Mori angiyaa pe chhaayee bahaar balmaa
Posted on: August 17, 2016
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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.
INDRAASAN (Ekaadashi Mahima) (1952) appears to an obscure movie. In a few places on the internet, the film is spelled as ‘Indrasen’. I went by how the film was spelled on the publicity photographs of some scenes from the film. The film had some well-known actors of the 30s and 40s consisting of Prem Adib, Paro Devi, Ishwarlal, Durga Khote, Nand Kishore, Ranjana etc. The film was produced under the banner of Greenland Pictures, Bombay and was directed by Raja Nene.
It is clear from the title as well as the alternate title that the film belonged to the mythological genre. The mythological story may probably be related to the importance of fasting on Ekaadashi, the 11th day of Shukla Paksha (waxing moon) as well as Krishna Paksha (waning moon) during a lunar month. Mythological films generally have their own dedicated audience and the main actor Prem Adib is known to be adored by such audience. But I do get a feeling that the film did not fare well on the box office as none of the songs from the film has been widely known to Hindi film music lovers.
The film had 9 songs in it and none of them has so far been covered in the Blog. In fact, I could not locate any of the songs on YT. So, I have made a video from the mp3 clip of one song that I had and uploaded the same on YT. I am presenting the first song ‘mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa’ from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is penned by Motilal (Moti B A) and is composed by Shankarrao Vyas. Asha Bhonsle, who at that time was yet to firmly establish herself as a playback singer, has ably rendered the song.
It is my guess that the lyrics of the song has a flavour of Bhojpuri folk songs. Incidentally, the lyricist Motilal (Moti B A) belonged to Deoria which is a border town with Bhojpuri speaking districts of North Bihar. Music Director, Shankarrao Vyas’s semi-classical composition is in keeping with the folk element in the lyrics. From the interlude music, I guess that the song has been picturised on a dancer.
Enjoyed the song in Asha Bhonsle’s voice of early 50s.
Song-Mori angiyaa pe chhaayee bahaar balmaa (Indraasan)(1952) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Moti B A, MD-Shankarrao Vyas
Lyrics
chhaaayi ee bahaa aa aar
chhaayi ee ee bahaar
bahaa aaa aa aar
baalma aa aa
mori ee
angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa
zara ankhiyaan se
zara ankhiyaan se apni nihaar balmaa
zara ankhiyaan se apni nihaar balmaa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa
kaliyon ke angon pe chhaayi jawaani
kaliyon ke angon pe chhaayi jawaani
nadiya ke beech raaja behta hai paani
nadiya ke beech raaja behta hai paani
maar daala
maar daala machalwa(?) ke maar balmaa
maar daala machalwa(?) ki maar balmaa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa
aankhon ke paani se seenchi phulwaari
aankhon ke paani se seenchi phulwaari
honthon pe hansti hai phoolon ki kyaari
honthon pe hansti hai phoolon ki kyaari
ho mori angnaa mein nimbuwa anaar balmaa
ho mori anganaa mein
mori anganaa mein nimbuwa anaar balmaa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar balmaa aa
mori angiyaa pe chhaayi bahaar
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August 18, 2016 at 8:55 am
I have been to Deoria. Its between Varanasi and Gorakhpur(NR).
Assuming Pandit Motilal, Moti BA, Moti are the same person
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