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Na. . . Idhar Dekhna, Na. . . Udhar Dekhna

Posted by: on: September 18, 2020


This article is written by Sudhir, 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 other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

 4445 Post No. : 15895

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This Week, That Year – 3
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13Sep – 19Sep, 2010
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Blog ten year challenge (2010-2020)- Song Number 81
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OK, so finally ‘Anmol Ghadi’ got yippeee’d this week, on the very first day of the week. And Atul ji, still waiting for you to clear the mystery behind this yippeee.

Once again, a very prolific week, the pace of post updates continues in full swing. Except that one day this week, we scored only a single. But for the rest of the week, it was all sixes with one extra run from an overthrow.

The blog scored 38 posts this week. Of these 38, we had only one guest post for the week – by Santosh Ojha ji. A total of 36 films made their appearance, with two films scoring two appearances each. We had 1 film that reached yippeee status. A whopping 15 films made their debut this week. That is close to almost half the films that got featured that week.  Since that week was done with, of the 36 films featured, 26 films have been formally and fully yippeee’d. Ten of them are still awaiting their numbers to be fully showcased. Given below is the detailed chart for the week. You will notice a new column and new notations today. I will explain them later in this write up.

Blog Ten Year Challenge (2010-2020) Series
Sl.No. Movie Name Year HFGK NoS ASAD NoS Possible LFe Deb/Yip Milestone Film Status Pending
13-Sep-10
1 Anmol Ghadi 1946 12 12 Y Yippeee’d
2 Ghoonghat 1960 10 6 Pending 4
3 Aashiq 1962 8 8 Yippeee’d
4 Around The World 1967 9 9 D Yippeee’d
5 Night In London 1967 7 7 Yippeee’d
6 Kismat 1968 5 5 Yippeee’d
14-Sep-10
1 Sagaai 1951 9 9 D Yippeee’d
15-Sep-10
1 Daastaan 1950 9 9 Yippeee’d
2 Lakeerein 1954 11 5 D Pending 6
3 Shama Parwaana 1954 11 11 Yippeee’d
4 Sarhad 1960 7 6 D Pending 1
5 Zabak 1961 8 8 Yippeee’d
6 Kal Aaj Aur Kal 1971 6 3 D Pending 3
7 Kaala Patthar 1979 6 6 D Yippeee’d
16-Sep-10
1 Daastaan 1950 9 9 Yippeee’d
2 Mukhda 1951 11 9 2 D Yc ? 2 LFe
3 Begunaah 1957 6 6 D Yippeee’d
4 Jaal 1967 6 6 Yippeee’d
5 Patthar Ke Sanam 1967 7 7 Yippeee’d
6 Khushboo 1975 4 4 Yippeee’d
17-Sep-10
1 Vidyapati 1937 13 13 Yippeee’d
2 Meena Baazaar 1950 12 12 D Yippeee’d
3 Darwaaza 1954 8 5 D Pending 3
4 Maai Baap 1957 6 6 D Yippeee’d
5 Zindagi Ya Toofaan 1958 10 9 Pending 1
6 Andaaz 1971 6 6 D Yippeee’d
18-Sep-10
1 Paraayi Aag 1948 8 8 D Yippeee’d
2 Poonam 1952 9 9 Yippeee’d
3 Maai Baap 1957 6 6 Yippeee’d
4 Hercules 1964 6 1 D Pending 5
5 Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya 1966 10 10 Yippeee’d
6 Ummeed 1971 7 7 D Yippeee’d
19-Sep-10
1 Shabnam 1949 10 10 Yippeee’d
2 Aan 1952 11 11 Yippeee’d
3 Milaap 1955 8 8 Yippeee’d
4 Chaand Mere Aaja 1960 7 6.5 Pending 1
5 Sahib Bibi aur Ghulaam 1962 8 7 1 Yc ? 1 LFe
6 Sharaarat 1972 6 7 Yippeee’d

You may notice that I used the phrase ‘formally and fully’ to qualify the yippeee status of the films. The reason I used this phrase is the following. As we are making progress towards our ideal of bringing on board all the Hindi film songs, we do find ourselves against certain difficult limitations. These have to do with – one, non availability of certain songs, and two, erroneous or missing information about some films and songs. I will highlight these situations as we progressively face them. For this week, here are the difficult situations that I came across.

