Do haklon ka suno fasaana
Posted on: June 23, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The 9th song in this series ” Lata with Uncommon singers “, is from film Subah Ka Tara-1954. The song is a ‘Natkhat’ song between two sahelis.
I have not seen this film, but I know that this was a film about a woman who faces lot many miseries in her life and finally she sees a silver lining to the dark clouds hovering over her, like the Morning Star ( Subah ka Tara ),heralding a bright and joyful New Day !
This was a Rajkamal film, produced and directed by V.Shantaram. The music was by C.Ramchandra. The 9 songs in the film had some ever lasting gems like “Gayaa andhera,hua ujara” a duet by Talat and Lata, and the first famous song for Usha Mangeshkar, ” Bhabhi aayi “.
This was one of those rare films where the entire family- V.Shantaram, his First wife Jayashree and their daughter Rajashree had acted.
Next only to Madan Mohan ( 10 films ), C.Ramchandra had used Talat Mehmood in 7 films, but barring a few, not many Talat songs became famous with C.Ramchandra. This is in contrast-percentagewise- to just ONE film each by Naushad, Sajjad, Sardar Malik, Husnalal Bhagatram and TWO films of Khayyam, O P Nayyar and Vasant Desai, who gave more Talat hits than C.Ramchandra.
Coming back to today’s song, it is sung by Lata and Chandrakanta.
Now, who is/was this Chandrakanta ?
When I tried to find out, I got convinced that this was the ONLY song Chandrakanta ever sang in films.
But,who was she ?
There is no information about her anywhere. No wonder either ! When there is no information on a singer who sang 30 songs in 16 films (Raja Gul or Gulraz), how can one expect to get information on a singer who has sung only ONE song in ONE film ?
Chandrakanta had also acted in this film and has probably lip synched her own song on screen. On checking, I found that this was her only film in which she acted.
When I was about to give up my efforts,to search info on Chandrakanta,I came across few comments,made 4 years ago,on Memsaab’s Blog, and I got some information.
Chandrakanta was the sister of Puri Bothers- Chaman puri, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri and Harish Puri (He was the only brother who did not join films.)
After marriage she became Chandrakanta Mehra. Most likely, she is the same Chandrakanta, who acted and sang with Lata in Subah ka Tara.
The cast of Subah ka Tara was Pradeep Kumar, Jayashree, Baby Rajashri, V.Shantaram Chandrakanta, Shakuntala and along with many others Amirbai Karnataki.( She had stopped acting in 1943 to concentrate on playback singing. When her singing assignments diminished, she once again started acting from 1950 onwards. Her last film was Bankelal-1972).
Here is the song by Lata and Chandrakanta….
Song- Do Haklon ka suno Fasana
Song-Do halkon ka suno fasaana (Subah Ka Taara)(1954) Singers-Lata, Chandrakanta, Lyrics-Deewan Sharar, MD-C Ramchandra
Lyrics
do haklon ka suno fasaana
do haklon ka suno fasaana
naya shishya aur guru puraana
haklon ka fasaana
do haklon ka suno fasaana
naya shishya aur guru puraana
haklon ka fasaana
shuru guru ne kiya likhaana
likho
namak waale ka g g g gala sayaana
kaam tha bhaari b b bojh uthaana
paar nadi ke l l lekar jaana
uspe maalik ke dan dan dan dan anday khaana
gadhe ko s s s soojha ek bahaana
jaan boojh ke bo bo bojh giraana
paani mein sab n n n namak milaana
jaalim ko y y y yoon sabak sikhaana
kiya guru ne band likhaana
naye shishya se kaha sunaana
haklon ka fasaana
do haklon ka suno fasaana
naya shishya or guru puraana
haklo ka fasaana
shuru shishya ne kiya sunaana
s s s sunaao
namak wale ka g g g
g g g gadha
kaam b b bbhaari bo bo bo o bojh
gadhe ko su suu soojha ek bahaana
jaan boojh ke ja ja ja jaal jaalim
guru ne us par danda taana
haklon ka fasaana
gusse se bola guru deewaana
n n n nakal meri karo ji
mujhe nahin garam karo ji
doob maro ji
s s suno re guru ji
m m m maaf karo ji
dhat teri ki ji
nikal jao ji
hua khatm ab hakla gana
band karo ab hansna hansaana
haklon ka fasaana
do haklon ka suno fasaana
naya shishya or guru puraana
haklo ka f f f fasaana
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June 24, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Arunji,
You deserve commendation for unearthing such rare gems. But did you realise that this song would be today considered insensitive and politically incorrect?
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