Haay haay thhanda paani
Posted on: May 12, 2015
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, 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.
After celebrating R. D. Burman’s 500th song on the blog with the grand medley of English songs from Bombay to Goa (1972), we are coming to the last song from this movie to be covered on this blog.
The name of the movie suggests that this is a road movie. As usual a road movie needs to have a main character, who undergoes a transformation and realizes his/her past mistakes and comes back to the straight and narrow. The main character of this plot is Mala (Aruna Irani). She is on the run after having witnessed a murder. She boards a bus, which goes from Bombay to Goa.
The bus conductor is Mehmood. No, he doesn’t play her love interest, though he IS the character who gets most footage in the film. Also on board is her fiancé, whom she doesn’t know as yet, which is not at all unusual in India and in Hindi films. Once she boards the bus she remembers, for the benefit of the viewers, the chain of events, which lead to her boarding the bus.
This is the opening song of her flashback.
The song sees her frolicking in the swimming pool, although evidently she can’t swim to save her life. But that doesn’t stop her from jumping around and creeping on the edge of the swimming pool and making a pretty nuisance of herself. The only thing that can be said in her defense is that she has enough sense to use a floating tyre at least for a short period of the song.
We also see shady characters in form of Shatrughan Sinha and Manmohan, who are smoking (very bad sign in Hindi films) and approaching nubile, young girls, clearly not at all with good intentions. We viewers surely know that there is some ‘black in the lentils’ and this something black is not only on Aruna Irani’s swimming suit.
This can also be classified as a swimming pool song. The mother of such swimming pool songs in Hindi movies is (I think) this song from “Mr and Mrs”(1955) which also has the word with thandaa in it, viz. thandi hawaa kaali ghataa aayi gayi jhoom ke . If you, dear readers, know about a similar song (heroine frolicking in and around the swimming pool with her friends) from an earlier period than 1955, then please do tell me. Meanwhile do enjoy this sensual song by Asha Bhonsle.
Song-Haay haay thandaa paani (Bombay To Goa) (1972) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-R D Burman
Female chorus
Lyrics
haay haay haay haay
haay haay haay haay
haay haay haay haay
ha haa
ha haa
haay haay thandaa paani
bheegi meri jawaani
phir kyun jale meraa tan
kyun main huyi deewaani
kyaa
haay re ab main samjhi
kyaa
mujhko wo huwaa hai
kyaa
achhaa iske kaaran
haan
mar gayi
mar gayi
mar gayi
re haay re haay
haay re haay
kahoon ye kaise raaz
kahaa bhi to na jaay
kitnaa bhi chup rehnaa chaahoon
chup to rahaa na jaay
aaa
zindagi pheeki pheeki
hawaa hai bheegi bheegi
zindagi pheeki pheeki
la la la laa
phir kyun jale meraa tan
kyun main huyi deewaani
kyaa
haay re ab main samjhi
kyaa
mujhko wo huwaa hai
kyaa
achhaa iske kaaran
haan
mar gayi
mar gayi
mar gayi
re haay re haay
haay re aa haay
huwaa mujhe kyaa aaj
nayaa nayaa andaaz
samjhoon to samjhaaoon
kya ismein meri khataa
aa
ye paani neelaa neelaa
badan hai geelaa geelaa
ye paani neelaa neelaa
la la la laa
phir kyun jale meraa tan
kyun main huyi deewaani
kyaa
haay re ab main samjhi
kyaa
mujhko wo huwaa hai
kyaa
achhaa iske kaaran
haan
mar gayi
mar gayi
mar gayi
re haay re haay
haay re aha haay
28 Responses to "Haay haay thhanda paani"
May 12, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Pamirji,
thandi hawa was picturised at MG Swimming Pool Dadar(W) on the seashore. There was a small restaurant adjacent to the pool which served scrumptious samosas and playing old records like raat ne kya kya khwab dikhaye, jaaye to to jaaye kaha. The swirling sea by the side under the dark blue sky produced an errie effect which will always be with me.
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May 12, 2015 at 11:24 pm
Nitinbhai, I was a regular at Mahatma Gandhi Pool Shivaji Park in 1954. It was built Olympic style. Rectangular. You are right about the film songs playing on the speakers but this kidney shape pool with spa is not MG Pool but perhaps some hotel or private property with its lawns etc. Also, RD was familiar with rock and roll and other western popular music in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I know this from personal contact like rkummanj comment.