The first one is the film ‘Mukhdaa’ from 1951. This film debuted on our blog on 16th Sep ten years back. The film has 11 songs, as per the Geet Kosh listings. We have located and posted 9 of them over the past decade. The remaining two are practically untraceable. Firstly, of the 11 songs listed, one was never put on a gramophone record, as the producers planned for and contracted with HMV for only 5 discs, which means 10 songs in all. The song at serial no. 6 – “Dekho Jee Pehli Baar, Kiya Hai Tumse Pyaar” was never released on a gramophone record. Then comes a footnote in the Geet Kosh which states that one record, N36900 was ordered, but then cancelled later on. It never got published, although the songs were recorded. This record was supposed to carry the two songs at serial no. 3 – “Mehlon Ke Rehne Waale Mehlon Mein Hans Rahe Hain” and serial no. 7 – “Poochhiye Na Haal Jee, Palle Nahin Maal Jee”. So that would mean that we should have 3 missing songs and not 2.

But wait, here is one more interesting twist in the story. It seems that after cancelling the publication of the record N36900, the producers went ahead and commissioned one more record, with number N50008. Looking at the huge gap in the series number of the records, it is clear that the latter record (N50008) was ordered much later than 1951. Strangely, this newly ordered record now carried the song at serial no. 7 – “Poochhiye Na Haal. . .” and the song at serial no. 10 – “Jaa Teri Meri, Meri Teri”. This latter song at serial no. 10 was already published and is available as one side of the record with number N36870, the flip side of which carries the song at serial no. 5 – “Neele Se Dupatte Pe Hain Peeli Peeli Dhaariyaan”. The net outcome of these, what I shall call – confusing decisions – is that the song at serial no. 10 – “Jaa Teri Meri. . .” is now available on two distinct published gramophone records for this film. And the song at serial no. 3 – “Mehlon Ke Rehne Waale. . .” has got lost, probably forever. The saving grace is that the song at serial no. 7 – “Poochhiye Na Haal Jee. . .” is now available. It might also have been lost forever, but for this confusing set of decisions, which saved this song for posterity. And so the songs at serial no. 6 (this one not planned at all for release on gramophone record) and the song at serial no. 3 (unpublished due to cancellation of one gramophone record), are likely never going to surface. They may still be existing on some original spool tapes from the original recordings, and/or they may be on the soundtrack of the film. However, since both these items are not yet available in public domain, and with very little likelhood that they will make an appearance in the future, we could label them as LFe (Lost Forever). That does leave us two songs short of ever declaring this film as yippeee’d.

Coming to the second similar instance, also from this week. The film is ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’ from 1962. It had made its debut on our blog on 23rd Dec, 2008. The seventh song of this film was posted on 24th Sep, 2011. Geet Kosh lists 8 songs for this film. The missing song is the one at serial no. 5 – “Sahil Ki Taraf Kashti Le Chal, Toofaan Ke Thapede Sehna Kya”. As per the listing, this song was recorded in the voice of Hemant Kumar. This song never got published on a gramophone record. Now eight total songs will completely fit on 4 gramophone discs. But the producer seems to have taken a decision to completely omit this song. In fact, the song at serial no. 6 – “Bhanwra Bada Naadaan Haaye”, makes appearance on two gramophone discs nos. N54036 and N54038, while the above mentioned song in Hemant Kumar’s voice has been completely axed from any publication. It does not exist in the film. The film information booklet lists this song, and that is just about it. Here is one more case where a song qualifies to be labeled as LFe. And that also leaves the film ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’ one song short of being declared as yippeee’d.

