Bhaj Ram Ram bhaj Ram
Posted on: August 29, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the 4th song in the series “Music Directors sing for other Music Directors”.
This is a song from the film ” Ram Hanuman Yudha-1956″, sung by composer Dilip Dholakiya, for the film’s Music Director S N Tripathi.
Contribution of Gujarat to the film industry is tremendous right from the beginning of the moving pictures era.The important fact is, this contribution was all pervading, i.e. in all departments of film making from Production to Distribution and in the music field it was in the form of Singers and composers. Producers like Dalsukh Pancholi and Chandulal Shah, Directors like Desai and Doshi, actors like Sanjiv Kumar and Nirupa Roy, Music Directors like Pransukh Nayak and Madholal Master right upto Kalyan ji Anand ji….the list will be endless !
However, in the music field, not all those who came from Gujarat were as famous or lucky as some others. Composers like Avinash Vyas, Ninu Mujumdar, Ajit Merchant- despite the quantity and the quality, never got counted amongst the Top Of the Line composers.
Another name of such a composer is that of DILIP DHOLAKIYA.
Dilipbhai, as he was popularly called, was born on 15-10-1921 at Junagadh in Gujarat. He took classical music training from well known Gurus and also completed B.A. degree with Sanskrit and Gujrati Literature as main subjects. From 1942 to 1944 he even worked in government office, but his intense desire for music made him leave the job and seek opportunities. he sang on A.I.R. for 5 Rs a song basis. He developed friendship with Snehal Bhatkar who was working in HMV at that time,and cut a record of two songs. He sang along with Saigal in a chorus for Bhanwaraa-1944. Later Shantikumar Desai and Ratan lal gave him songs in Kismatwala and later Chitragupta also gave him songs in Sakshi Gopal, Mahasati Savitri, Naya Raasta etc.
In 1947, he was selected by Phiroz Nizami to sing the famous song, “yahan badla wafaa ka” from JUGNU. Few rehearsals also took place. Due to the turmoil of Independence activity in 1947, Mohd. Rafi was stuck in Jullundher, Punjab. Just one day prior to the recording, Mohd. Rafi came to Bombay. Phiroz Nizami gave the song to Rafi, which turned Rafi from a struggling singer to the new playback sensation. This was the first indication to Dilip bhai that Luck was not with him.
Basically, he worked as assistant to S N Tripathi and Chitragupta from 1951 to 1972 and later as an arranger for Laxmikant Pyarelal from 1972 upto 1988.
While not so successful in Hindi, he was quite popular in Gujrati as a singer and composer. His song ” Tari aankhni affini” from the film DIVADANDI-1950, under Ajit Merchant’s baton is a hugely popular Bhajan even today.
His first independent film in Hindi as composer was ‘ Baghdad ki Raaten-1956’, but te film got released only in 1962 ! In all he gave music in 8 Hindi films, Bhakti Mahima, Saugandh, Teen ustaad, Private Secretary, Dagaabaaz, Veer Ghatotkach and Mata Vaishno Devi. The song” Mile nain,mile chain” from Private secretary,by Lata, became quite popular in those days.
he gave music in 11 Gujarati films from 1963 to 1984. Not much information is available about Dilip bhai on the Net or in Books. However the following is the summary of his life,from a site http://www.deshgujrat.com with thanks to them-
” High lite of his life and works
-Gujarati film Divaddandi was released in year 1950. Though the film was not superhit, its one song written by Venibhai Purohit, composed by Ajit Merchent and sung by Dilip Dholakia is superhit even today. The song is: Tari ankh no afini… Initially people misunderstood that this song was sung by Mukeshji.
-His father used to play flute while his grandfather Manishankar used to sing Kirtan and Bhajan in Swaminarayan Mandir.
-Shri Dholakia came to Mumbai in 1982 and passed B.A
-He worked in Bombay government’s Home department for two years as clarck and acountant general. While his office was located on first floor, the third floor in same building was occupied by All India Radio.
-Born in 15 October 1921 in Junagadh, Shri Dilipbhai received education in Bahadurkhanji high school and Bahauddin College.
-His father’s name was Bhogilal.
-He loved songs on classical base.
-In 1944, musician Khemchand Prakash’s brother Ratanlal gave him chance to sing in Kismatwala film. His songs were ‘Gori chalo na sina ubharke” and ‘Dekho hamse na ankhe ladaya karo’.
-In 1946 he sung a song ‘Dukh ki is nagri mein baba koi na puchhe baat’ in ‘Laj’ film under Ramchandra Pal’s music composition arrangement.
-He sung Saigal’s 1944 song of film Bhanvra’s song Thukra rahi hai duniya in chorus. He was introducted to musician Snehal Bhatkar in HMV studio with whose help a record of songs ‘Bhint fadi ne piplo ugyo’, and ‘Aadha tel aur aadhaa paani’ was made. In this record Dilipbhai was singer and Venibhai Purohit was writer.
-In 1948 Avinash Vyas gave chance to Dilipbhai for two duet songs in film ‘Sati son’. A name on record printed was Dilipkumar. When Dilip Dholakia started his career as musician, he choose D.Dilip as his identity. In 1960 he gave music in K.Shankar Directed Bhaktamahima film under this new name.
