Tumhi ne mujhko maar khilaayaa
Posted on: May 14, 2021
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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.
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Just because I like old films and claim to know about the old films more than others, I do not consider New films worthless. Since the beginning – first the stage dramas and then the films always reflected what the current social scenes, problems and the aspirations of the young generation of the times showed. Old time films, to start with, were mainly made on Mythological stories and Folk tales. Later the focus shifted to Social themes. Still later it was music and then it was comedy and entertainment.
If one studies the pattern of living standards, styles and the general pattern, in the early times, the society was religious minded. Their entertainment was listening and reading about folk tales. So films were made on these subjects. During the II World War period, the people had become aware of their social issues and problems ( like alcoholism, Bal-Vivah, Dowry etc0 and films on these issues were made. After the war and independence, people were exposed to and enjoyed music from the world over, they were relaxed, so musical films were made (The Golden Age of HFM ). And then with many other sources of entertainment like Television, videos, cable TV etc, films were made on comedy and entertainment of all types.
A lover of films – any subject, any language, I became a little uninterested in films from the 70’s onwards. Reasons were many-job, marriage, family raising etc. I was forced to see some films due to my wife’s insistence, but soon I made a deal with her and got freedom from seeing films. When needed, TV and VCR were always there. As far as I remember, I have not visited a Cinema Theatre to see a film in the last almost 35 years. I do not know what a Multiplex looks like from inside ! Not a matter of pride at all,nevertheless a reality.
Maybe due to age or whatever, I do not have the patience to sit at one place to watch a movie for 2 to 3 hours- even on a TV. However, I have seen many films on TV-by instalments, in the 70’s and 80’s. The last film I saw on TV must have been a few years ago, perhaps.
Irrespective of whether I like it or not, the new songs are heard by me unintentionally in functions, get-togethers and gatherings. I have no comments on today’s films/songs/music. As I said music and films are made to suit the current generation’s likings and I am certainly not young anymore ! Occasionally some good films made on National events or National Heroes do come. I see them in my style. I like their presentations. Fortunately, in such films, songs are nil or only on the backgrounds.
The other day, someone asked me what the difference between old time songs and today’s songs is. I think comparisons can be made only of ‘ Likes with the Likes’. There is almost nothing common in these two, so no comparison. If you insist, I would utter only one word – MELODY !
However, I end this topic here by repeating my favourite quote (made by me only)-” Not all that was made before the 70’s was good and not all that is made after the 70’s is bad”! Mind you, this is not a Compromise or a Truce, but a Fact !
Today’s film Challenge-1937 is an interesting film. No, I have not seen it, but whatever information is available in HFGK clearly makes it interesting. Firstly, it is mentioned as a Costume Drama. When you look at the banner,the director, the Md and the cast, you start thinking that it is a stunt/action film. In the cast, along with Jayant, Gulab, Rajkumari, Shirin, M.Ismail, Jahangir and Lallubhai, you also find 3 names Tiger (a Dog), Bahadur (a Horse) and Runnio (a Motorcycle). In the stunt films of Fearless Nadia, in the same period, there was another set of ‘ Non Human ” cast, namely Punjab ka Beta (Horse), Moti (Dog) and Rolls Royce kin Beti (a Car). Later on, when she shifted from Wadia Movietone to Basant pictures, she had Rajput(Horse), Tiger(Dog) and Austin ki Bachhi (a Car). She also used Runnio (M/C) in a few films.
Secondly, names of some characters in this film were funny – M.Ismail’s name was Choona, Lallubhai was Kathha and Shirin was Supari. (I wonder who was the Paan ?).
Today i will tell you about an interesting actor in the cast of this film – M.Ismail. Besides being a devoted Chela of A.R.Kardar, Ismail’s role in Kardar’s marriage was unimaginable. Read on….
M.Ismail was born on 14-5-1902 in a Jeweller family of Lahore. He was a very good designer and Calligrapher.
M. Ismail was a resident of the Inner Bhati Gate in Lahore. Well built and fair complexioned, Ismail had blue eyes, and was quite attractive. Mian Abdul Rasheed Kardar (the famous A. R. Kardar), also belonged to the same area in Lahore. M. Ismail used to work as a golden calligrapher, while Kardar was involved in sketching and illustration.
