Duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai
Posted on: September 4, 2014
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a 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.
Today’s song is from film Badi Bahu-1951. This was a film produced by Ashalata Biswas (under the banner of Variety Pictures-the Logo of which was made by Anil Biswas and owned by Ashalata). The film was directed by her brother S Bhagat and the music was given by her husband Anil Biswas.
Anil Biswas,the Bhishma Pitamaha of HFM,was a respected person in the industry.He started from the mid 30s and for next 25 years or so,he created many everlasting gems in film songs. In Bombay,the Playback was first started by him in film Mahageet-1937. by mid 50s his magic started waning and by 1960,he was almost gone from the industry. initially he did 10-11 films with sagar,the with mehboob for National studios and then in Bombay talkies- where his name became immortal with film Kismet-1943.
he had married Ashalata in 1936. Along with her he started variety pictures and they produced films like Laadli-49,Laajawab-50, Badi bahu-51, Hamdard-53 and Bajuband-54. ( a less known fact is-Anil da had made a Guest appearnce in film hamdard-53 as a barber. he also acted in film mehman-53 (produced by Ashalata),as a Pujari and a song was shot on him.In both cases he did not get any payments. As a Producer he lost heavily, because Ashalata usurped all the money. Frustrated he gave up everything and separated from her in 1954.
To sustain life, he bought a Truck and entered the business of transportation. In addition he also took the contract for a canteen in Mehboob Studios. He failed in both ventures. By now, his relations with Ashalata were soured and sweet links were established with singer Meena Kapoor, 25 years younger to him, since 1948 itself. They got married with each other on 19-3-1957. The death of Brother in law and close friend Pannalal Ghosh in 1960 and younger brother Sunil in 1961 as well as his eldest son, broke his heart. He left Bombay and joined A.I.R. at Delhi on 1-3-1963, where he worked upto 27-6-1975. Later he was a consultant for Jawaharlal Nehru University for a few years.
Like many filmi couples, Anil da’s married life was also a failure. In Bombay, he used to stay in a hugh bungalow, called ” Asha-Pradeep “, on Vincent Road. From Ashalata, he got 3 sons-Pradeep, Amit and Utpal and 1 daughter-Shikha. His son Utpal formed a pair as Amar-Utpal and gave music to few films. The other son Amit established the First Digital Recording Studio in Bombay. Daughter Shikha too got married and settled.
However, hardly anything is known about his eldest son Pradeep, anywhere. Here is some New information, hitherto not known much, brought specially for our readers.
Pradeep was a very bright student and always topped in school and college. He passed his entrance exam and the interview,with flying colours for entry to NDA college at Poona,to join armed forces. He excelled even in NDA training. Not only was he very popular there but sang well too. He participated in the music Festival of Khadakwasla NDA and sang 3 songs, winning all prizes. He was also a NDA Topper.
Shri Gopinath talwalkar, an A.I.R. Programmer at Delhi, used to interview the Toppers of NDA every year. That year Pradeep was the Topper, so he was interviewed. Though the interview was in Hindi, after the recording, Pradeep asked Talwalkar, in pure marathi,whether his interview had been good. Talwalkar was shocked. Pradeep then explained that he was Anil Biswas’s son and he had learnt Marathi from his actress mother Ashalata. Pradeep knew Hindi, Marathi, English and Gujarati languages.
After completing his NDA training, he was posted as Flight cadet at Jodhpur. He was further promoted and became Pilot Officer in 1957. during one Training flight some altitude problems occurred and his plane crashed at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, killing Pradeep instantly. This happened in 1961.
This was also the time of crisis for Anil da. He was struggling to survive. Films were not coming to him. Since he married Meena Kapoor, Lata mangeshkar-a fast close friend of Ashalata ,had gone against him and Meena’s singing career was suppressed. He had already lost Pannalal Ghosh and Sunil-his brother and now Pradeep’s death devastated him and he was literally forced to seek employment with Delhi A.I.R., when the opportunity came. After retirement, till his death on 31-5-2003, he spent his life in total anonymity as a recluse. So sad for a composer, who was once a fountain of enthusiasm and who was considered the mentor by leading contemporary composers like C.Ramchandra.
Here is an anecdote about C.Ramchandra and Anil Biswas…
On the day of recording of the first ever Hindi film song(a chorus song) of C.Ramchandra, all arrangements were done. Chorus singers were ready, musicians were ready and technicians were ready. Suddenly, a set of visitors arrived at the studio. The visitors were all top composers of the day like Anil Biswas, K.Datta, Naval Chatterjee and some others. They all had heard about C Ramchandra, his tunes and his work. They wanted to see how he operated. C Ramchandra had tremendous respect for Anil Biswas. He knew that the contributions of Anil Biswas to Hindi Film Music was praiseworthy. Anil Biswas was a master of harmonization technique in western and Indian music instruments.
