Zara o jaane waale rukh se aanchal ko hataa denaa
Posted on: August 27, 2023
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Today’s song is from the film Subah Ka Tara (1954).
Today’s song is a special song. Firstly, it is the last song of this film to appear here, thus making this film an “YIPPEE” film and secondly it is my 1234th post on this Blog ( it is a serial number 1-2-3-4, for those readers who need an explanation.).
This film was made by Rajkamal Kala Mandir, Bombay. The producer and the Director was V.Shantaram, naturally. He was one Producer who would not allow any other director for his films. Not only this, but also as an owner he did not have a blemish free tenures, either in Prabhat or in Rajkamal. Due to his policy of blocking and spoiling careers of some artistes was a blot on his otherwise commendable career. Shanta Apte and Sapru are some examples who were neither used in his films nor were they allowed to work outside, due to their contracts. Shanta Apte had even resorted to ” Sit out strike ” in front of prabhat on this issue. Other cases were of Vasant Desai and S.Purushottam, the Music Directors.
When Saigal’s film Devdas became a Hit film due to mainly Saigal’s songs, V.Shantaram had criticised this film by the New Theatres, Calcutta, for the film’s sad end. At the time of making the film Aadmi-39, V.Shantaram was claiming that ‘Life is for Living” and he was against Saigal’s films like Devdas where the Hero dies when his love fails. He was of the opinion that this was a wrong lesson/ideal set before the youth of the times.
Strangely, if one sees his films like Padosi-41, Dr.Kotnis ki amar kahani-46, Apna Desh-49, Dahej-50, Surang-53, Subah ka Tara -54, Do ankhen barah haath-57, in all these films the lead character dies…someties there are multiple deaths too in these films. Perhaps, he felt that it was the demand of the story. Maybe.
The film’s cast was Jayashree, Pradeep Kumar, Baby Rajashree, Nimbalkar, Naaz, Amirbai karnataki, Ameena Bai (sister of actor B.Nandrekar), V.Shantaram and many others. The music was provided by C.Ramchandra. The story of this film was…..
The film is told in flash-back. It starts with a few people troubling a disheveled, insane man holding a bedding. The mad man is Mohan (Pradeep Kumar) who finally sits down with a sympathiser and starts narrating the story.
Mohan meets a young widow, Padmini (Jayshree) taking medicine for her dying mother. Padmini’s mother, from her death-bed, warns her about befriending young men as she’s a widow and society demands that she live alone with just a white sheet as a companion for that’s her life as a widow.
Following her mother’s death Padmini goes to her paternal uncle’s house to live. Her uncle has gone to Africa and her Aunt treats her badly. Mohan falls ill thinking about Padmini’s situation and her rebuff when he pursues her. He is looked after by his mother and young sister (Baby Rajshree).
Padmini is made to work as a maid in her Uncle’s house but has a kind cousin sister, Bharti (Chandrakanta). Mohan arrives there on some work and the Aunt has chosen him as a suitable boy for Bharti’s marriage. Mohan sees Padmini and tells her how he feels, which is overheard by the Aunt. The Aunt throws Padmini out of the house to fend for herself.
The story continues with the problems Padmini faces, Mohan’s search for Padmini and her death when she sets the house left by her mother on fire. Mohan finds the bedding in the aftermath of the fire and goes insane.
Baby Rajashree was the daughter of V.Shantaram and his 2nd wife Jayashree. He had married thrice. Shantaram’s first marriage was on 9-6-1922 with Ambu Mugalkhod. After marriage the bride was named Vimlabai. His second marriage took place on 22-10-1941, with Jayashree Kamulkar, but he did not divorce Vimlabai, from whom he had 3 issues- Prabhat Kumar, Saroj and Charusheela ( mother of actor Sidharth Ray). Jayashree too gave him 3 issues- Kiran Shantaram, Rajashree and Tejashree. His third marriage took place on 22-12-1956 with Sandhya (Vijaya Deshmukh). They have one daughter- Madhura Jasraj…wife of singer Pt. Jasraj. Before his third marriage Shantaram had divorced his second wife-Jayashree. However, his first wife Vimlabai was still intact as his first wife.
