Mane chaakar raakho jee
Posted on: February 3, 2015
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“Hunterwaali”(1935) was directed by Homi Wadia for Wadia Movietone, Bombay. It was the first movie of Fearless Nadia in a lead role and this movie created her legend that lasts to this day.
Today, it may appear that the movie makers had it easy, but that was far from the case. The movie title itself was scoffed at by purists because it combined as English word “Hunter” with a Hindi word “Waali” which nwas unheard of at that time. So in a way, the title of this movie pulled off a major linguistic coup once the movie succeeded.
The movie, inspired from movies like “Robinhood” being produced in the west had Nadia playing princess Madhuri who dons male disguise to help people and fight villains. The main villain is the evil vizier (John Cawas ?) who murders her father (Master Mohammad, also the music director of the movie). In the end, she vanquishes the evil vizier and also wins over Jaswant her love, played by Boman Shroff.
This movie incidentally also had Jaidev (later a noted music director) who played the role of Chunnoo, Nadia’s sidekick. 🙂
The movie, made with a then huge sum of Rs 80,000/- initially had no takers to release it because of adverse publicity about a western woman playing a role that was a male bastion and that too of Indian males. So the makers of the movie themselves released it, after launcing an expernsive publicity. The publicity paid off and the movie turned out to be a watershed in the history of Hindi movies. The name Hunterwaali became a brand name and the legend of fearless Nadia was established once and for all.
Nadia was not particularly noted for songs in her movies unlike the lead actors of those days. Songs in her movies were mostly sung by others. This movie had eight songs in it. Two songs in the movie were sung by Govind Gopal, a well known bhajan singer of those days.
Here is a Meera bhajan from this song, sung by Govind Gopal and Party. Josef David is credited as the lyricist for this movie, but it is clear that the credit for this bhajan should go to Meera Bai. Music is composed by Master Mohammad.
Song-Mane chaakar raakho jee (Hunterwaali)(1935) Singer-Govind Gopal, Lyrics-Meera Bai, MD-Master Mohammad
Chorus
Lyrics
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
chaakar rah tu
baag laga tu
it ut dashan paa aa tu
chaakar rah tu
chaakar rah tu
baag laga tu
it ut dashan paa aa tu
brindavan ke kunj galin mor
brindavan ke kunj galin mor
saari leela gaa tu u
mane chaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho jee
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
meera ke prabhu gan gambheera
aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
meera ke prabhu gan gambheera
aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
meera ke prabhu gan gambheera
hriday raho jee dheera (??)
aadhi raat prabhu darshan deenho
aadhi raat prabhu darshan deenho
jamuna ji ke teera
aa aa
mane aechaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho jee
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho
chaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
mane ae ae chaakar raakho jee
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February 3, 2015 at 9:57 am
Fearless Nadia as Actress >>
1970 Ek Nanhi Munni Ladki Thi
1968 Khiladi
1959 Circus ki Sundari as Nadia (as Fearless Nadia)
1959 Circus Queen
1957 Diler Daku as Princess Farida
1956 Jungle Queen
1956 Fighting Queen (as Nadia)
1955 Carnival Queen as Asha
1953 Jungle Ka Jawahar as Mala
1953 Shamsherbaaz
1949 Delhi Express
1949 Maya Mahal
1948 11 O’Clock
1948 Tigress
1947 Himmatwali
1947 Stunt Queen
1947 Toofani Tirandaz
1946 Flying Prince
1946 Lady Robinhood
1946 Sher-E-Baghdad
1946 Toofan Queen
1943 Hunterwali Ki Beti
1943 Mauj
1942 Jungle Princess
1942 Muqabala as Madhuri/Rita
1941 Bambaiwali
1940 Diamond Queen as Madhurika
1939 Punjab Mail
1938 Lutaru Lalna
1937 Hurricane Hansa as Hansa/Hurricane
1936 Miss Frontier Mail as Savita/Miss 1936
1936 Pahadi Kanya
1935 Desh Deepak as Partisan disguised as dancer
1935 Noor-E-Yaman
1935 The Princess and the Hunter as Princess Madhuri
1938 Lutaru Lalna (stunts)
1933 Lal-e-Yaman (stunts)
As Actor Master Md.>>
1946 Flying Prince
1946 Sati Seeta
1946 Sher-E-Baghdad
1937 Hurricane Hansa as Veer Singh
1936 Jai Bharat
1936 Miss Frontier Mail as Maganlal
1935 Desh Deepak
1935 The Princess and the Hunter as The King
1934 Bag-E-Misar
1934 Vaman Avtar
1934 Veer Bharat
1933 Lal-e-Yaman as Suffi
1933 Lanka Dahan
1933 Sati Sawyambar
1932 Khuda Dost
1931 Chintamani
1931 Harishchandra
As Composer
1937 Asiai Sitara
1937 Hurricane Hansa
1936 Miss Frontier Mail
1935 Desh Deepak
1935 Hind Kesari
1935 The Princess and the Hunter
1934 Bag-E-Misar
1933 Lal-e-Yaman
Jaidev was as Cunnoo.
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