter of Janakidas (Badri Prasad) and Jankibai (Durga Khote).
When Deepak goes to Janakidas with the marriage proposal, he is flatly refused- the reason being that Seema-the youngest of the five sisters-can not get married unless her four elder sisters get married.
So, Seema and Deepak decide to first fix their marriages.
All these sisters are of different tastes. Vidya (Praveen Chaudhary) is a writer and Language specialist, the next Menaka (Tabassum) is a Dancer, the next is Ragini (Malika) who is a Singer and the last Lily (Mumtaz) is a Sports person. All of them want husbands of their tastes only.
After many comedy episodes, Deepak and Seema find grooms- Prakash (Prem Chopra), Ashok (Vivek), Kewal (Firoz Khan) and Raja (Rajendra Kumar).
The girls also agree to marry them. However Kewal announces that he has a widowed sister Shyama (Manju) and that she has to get married first before Kewal.
All the pairs now start looking for a groom for Shyama.
Meanwhile, there is some misunderstanding between Seema and Deepak and Seema goes away from the house into a hailstorm and snow. Deepak finds her out and save her from a landslide.
Meanwhile Shyama also gets a groom.
All the six marriages take place in one Pandal and at one time only.
Prem chopra looks very cute in this film, much before he established himself as a Villain and saying…” Mera naam hai Prem…Prem Chopda”. Feroz Khan, Mumtaz and her sister Malika (who later married the wrestler and film Hero Randhawa-brother of Dara Singh ) look very young and charming in this film.
Here is a song from this film for which the Lyrics were by Majrooh Sultanpuri and music was composed by Chitragupta.
Song-O Paise tu Bhagwan nahin (Main Shaadi Karne Chala)(1962) Singers-Rafi, Manna Dey, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-Chitragupta
Lyrics
O paise tu bhagwaan nahin
par gun tujhmein bhagwaan ke hain
O paise tu bhagwaan nahin
par gun tujhmein bhagwaan ke hain
O paise
wo bhi taqdeer banaata hai
tujhse bhi bigdi banti hai
wo bhi taqdeer banaata hai
tujhse bhi bigdi banti hai
wo sabko roti deta hai
tujhse bhi poori chhanti hai
dono ke
dono ke dar tak jaate hain
raste jitne insaan ke hain
O paise tu bhagwan nahin
Par gun tujhmein bhagwaan ke hai
O paise
ho tujhse khanakti jeb to phir
begaane ko bhi pyaar aaye
ho tujhse khanakti jeb to phir
begaane ko bhi pyaar aaye
Khushiyaan rut kya soorat pe teri
deewaane ko bhi pyaar aaye
pyaare tu
pyaare tu agar ho paass to phir
anjaane bhi Pehchaan ke hain
O paise tu bhagwan nahin
par gun tujhmein bhagwan ke hai
O paise
Allah ki masjid mein pandit
ruk jaane se inkaar kare
Allah ki masjid mein pandit
ruk jaane se inkaar kare
Bhagwaan ke mandir mein mulla
jhuk jaane se inkar kare
paise pe
paise pe magar sab jhukte hain
bande jitne eman ke hai
O paise tu bhagwan nahin
Par gun tujhmein bhagwan ke hain
O paise
15 Responses to "O paise tu Bhagwaan nahin"
May 23, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Rafi & Mukesh Songs:
1—Chilman—Jale Jalaanewaale Hamko Jaise Mom Batti
2—Thes—Baat To Kuchh Bhi Nahin Dil Hai
3—Beqasoor—Khabar Kisiko Nahin Woh Kidhar Ko Dekhte Hain
4—Hanste Aansoo—Muhabbat Isko Kehte Hain
5—Shree 420—Ramaiya Vastavaiya
6—Phir Subah Hogi—Jis Pyaar Mein Yeh Haal Ho Us Pyaar Se Tauba
7—Ujala—Yaaro Surat Hamari Pe Mat Jao
8—Hum Matwale Naujawan—Mat Puchiye Dil Hai Kahan Dil Ki Manzil
9—Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya—Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya Barf Si Leherai Hai
