Apna apna kaam kiye jaa
Posted by: Atul on: August 9, 2023
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.
|
Blog Day : |
5500 | Post No. : | 17941 |
Today’s song is from the film Room No. 9 (1946).
There were 2 more rooms on which films were made – Room No. 17 and Room No.203. I wonder what happened to the other rooms ? I am also hurt by the title of a film as ” B-13 -Fear has a New Address” made in 2009. My flat number in Mumbai is B-13 and I never ever saw any Atulite frightened in my flat when so many ASAD meetings were held here ! And also when some members had stayed here overnight also ! However, I did not file any case against the film’s producer, lest it became ‘ an address to fear ‘ for him !
Certain years in Film industry are quite significant for its changing phases. One of these years was 1946. By 1946 to 1950 old towers shook hard to crumble. The studio system almost disappeared. Film industry could now boast of people highly educated, talented and hard working. Even artistes with International experience and success like Dewan Sharar, Shakuntala Paranjpye, actor Ranjan, Balraj Sahni etc contributed to Indian films. The old horse of Calcutta-New Theatres broke down and actors, directors and Music specialists from Bengal made a Bee-Line to Bombay, thus making it the strongest ever film centre.
1946 was also an year of consolidation, in a sense that due to the iminent Partition of India on the basis of Religion, agreed upon by Gandhi-Nehru combine, made Muslim artistes and filmmakers plan to pack their bags and move over to the new Utopia across the border. Their vacancies were to be filled up by the waiting second line of actors, directors and MDs. The film industry was to have a complete new look within 1-2 years and the beginning was from 1946. Thus the year was very important.
The year 1946 was an year which saw many changes in the film industry. The IInd world war had just ended. Rationing and control on many items had created Black marketing. This made many people Millionaires. The extra income started getting invested in Film making. The increased cost of Raw Films made filmmaking 7 to 8 times costlier. A film which was made in about 1 Lakh rupees in 1940, needed 8 Lakhs now. Studio system was waning and artiste rates increased in Lakhs instead of thousands.
In 1945, only 74 films were made. This number increased to 153 films in 1946. Further, in 1947, the film industry produced a record number of films – 181, but of course that was due to Partition. The quality of films was sacrificed at the cost of the quantity of films made in 1946. However, some quality films were made in 1946, indicating the changing face of filmmaking.
Film Dharati ke Lal-46 was made by IPTA people and it became the first film to be exhibited in Russia. Neecha Nagar-46 won the Grand Prix award in the French Film Festival. Film Dr. Kotnis ki amar kahani-46 was dubbed in English as ‘ The journey of Dr. Kotnis’. It was shown in the USA and then in the Venice Film Festival. Two musical films- Anmol Ghadi and Shahjahan were made in 1946.
Year 1946 also saw the Debut of several stars and artistes. In fact one can call 1946 as the ” Debut year” of the Hindi film industry. See this….
Nirupa Roy debuted in film Amar Raaj-46
Nasreen (real name Zareena), daughter of Rafiq Gaznavi and Anwari bai had debuted in her first released film ” Shahjahan-1946.
Geeta Bali debuted with a dance in film Badnami-46
Geeta Roy sang her first film song in film Bhakta Prahlad-46
Balraj Sahni debuted in the film Insaaf-46. It was a small role,though.
K A Abbas-Director, Pt.Ravi Shankar-MD, Balraj Sahni as Hero and Damayanti Sahni as Heroine made their Debut in film Dharti Ke Lal-46.
Meena Kapoor sang her first released Hindi film song in the film Eight Days-46. She also recorded her first Hindi film song in the film ‘Door Chalen’-1946, which was released later than film Eight Days-46.
Sudhir Phadke debuted as MD in film Gokul-46
P L Santoshi as Director, Dev Anand, Rehman, Rehana and Kamla Kotnis debuted as actors in film Hum Ek Hai-46.
Chitragupta did his first film as MD in Lady Robin Hood-46.
Ram Ganguly became MD with film Maharana Pratap-46.
Abhi Bhattacharya debuted in Hindi film Milan-46.
Chetan Anand as Director, Uma Anand and Kamini kaushal as actresses debuted in film Neecha Nagar-46.
Hansraj Behl debuted as MD with film Pujari-46.
Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote his first Hindi film song in film Shahjahan-46
S D Burman as MD and Kishore Kumar as an actor debuted with film Shikari-46
So, you will find the year 1946 was truly an year of change. The winds of Partition were already blowing and the second line of supplementary artistes was ready to replace the Migrators, after the Partition.