-From 1951 he became assistant of musician Chitragupt and worked with him till 1972. In this course the films that were worked out were Insaf, Kismat, Jindagi ke mele, Bhabhi(Chal ud ja re panchhi ki ab ye desh huva begana, and Chali chali re patang meri chali re), Kali topi lal rumal(Lagi chhute na ab to sanam, Daga daga vai vai, Divana admi ko banati hai rotiya) etc.
Moreover he worked as assistant of S.N.Tripathi. The tasks was assistant were very technical, such as writting notations, editing, providing creative inputs while composition of new creations.
-Dilipbhai composed 16 song in Bhakti Mahima,that were sung by Lataji, Ushaji, Mannade, Suman Kalyanpur, S.Janki. In 1961 he gave music in Saugandh film which was acted by famous actress Rekhaji’s father Jemini Ganeshan and Anjalidevi. This film’s one song ‘Apne liye jiye to jamane me kya jiye’ was sung by Rafiji, and ‘Chali havaye matvari’ was sung by Lata and Talatji. He also composed six songs in Nanabhai Bhatt directed film ‘Teen Ustad’.
-In 1962 he gave music in film Bagdad ki rate. While two songs of this film were sung by Gita Dutt, one was by Shmshad Begam-Rafi. Dilipbhai’s favorite writer for songs in those days was Premdhavan.
-Dilipbhai made Mannade and Rafi singing his song of film Private Secretary. The song was ‘Pyar ka maara hu mein Juli’. After this He gave music in film Dagabaj in 1970 with name of Dilip Roy. In this film one song was sung by Mukeshji. One song sung by Mahendra Kapoor ‘Chand bhi sitare bhi hai bazama mein, jane kya raz hai kyun ujala nahi’ was written by Kaifi Azmi. Dilipbhai gave music of Vir Ghatotkach and Mata Vaishnavi Devi with name as ‘Dilip Roy’.
Thus Dilipbhai gave music in eight Hindi films.
-He started giving music in Gujarati films from 11963 in film ‘Satyavan Savitri’. He has given music in 11 Gujaati films. Some famous songs from these films are: Milan na dipak sau(Mota ghar ni dikri), ‘Mane andhara bolave’, and ‘Paglu paglama atvanu,’ ‘Sathiya puravo dvare’, ‘Dhanna dhatudi patudi’, ‘Bole milan no mor’ etc.
-He joined with Lakshmikant Pyarelal as assistant in 1972 and worked on this position for next 16 years.
-Dilipbhai’s last recording happened on 15 February 1988. ”
Dilip Dholakiya died on 2-1-2011.
Today’s song is composed by S N Tripathi. Due to his graduation in Sanskrit, Dilip Bhai’s diction and pronunciations were very clear. His voice was very sweet and while singing Bhajans he seemed to really sing from his heart. Enjoy this bhajan from RAM HANUMAN YUDHA-1956.
The details about the film and story is given by our regular reader bluefire ji here.
Song-Bhaj Ram Ram bhaj Ram(Ram Hanuman Yuddha)(1957) Singer-Dilip Dholakiya, Lyrics-Ramesh Chandra Gupta, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics
raam rameti rameti
rame raame manorame
sahastra naam tatulyam
raam naam vara name
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
raam raam bhaj raam raam
bhaj raam raam bhaj raam
raam raam bhaj raam raam
bhaj raam raam bhaj raam
raam raam siya raam bhaj le
raam raam siya raam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
dharm kaaj prithvi par aaye
dasrath ji ke putr kahlaaye
jaanakpuri mein shiv dhanu toda
sati siya sang naata joda
siya piya ban raam prabhu kehlaaye sita ram
ho siya piya ban raam prabhu kehlaye sita ram
bhaj raam raam siya raam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
vishwamitrr yag rakhware
sati ahalya taaran haare
pita vachan ke paalan haare
raaj paat taj van ko sidhaare
panchvati ko bana diya ek aarya dharma ka dhaam
o panchvati ko bana diya ek aarya dharma ka dhaam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
asuron ka sanhaar thhaan kar
sena sahit chadhe Lanka par
abhimaani Raavan ko maara
sita ko sankat se ubaara
raam raaj ho gaya desh mein
gun gaaye hamuman
ho raam raaj ho gaya desh mein
gun gaye hamuman
bhaj raam raam siya raam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
raam raam bhaj raam raam
bhaj raam raam bhaj raam
raam raam siya raam bhaj le
raam raam siya raam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
bhaj raam raam siya raam
raam se bada raam ka naam
raam se bada raam ka naam
bhaj raam
bhaj raam
bhaj raam
bhaj raam
raam se bada raam ka naam
raam se bada raam ka naam
bhaj raam raam
bhaj raam raam
bhaj raam raam bhaj raam
raam se bada raam ka naam
bhaj raam
bhaj raam
bhaj raam
bhaj raam
raam se bada raam ka naam
raam se bada raam ka naam
raam se bada raam ka naam
8 Responses to "Bhaj Ram Ram bhaj Ram"
August 30, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Dear Arunji , Thanks a lot for valuable information about Dilip Dholkiya . I am a Marathi writer who writes about Classical World Literature and World Cinema as well as on Hindi Films .I have written about 15 books on these subject ] presently I am writing a book ‘shabdaprabhu aani svarsaamraadni ‘ [ lata mangeshkar and 222 lyricists . ] . I would like to meet you and discuss about some forgotten lyricists of yesteryear’s . Will you pl. give me your contact no., or address or email id , so that I will be able to contact you
Vijay Padalkar vvpadalkar@gmail.com 9867598836 .