Based on the above discussed circumstances, these two films will never reach the Yippeee status. So I have a proposal here to address this situation. In the face of such stern circumstances, I propose that we introduce a Yippeee variant status – ‘Conditional Yippeee’ – to be indicated as ‘Yc’ in our charts and tables. In such cases, when we come to the conclusion that it is (almost) impossible that one or more songs of a certain film will ever be traced, we may declare that film to be Conditinally Yippeee’d, once all the possibly available songs are accounted for on our blog. The proposal is presented for consideration of the team, and I would request other members to please present their views and comments. In the table above of the week’s status ten years ago, I am provisionally marking these two films as ‘Yc’, pending agreement by the team,

This week we have one more case of a partial missing song in a multi part / multi version scenario. In the case of the film ‘Chaand Mere Aaja’ from 1957. The main theme song of the film – “Chaand Ko Dekho Ji” / “Chaand Mere Aa Ja Re” – has one additional part, identified as the sad version. Details of this part are provided by dear Prakash ji, including the additional lyrics. Just that we as editors have not yet gotten around to update the post itself. In fact, the HFGK listing shows 7 songs, which include this sad version of the song. This sad version of the song is not released on gramophone discs, and is available only from the film itself. My effort is to get this post updated within a day, and be able to change the pending status of this film from ‘0.5’ to ‘0’. And by the way, the Geet Kosh listing has one incomplete information relating to this song. It lists Lata Mangeshkar as the singer of this part. However, as we view the video, we find that this part is in the voices of both Rafi Sb and Lata ji.

Let me come to the song for today. This discussion on errors and limitations has become quite long. I also wanted to write about the film ‘Doctor’ of 1941 and the related info error in the Geet Kosh. I encountered this error the previous week. But I will write about it in the next episode of this series.

‘Hercules’ of 1964, has quite a dubious distinction to note. The first song, the debut of this film, came on board on 18th September, 2010. Today, I bring on board the second song of this film. Interesting that this film has been in hibernation for a full decade, despite the fact that there are some wonderful songs pending for this film. As is evidenced by the song in this post – a Helen dance song in a royal darbaar setting. The words come from the pen of Anand Bakshi, the music is from the mind of N Datta and the singing voice is Asha Bhosle. On screen we see Dara Singh, as Hercules, in chains, possibly being prepared for execution. Other actors we see in this not so clear a video clip, are Nishi, BM Vyas, Maruti Rao, Leela Misra, P Kailash and Indira Billi.

Helen’s performance is her usual self – so wonderfully elegant and graceful, even as she gives a sensuous performance. The ease with which she is coordinating the dance movements, the lip syncing, the facial expressions et al – she is a master class all by herself.

I request the readers to please do comment on the proposed ’Conditional Yippeee’ status and the associated notation introduced in this week’s chart. Thanks.

Video

Audio

Song – Na. . . Idhar Dekhna, Na. . . Udhar Dekhna  (Hercules) (1964) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Lyrics – Anand Bakshi, MD – N Datta

Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)

naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
idhar dekhnaa..aaa..aaa
naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
udhar dekhnaa..aaa
kya ishaara
karegi
nazar dekhna
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai ae ae

kaun jaane
ke kya hona hai
muskuraana
ke mujhe rona hai
aaj ki shab
soch le mehfil
jaagnaa hai
ke bas sona hai
aankh lag
jaaye naa
bekhabar dekhna
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai ae ae
naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
idhar dekhnaa..aaa..aaa
naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
udhar dekhnaa..aaa
kya ishaara
karegi
nazar dekhna
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai ae ae

hum ne maana
ke sau pehre hain
ye andhere
bade gehre hain
saamne tez aftaabon ke
ye andhere
kabhi thehre hain
muskuraa
ke rahegi
seher dekhna
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai ae ae
naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
idhar dekhnaa..aaa..aaa
naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
udhar dekhnaa..aaa
kya ishaara
karegi
nazar dekhna
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai ae ae

aasmaan se
khabar aayi hai
ke qayaamat
idhar aayi hai
sab gunehgaar
kaanp utthe hain yoon
maut shaayad
nazar aayi hai
main jidhar
dekhoon saa..aare udhar dekhna
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai ae ae
naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
idhar dekhnaa..aaa..aaa
naa..aaa..aaa..aaaa
udhar dekhnaa..aaa
kya ishaara
karegi
nazar dekhna
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai
dekhna kya hota hai ae ae

