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‘Baadbaan’ (1954) was produced by Bombay Talkies Workers’ Industrial Society, the last-ditch efforts by the workers of The Bombay Talkies to keep the banner alive. The Bombay Talkies was on the verge of its closure when it faced the financial crunch following the failures of ‘Tamaasha’ (1952) and ‘Maa’ (1952) at the box office. ‘Baadbaan’ had star cast comprising of actors who were mostly the well-wisher of The Bombay Talkies. They included Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Usha Kiran, Jairaj, Leela Chitnis, Sheikh Mukhtar, Krishnakant, Bipin Gupta, Gope etc.
The film was majorly shot in Versova, (locals call it as ‘Vesave’), a fishing village at the outskirt of the then Bombay City. Among the names of the other crew members of the film mentioned here , is the name of Raja H Mura (Harishchandra Mura) as one of the Assistant Directors who assisted Phani Majumdar in the film. I came to know from a facebook upload of a print page concerning the film that Raja H Mura was a fisherman of Versova village near Andheri in Mumbai who also worked as a junior artist in films. It was Raja who made all the logistic arrangements for shootings in the Varsova village and also in the sea. Probably, with his experience of sailing in high sea, the shots involving the sailing of boats and their capsizing in the sea may have been supervised by Raja.
The name of Versova fishermen’s village took me back by over 6 decades. I recalled that I had accompanied my family members to Versova village sometime in mid-1950s to pay a social visit to one of our relatives who ran a grocery shop and a small restaurant in the village. He was staying in one of the Portuguese types of house, almost similar to the ones I have seen later in Goa. The visit was a full of adventure. From Andheri railway station, we took a horse carriage which dropped us near Four Bungalows (or Seven Bungalows?). From this point, we had to walk through a narrow muddy path for about 15-20 minutes which passed through a swamp to reach the village. Now, Versova is an upscale locality in the suburb of Mumbai though a part of it still retains its old world village charm.
The print of ‘Baadbaan’ (1954) was lost in a studio fire along with some more films. So, the chances of watching this film in the future looks very bleak. Based on Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, the broad story of the film is as under:
Lalan (Jairaj), the village headman, leaves to warn fishermen about an impending storm but he goes missing during the storm followed by his wife Leela (Leela Chitnis). Their orphaned child who is left in the house is adopted by the District Magistrate, Choudhary (Bipin Gupta). The child grows up to become Naren (Dev Anand). Educated abroad, he is to wed Bina (Meena Kumari), the daughter of a family friend. Shankar (Ashok Kumar), Naren’s friend and Bina’s music teacher, is also in love with her but keeps his feeling to himself. The marriage of Naren with Bina is called off when Choudhary admits that Naren is the son of a fisherman, adopted by him.
With this background, Naren shifts to his village where he decides to dedicate his life to the welfare of the fishermen. He starts an ice factory and the workers co-operative society. He falls in love with the village girl, Mohnia (Usha Kiran). In the meanwhile, seeing that Bina is very sad as she misses Naren, Choudhury agrees to her marriage with Naren. But she is unhappy about his rural activism. The death of his wife, Bina in a tragic circumstance leads Naren to be with his own people and also with Mohnia who shares his passion for improving the lots of fishermen in his village.
There are 7 songs in the film written by Indiwar (5) and Uddhav Kumar (2) of which two songs have already been covered in the blog. All songs were set to music by Timir Baran and SK Pal. I am presenting the third song of the film, “Har Roz Kaha, Har Roz Suna” sung by Geeta Dutt. The song is written by Indiwar under the music direction of Timir Baran and SK Pal. Going by the wordings of the song, I guess this song is picturised on Meena Kumari and the situation of the song could be after her marriage with Dev Anand is called off, she is in a sad state of mind.
It is a poignant song which surprisingly eluded the blog for so long.