10—Mastana—Nandlaala Holi Khelen Biraj Mein Dhoom Machi Hai
11—Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong—He Aayo Aayo Navratri Tyohar Ho Ambe Maiya Teri Jay Jay Kaar
12—Samjhauta—Badi Door Se Aaye Hain (Duet)
13—Teen Chor—Besharmi Se Sharm Na Kar Hera Pheri Se Mat Dar
14—Chowkidar—Insaanon Se Kyon Jhookte Ho Tum Bhi To Insaan Ho
15—Do Jasoos—Chadhh Gayee Chadhh Gayee
16—Do Jasoos—Do Jasoos Kare Mehsoos
17—Do Jasoos—Saal Mubarak Sahebji
18—Jaaneman—Is Mulaqat Ka Bas Maza Lijiye
19—Amar Akbar Anthony—Hum Ko Tumse Ho Gaya Hai Pyar
20—Dharam Veer—Saat Ajoobe Is Duniya Mein
21—Dharam Veer—Saat Ajoobe Is Duniya Mein (Sad)
22—Immaan Dharam—O Jatta Aayi Vaisakhi
23—Aahuti—Saathi Mere Saathi Rut Aati Jaati Kahe Teri Meri Kahaani
24—Daku Aur Jawan—Dharti Gaaye Re Gaaye Re
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May 23, 2013 at 5:16 pm
MuVyz ji,
This is all a mix up of Pure Duets,Duets with Chorus and Group songs.No 20 and 21 are 2 parts of the same song.
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May 23, 2013 at 10:01 pm
Thanks for feedback, Mr Deshmukh. Sad version of Saat Ajube Is Duniya Mein is obviously sung in a different mood/tone and is specified explicitly as a different song on Dharam Veer Vinyl LP. The popular excel sheet that is available online also lists it as a separate song but incorrectly specifies it as a Solo song of Mohd Rafi.
Regards.
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February 28, 2018 at 2:23 pm
Respected Sir,
Thank u sir for the story of the movie Main Shaadi Karne Chala 1962..
Sir,is this movie is available ??
With Regards,
Shaonli
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May 21, 2013 at 2:38 am
Thanks, Arunji, for another informative post. Looks like this might be a fun movie to watch.
Btw, I am really surprised that Manna Dey has sung 3500 songs as compared to Rafi saab’s 4500. I would have thought Rafi saab must have sung at least five times more number of songs than Manna Dey, considering how often one hears Rafi saab on radio! 🙂 Maybe it is more a perception issue for me.
Would be great to see if we can get all their duets on this blog. 🙂 For that matter, it would be nice to also get other male-male or female-female duets on the blog. We are so used to male-female duets that this would come as a welcome change.
One Talat-Rafi saab duet that readily to mind (and has already been posted) is Gham ki andheri raat mein (Sushila). I love this song. Any idea how many duets this pair sang together?
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May 21, 2013 at 10:24 am
Raja ji,
1. Thanks for liking the post.
2. Rafi primarily sang for major and main Heroes like,Dilip,Rajendra,Sunil,Shammi,Ashok,Bharat Bhushan,pradeep,Johnny walker etc,whose films were popular and hence his songs were heard more frequently. manna Dey sang for
second degree heroes like mahipal etc,Bhajans, religious films etc. These were not the popular films hence his songs were less heard on Radio and elsewhere
3. The no of songs sung by Lata,Asha or Rafi is a sensitive and contentious issue.There are various numbers by various groups.I personally think Rafi sang about 5000 songs,because such a list is available on line.
4. Rafi and Talat sang very few songs. I know of only 5 songs,where only these two sang-
a. Aadmi-68 kaisi haseen aaj…Posted here already
b. Kavi-54 kavita naam hai gyaanka..
c. Laila Majnu-55 Bhar de jholi allah naam…Posted here
d. Madhur Milan-55 kabhi aansoo behte
e. Sushila-66 Gham ki andheri…Posted here.