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May 13, 2015 at 1:25 am
Salimbhai, I think Nitinbhai was referring to the song thandi hawa kaali ghata from Mr. & Mrs. 55. You are perfectly right in saying that the pool in thandaa thandaa paani is not the MG swimming pool.
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May 13, 2015 at 1:23 am
Nitinbhai, so the swimming pool in thandi hawa kali ghata is the MG swimming pool. I didn’t know that. Does it still exist?. If yes, it would be nice to visit it once.
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May 12, 2015 at 5:10 pm
Pamirji,
You will have to check whether they are swmming pool song
Paani Me Jale Mera Gora Badan
Suman Kalyanpur Usha Khanna Hasrat Jaipuri Munimji (1972)
Nadiya Ke Paani Me, Jawani Dekho Aag Lagaati Hai
Mohammed Rafi Sonik Omi Rajinder Krishan Teen Chor (1973)
Jale Jale Jawani Meri
Vinod Rathod, Sunidhi Chauhan Aadesh Shrivastava Rajendra Bhatt Khatron Ke Khiladi (2001)
Chadhti Jawani Me Jhulo, Jholo Meri Rani
Geeta Dutt, Chitalkar Ramchandra, Binapani Mukherjee Chitalkar Ramchandra Pyarelal Santoshi Shehnai (1947)
Aag Me Jale Jawani
Asha Bhosle Sonik Omi Gulshan Bawra Umar Qaid (1975)
Aag Paani Me Lagi Hoy Hoy Kaise
Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi Salil Chowdhury Rajinder Krishan Jhoola (1962)
Haan Mein Jitani Martaba
K. K. Pritam Chakraborty Kumaar All The Best (2009)
Raat Ki Hu Rani Meri Zalim Hai Jawani Jab Main
Shobha Joshi Bappi Lahiri Indeevar Isi Ka Naam Zindagi (1992)
Paani Me Aag Lagane Ki Raat Hai
Asha Bhosle Laxmikant Pyarelal Anand Bakshi Apna Bana Lo (1982)
Gali Gali Mein Paani Hai
Vinod Rathod, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Bappi Lahiri Bappi Lahiri Anwar Sagar Juaari (1994)
Thehre Huye Paani Me Kankar
Kumar Sanu Bappi Lahiri Maya Govind, Prakash Mehra Dalaal (1993)
Jal Me Jaise Pyasi Machariya (Jab Se Mile Naina)
Lata Mangeshkar Bappi Lahiri Anjaan First Love Letter (1991) Paani Me Meen Pyasi
Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh Kabir Kabir (Jagjit Singh) (2007) Jawani Me Aag Lagi
Chithra K S, Anu Malik Anu Malik Maya Govind Hathkadi (1995) Chaahe Sholo Mein Jala Do, Chaahe Dariya Me Baha Do
Mohammed Aziz Anu Malik Rajinder Krishan Allah Rakha (1986)
Kaale Kaale Baadalo Me Paani
Asha Bhosle Vinod Meena, Karan Dewan, Gop, Gulab, Madan Puri, Nirmala Anmol Ratan (1950)
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May 12, 2015 at 6:04 pm
Nitin ji,
Harvey ji asked for songs BEFORE 1955.
Only 2 songs from above list are before 55 and they too are not swimming pool songs.
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May 13, 2015 at 1:29 am
Arunji, you are right, I was referring to songs before 1955.
Thanks also for checking the swmming pool criteria of the two pre 55 songs in the list.
Feel very blessed to be amidst people with such a vast knowledge of songs.
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May 13, 2015 at 1:27 am
Baap re Nitinbhai! aap ne to poori line khadi kar di! Thank you ji!
But I was thinking of a pre ’55 pool song with sahelis and co.
The songs you refer to are nevertheless ver yinteresting and many of them I hardly know.
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May 12, 2015 at 5:16 pm
Pamir ji, is it a dedication to Thandapani urf Ava ji??
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May 12, 2015 at 9:33 pm
I will take it as a compliment whether Harvey meant it or not. Zabardasti wali compliment! 🙂 Thanks, Harvoo.
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May 13, 2015 at 1:32 am
Every song is a dedication to Avaji and the broad following we have here and to every song lover and contributor!