Film Room No.9 was produced by S.R.Rajguru and directed by Vedi. The banner was Navyug Chitrapat, Bombay. The music was by R.A.Atre. By a strange coincidence the owner of the banner Navyug was P.K.Atre -a writer, dramatist, novelist, poet, director, a Newspaper owner and a big Politician in his later years !
For information on films made during the period 1937 to 1949, an authentic source is the archived issues of the magazine FILM INDIA, online.One can get information on films of this period through the films’ advertisements and reviews in these issues. Though the editor Baburao Patel rarely ever praised any film, direction, music or acting, still the factual information like release date and theatre, cast in details,other credits and the story of the film etc. is available here. Information about this film is given in the august 1946 issue of Film India. The film was released on 15-6-1946, at Krishna Theatre in Bombay.The review is full of pointwise criticism of the film.
Here is its story, adapted and given by Sadanand Kamath ji a few years back…..
Geeta (Geeta Nizami) is an heiress to a huge fortune left by her father. With this, Geeta’s life is at risk as her uncle is eyeing on her fortunes. For the attainment of his objective, he employs Pratap (K N Singh) a crook to do the needful.
For completing the formalities of handing over the fortunes to Geeta, Barrister Premchand (Raj Bishwas), the executor of the will, comes to the city and stays in a hotel where his son, Shyam (Shyam) escorts Geeta to the hotel room. However, Geeta suspects Shyam to be a crook without knowing that he is the son of Barrister Premchand. Instead, she relies on Pratap, the crook who kidnaps her. However, Shyam rescues her.
Thakur Ajit Singh (Randhir) who is a regular guest in the hotel gets attracted towards Geeta though he already has Rani (Saroj Borkar) as his mistress who is a disgraced wife of Barrister Premchand and the mother of Shyam. Neither Rani nor Shyam is aware that they are mother and son.In Geeta’s room, Thakur Ajit Singh tries to molest her and, in this milieu, Thakur is shot dead. Thinking that Geeta must have shot him, Shyam takes the crime on himself and runs away from the police. However, he is arrested and put on trial for the murder of Thakur Ajit Singh. Based on the evidence given by Rani, Shyam is sentenced to death by hanging.
Barrister Premchand appeals to the high court for the review of the lower court’s verdict. In the court, he produces the childhood photograph of Shyam with his mother Rani. The mother in Rani makes her confess that she had shot dead Thakur Ajit Singh in that fateful night. Shyam is acquitted and there is a happy end to the film.
The Music Director Rasheed Atre was not a very famous or successful composer while in India. After his migration to pakistan, post its formation, he became quite successful. It is a matter of surprise that barring a few well known MDs, like Ghulam Haider, K.K.Anwar, and Kamal Dasgupta, all other MDs like Firoz Nizami, Rasheed Atre, G.A.Chishti, Nissar Bazmi, Naashad and Tufail Faruqi etc who were only B or C grade Mds in India, became big names after migrating to Pakistan. Naturally so, because the Pakistani film industry was taking a shape and growing big in the initial years and these ready-made composers got many films, name and fame. However, history indicates that there was no second line of MDs in the making and after these migrated MDs retired, the film music scene in Pakistan became weak and pathetic.
Composer RASHEED ABDUL ATRE was born in Amritsar on 15-2- 1919. His father Khushi Mohammed was a well known musician and singer. Rasheed learnt music from Ustad Khan saheb Ashfaq Hussain. Then he went to Calcutta and worked under R.C.Boral. During his stay in Calcutta he is presumed to have composed songs for films “Pardanasheen”-1942 and “Mamta”-1942, under the name R.A.Atra. After coming back to Bombay he joined Jhande Khan and Gobindram in composing songs for “Pagli”-43. He was assistant to composer Amir ali in “Panna”-44. With Pt.Amarnath,he composed songs for “Shirin Farhad”-45. Then came Room No.9-46,Nateeja-47,Paro-47 and Shikayat-48. From 43 to 48 he gave music to 6(confirmed) films. Not much, but then he did not get much time either.
Nateeja was a Muslim social made by Bombay Talkies and he was specially called for it. Nateeja music was his best in India and all its songs became very popular. for Room No 9-46,he worked in Navyug Chitrapat co. where one of the owners was P K Atre, a noted Marathi writer and Dramatist. P K Atre was ,of course, a Hindu,but it was a coincidence.
After Partition Atre went to Pakistan. He first served Radio Pakistan, Rawalpindi and then at Lahore. He prospered in Pakistan and gave music in 54 Urdu and Punjabi films. He was awarded the coveted Nigar Award 3 times in a row. The famous Marching song of Pakistan ” Allah o Akbar ” was composed by Rasheed Atre. The first Pakistani film for which Rasheed Attre lent his music was director Masood Pervez’s Beli (1950).