C Ramchandra described this event thus-
” It was my great fortune that a senior composer whom I considered as my Guru was present at my first recording. To my greatest surprise all the visitors joined the Chorus group for singing. I just wanted to check if the final take can be taken. I said one ..two..three and the song and music started, but I felt something was wrong. One singer was sounding different. I stopped and ran outside to singers. To my shock it was Anilda who put a Teevr Nishad which was not in my composition. He smilingly asked, is it Ok ? I said respectfully, No Dada, this is not right. He very magnanimously and without further questions agreed and they all sang on my tune only !. ”
Here is one more anecdote about Anil Biswas and Dilip kumar…
A few interesting lines about the duet –‘Aa mohabbat ki bast basayeinge hum’. One afternoon Anil Da at his residence was in the company of celebrated actors –Dilip Kumar and Ashok Kumar. He played on his harmonium and hummed the serious tune of his forthcoming melody -‘Aa mohabbat ki basti basayeinge hum’. As to who will be the female singer, there was absolutely no doubt about Lata; but who will give the male voice? “Dada it should be Talat”-said Ashok Kumar. Whereas Dilip Kumar suggested –“Anil Da, in any case looking to the serious lyrical notes, male singer should be your favorite Mukesh.” Anil Da had something else in his mind. “How if Kishore sings with Lata”- said the maestro. “Kishore!’ –Dilip was taken aback; “if Kishore will sing such a serious song, then ‘Aapka joota aur mera sar (if Kishore will sing such serious song, my head is ready for your shoe-beating)’” –added Dilip Kumar. “Mein joota le kar aataa hoon, sar tayyar rakho (Be ready with your head, I am bringing my shoe).”
Kishore Kumar was called, who at the first instance, bluntly refused to sing the said duet with Lata. But, the maestro’s conviction prevailed the result and eventually a heart-throbbing duet was created!
( My thanks to Manohar Bodas,IAF, RMIM,Listener’s Bulletin.HFGK,Shikha ji’s interview,Anil ji’s interview,my own notes. )
Let us now listen to a very melodious and funny comedy song from film- Badi bahu-1951. It is sung by Surinder kaur and chorus….
Song-Duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai (Badi Bahu)(1951) Singer-Surinder Kaur, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Anil Biswas
Chorus
Lyrics
duniya se nyaari gori
teri sasural hai
duniya se nyaari gori
teri sasural hai
ghar mein na aata hai
na ghee hai
na daal hai
ghar mein na aata hai
na ghee hai
na daal hai
duniya se nyaari gori
teri sasural hai
gudiya teri saas rangeeli
powder roz lagaaye
o banno
powder roz lagaaye
sasura teraa chhori samajhke
iske paaon dabaaye
dekho kaisa ye kamaal
haaye
duniya se nyaari gori tera sasuraal hai
roz cinema dekhan jaaye teri badi jethhaani
ho chhalo
teri badi jethhaani
ghar mein baithha jeth
kare hai bachchon ki nigraani
guinyaa
?? bura haal
haay duniya se nyaari gori
teri sasural hai
gali gali mein phire matakti
baanki teri devraani
o baanki
baanki teri devraani
aur nautanki mein devar naache
odh chunariya dhaani
jiski thhummak thhumak chaal
ho jiski thhummak thhumak chaal
ho jiski thhummak thhumak chaal
haaye
duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai
champe ka hai phool sa tera bhola bhala gali
o gori
tu hai jiski chameli
wo hai raja bhoj to
baaki sab hain ganguwa teli
tera sainyya bemisaal
haay duniya se nyaari gori
teri sasuraal hai
ghar mein na aata hai
na ghee hai
na daal hai
duniya se nyaari gori
teri sasuraal hai
7 Responses to "Duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai"
September 4, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Yes, Nitin ji. Superb voice. I am sorry unlike you I had not followed her much so far.
But now I will try to make amends by listening to more of her songs.
Warm regards,
Avadh Lal
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September 5, 2014 at 4:49 am
Arunji,
An informative post about Anilda! Truly enjoyed it.
The anecdote of Anilda, Ashok Kumar and Dilip Kumar was entertaining. I was not familiar with this song and would have missed this melodious piece of Lata + Kishore Kumar composed by Anilda If I had not read this post.
I knew Surinder Kaur by the song Badnam na ho jaaye of Shaheed-48 and few more songs of hers but love her voice as much as of Jagjit Kaur’s. You can “smell” the flavor of Punjab in their voice. This song reminds me of Lataji’s song, Jogi ham to loot gaye tere pyaar mein, Shaheed-65
Thanks again
Regards
Khyati
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September 7, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Wikipedia on Anil Biswas(composer) mentions him to be Vice-Chancellor of JNU for two years-which two years,not mentioned.When I go through the list of all JNU VCs separately, his name is not there.What is the truth pl?
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September 7, 2014 at 5:19 pm
He was NOT a V.P.
He was only a consultant advisor for Music, for 2years.
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September 7, 2014 at 6:42 pm
sorry for the slip. Not V.P. it should be V.C.
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September 4, 2014 at 11:21 am
Thank you very much, Deshmukh saheb for providing detailed and rare information about the one and only Anil Da, whom you have rightly described as “Bhishma Pitamah” of HFM.
Warm regards,
Avadh Lal
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