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
इधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
उधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
क्या इशारा
करेगी
नज़र देखना
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है ए ए

कौन जाने
के क्या होना है
मुसकुराना
के मुझे रोना है
आज की शब
सोच ले महफिल
जागना है
के बस सोना है
आँख लग
जाये ना
बेखबर देखना
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है ए ए
ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
इधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
उधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
क्या इशारा
करेगी
नज़र देखना
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है ए ए

हमने माना
के सौ पहरे हैं
ये अंधेरे
बड़े गहरे हैं
सामना तेज़ आफ़ताबों के
ये अंधेरे
कभी ठहरे हैं
मुस्कुरा
के रहेगी
सहर देखना
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है ए ए
ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
इधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
उधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
क्या इशारा
करेगी
नज़र देखना
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है ए ए

आसमां से
खबर आई है
के क़यामत
इधर आई है
सब गुनहगार
काँप उठे हैं यूं
मौत शायद
नज़र आई है
मैं जिधर
देखूँ सा॰॰आरे उधर देखना
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है ए ए
ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
इधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
ना॰॰आs॰॰आs॰॰आs
उधर देखना॰॰आs॰॰आs
क्या इशारा
करेगी
नज़र देखना
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है
देखना क्या होता है ए ए

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5 Responses to "Na. . . Idhar Dekhna, Na. . . Udhar Dekhna"

1 | Avinash Scrapwala
September 19, 2020 at 10:57 am

Many thanks for this detailed post Sudhir ji. Thanks for the song Prakash ji.
@Sudhir – Sir ji – remaining songs of ‘Darwaaza-1954’ (two songs) seems to be unavailable as of now. (I had send message to Atul ji- this msg not copied to you).
Thanks for clearing the case for songs of ‘Mukhdaa-1951’.
Yes, since long I was thinking for a ‘way out’ for ‘how to Yippeeee’ the movies of which few songs are not available or lost for ever. I fully agree with your suggestion ‘for conditional Yippeeee’- may be Yc- is ok (I am also requesting Yippeeee Guru and all our members to comment on this 🙂 ).
I was not aware of the song from ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulaam’, thankis for the information and throwing light on the same.
Enjoyed the post and the song.
Regards,

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Sudhir Kapur
September 19, 2020 at 1:18 pm

Avinash ji,

Thanks for the detailed comment, and your support for the conditional yippeee concept.

I hope to hear from other members of the team also on this topic.

And yes, I have the two songs of film ‘Darwaaza’ that are pending on the blog.

Rgds
Sudhir

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Avinash Scrapwala
September 19, 2020 at 1:31 pm

I was just thinking ‘which colour’ we will paint these ‘conditional Yippeeee’ movies 🙂

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Peevesie's Mom
September 19, 2020 at 4:31 pm

using whatsapp lingo I would like to say +1 to all that Avinashji has said.
My +1 is for the “YC” and “sahib bibi aur ghulam”. As far as “Mukhdaa” is concerned ‘pehli baar suna hai yeh naam” 😉
sorry for being an anadi

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2 | Pradeep Raghunathan
September 21, 2020 at 12:54 am

This is really good Sudhir ji.. i really like the YC status.. and gives us a different category of movies too :). On the other end of the spectrum.. we also have some movies which have already been YIPPEEEED!! but there are more songs that we have not covered.. case in point.. Silsila.. which i think has 2 more songs which has not been discussed, but Silsila has been YIPPEEEED!! on the blog. Avinash ji has a good question on the colour we would have for YC.. since it is YC.. maybe Yellow Colour? :).

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