Ae prem teri balihaari ho
Posted on: October 21, 2013
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“Roti” (1942), a Mehboob Khan production, was a landmark movie in the annals of Indian and Hindi cinema. Here are the details of this movie as provided by our inhouse experts in the past:
Details (By our beloved inhouse expert Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh)
ROTI was a movie depicting tussle between Capitalism and communism.
The movie had Chandramohan, Sheikh Mukhtar, Sitara, Ashraf Khan, Kaayam Ali, Jamshedji, Mishra and in a very rare appearance, Malika-E-Gazal Begum Akhtar, who was known as Akhtari Faizabadi in those days(She appeared in only 5 films, the last being Satyajit Ray’s Jalasaghar. She died in 1974).There were 14 songs in Roti. 2 solos by Asraf Khan, 6 solos by Begum Akhtar, 3 solos by Sitara. One song was of Ashraf Khan with Chorus, one was with Ashraf and Anil Biswas, and one total Chorus song (Meghraj Aaye).
There were 4 Lyricists, Dr.Safdar Aah-5 songs, Arzoo Lucknowi-3 songs, Vajahat Mirza 1 song and Behzad Lucknowi-5 songs.Story (by Sudhir ji)
Although Mother India is considered to be Mehboob Khan’s magnum opus, his 1942 directorial venture ‘Roti’ is an exemplary production, and stands out as a very unique film even to this day. Created in a very theatrical style, it is the story of an imaginary country, where the economy of the urban lifestyle is juxtaposed against the barter system economy of the tribal folks in the forest. Sheikh Mukhtar (Baalam in the movie) and Sitara Devi (Kinaari in the movie) play the lead roles in this movie, as the couple from the tribal clan. The city slickers are played by Chandramohan (Seth Lakshmi Das) and Akhtari Bai Faizabaadi, aka Begum Akhtar (Darling). The movie is a blistering attack on capitalism and its oppression of the poor masses.The story is very interestingly built up; the small biplane carrying Seth Lakshmi Das and Darling crashes in the forest. They are rescued by Baalam, and there is a set of very interesting episodes about the first meeting of these two cultures. However, Seth Lakshmi Das, is very eager to get back to his business but is not finding any means of transport to get out of that forest. One night he steals two buffalos, Changu and Mangu, that belong to Baalam, and leaves the village on them, with the help of Kinaari and another local villager. In his naïve and simplistic way, Baalam follows the rich man to the city to recover his animals, only to discover that he will now have to pay money to get back his animals. What follows is an intense confrontation between the two value systems and economies, with an idealistic ending. The tribal couple return to their forest with the animals, but the rich protagonist and his consort die a death of hunger and thirst in a desert, even as they are travelling in a car loaded with gold ingots.
An informative review of this movie is also available at Memsaab’s blog.
Among other things, this movie is notable for its songs as well. There were as many as six songs sung by Begam Akhtar in this movie, as mentioned above. Four songs from this movie, including one Begam Akhtar song has been discussed in the past.
Here is the second Begam Akhtar song from this movie. It is written by Safdar Aah Sitapuri. Music is composed by Anil Biswas.
Only the audio of this song is available and so it is difficult to say how and on whom this song was picturised. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Nitin Shah.
Song-Ae prem teri balihaari ho (Roti)(1942) Singer-Begam Akhtar, Lyrics-Safdar Aah Sitapuri, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics(Lyrics by Nitin Shah)
aa aa aa
ae prem teri ee
balihaari ho o
ham naya kareena seekh gaye
ham naya kareena seekh gaye
ae prem teri balihaari ho
ham naya kareena seekh gaye
ham naya kareena seekh gaye
ae prem teri balihaari ho
ji kar toh marna aataa thha
ji kar toh marna aataa thha
abb mar kar jeena seekh gaye
abb mar kar jeena seekh gaye
ae prem teri balihaari ho
inn mad bhare nainon ne teri
yoon aankhon aankhon pilaayi hai
pyaalon se ae
peene waale bhi
bin pyaale peena seekh gaye
bin pyaale peena seekh gaye
ae prem teri balihaari ho
ham naya kareena seekh gaye
ae prem teri balihaari ho
dukh-dard diya aa aa
beemaaar kiyaa
abb khud hi ee
tasalli dete hain
ae ae
ae ae ae
zakhmon ke lagaane waale hi ee
zakhmon ka seena seekh gaye
zakhmon ka seena seekh gaye
ae prem teri balihaari ho
ham naya kareena seekh gaye
ae prem teri balihari ho o
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October 21, 2013 at 7:42 am
Since Begum Akhtar had acted in this film, 6 songs sung by her might have been picturised on her. However, at the time of the release of the film, Meghaphone which had exclusive contract with Begum Akhtar, sent a legal notice to the maker of the film, forcing the producer to remove all the six songs sung by Begum Akhtar from the film. Later Meghaphone released the record version of these 6 songs. Hence, only the audio clip of 6 songs sung by Begum Akhtar for the film are available.
Of 14 songs in the film, Safdar ‘Aah’ Sitapuri wrote 9 songs, while Arzoo Lucknowi wrote 3 songs. One each song was written by Wajahat Mirza and Behzad Lucknowi.
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October 21, 2013 at 7:45 am
Thanks for this information. If the songs sung by Begam Akhtar were deleted from the movie then it means that all six songs of her did not figure in the movie.
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October 21, 2013 at 8:20 am
Yes.
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