They went to Bombay in 1927, and according to Ismail, he and Kardar played Kaedo and side hero respectively, in Imperial Company’s Heer Ranjha. But conditions weren’t helpful, and the two young men had to return to Lahore. Fortunately, for them, during 1928, Premier Film Company started a film called Daughters of Today. Both Kardar and Ismail were inducted into the cast, but the film remained incomplete.
Later, Kardar learned production and became well known as a brilliant technician. Kardar established his own film making firm in 1930, called United Players Corporation, and cast Ismail in his early silent movies like Mysterious Eagle a. k. a Husn Ka Daku, which also had Kardar in a central role. Others in the cast were Gulzar Begum, Ghulam Qadir, Ahmed Deen and an American actress, Aeris Crawford. Ismail also acted in Kardar’s film, Safdar Jang, and both these early silent films were very successful. This led Kardar to cast him in Shepherd King (Gadarya) and Golden Dagger (Sunehri Khanjar). In those days, every film used to have an English title and an Urdu one.
Kardar’s marriage to Bahar has an interesting story, and M.Ismail has a role in it.
Sardar Akhtar and Bahar were sisters and were singers and dancers in Lahore’s famous Heera Mandi. They were known as Daari and Beharo. Bahar was very good looking. Kardar selected her as a Heroine for his film, opposite himself as a Hero and the shooting started. Kardar fell in love, but Bahar was guarded closely by her escorts and sister Sardar Akhtar. Kardar was wondering how to go about it. He opened his mind to friend M.Ismail, a 6 feet tall,and hefty friend. Ismail went to Bahar’s residence and lifted her on shoulders and brought her to Kardar. They hurriedly got married. Meanwhile Sardar Akhtar came to know this and made a Police complaint. The police came , arrested kardar and all shooting artistes. He spent 2 days in Police custody. Then it was Bahar herself who gave in writing that she was an adult and she married Kardar by her consent only. Kardar and others were released then. Few years later Sardar Akhtar married Mehboob Khan and Kardar became his Co-brother.
After Alam Ara opened the way for talkies, Ismail became even more popular. In Kardar’s Hoor e Punjab, an adaptation of Heer Ranjha, Ismailagain played Kaedo, the intriguing ice uncle of Heer, which he repeated yet again later, in film Heer Siyal, with his characteristic style. His other films in India include Alif Laila, Dekha Jaega, Mast Faqeer, Raja Gopi Chand, Prem Pujari, Watan Parast, Sohni Mahiwal, Laila Majnoon, Zamindar and others. In all he acted in 16 Talkie films. He even sang 7 songs in 3 films.
In 1948, M. Ismail came to Pakistan, and immediately got offers from seniors like Nazir, whose films, Pherey, Larey, Anokhi Dastan and Shehri Babu included him in their cast. His first film here was Hichkole-49. Observing his work, another promising and experienced director, Anwar Kamal Pasha offered him some good roles. His films, Ghulam, Gumnam, Qatil, Inteqam and others were the earliest hits of Pakistan. Luqman also cast him in Patan, and Mehbooba was another one that was appreciated.
Similarly Nazeer Ajmeri’s Qismat and Paigham, Munshi Dil’s Hasrat and Ishq e Laila and S. M. Dar’s Saltanat and Dulla Bhatti were also amongst his famous movies. His other films were Darwaza, Subah Kaheen Sham Kaheen, Patey Khan, Piya Milan Kee Aas, Jameela, Bara Aadmi, Zehr e Ishq and many others. M. Ismail was a charming person, with a rural simplicity and a very forgiving disposition. Endearingly called Bhaiyyaji in the industry, M. Ismail’s roles of good hearted, forgetful, careless and sometimes cynical man were the best that he did. But, in many films, he performed a perfect villainish role, including the earlier mentioned, Hoor e Punjab, which had a historic role of Kaedoo. This one was only bettered later, by that most sterling artiste, Ajmal, who made Kaedo legendary with his gestures in Khwaja Khurshid Anwar’s Heer Ranjha.
