Begum janiya ki godi bhari
Posted on: August 3, 2020
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Today’s song is from the film Bhaijaan-1945. It was made by United films, Lahore. Directed by S.Khalil, it had music by Shyam Sundar. The songs were by Partau Lukhnavi. The film had 9 songs. The cast of the films was Noorjehan, Shahnawaz, Meena, Karan Dewan, Anis khatoon, Ansari, Nazir Kashmiri and others.Some of the songs shot on Noorjehan were sung by Nurjehan in the film, but the 78 RPM records of these songs were by Zeenat Begum. There are 4 such songs. This information is from the recordist Anant Thakur, as mentioned in HFGK. Anant Thakur is the same person whose name appeared as the Director of film Chori Chori-56, in later years.
The story of the film was written jointly by Ismat Chugtai and S.Khalil. Dialogues and songs were by Partau Lukhnavi. This film was the maiden venture of the United films. The producers of this film were Khalil and Murad. Though a small company, it is a wonder how they could get big stars like Noorjehan. The film was released on 15-9-1945 at the Imperial Cinema in Bombay. As per review of the film , which appeared in the Film India magazine of November 1945, the film did a better business than expected.
The story of this film is about a Muslim middle class family. From the film Qaidi-1940, there were many Muslim social films made by Fazli brothers, Mehboob Khan, K.Asif and some others. This went on till 1947 and after a sizable gap, some Muslim social films were made in late 50s and 60s. The story of film Bhaijan-45, as given By shri Kamlakar pasupuleti ji, in his book, “Forgotten movies on Muslim Culture, 1933 – 1947″ is given here….
This is the story of two well educated, cultured brothers, Nawab Afsar (Shahnawaz) and Nawab Anwar (Karan Dewan). Afsar is married to Sarwari Begum (Anis Khatoon) but falls in love with Benazir (Noorjehan)-a dancer. A child is born and Sarwari’s sister Shahida comes for her help. Anwar falls in love with her and their marriage is fixed. Anwar comes to know about Afsar’s involvement in Benazir and he goes to her asking her to keep away from his brother. She agrees, but falls in love with him.
A relative of Afsar, Shaukat (Nazir Kashmiri) who lives with them wants to marry Shahida and so spreads rumours that Anwar is in love with Benazir. One day Afsar finds Anwar in Benazir’s house and believing Shaukat’s stories, quarrels with Anwar and asks him to leave the house. Anwar leaves and proceeds to Bombay to look for a job. With this tension, Afsar falls sick and on Sarwar’s request, Benazir nurses him back to health. Learning about Anwar’s exit from this house, Benazir decides to leave the theatre and move to Bombay.
Meanwhile Afsar comes to know the tricks of Shaukat and throws him out. Shaukat goes to Shahida’s parents and tells stories about Anwar. They believe him and break Anwar-Shahida’s marriage. However, Sarwari informs all details to her parents. They ban Shaukat and the marriage is re planned. Anwar meets with an accident in Bombay. Knowing this, Afsar goes to Bombay and the brothers get united. Considering Anwar’s love for Shahida, Benazir decides to go out of his life and commits suicide. So, all is well and both families live happily thereafter.
This small budget film did good business. Dialogues were in simple Urdu. Every role was done nicely. Director Khalil went on to direct some more films. He directed 7 films only, namely Jhankaar-42, Nai Zindagi-43, Bhaijan-45, Shahkar-47, Sartaj-50, Gunehgar-53 and Benazeer-64. He had written 7 songs in the film Tajmahal-41.
In this film the role of Afsar was important and was done effectively by actor Shahnawaz, who later on migrated to Pakistan and did better there than in India. Shahnawaz Khan, known only as Shahnawaz, was born on 18-9-1906 in Hyderabad Deccan. His father was a Major in Hyderabad’s Nizam Army. During his school education, he used to act in dramas. After Matriculation, he joined a Govt. Service in Hyderabad state. He was, however, keen on joining films and dramas. After 5 years, he left the job and started a Motor car business. In that connection, he would visit Bombay often and try his luck at different studios. Finally, his efforts bore fruit and he got a Villain’s role in film Bharat ka laal-36, in which he was listed as S.Nawaz. It was a stunt film made by the Kadam brothers (Harischandra rao and Chandra rao Kadam), with Master Bhagwan as the Hero.
After this, he never went back to Hyderabad. Then came his films Daulat-37, Toofani khazana-37, Rangila Mazdoor-38, Jungle king-39, Sardar 40 etc etc. In 1940, he joined Bombay Talkies and worked in films. He was apparently in Devika Rani’s camp. He was seen in Punarmilan-40, Bandhan-40, Jhoola-41, Naya Sansar-41, Kismet – 43 and Hamari Baat-43. He also worked in Masterji-43, Police, Parakh and Anban-44, Zeenat, Bhaijan and Humayun-45 and few more films. In all, he did 35 films in India. In 1948, Shahnawaz migrated to Pakistan. He was welcomed there. He did 41 films in Pakistan (32 Urdu and 9 Punjabi). Some of his films were quite famous, like Aansoo-50, Sassi-54, Ayyaz-60 etc.
Shahnawaz died in Karachi on 18-6-1971. His last released film was Nek Parween-75.
Today’s song is sung by 3 unidentified female voices and a chorus. HFGK mentions this song as a Chorus song only. The music of this film does not justify the image of Shyam sundar.
