Bal khaati ithhlaati aayi hai shaam
Posted on: August 1, 2017
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Hullo to all Atulites
Today is 1st August 2017 – the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Dada. He would have been 104. Phew! Whatever I know of Bhagwan Dada or Bhagwan is all hearsay and whatever I have read up on the various sites on the net.
Recently there was talk that his superhit “Albela” was to be remade with actors from this era as “Ekk Albela”; don’t know if that happened but there is a video of his most famous song “Bholi Surat Dil Ke Khote” where Mangesh Desai does a Bhagwan Dada and Vidya Balan is Geeta Bali. This video kindled an interest in me and I did some reading up on Bhagwan.
I know he was active in the industry till the 90s though in small roles and playing characters like a guitarist in “Aasha” (1980), “Hamse Badkar Kaun”, “Kasme Vaade”, “Charas”, “Kala Sona” etc. All the movies that I have mentioned had at least one song wherein he got to dance his famous dance made even more famous when Amitabh Bachchan made it his default step.
He had made his debut in the silent era – Criminal; codirected Bahadur Kisan in 1938 and went on to direct a string of low budget stunt and action films that were popular with the working classes. In most of these he played a naive- simpleton.
I have read somewhere that it was a slap (as part of some scene) that he delivered on Lalita Pawar that gave her that famous squint.
He turned producer in 1942 with “Jagruti Pictures” and went on to own “Jagriti Studios” in Chembur, Bombay. He made in “Albela” (1951) which was a huge hit. After this he teamed up again with C. Ramchandra and Geeta Bali to make “Jhamela”.
Details about the movie and the Bhagwan Dada- C. Ramchandra team is available on our blog as part of a post by our very own encyclopaedia.
Today on Bhagwan’s birth anniversary let us have one more song from “Jhamela” (1953) (the 4th to be posted). It is written by another Bhagwan Dada team member- Rajinder Kishan, singers are Lata Mangeshkar and Chitalkar.
Song-Bal khaati ithhlaati aayi hai shaam (Jhamela)(1953) Singers-Lata, C Ramchandra, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-C Ramchandra
Both
Chorus
Lyrics
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
bal khaati ithalaati aayi hai shaam
aajaa ki honthon pe teraa hai naam
teraa hai naam
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
pyaasi hain ankhiyaan
pyaas bujhaa de
dil ki tadap mere dilbar mitaa de
bhar bhar pilaa de mohabbat ke jaam
aajaa ki honthon pe teraa hai naam
teraa hai naam
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
taaron ne halki si li angdaayi
yaad tumhaari aise mein aayi
tum bin aa na sakaa aaraam
aajaa ki honthon pe teraa hai naam
teraa hai naam
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
bal khaati ithalaati aayi hai shaam
aajaa ki hothon pe teraa hai naam
teraa hai naam
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
humko khabar thhi aaoge ek din
rehte bhi kaise akele ji tum bin
tumse hamein
hamein tumse hai kaam
aajaa ki honthon pe teraa hai naam
teraa hai naam
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
balkhaati ithalaati aayi hai shaam
ajaa ki hothon pe teraa hai naam
teraa hai naam
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
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