Song – Har Roz Kaha Har Roz Suna (Baadbaan) (1954) Singer – Geeta Dutt, Lyrics – Indeewar, MD – Timir Baran – SK Pal
Lyrics
har roz kaha har roz suna ek baat na poori ho paayi..ee ho paayi har roz kaha har roz suna ek baat na poori ho paayi..ee ho paayi har roz kaha dil de bhi chuke dil le bhi chuke dil de bhi chuke dil le bhi chuke saugaat na poori ho paayi..ee ho paayi har roz kaha aakash mein jaise chaand badhaa aakash mein jaise chaand badhaa badhti hi gayi mann ki aasha saagar chalka dhaara nikli phir bhi ye jeevan hai pyaasa chhaayi bhi ghata paani barsa barsat na poori ho paayi..ee ho paayi har roz kaha uthti hi rahi saagar mein lahar uthti hi rahi saagar mein lahar kuchh kam na huyi chaahat dil ki paa kar bhi tumhen ye dil na bhara kuchh aur badhi hasrat dil ki shehnaai baji aur raat saji baarat na poori ho paayi..ee ho paayi har roz kaha
——————————————————— Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हर रोज़ कहा
हर रोज़ सुना
एक बात ना पूरी हो पाई॰॰ई
हो पाई
हर रोज़ कहा
हर रोज़ सुना
एक बात ना पूरी हो पाई॰॰ई
हो पाई
हर रोज़ कहा
दिल दे भी चुके
दिल ले भी चुके
सौगात ना पूरी हो पाई॰॰ई
हो पाई
हर रोज़ कहा
आकाश में जैसे चाँद बढ़ा
आकाश में जैसे चाँद बढ़ा
बढ़ती ही गई मन की आशा
सागर छलका
धारा निकली
फिर भी ये जीवन है प्यासा
छाई भी घटा
पानी बरसा
बरसात ना पूरी हो पाई॰॰ई
हो पाई
हर रोज़ कहा
उठती ही रही सागर में लहर
उठती ही रही सागर में लहर
कुछ कम ना हुई चाहत दिल की
पा कर भी तुम्हें ये दिल ना भरा
कुछ और बढ़ी हसरत दिल की
शनहाई बजी
और रात सजी
बारात ना पूरी हो पाई॰॰ई
हो पाई
हर रोज़ कहा
In the present Corona scenario, “Kaise koi jiye, zahar hai zindagi…” is a very apt refrain. Would love to know the present status of Bombay Talkies. We had heard sometime back that Himanshu Rai’s grandson had come all the way from Australia to buy up the Property. What was the outcome?
As far as I know, Himanshu Rai’s grandsons from his first German wife who are settled in Australia, had come to India in the early 1990s to collect the material and artefacts about Bombay Talkies. Their idea was to set up a museum in the memory of their grandfather. They got the bonanza of nearly 3000 artefacts about Bomaby Talkies most of which came from the Curator of Roerich Museum in New York who donated 7 boxes of the personal effects of Devika Rani to them that were lying in the museum.
If you are interested in knowing more about the background of setting up of a museum for Himanshu Rai and Bombay Talkies, here is the link from an Australian website: https://www.acmi.net.au/events/bombay-talkies/
Presently, Bombay Talkies premises are being used by hundreds of industrial units. I do not think that Himanshu Rai’s grandsons had intention of buying The Bombay Talkies.
Thanks for the post Kamath Saheb. When I saw the mail notification and title of the song, I know which it was. Because though it had eluded the ‘board’ (not blog 🙂 for me), it had not eluded yours sincerely Geeta Dutt fan who had shared it long back to Atul ji on 19.05.2014 🙂
Happy to see it here today and many thanks for this post, anecdote and details about the movie.
Regards,
No issues, I am happy to see the song on the blog. Ultimately that is the only purpose of sending it. And, I have not shared article with this song then. 🙂 I like the post and your post has well represented this song on the blog. I am thankful for that.
Regards,
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July 15, 2020 at 6:43 am
Dear Sadanand ji,
In the present Corona scenario, “Kaise koi jiye, zahar hai zindagi…” is a very apt refrain. Would love to know the present status of Bombay Talkies. We had heard sometime back that Himanshu Rai’s grandson had come all the way from Australia to buy up the Property. What was the outcome?
Wit warm regards
PARTHA CHANDA
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July 15, 2020 at 7:54 am
Partha Chanda ji,
As far as I know, Himanshu Rai’s grandsons from his first German wife who are settled in Australia, had come to India in the early 1990s to collect the material and artefacts about Bombay Talkies. Their idea was to set up a museum in the memory of their grandfather. They got the bonanza of nearly 3000 artefacts about Bomaby Talkies most of which came from the Curator of Roerich Museum in New York who donated 7 boxes of the personal effects of Devika Rani to them that were lying in the museum.
If you are interested in knowing more about the background of setting up of a museum for Himanshu Rai and Bombay Talkies, here is the link from an Australian website:
https://www.acmi.net.au/events/bombay-talkies/
Presently, Bombay Talkies premises are being used by hundreds of industrial units. I do not think that Himanshu Rai’s grandsons had intention of buying The Bombay Talkies.
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