There are songs where Rafi and Talat sang with few others as a group song-
Babul-50
Baarish-57
Hakikat-64 and
Love and God-85
It is likely that there are more songs which I do not know,from duet and group songs. readers are requested to add,if there are anymore.
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May 23, 2013 at 11:15 am
Arunji,
what would be the total number of songs for Rafi/Mukesh including everything? Based on what is listed here so far, it seems : 7 duets, 5 duets with chorus, 8 other group songs , so total 20 songs. Is that correct?
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May 23, 2013 at 11:26 am
I think,yes ,thats about all.
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May 21, 2013 at 4:44 pm
21 Manna Dey-Rafi duets have already been covered in the blog.
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May 21, 2013 at 11:26 pm
There are also Mukesh-Rafi duets to be considered. Out of the 14 (purely duets) only 5 are posted.
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May 22, 2013 at 1:43 pm
nahm ji,
According to Shri Harish Raghuvanshi ji,the compiler of Mukesh Geet Kosh, there are only
7 Pure duets of Rafi+ Mukesh (Chilman-49,Thes-49,Phir subah hogi-58,Ujala-59,Hum Matwale Naujawan-61,Samjhauta-61 and Do Jasoos-75) and 3 more with Chorus (JM in Hongkong,Do Jasoos and Dharmaveer).
There are 13 group songs where Rafi+ Mukesh+ others are singing.
Additionally,there are only 2 Mukesh+Kishore kumar songs are there as duets,in Mere Apne and Kabeela.
There are 7 group songs of KK+Mukesh+others.
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May 22, 2013 at 10:51 pm
Here is the list of 14 songs :
1. Jalen Jalaane Wale Humko Jaise Chilman 1949 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
2. Baat To Kuchh Bhi Nahin Dil Hai Ki Bhar Aaya Hai Thes 1949 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
3. Kehne Wale Kehte Hein Bijli 1950 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
4. Are Phirtey The J..Jis Pyar Mein Ye Haal Phir Subah Hogi 1958 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
5. Yaron Surat Pe Hamari Mat Jaao Ujaala 1959 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
6. Mat Puchiye Dil Hai Kahan Hum Matwale Naujawan 1961 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
7. Hey Bhai Jab Jab Bhor..Aayo Aayo Navraatri Johar Mehmood In Hongkong 1971 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
8. Badi Door Se Aaye Hain Pyar Ka Tohfa Samjhauta 1973 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
9. Chadh Gayi Chadh Gayi Do Jasoos 1975 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
10. Do Jasoos Karen Mehsoos Do Jasoos 1975 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
11. Kyun Paape Zyada Chad Do Jasoos 1975 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
12. Saal Mubarak Saheb Ji Do Jasoos 1975 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
13. Saat Ajube Is Duniya Mein Dharam Veer 1977 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
14. Lo Ji Fauji Mauj Mein..O Jatta Aayi Baisakhi Imaan Dharam 1977 Mohd Rafi, Mukesh
Even with chorus, the song is duet only as there are only two singers mentioned. I meant those songs also as duets.
Samjhauta(1973) has a multiple version song ‘ badi door se aaye hain’, Rafi solo and Rafi-Mukesh Duet. Two movies “Bijli” 1950 and ‘Imaan Dharam” 1977 are missing from the movies listed by you.
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May 23, 2013 at 10:25 am
nahm ji,
Thanks for your list.
Song Numbers 1,2,4,5,6,8 and 10 are the 7 pure duets.
Song Numbers 7,9,12,13,and 14 are from 3 films,having Chorus with R+M
Song No. 11 is same as No.9
Bijli song- Record No. N 36450 is sung by Mukesh,Shamshad Begum and chorus.This is in 2 parts and the second part is only Shamshad begum song.
The 5 chorus songs are also included in 13 group songs.
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May 23, 2013 at 10:27 am
a correction…
the 5 chorus songs are from 4 films(and not 3 as mentioned).
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