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:21 AM, atul’s bollywood song a day- with full
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3 | Bharat Upadhyay
August 31, 2013 at 12:03 am
Arun-ji,
With due respect to your very very informative and sometimes lengthy articles about the concerned songs, pardon me if i make a comment not entirely in tune with your statements. I entirely agree with Nitin-ji in stating that the ‘Aankh No Afini” is a GAZAL. Shri Venibhai Purohit has written innumerable Gazals in Gujarati literature, and this is one of them, used in the film. Pardon me, if I say that I have now some doubts about the expertise of the experts you have consulted about this song.
Some times, if not often, we have to concede that others also may be correct in their opinion.
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August 31, 2013 at 9:14 am
Bharat ji,
Thanks for your comments.
I have always mainatined that I am NOT a “know all” and several times in the past have accepted my mistakes,giving apologies also.
So,I know that sometimes one has to accept one’s follies and others are right.
I am not an expert in Gujarati Gazals,Bhajans or Geets,so i consulted people who are known and socially accepted as experts in this field.
No two experts ever concur or agree to each others,so one has to read other’s views,put your views and let the reader decide which to accept.
I think I have always tried to play fair.I feel no guilt in accepting my shortfalls,because the Hindi film histories are so vast that one can always stray on this road.
in this case,i only stated the expert’s comments. one can always differ in opinions.
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Bharat Upadhyay
August 31, 2013 at 7:02 pm
Arun-ji,
I had no intention to hurt your feelings and if I have, I apologize . Please accept me as a Musical friend again.
Bharat
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August 31, 2013 at 8:46 pm
Bharat ji,
Sorry if my comments have given that kind of an impression.Perhaps I should have been more careful in choosing the words.
Let me assure you,Bharat ji,that I am not hurt at all.
I must stress here that comments of appreciation and encouragement from readers like you all over the world,are our ‘Sanjeevani’, which motivates us to continue writing on nostalgic subjects.
One can always differ in opinions. in fact the gaps in the info on old songs and films are so wide that there is always an element of doubt and dismay,but then we write on the basis of belief that our material is (hopefully) the right one.
You or any one else is most welcome to point out any mistake or wrong info,provided here-in any article.That way atleast the right info will emerge for future reference.
I have taken all this very sportively and there is no question of not considering you my music (or is it musical ?) friend.
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September 1, 2013 at 6:04 pm
Dilipbhai was a permanent at our Gramophone Club, Ahmedabad programmes. He was very modest and was easily approachable.
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August 30, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Arunji
Taari aankh no afini is not a bhajan but a ghazal. The terms aankh, afini…. are quite suggestive.
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August 30, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Nitin ji,
I have consulted experts before and after your comments,about this song.
It is neither a Gazal nor a full fledged Bhajan,it can be called a romantic Geet,tilting towards Adhyatmik inclination.
All the words are symbolic and there are references to Radha and krishna also in the song,so many or most people consider it a Bhajan only.
here are the Lyrics for yoyr ready reference again
તારી આંખનો અફીણી
તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
હે આજ પીઉં દરશનનું અમૃત, કાલ કસુંબલ કાવો
તાલ પુરાવે દિલની ધડકન, પ્રીત બજાવે પાવો
તારી મસ્તીનો મતવાલો આશક એકલો
હે તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
પાંખોની પરખે પરબડી, આંખો જુએ પીયાવો
અદલ બદલ તનમનની મોસમ, ચાતકનો ચકરાવો
તારા રંગ નગરનો રસિયો નાગર એકલો
હે તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
ધીમી ધીમી પગલી તારી ધીમી કૈંક અદાઓ
કમર કરે છે લચક અનોખી રૂપ તણાં લટકાઓ
તારી અલબેલી એ ચાલનો ચાહક એકલો
હે તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
તું કામણગારી રાધા ને હું કાનો બંસીવાળો
તું ચંપા વરણી ક્રિષ્ન કળી હું કામણગારો કાનો
તારા ગાલની લાલીનો ગ્રાહક એકલો
હે તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
રૂપ જાય આગળથી પાછળ, જાય જુવાની વીતી
પ્રીતવાવડી સદા છલકતી, જાય જિંદગી પીતી
તારા હસમુખડાં ઝીલું છું ઘાયલ એકલો
હે તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
ઠરી ગયાં કામણના દીપક, નવાં નૂરનો નાતો
ઝલક ગઈ મન પામરતાની, નવી આરતી ગાતો
તારી પાનીને પગરસ્તે ચાલું એકલો
હે તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
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