O pardesi baalma
Posted on: September 24, 2014
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Suraiyya is one singer whose songs are now almost fully covered in the blog and we have the full, accurate and verified list of her songs. There are now less than twenty Suraiyya songs that remain to be discussed. The encouraging fact is that around four or five of these songs are available as of now. Yesterday nahm discussed one song which I was unable to locate till now. Today I am discussing another as yet unavailble Suraiyya song.
This song is from “Shaan”(1950) and this song was made available to me by Mahesh Mamadapur. I am extremely thankful to him.
This song is sung by Suraiyya and chorus. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hansraj Bahl.
With the details of all Suraiyya song available, we can now put them into statistics. In my earlier writeup on the occasion of Suraiyya’s 300th post in the blog, I had given a yearwise account of Suraiyya’s song and I had also given the list of Suraiyya songs yet to be discussed. Here I give a music directorwise list of Suraiyya’s songs in a tabular form.
The table makes for an interesting reading. It shows that Naushad (11 movies-51 songs) and Husnlal Bhagatram (9 movies-57 songs) have composed one third of all Suraiyya songs (108 songs). Then there are Anil Biswas, Hansraj Bahl, Ghulam Mohammad (5 movies each), Khursheed Anwar, S D Burman (three movies each), Ghulam Haider, C Ramchandra, Lal Muhammad, Sajjad Hussain and Shyam Sundar (2 movies each) who have composed music for 125 Suraiyya songs. The remaining music directors (17 or so) have worked in one movie each with Suraiyya and they have composed music for the remaining Suraiyya songs.
Note: “Amar Kahaani”(1949) with Husnlal Bhagatram’s music had nine songs in it including six Suraiyya songs. The same movie was re -released in 1955 under the title ‘Kanchan”(1955) by the same producer (Ranjeet Singh) for the same Production Kamal Kunj with the same nine songs (including 6 Suraiyya songs). Suraiyya and other actors of “Amar Kahaani”(1949) did not have to act afresh nor did Suraiyya and other playback singers have to sing their songs afresh. So in effect the Suraiyya songs of “Amar Kahaani” and “”Kanchan” are the same songs. To put it differently, “Kanchan”(1955) was the same old wine in the same old bottle, with just the label changed from “Amar Kahaani” to “Kanchan”. So it is incorrect to count the same songs twice, so I have counted them only once. That is why I have not mentioned the name of “Kanchan”(1955) in the list of movies of Husnlal Bhagatram since that movie has already found mention as “Amar Kahaani”.
Here is the full table:
Music directorwise breakup of Suraiyya songs
| Music Director | Number of movies | Number of songs | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naushad | 11 | 51 | Nayi Duniya (1942)(1), Sharda(1942)(3), Station Master (1942)(2), Kaanoon (1943)(4), Sanjog (1943)(5), Anmol Ghadi (1946)(3), Dard (1947)(5), Naatak (1947)(6), Dillagi (1949)(8), Daastaan (1950)(9), Deewaana (1952)(5) |
| Husnlal Bhagatram | 9 | 57 | Aaj Ki Raat (1948)(7), Pyaar Ki Jeet (1948)(5), Amar Kahaani (1949)(6), Balam (1949)(7), Badi Bahan (1949)(4), Naach (1949)(6), Sanam (1951)(11), Shama Parwana (1956)(8), Trolley Driver (1958)(3) |
