Dil le ke mukar na jaana
Posted on: August 2, 2015
This article is written by Bharat Upadhyay, 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.
Nightingale Noorjehan -13
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With this duet ‘Dil Leke Mukar Na Jaana’ from 1944 film ‘Lal Haveli’, all Noorjehan’s songs are covered in this blog.
I will quote what Wikipedia tells about her early life, musical training and the beginning of her film career.
“Jehan began to sing at the age of five or six years old and showed a keen interest in a range of styles, including traditional folk and popular theatre. Realising her potential for singing, her mother sent her to receive early training in classical singing under Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. He instructed her in the traditions of the Patiala Gharana of Hindustani classical music and the classical forms of thumri, dhrupad, and khayal.
At the age of nine, Jehan drew the attention of Punjabi musician Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, who would later introduce her to stage in Lahore. He composed some ghazals, naats and folk songs for her to perform, although she was more keen in breaking into acting or playback singing. Once her vocational training finished, Jehan pursued a career in singing alongside her sisters in Lahore and would usually take part in the live song and dance performances prior to screenings of films in cinemas.
Theatre owner Diwan Sardari Lal took the small girl to Calcutta in early 1930s and the entire family moved to Calcutta in hopes of developing the movie careers of Allah Rakhi and her older sisters, Eiden Bai and Haider Bandi. Mukhtar Begum encouraged the sisters to join film companies and recommended them to various producers. She also recommended them to her husband, Agha Hashar Kashmiri, who owned a ‘Maidan’ theatre (a tented theatre to accommodate large audiences). It was here that she received the stage name Baby Noor Jehan.
In 1935, K.D. Mehra directed Punjabi movie ‘Pind di Kudi’ in which Jehan acted along with her sisters and sang the Punjabi song ‘Langh aja patan jhanaan da O yaar’ which became her earliest hit. She next acted in a film called Missar Ka Sitara (1936) by the same company and sang in it for music composer, Damodar Sharma. Jehan also played the child role of Heer in the film Heer-Sayyal (1937). One of her popular songs from that period Shala jawaniyan maney is from Dalsukh Pancholi’s Punjabi film Gul Bakawli (1937). All these Punjabi movies were made in Calcutta. After a few years in Calcutta, Jehan returned to Lahore in 1938. In 1939, renowned music director Ghulam Haider composed songs for Jehan which led to her early popularity, and he thus became her early mentor.
In 1942, she played the main lead opposite Pran in Khandaan. It was her first role as an adult, and the film was a major success. Khandaan’s success saw her shifting to Bombay, with director Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. She shared melodies with Shanta Apte in Duhai (1943). It was in this film that Jehan lent her voice for the second time, to another actress named Husn Bano. She married Rizvi later the same year.”
I will conclude Wikipedia’s account of her films in India till 1947, in my next presentation of Noorjehan’s song. Till then, let us enjoy the simple worded duet with the pleasant tune by Meer saheb.
Song–Dil Leke Mukar Na Jaana (Laal Haveli)(1944) Singers-Noorjahaan, Surendra, Lyrics-Shams Lakhnavi, MD- Meer Saheb
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Lyrics(Provided by Nitin Shah)
dil leke mukar na jaana
dil leke mukar na jaana
naazuk hai ae ae
naazuk hai
bahut zamaana (?)
dil leke mukar na jaana
dil leke mukar na jaana
dil leke mukar na jaana
o sajni
haan saajan
o sajni
haan saajan
tum bin chain na paaun
tum bin chain na paaun
main apna vachan nibhaaun
main apna vachan nibhaaun
tum apna vachan nibhaana
tum apna vachan nibhaana
dil leke mukar na jaana
dil leke mukar na jaana
mere tan mein jaan hai teri
mere tan mein jaan hai teri
tere tan mein meri
mujh pe apna saaya samjha
mujh pe apna saaya samjha
hai parchhaayee meri
tu shama to main parwaana aa aa
tu shama to main parwaana
haan
dil leke mukar na jaana
dil leke mukar na jaana
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August 3, 2015 at 10:41 am
@Bharat Sir/Shah Saheb – congratulations on covering all Noorjahaan songs on the blog !!
(are there more Noorjahaan songs balance which you are going to cover in next presentation(as mentioned in last para of this write up)?)
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August 3, 2015 at 7:16 pm
There are about a dozen songs to be included in this series. I have half a dozen songs ready and searching for the remaining songs.
Thanks Avinash-ji, for encouragements.
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