( Ack: information for this post is taken from HFGK, muVyz, Film Directory-1946, KamlakarP.’s book ” Forgotten movies on Muslim Culture,1933-1947″, Film India magazine and my notes ).
Song-Begum janiya ki godi bhari (Bhaijaan)(1945) Singer- Unidentified female voices, Lyricist- Padtau Lakhnavi, MD- Shyam Sundar
Lyrics
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
Begum janiya ki
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
abhilaasha bani hai pari
abhilaasha bani hai pari
begum janiya ki
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
?? ki machaao sakhi ree
?? ki machaao sakhi ree
hil mil ke gaao bajaao sakhee ree
hil mil ke gaao bajaao sakhee ree
kaahe dholak kinaare (?) jagee ee ee
kaahe dholak kinaare (?) jagee ee ee
begum janiya ki
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
kaisi sakhi ki dulhaniya hai pyaaree
kaisi sakhi ki dulhaniya hai pyaaree
joodaa suhaana hai gahna hai bhaaree
joodaa suhaana hai gahna hai bhaaree
aao minnat sakhi ham karen aen aen
aao minnat sakhi ham karen aen aen
begum janiya ki
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
Begum janiya ki godi bhari
sharmaaye na jo haaye
sharmaaye na jo tauba
sharmaaye na jo le jaaye ??
sharmaaye na jo le jaaye ??
dheere chale haaye
dheere chale tauba
dheere chale ??
haaye moree ??
sharmaaye na jo haaye
dekhe jo taare
chhamaa chham chali hai
dekhe jo taare
chhamaa chham chali hai
doodhhon nahaai hai
pooton phhali hai
doodhhon nahaai hai
pooton phhali hai
?? ke jam jam yoon ??
?? ke jam jam yoon ??
dheere chale haaye
dhheere chale tauba
dhheere chale ?? mori lajeelee
haaye mori lajeelee
sharmaaye na jo haaye
4 Responses to "Begum janiya ki godi bhari"
October 4, 2021 at 7:12 pm
Atul ji,
I have got hold of the song book of the ffilm on the basis of which following corrections are required in the lyrics as indicated sequentially below
‘hamaari laado’ bani hai pari-begam jaaniya
‘dhoomen chhati’ ki machaao sakhi ree
kaahe dholak kinaare ‘dhari-begam’ jaaniya
aao mannat sakhi ham ‘kari-begam jaaniya’
sharmaaye ‘naajo lajaaye chhabeelee’
dheere chale ‘jhuk ke mori lajeelee’
‘khuda rakhe’ jam jam yoon ‘kheti hari-begam janiyaa’
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August 3, 2020 at 6:40 pm
Arun ji,
From the day I uploaded the song under discussion, I was surprised to find that S Khalil had not only directed ‘Bhai Jaan’ (1945), he had directed another 5 films before he directed his last film ‘Benazir’ (1964). Uptil now, I was under the impression that Bimal Roy gave him a chance to direct ‘Benazir’ (1964) as his first film as a director.
By the way, the first film produced under the banner of United Films was ‘Nai Zindagi’ (1943) for which S Khalil made a debut as a director. It appears that United Films was a partnership between S Khalil and his brother S Murad.
My surprise stems from the fact that in an article by Rinki Roy Bhattacharya, the daughter of Bimal Roy, she had mentioned that S Khalil was one among others in the core team of Bimal Roy. He had written screen-play and dialogues for Bimal Roy’s ‘Kabuliwala’ (1961). It was also mentioned that Bimal Roy gave opportunity to his team members to direct films under his banner. For example, Aravind Sen for ‘Amaanat’ (1955), Asit Sen for ‘Pariwaar’ (1956) and ‘Apradhi Kaun’ (1957) , Moni Bhattacharya for ‘Usne Kaha Thha’ (1960), S Khalil for ‘Benazir’ (1964) and Debu Sen for ‘Do Dooni Chaar’ (1966). So, it appears that S Khalil did work for Bimal Roy Productions for sometime after films directed by him failed at the box office.
There is another interesting fact. ‘Benazir’ (1964) appears to be a remake of ‘Bhai Jaan’ (1945). Not only the story, but even the names of the characters have been kept unchanged in ‘Benazir’ (1964). Shah Nawaz as Nawab Afsar is Ashok Kumar; Anis Khatoon as Begum Sarwari is Nirupa Roy; Karan Diwan as Anwar is Shashi Kapoor; Meena Shorie as Shahida is Tanuja and Nazir Kashmiri as Shaukat is Tarun Bose.
‘Benazir’ (1964) did not fare well at the box office. With this film, S Khalil’s career as a director came to an end, Later on, he concentrated on screenplay and dialogue writing for films like ‘Paraaya Dhan’ (1971), ‘Jungle Mein Mangal’ (1972), ‘Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar’ (1973), ‘Trimurti’ (1974) and ‘Bairaag’ (1976).
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August 3, 2020 at 6:58 pm
Also Noor Jahan/Meena Kumari as Benazir.
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August 3, 2020 at 9:15 pm
Sadanand ji,
Thanks for additional information on S.Khalil.
Just one correction in this information. Not Nai Zindagi-43, but film Jhankar-42 was the Debut film of S Khalil as a director. Jhankar was produced by the Silver films, floated by the owners – actor Kumar and Chandramohan. It seems, Khalil was a relative of actor Kumar and it was Kumar who brought him in film line.
Thanks again.
-AD
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