As I said before, I’m moved by the enthusiasm and energy of Atulji and his followers!
Hats off!
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May 12, 2015 at 5:47 pm
Longer Audio link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_YagqgQ-mE
If it is not longer, Please don`t scold me 🙂 🙂
Because I haven`t personally checked………. 🙂
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May 13, 2015 at 1:37 am
Thank you Prakashchandraji!
You are right, this video is longer. It is because it has 22 sec longer end music, but the lyrics remain the same.
Thank you very much for the attention, it could have been easily possible that a few words were missing in the video of the post. 🙂
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May 12, 2015 at 5:55 pm
Harvey ji,
The earliest such a song I can remember is from film “Bramhachari”-1938 with a teasing song by Meenakshi Shirodkar-‘Jamuna bich khelu khel Kanhaiya,aao na’. In this song the heroine is teasing the Bramhachari friend ( Master Vinayak),on a swimming pool.
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May 12, 2015 at 5:58 pm
Here is the link to audio of this song..
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May 13, 2015 at 1:42 am
This is the first time I’m listening to the Hindi version of the song. I only knew the Marathi version “yamuna jali khelu khel kanhaiya, laaj kaa?” Since I know the Marathi song longer, I prefer that version. Thank youfor introducing me to the Hindi version. I knew that it was somewhere out there, but never had the occasion to listen to it. One always learns something new from you, Arunji!
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May 13, 2015 at 1:44 am
This song would fulfill the criteria for a seduction song. I was thinking more on the lines of heroine frolicking in and around the swimming pool with her friends.
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May 12, 2015 at 6:24 pm
It is not a swimming pool, but a small or medium sized water pond/Talaab, no sahelis, no sakhis with a young SHASHIKALA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjkCAUt04o
Whether this song from V.Shantaram`s SURANG(1953):
Music:Shivram Krishna
lyricist:Shewan/Shevan Rizvi
singer:Lata Mangeshkar
“Gehri gehri nadiyaa mein bahi chali jaaoon rey”
Whether this song suits with your purpose ?
Atul ji
Hint for you 🙂
The lyrics are with you from 27th May 2013 sent by ? 🙂
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May 13, 2015 at 1:48 am
Prakashchandraji, trust you to introduce me to a new song everytime we meet! Cute song!
But you are right no sahelis and co.
The lyrics say gehri gehri nadiya but as you said it is much of a chota-mota taalaab. The murky waters makes me appreciate Shashikala’s courage though!
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May 12, 2015 at 9:44 pm
Lovely post, Harvey. It was your sharp eyes that noticed that this song was missing from Bombay to Goa list.
Nutan wore a swimsuit in a movie, If it was Dilli ka Thug then it was in 1958. So it looks like a proper swimming pool song may be hard to come by in pre ’55 era.
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May 13, 2015 at 1:59 am
No, it wasn’t the case of sharp eyes or anything. It was just that I wanted to mention in the ‘listen to the pouring rain’ post that it is the second song in the flashback and that the first song was ‘thandaa thandaa paani’ and then as I went in search of the link on this blog, I saw it missing.
Nutan did wear a swimming suit in Dilli Ka Thug (1958) but was it in a song?
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May 12, 2015 at 3:15 pm
A good song but not RD quality.. may be some underling of his created this one while RD was busy elsewhere? Or may be he was trying to set an example to show others how not to create a song but quite couldn’t and ended up with a marginally good song as an example?
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May 12, 2015 at 4:22 pm
Kummanjji,
You may not be right. Generally its the other way round the industry works. Generally the assistant MD(they were all versatile) does all the hard work but the MD takes the credit. For all we know it could be RD’s own composition as it sounds typically his.
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May 12, 2015 at 8:12 pm
TBH, The era we are discussing, was the the border when twist was sort of declining and rock and roll was in the rise. Our guys, even though had not started to get “inspired” wholesale from west, were clearly experimenting.. RD wasn’t untouched by that either (I hate to say this actually cos that family is quite close to me). The song O mehki mehki (bombay goa bom bombay goa) is ‘inspired’ by “help me rhonda” by beach boys for example.. So these cannot sound typically like RD or Bappi.. eh may smell like them but not sound like them
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May 13, 2015 at 1:21 am
I didn’t give much thought to that, but I think both the scenarios are possible.
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