Duniya mein har kisi ki kismat juda juda hai
Posted on: October 21, 2014
This article is written by Sudhir, 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.
The association of Pankaj Babu and RC Boral starts from their coming together as artists and producers at Calcutta Radio. No specific dates are available, but the expected period is the second half of the 1920s. This period also coincides with the prime of the silent films in India. Calcutta had become a main production center. Being recognized as music directors at Radio Calcutta, it was natural for RC Boral and Pankaj Mullick to be called upon for creating the orchestral music for silent films. In the days of soundless films, the music and sound effects were presented live in the theatre, using a live orchestra. What we recognize as background music today, was very much a ‘foreground’ entity in those years. The mood and the action on screen, was duly accompanied by live music that was played by the orchestra sitting just below and front of the screen. Probably no recordings of such musical works were made, else that in itself would have been a very valuable treasure for lovers of film music. wo films from 1931 are identified as the ones for which this pair had prepared the orchestral ‘foreground’ music. Produced by International Filmcraft, the title of the films are ‘Chesher Maye’ (‘चेशेर मेय’) and ‘Chorkanta’.
In 1931, when New Theatres started its production of sound movies, BN Sircar, the owner of the production house brought in this pair as the lead music directors in his company. The first film, in Bangla, was ‘Denaa Paona’. And the rest, as they say, is simply history.
In the first half of 1940s, a significant number of the artists, performers, and technical persons associated with the film industry, moved from Calcutta to Bombay. The volume of film production and quality suffered. In spite of that New Theatres continued to keep its shooting studios working. RC Boral and Pankaj Mullick continued to stay with the company and continued to create music for its films.
‘Chhota Bhai’ is a 1949 production from New Theatres, directed by Kartik Chatterji. The main cast of actors includes Molina Devi, Rajlakshmi, Shakur, Pal Mahendra, Maya Bose, Asit Sen, AH Shor, Khursheed, Chhabi Rai, Tulsi Chakravarty, Manorama, Natwar, Asha, etc. There are six songs in this film. The music is composed by Pankaj Mullick. The lyrics writing is shared between Rajendra Krishan, Prakash and Ramesh Pandey. This song is from the pen of Rajendra Krishan. For Rajendra Krishan, these were his initial years in the industry, having contributed lyrics to 5 films in 1947 and 1948. His career saw a significant rise in 1949 and 1950. In these two years he wrote lyrics for almost 25 films, some of which became very popular.
This film makes a debut on this blog today. I present a song in the voice of singer Manju and a chorus of voices. There is a male voice that also sings a line in every antaraa (stanza), but that voice is not identified. Girdharilal Vishwakma ji has helped identify this voice as belonging to Shakoor’s.
A song of philosophical contemplation, making some honest and realistic observations about life. Simple lyrics from Rajendra Krishan have been tuned into a simple group song scenario. Listen and enjoy.
Song-Duniya mein har kisi ki kismat juda juda hai (Chhota Bhai)(1949) Singer-Manju, Shakoor, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Pankaj Mullick
Chorus
Lyrics
duniya mein har. . . kisi ki
kismet judaa judaa hai
ek motiyon se khele
ek khaaq mein milaa hai
ek wo hai jo maze se
phoolon pe so rahaa hai
aur doosra bechaara
kaanton pe ro rahaa hai
aji tum hi kaho ye kaisa
tum hi kaho ye kaisa
insaaf ho rahaa hai
haan
insaaf ho rahaa hai
duniya mein har kisi ki
kismet judaa judaa hai
haan
kismet judaa judaa hai
duniya mein har kisi ki
paisa hai paas jiske
duniya hai us ke bas mein
duniyaa. . . usi ko mane
jo khaaye jhhoothi kasmen
aji tum him kaho samajh kar
tum hi kaho samajh kar
achhi hain kya ye rasmen
haan
achhi hain kya ye rasmen
duniya mein har kisi ki
kismet judaa judaa hai
haan
kismet judaa judaa hai
duniya mein har kisi ki
haaan. . .
sab ek jageh pe baithe
har koi ek saa ho. . .
oonchaa naa koi neechaa
chhota ho na badaa ho
ban jaaye saari duniya
ban jaaye saari duniya
ek ghar to kya mazaa hai
haan
ek ghar to kya mazaa hai
duniya mein har kisi ki
kismet judaa judaa hai
haan
kismet judaa judaa hai
duniya mein har kisi ki
8 Responses to "Duniya mein har kisi ki kismat juda juda hai"
2 | Bharat Upadhyay
October 21, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Is this Manju same as the singer of ‘Juthe hai sab sapan shane’ and ‘Angdaayi teri hai bahana’?
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October 21, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Bharatbhai,
Yep you are right. Both songs from Ratan-44 were sung by the same Manju. She also sang in Chand-44, Gaali-44; Sant Sakhu-41
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October 21, 2014 at 7:38 pm
Nitin ji,
This Manju can not be the same as mentioned by you or Bharat ji,since that manju Desai,left films in 1944 after film Rattan and after getting married to Karan Dewan.
Please read her interview on Anmol Fankaar,in which she has mentioned this clearly.
-AD
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October 21, 2014 at 7:48 pm
This Manju could be Manju Das,who sang many Bangla songs during this period,in Calcutta.
-AD
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October 21, 2014 at 8:48 pm
Arunji,
In fact some site are silent on the name of the singer of this song. So the identity of the singer itself is under question.
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October 21, 2014 at 9:25 pm
May be,but she is certainly NOT Manju Desai.
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October 21, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Bahot badhiya write up hai, Sudhir Ji. Nice info.
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October 21, 2014 at 11:43 am
Sudhirji,
What a selection. Good lovely song and melodious voice of Manju. Never heard Shakoor; could be first and last song.
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