Tum meri tum mere saajan
Posted on: March 5, 2014
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
Bombay has been the centre of Film making in India right from the very beginning. Why Bombay and not any other city in India ? It was because Bombay wahub of business activities in India, because it attracted Talent from all over the country and because the Bombay Government constantly made attempts to develop it as a metropolitan city. Old records indicate that a total of 2.72 lakh people migrated to Bombay in 1911, while this figure was was 4.21 lakhs in 1921 and more than 5 lakh people came to Bombay in 1931 to seek employment.
The labour was cheap and was available in plenty. The Seaports ensured Import/Exports and the continuous population growth assured local market for all commodities. Like all other businesses, the Film making business also prospered here. The screening of films had started in Bombay from 1917 onwards. Indian and foreign films needed more Theatres during the next ten years. To meet these demands, Regal came up in 1933, Plaza in 35, Central in 36, Broadway in 37 and Eros in 1938. In the early part of the 30s, there were 85 film making companies in Bombay with well equipped studios.
No wonder then, that Himanshu Rai selected Bombay as the base for his studio in 1934. Bombay Talkies was established as the First corporate type film company with a board of directors and registration in the stock exchange as a company. From 1936, they even started paying dividends to their shareholders.
Both Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani were highly educated and belonged to respectable families. They preferred recruiting educated persons from good families. That explains how Himanshu Rai opted for Ashok kumar as his new Hero, despite Ashok having been summarily rejected by his cameraman Joseph Warsching in his screen Test. Bombay Talkies used to receive 200-300 applications every month for people seeking employment with them. Himanshu Rai personally took interviews of the shortlisted candidates to hire the most capable ones. ABombay Talkies had 400 people on its pay roll during its peak. Regular training and refresher courses were also conducted by them for their employees.
under these circumstances, it was no wonder that Himanshu rai selected a Handsome, educated young man from a respectable family as their New Hero…Thus entered KISHORE SAHU in Bombay Talkies as an actor.
Kishore Sahu was born on 22-11-1915 at Durg, CP & B (Central provinces and Berar i.e. today’s M.P and Chhattisgarh, with Durg now falling in Chhattisgarh). His father was the Chief Minister with the Rajah of Raigarh. His schooling took place in theroyal ways. He graduated from Morris college, Nagpur. 5’9″ tall, handsome and energetic, Kishore Sahu joined Bombay Talkies as a Hero, when he was just 21 years old. His Heroine was the owner’s wife-Devika Rani, in his first film,Jeevan Prabhat-1937.
He was a writer,producer,director and Actor too. In 1940,he started Kishore Sahu productions and in 1944 started Hindustan Chitra. he wrote story and screenplay for Mayurpankh-54, Dil apna aur preet parayee-60, Hare kaanch ki choodiyan-67 and Aurat-67 as well as teen bahuraniyan in 1968. He directed 22 films, starting with Kunwara Baap-1942 and acted in 22 films. He produced 4 films.
His first marriage in 1943 with Snehprabha Pradhan was shortlived and he married again. He had 2 sons and one daughter. His daughter Naina failed as a Heroine in Hare kanch ki Chodiyaan-67 and Pushpanjali-70. His elder son Vimal or Vikram aka Vicky was a smalltime actor and did roles in Khatta meetha and Satte pe satta (as Shukar). His other son Rohit Sahu was involved in a rape case-just like that of Shiny Ahuja.
Kishore Sahu died suddenly at Bangkok Airport on the 22nd August 1980. He was on his way to California, along with wife Preeti and daughter Naina.
Jeevan prabhat-1937 was also the Debut film for a young singer- Balwant singh.
BALWANT SINGH was born in Pandoga village of Hoshiyarpur on 9-12-1918 in a Jahagirdar’s family. He was quite rich.
After training from Pt.Bhishmadev in classical music, he came to Bombay and joined Bombay Talkies at the age of 18 years. He first gave Playback in Jeevan Prabhat-37. He then acted and also sang a song in Nirmala-38. Then came Durga-39 where also he acted and sang.