In Yamla Jat and Khazanchi, in India, he did very fine title roles, while K. Asif’s Phool portrayed him as an old hakeem from Turkey, which he did to perfection. As a villain in Indian film, Wamiq Azra, he presented an individual style, with his full facial expressions. By full facial expressions means that most artistes use the eyes and the forehead, but M. Ismail, with a tremendous mobility of his motor mouth, his sagging cheeks and his prominent and protruding jowls, used a tremendous expanse of his face, which aided him in doing old men’s roles very early in his career.
In those days, there was much importance of finding a characteristic face for films and not handsome or beautiful faces, which is the trend today. That was the reason that more such fine artistes were available to the screen. In Nazeer Ajmeri’s Qismat, he played a unique role of a man, who is too forgetful to even remember his own name. It was a most hilarious performance from a truly talented actor of his times. M. Ismail got a Presidential Award for this role in Qismat.
His last film in Pakistan was Maan jawani da-76- released after his death. He died on 22-11-1975 at Lahore. ( The article is based on information from Filmdom-1946, Cineplot, pakmag.com,muVyz, HFGK and my notes, with thanks to all).
The song I have selected from this film is a Parody of a popular and famous song from the film ” Manmohan-1936″. It was sung by Surendra and Bibbo. Speciality of this song was, after 4-5 lines by Surendra,Bibbo peeps from the door and asks ” kya main andar aa sakti hoon ? ” This variation in a song was a novelty in those days and it added to the popularity of the song further. Enjoy this parody song by Lallubhai and an unknown male. With this song film Challenge-37 makes its Debut on the Blog.
Song- Tumhi ne mujh ko maar khilaaya (Challenge)(1937) Singers- Lallubhai Nayak, Unknown male voice, Lyrics- Sampat lal shrivastav ‘Anuj’,
MD- Lallubhai Nayak
Lyrics
aa hahahahahaan
kyun bachchaa
ab tum kyon rone lage
arre kya bataaun bade bhai
tumne to mujhko aisa maar khilaaya
aa
aisa maar khilaaya
jiska bayaan nashr mein nahin
balke gaane mein sunaana padega
gaane mein
haan
achcha
sunaao
aa haa haa
unhoon
Tumhi ne mujh ko ho ho ho
arree mere bhai
hahahaha
maar khilaaya
ha ha ha
aa
tumhi ne mujh ko zahar pilaaya
aahahahnaha
sota huaa aa aa aa
ek saanp jagaaya
sota huaa aa
ek saanp jagaaya aa
sota huaa aa
ek saanp jagaaya
ahahaha
man ko jalaaya
tan pitvaaya
arre meri maar
hahahaha
man ko jalaaya
tan pitvaaya
tumhi ho poore ganvaar
saajan
tumhi ho poore ganvaar
saa aa aa aajan
tumhi ho poore ganvaar
jo chiraag lekar gahre gadhe mein gire
wo ganvaar nahin to aur kya
hahaaha
tumhi ho poore ganvaar o saajan
tumhi ho poore ganvaar
saa aa aajan
tumhi ho poore ganvaar
tumhi ne mujhko maar khilaaya
tumhi ne mujhko zahar pilaaya
tumhi ne mujhko maar khilaaya
tumhi ne mujhko zahar pilaaya
tumhi ne mujhko maar khilaaya
tumhi ne mujhko zahar pilaaya
aa ha ha h ah
tumhi ne mujhko
hahahahaha
hoho ho ho
aaaa
maar khilaaya
hahaah
arre mere baap
are kambakht
agar gaane mein hi sunaana thha
to koi ghazal , daadra , thumri mein sunaata
ye beqoofi ?? kyun pasand ki
arre bade bhai
arre bade abba
mohabbat ke rone mein isse badhkar aur kaun see
?? ho sakti hai
aa ha ha
chup kar baithh
6 Responses to "Tumhi ne mujhko maar khilaayaa"
May 14, 2021 at 1:14 pm
@Atul ji – kindly change the tag as ‘Post by Arunkumar Deshmukh’ please.
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May 14, 2021 at 9:37 pm
Such an enjoyable song. Thank you for this entertainer
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August 10, 2021 at 10:40 pm
Thank you very much Arunkumar Ji for posting such an interesting and funny song and very valuable information.
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May 14, 2021 at 12:01 pm
Thanks for this interesting post with lot of information too.
Enjoyed reading it.
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May 14, 2021 at 5:17 pm
Thank you, Avinash ji.
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