| Anil Biswas | 5 | 23 | Hamaari Baat (1943)(4), Gajre (1948)(4), Jeet(1948)(4), Do Sitaare (1951)(4), Waaris (1954)(7) |
| Hansraj Bahl | 5 | 25 | Khilaadi (1950)(6), Shaan (1950)(7), Rajput (1951)(4), Moti Mahal (1952)(4), Resham (1952)(4) |
| Ghulam Mohammad | 5 | 23 | Kaajal (1948)(5), Shair (1949)(5), Mirza Ghalib(1954)(6), Maalik (1958)(4), Shama(1961)(3) |
| Khursheed Anwar | 3 | 13 | Ishara (1943)(4), Parwaana(1947)(4), Singaar (1949)(5) |
| S D Burman | 3 | 14 | Vidya (1948)(5), Afsar (1950)(5), Laal Kunwar (1952)(4) |
| C Ramchandra | 2 | 11 | Samrat Chandragupta(1945)(3), Duniya (1949)(8) |
| Shyam Sundar | 2 | 10 | Chaar Din (1949)(5), Kamal Ke Phool (1950)(5) |
| Lal Muhammad | 2 | 9 | Tadbeer (1945)(5) Omar Khayyam(1946)(4) |
| Ghulam Haider | 2 | 7 | Phool (1945)(3), Jagbeeti (1946)(4) |
| Bulo C Rani | 1 | 7 | Bilwamangal(1954)(7) |
| S Mohinder | 1 | 7 | Neeli (1950)(7) |
| Nareshwar Bhattacharji | 1 | 6 | Daak Bangla (1947)(6) |
| Pt Govindram | 1 | 6 | Do Dil (1947)(6) |
| Roshan | 1 | 6 | Maashooqa (1953)(6) |
| Sardul Kwatra | 1 | 6 | Goonj (1952)(6) |
| Sajjad Hussain | 2 | 5 | 1857(1946)(4), Rustam Sohrab(1963)(1) |
| Ninu Majumdar | 1 | 5 | Main Kya Karoon (1945)(5) |
| Krishan Dayal MA | 1 | 5 | Lekh (1949)(5) |
| Jamal Sen | 1 | 5 | Shokhiyaan (1951)(5) |
| Ram Prasad/ Azam Baig | 1 | 4 | Shakti (1948)(4) |
| Madan Mohan | 1 | 4 | Khoobsoorat (1952) |
| S N Tripathi | 1 | 4 | Inaam(1955)(4) |
| O P Nayyar | 1 | 3 | Mr Lambu (1956)(3) |
| K Datta/ V A Balsara | 1 | 3 | Rang Mahal (1948)(3) |
| Dhaniram | 1 | 2 | Taqdeer (1958)(2) |
| Shyam Babu Pathak | 1 | 2 | Jeet (1949)(2) |
| N Datta | 1 | 1 | Miss 58 (1958)(1) |
| K C Dey | 1 | 1 | Tamanna (1942)(1) |
In my next writeup on Suraiyya, I will give a lyricist wise breakup of her songs. Till then here is this delightful song from “Shaan”(1950) which I heard for the first time only just now.
Song-O pardesi baalma ab na tarsa o jaalima (Shaan)(1950) Singer-Suraiyya, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Hansraj Bahl
Chorus
Lyrics
o pardesi baalma
ab na tarsa o jaalima
mori baali umariya aa aa
aa aa aaa
julm na kar bairiyaa
bairiyaa
o o o
julm na kar bairiyaa aa aa
aa aa
o pardesi baalma
ab na tarsa o jaalima
mori baali umariya aa aa
aa aa aaa
julm na kar bairiyaa
bairiyaa
o o o
julm na kar bairiyaa aa aa
aa aa
panghat pe main khadi khadi
raah dekhoon teri ghadi ghadi
panghat pe main khadi khadi
raah dekhoon teri ghadi ghadi
baar baar yehi sochoon main
meri kis sang aankh ladi ee
o meri kis sang aankh ladi ee
julm na kar bairiyaa
bairiyaa
o o o
julm na kar bairiyaa aa aa
aa aa
o pardesi baalma
ab na tarsa o jaalima
mori baali umariya aa aa
aa aa aaa
julm na kar bairiyaa
bairiyaa
o o o
julm na kar bairiyaa aa aa
aa aa
kahaan gaya o bedardi tu
mujhse aankh churaa ke
kahaan gaya o bedardi tu
mujhse aankh churaa ke
baithhi hoon main ab tak dil mein
teri yaad chhupa ke
o teri yaad chhupa ke ae
julm na kar bairiyaa
bairiyaa
o o o
julm na kar bairiyaa aa aa
aa aa
o pardesi baalma
ab na tarsa o jaalima
mori baali umariya aa aa
aa aa aaa
julm na kar bairiyaa
bairiyaa
o o o
julm na kar bairiyaa aa aa
aa aa
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