V.Shantaram cast him in Padosi-41 and his songs in this film were hits.
He was the Hero in Darpan, Swapna, Malan, Naukar, Paraya Dhan, Ashirwaad, Collegian, Dr.Kumar, Bhanwar, Hip hip hurray and Apni chhaya-50 etc. As a hero he sang less songs. His songs with Shanta Hublikar(Malan) and Parul Ghosh and Khan Mastana(Bhanwar) were very popular. He also acted in Nirmala, Vachan and Kangan.
He married a girl from the royal family of Palanpur,Gujrat.
After leaving films,he worked in All India Radio fro 4 years. The signature tune played just before the morning broadcast was composed by Balwant Singh, for A.I.R.
Then he settled in Ahmedabad,directing Dramas and Teaching music. Finally,he settled in Ludhiyana where,after a long illness,he died on 4-12-1985.
Today we will enjoy the DEBUT song of Balwant Singh in Jeevan Prabhat-1937.
Film Jeevan Prabhat was directed by Franz Osten,who repeated the formula of Untouchables again in this film,just like Achhut Kanya-36.
In this film Uma (Devika Rani) is born in a high caste Brahmin family,but falls in love with a boy of Kumhar caste(Potters).her love with Ramu(Kishore Sahu) leads them nowhere as there is a great opposition to this from all sides. They realise that their love will lead them nowhere. Finally Uma is married off to Nandlal (Prithviraj kapoor),a Brahmin boy and Ramu accepts the reality.
The marriage makes the potters very happy too. Later it is rumoured that Nandlal is about to marry Padma (Chandraprabha),because Uma is a ‘ baanjh’ (infertile). Ramu meets Uma and their meeting is seen by Nandlal. He sends Uma back to her parents. few days later, Uma discovers that she is pregnant,but Nandlal doubts her fidelity. At the end Padma herself understands how much Uma loves Nandlal. She withdraws from the proposed marriage. Not only this,she also convinces Nandlal about Uma’s purity.
Finally, Nandlal and Uma begin a new life a new Jeevan Prabhat
Let us now enjoy the Debut song of Balwant Singh. This song is a duet which is sung by Balwant Singh and Devika Rani. J S Kashyap “Naatwaan” is the lyricist. Music is composed by Saraswati Devi.
Lyrics of this song were provided by Nitin Shah.
Song-Tum meri tum mere saajan (Jeewan Prabhat)(1937) Singers-Balwant Singh, Devika Rani, Lyrics-J S Kashyap Naatwaan, MD-Saraswati Devi
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Lyrics (Provided by Nitin Shah)
tum meri
tum mere saajan
tum meri
tum mere
nis din palchhin saanjh savere
nis din palchhin saanjh savere
tum meri
tum mere saajan
tum meri
tum mere
saagar ho tum main tarang
hriday ho tum main umang
tumhi se (?)oon tumhi mein basoon
tum hi mein ram jaaun
saajan
tum meri
tum mere saajan
tum meri
tum mere
prem samandar uthhi badariya
jeewan nagri ??
jeewan nagri ??
ras ki duniya(?) mein bhar bhar ke
prem sudha barsaaayi ee ee
prem sudha barsaaayi
pi pi pyaale ho matwaale
pi pi pyaale ho matwaale
nis din palchhin saanjh savere
dekhen swapn ?? mere sajan
tum meri
tum mere
2 Responses to "Tum meri tum mere saajan"
March 5, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Kishore discovered Bina Rai in contest and gave her first movie Kalighata. He was tough taskmaster. He extracted the best from SJ for Dil Apna….He did not have the looks of hero but he looked better as a viillian
As Arunji pointed out apart from being hero Balwant Singh also sang in Swapna -1942; Ashirwad-1943; Parakh-1944; Apni Chhaya-1950;
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March 5, 2014 at 9:41 am
Your vivid description of olden golden formative era of the film industry, its people and time made us travel in the time machine and what a pleasant nostalgic journey it was !
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