Nimbuaa taley dola rakh de musaafir
Posted on: November 30, 2013
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‘Nimbua tale dolaa rakh de musafir’ by Padma Shree Sudha Malhotra is the sixth song in my series of ‘songs from ‘Varsha Ritu’ Album’. I am doubly happy to present this marvellous song on Sudha-ji’s birthday today, (30th November), and wishing her a long healthy and musical life. I also congratulate her on receiving this year, the national honour of ‘Padma Shree’.
This is a traditional folk tune from UP often rendered by thumri and dadra singers. Sachin Dev Burman based his song ‘Abke baras bhej bhaiyaa ko babul’ in ‘Bandini’ on the same tune.
Pandit Shivram has set this traditional song in Sudha Malhotra’s melodious voice, for the ‘Varsha Ritu’ Album.
Following are the details about her as contained in Wikipedia.
Sudha Malhotra was born on November 30, 1936 in New Delhi. Sudha spent her childhood days in Lahore, Bhopal and Firozpur. She completed her graduation in music from Agra University. Sudha Malhotra gained her grooming in Indian classical music, under the guidance of Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan and Pandit Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale. She began her musical career at a tender age of five. Her talent was discovered by the then famous and revolutionary music director Ghulam Haider, at a programme in Firozepur in the aid of Red Cross. With her enrapturing beauty and melodious voice she chiselled out her career to perfection as a child artist in All India Radio, Lahore. Later, Sudha gained new heights by joining film singing at the age of eleven. Singing has always been the first love for Sudha and in this field, with her very first break as a playback singer in the film Aarzoo, under the baton of Anil Biswas, with an evergreen song ‘Mila Gaye Nain..’, she showed promise of a competent voice. She sang with Manna Dey and Parul Ghosh in the films ‘Aandolan’ and ‘Vande Mataram’.
She sang in the films Aarzoo, Dhool Ka Phool, Ab Dilli Door Nahin, Girl Friend, Barsat Ki Raat, Didi, Kala Pani, Prem Rog, Dekh Kabira Roya, Gauhar, Dil-e-Naadan, Babar and many more. Sudha’s versatility led to more films and different kinds of songs. Each time it was a challenge that gave her listeners another treat. During the making of the film Didi, the music director N. Dutta fell ill and the track was needed urgently. Young Sudha was the singer. Always ready to rise to the challenge, Sudha stepped in and took over. She composed the song ‘Tum Mujhe Bhool Bhi Jao..’, recorded it and made the delivery on schedule time. It was but naturally, a hit. Besides singing in Hindi films, Sudha has sung many non-film geet, gazals and bhajans in Hindi and many regional languages also.
She sang many children songs and motherly numbers in movies like: Ab Dilli Door Nahin, Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja, Jeevan Saathi and Masoom, and Sudha was labelled as a “typed singer”. But determined Sudha proved everybody wrong. Her bhajan in Kala Pani ‘Na Main Dhan Chahun..’ became immensely popular. She sang the famous qawwali ‘Ishq Ishq..’ in the film Barsat Ki Raat. This song was recorded for a period of twenty-nine continuous hours. She was last heard in Raj Kapoor’s Prem Rog (1982) in the song ‘Yeh Pyar tha ya kuch aur tha’. She was awarded the ‘Kala Bhushan’ award by Gyani Zail Singh, the then president of India. Sudhaji was awarded ‘Padma Shree’ this year by Bharat Sarkar. She is very active in the field of music, even now, by teaching to music-hungry and talented disciples.
Song-Nimbuaa taley dola rakh de musaafir (Sudha Malhotra NFS)(1969) Singer-Sudha Malhotra, Lyrics-Traditional, MD-Pt Shivram
Lyrics
ho o oo
ho o o o
aaa aaaaa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
nimbua taley dola rakh de musaafir
aayee saawan ki bahaar re ae
nimbua taley dola rakh de musaafir
aayee saawan ki bahaar re ae ae
apne mahal mein main jhoola jhoolat thhi
jhoola jhoolat thhi
sainyyan ke aaye kahaar re ae
aeri sakhi jhoola jhoolane na paayee
le chale doliya kahaar re ae
nimbua taley dola rakh de musaafir
aayee saawan ki bahaar re ae
aayee saawan ki bahaar re ae
apne mahal mein main gudiya khelat thhi
gudiya khelat thhi
sainyyan ke aaye kahaar re ae
aeri sakhi gudiya khelahoon na paayee
le chale doliya kahaar re
nimbua taley dola rakh de musaafir
aayee saawan ki bahaar re ae
aayee saawan ki bahaar re ae ae
aayee saawan ki bahaaar
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November 30, 2013 at 10:00 am
I am a great fan of Sudhaji since her Didi .days. Her song tum mujhe bhul bhi jao is still very fresh to my mind as I hum it often. Her bhajan na Mai dhan cushion still makes my day. She had been a daring lady and I admire her for her closeness to Sahir. Pleasant surprise to learn about her Padma decoration.
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