Hey Shivshankar hey Pralayankar
Posted on: February 15, 2015
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MINI SERIES–MAHASHIVRATRI CELEBRATIONS
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Song No. 3
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Today’s Shiv-Bhajan is from an obscure film SHUK RAMBHA-1953. In the period from 1951 to 1960,so many religious and Mythological films were made that at times there was a shortage of appealing stories. Ramayana and Mahabharat popular stories were exhausted beyond revival and it was not prudent to repeat them frequently. In this period, Nirupa Roy and Trilok Kapoor,probably were the busiest stars. Besides the usual popular and usual stories, producers made films on rare subjects like Shanidev, Nal-Damayanti, Kach Devyani, Ekadashi, Navnaths, Kaali, Laxmi, Vikram and Vetal etc.
One of the Producer-Director Shri Dhirubhai Desai took up a totally unknown and obscure topic from the Vedik ” Shuk Rambha Samvaad “. I appreciate his guts. I did not see this film and I do not know how many people must have seen this ‘ never heard’ type of film. The cast of the film included Bharat Bhushan who had become famous after the Blockbuster film ‘Baiju Bawra’ in 1952. Anjali Devi from south was his Heroine. There were the other usual artistes of this genre like Lalita Pawar, Krishnakumari, Niranjan Sharma, Tiwari, Kusum Thakur etc. The role of young Shukdev was performed by Raajkumar.
Raajkumar is yet another name creating ‘ same name confusion’. The well known Blog http://www.maitrimanthan.wordpress.com has done a highly commendable job of tracing all varieties of different Raajkumars,and separating them based on film credits, filmclips, and also by meeting some of them. In general there were 5 Raajkumars. The first one was the famous Kannada Hero Dr. Raajkumar. he never worked in any Hindi film ( infact he only worked in Kannada films in his career, except once, when he acted in a Telugu Movie ‘ Kalhasti mahatmyam’). The second was the famous Hindi dialogue master ‘Jaani’ Raajkumar. The third was this Raajkumar who started his career probably with this film ‘Shuk Rambha ‘-53. His name was Raajkumar Khatri. He acted in about 32 films,out of which 27 were Religious films. His last film was in 1983. He reportedly died in September 2014. The fourth Raajkumar was sometimes credited as Raju kumar. He acted in about a dozen films. The fifth and the last Rajkumar was Rajkumar Gupta, who acted in the main role in film Jagriti-54. It was probably his only film.
Normally, not many people would know who was Shuk. Of course everybody would know about Rambha, that she was an Apsara like Menaka and Urvashi etc. Rishi Shuk or Shukdev has an interesting story about his birth. Once Devi Parvati wanted to know the secret of being Amar or immortal. Only Shiv ji knew about it. When she was after him to know the secret,he agreed to tell her. While Shiv ji was explaining the details, Parvati went to sleep, but a bird-Shuk (Parrot), sitting on a tree branch outside listened to all the details. When Shiv ji realised this, the bird flew straight into the yawning open mouth of the wife of maharshi Vyas. It remained there safe for 12 years and then took a birth. He was named Shuk. He left home to gain Bramhagyan. Devarshi Narad took him again to Vyas. He taught him and then sent him to king Janaka, who was supposed to be ‘Jeevanmukta’,i.e. free from worldly emotions even though he was in a human form. After this discourse, Janak advised Shuk to take up grihasthashram, as Bramhadnyan was incomplete without that knowledge. Shuk met Rambha who got interested in him and started to lure him. There took place the famous Vaidik “Shuk Rambha Samwaad”. She was teaching him the benefits of spending time with beautiful women and he was contesting her arguments.
Here is some additional information on Shuk from wiki…….Shuka (also Shukadeva, Shuka deva, Suka, Sukadev, Sukadeva Gosvami) was the son of the sage Vyasa (credited as the organizer of the vedas and Puranas) and the main narrator of the Bhagvata Puran. Most of the Bhagavata Purana consists of Shuka reciting the story to the dying king Parikshit. Shuka is depicted as a Sanyasi, renouncing the world in pursuit of Moksha (liberation), which most narratives assert that he achieved.
According to Mahabharat, Shuka was churned out of a stick of fire after one hundred years of austerity by Vyasa, born with ascetic power and with the Vedas dwelling inside him, just like his father. The Mahabharata also recounts how Shuka was sent by Vyasa for training to King Janaka, who was considered to be a Jivanmukta, or one who is liberated while still in a body. Shuka asked Janaka about the way to liberation, with Janaka recommending the traditional progression of the four ashramas, which included the householder stage. After expressing contempt for the householder life, Shuka questioned Janaka about the real need for following the householder path. Seeing Shuka’s advanced state of realization, Janaka told him that there was no need in his case.
Stories recount how Shuka surpassed his father in spiritual attainment. Once, when following his son, Vyasa encountered a group of celestial nymphs who were bathing. Shuka’s purity was such that the nymphs did not consider him to be a distraction, even though he was naked, but covered themselves when faced with his father. Shuka is sometimes portrayed as wandering about naked, due to his complete lack of self-consciousness.
A completely different version of the later life of Shuka is given in the Devi-Bhagvat Puran, considered a secondary Purana (Upapuran) by many, but an important work in the Shakta tradition. In this account, Shuka is convinced by Janaka to follow the ashrama tradition, and returns home to marry and follow the path of yoga. He has five children with his wife Pivari ( who is actually Rambha)—four sons and a daughter. The story concludes in the same vein as the common tradition, with Shuka achieving moksha.
A place called Shukachari is believed to be the cave of Shuka, where he disappeared in cave stones as per local traditions. Shuka in Sanskrit means parrot and thus the name is derived from the large number of parrots found around the Shukachari hills. Shukachari literally means abode of parrots in the Sanskrit language.
Let us now enjoy this Shiv Bhajan from the film ‘ Shuk Rambha ‘-1953 and be ready for the approaching Mahashivratri….
Song-Hey Shivshankar hey pralayankar (Shuk Rambha)(1953) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Unknown male voice, Lyrics-Saraswati Kumar Deepak, MD-Manna Dey
Lyrics
Hey shivshankar hey pralayankar
har har har mahaadev
bhawaani shankar
om
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
dam dam dam dam boley damru
chham chham chham chham baaje ghunghru
chham chham chham chham baaje ghunghru
dam dam dam dam boley damru
om bhu
om bhu
om bhu
om bhu
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
rom rom shiv om pukaare ae
jogan khadi sati ke dwaare
paalan haare ho tum
sabse nyaare ho tum
mere pyaare prabhu om bhu
om bhu
gaaye dharti gagan om bhu om bhu
gaaye dharti gagan om bhu om bhu
gaaye dharti gagan om bhu om bhu
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February 16, 2015 at 3:26 am
Sukadeva Jayanti comes on (the birth anniversary) Amavasi day in Vaishakh month. Didn’t know abt 5 Raj kumars in film Industry. Nice to know 🙂
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Dhirubhai Desai (I) (1908–1990)
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