Three years after Beli, Rasheed was in-charge of music for director Nazir Ahmed Khan’s Punjabi film, Shehri Babu (1953), whose evergreen songs still are popular in Pakistan . Attre’s music for director W.Z. Ahmed’s 1954 family-friendly film Roohi (1954) was a huge success.
Rasheed Attre’s music is all very praise-worthy in director Nazir Ahmed Khan’s film Khatoon, which was popular for its thumri. Attre’s composition exhibits an astonishing range and power in director Anwar Kamal Pasha’s superhit film Sarfarosh (1956). In 1956, Rasheed was also given the responsibility of composing songs for director Anwar Kamal Pasha’s golden jubilee punjabi film Chann Mahi (1956) (lyrics: Tufail Hoshiarpuri, starring: Bahar, Aslam Pervaiz). Attre was, indeed, a powerhouse of a musician and a case in point is director W.Z. Ahmed’s all-time favorite film, Waada (1957), which happened to be a movie from a more idealistic time. At the height of his fame, Attre came up with his magical composition for film director Anwar Kamal Pasha’s semi- historical movie, Anarkali (1958). To be precise, it was a joint venture of 2 film music composers Rasheed Attre and Master Inayat Hussain.
Rasheed Attre passed away on December 18, 1967, at the age of 48.
Today’s song is sung by a chorus-a comedy song- and some unidentified male and female voices also can be heard in it. Enjoy…..
Song- Apna apna kaam kiye jaa (Room No. 9)(1946) Singers- Amirbai Karnataki, unknown male voices, Lyricist- Nakshab Jarachavi, MD- Rashid Atre
Lyrics
Apna apna kaam kiye jaa
apna apna kaam kiye jaa
duniya hai deewaani
duniya hai deewaani
Apna apna kaam kiye jaa
taaza taaza makkhan aaya
toast ye taiyyaar
taaza taaza makkhan aaya
toast ye taiyyaar
sabzi aaloo ghiya tamaatar
??
??
?? ulloo
??
aate hain sarkaar
garam garam hai chaawal machhli
butter chicken biriyaani
kuchh khaalo mere jaani
kuchh khaalo mere jaani
apna apna kaam kiye jaa
raat suhaanee
din hai suhaanaa
raat suhaanee
din hai suhaanaa
aankh milaakar dil se milaana
aankh milaakar dil se milaana
preet ?? hai
preet nibhaana
preet ?? hai
preet nibhaana
apne waade bhool na jaanaa
apne waade bhool na jaanaa
hum bhi musaafir
hum bhi musaafir
baat hai ye sab jaanee
Apna apna kaam kiye jaa
duniya hai deewaani
O my sweet
O my sweet
ye bhi dekho
ye bhi chakho
main tumse good bye
?? murgi ?? andaa
khhaalo meree jaan
ajee kuchh khaa lo meree jaan
ajee kuchh pee lo meree jaan
whisky whisky whisky
whisky whisky whisky
beer brandy rum aur whisky
whisky whisky whisky
pee lo meree jaan
johny walker pee kar dekho
right hai yaaron
hic
one eighteen twenty
??
?? going ??
mad ke rasiyaa
o matwaale
mad ke rasiyaa
o matwaale
der na kar ??
gar tu uthhaa le
der na kar ??
gar tu uthhaa le
rut pe nahin hai
peene waale
rut pe nahin hai
peene waale
aag miley yaa panee
aag miley yaa panee
apna apna kaam kiye jaa
apna apna kaam kiye jaa
duniya hai deewaani
duniya hai deewaani
Share this:
- Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
- Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
- Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
- Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
- Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
- Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
- Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
- Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
August 9, 2023 at 6:12 pm
Arunji,
This is as usual packed with information. I have one doubt though. Madhubala (Baby Mumtaz) has sung in ‘Basant’ (1942). Would that make it as her debut year?
LikeLike
August 9, 2023 at 10:10 pm
AK ji,
Thanks for your comments. Earlier it was thought that Baby Mumtaz first sang in film Pujari 1946, but later on the stalwarts of RMIM proved that she first sang in film Basant-1942 on screen, for herself. However that song’s record was done by Shanti Sudha Ghosh (daughter of Parul and Pannalal Ghosh) and it bears her name on it.
What I wrote above was the old information. I have requested Atul ji to kindly remove that sentence.
Thanks for pointing out the error.
In this way Baby Mumtaz (Madhubala) made her Debut as an actress and a singer in film Basant-1942.
_AD
LikeLiked by 1 person