He never ever took Vimlabai with him for any function. He always went to these functions with Jayashree or Sandhya. Jayashree went to America with him. Sandhya went to Delhi and Berlin with Shantaram to receive awards. However, when the Dadasaheb Phalke award was announced to Shantaram, he took his first wife Vimlabai ( and not Sandhya, his then current wife) to Delhi to receive the Award !
There is not much information about Rajashree, who became a Heroine as an adult, but her exit from the films raised eyebrows when stories of her cheating producers with advance money ( for proposed or incomplete films), floated around when she migrated to the USA for good.
There is a song “Bhabhi aayee”, sung by Usha Mangeshkar, in this film and it was filmed on Pradeep Kumar and a child artiste- Rajashree…Yes, she is the same Rajashree, daughter of V.Shantaram and actress Jayashree, who later on became a Heroine in many films. Considering that it was her first film appearance, it is astonishing to see her skills of acting, ease of actions and her self confidence in doing the role ! By the way, perhaps this film Subah ka Tara-54 may be the only film in which V. Shantaram, his second wife Jayashree and his daughter Rajashri acted together in one film.
Rajashree was born on 8-10-1944 at Bombay. At the time of the film Subah ka Tara-54, she must have been just 10 year old. She acted in 5 more films as a child artist before she debuted as an adult Heroine in the film Geet gaaya Patharon ne-64, opposite Jeetendra who too debuted though this film. In all she acted in only 16 completed films. Some of her popular films were Stree-61, Janwar65, Sagai-66, Around the world-67 and Bramhachari-68.
While in America for the shooting of Around the world, she met an American student Greg Chapman and they fell in love. Their Love affair went on for 3 years. Raj Kapoor is on record saying that during this period her frequent trips to the USA delayed his film for almost 3 years. His budget overshot and the film also flopped miserably ! Rajashree got married in 1967 and left for the USA permanently, having half a dozen uncompleted movies for which she had reportedly taken money from the producers. One such uncompleted film was Naina, with Shammi Kapoor and Maushami Chatterjee. She had done 3 films with Shammi kapoor.
Rajashree stays in Los Angeles and she has a customized clothing business. They have one daughter.
At the time of Partition in 1947, hundreds of film artistes migrated to Pakistan, but most of them completed their assignments in India before leaving. There is hardly any case on record of artists who left their works incomplete. Those who could not complete work on hand, arranged for a replacement before going away. Post- Partition, Rajashree was perhaps the only case who tricked producers and migrated to the USA.
Today’s song is the last song of this film and is sung by Chitalkar. This makes the film an YIPPEE film.
video link (Longer)
Audio link:
Song-Zara o jaane waale rukh se aanchal ko hata dena (Subah Ka Taara)(1954) Singer-C Ramchandra, Lyrics-Noor Lucknowi, MD-C Ramchandra
Lyrics (of video link)Provided by Prakashchandra)
oo oo o oo
jaaney waaley…aey ae ae aey ae ae ae aey ae ae
arrey zaraa o o
jaaney waaley ae
rukh se aanchal ko hataa denaa..aa aa
zaraa o o jaaney waaley aey ae
rukh se aanchal ko hataa denaa
tujhe apni jawaani ee ki qasam
soorat dikhaa denaa
bhai waahh waah waahh waah waahh
aan..aa
agar poochhen woh qaasid
tujhse meri khaanaa-barbaadi ee ee ee
agar poochhein woh qaasid
hic
tujhse meri khaanaa-barbaadi ee ee ee ee
hatheli eee par zaraa si eee
khaak lenaa
aur
purrrr
udaa denaa..aa
hatheli ee par zaraa see ee
khaak lenaa
aur udaa denaa aaa aaa
hatheli eee par zaraa see…eee
khaak lenaa
aur udaa denaa aaa
zaraa o jaaney waaley aey
rukh se aanchal ko hataa denaa aa aa
bhai waahh waah waahh waah waahh waah
aaj to aaj to aaj to aaj to yaar ek dum waahh waah waahh waahh ho gayee
aan
aaa aaan aaa haan aan aaaa aaa
hoon…ooo….
kyon bhaiyyaa
kaisi taan lee achchi hai naa
sharaab-e-husn ke aagey
ye paani ee phir bhi paani hai ae ae ae
sharaab-e-husn ke aagey
ye paanee phir bhi paani…ee hai…ae
na bharnaa jaam saaqi eee
aankhon aankhon se pilaa denaa aaa aaa
na bharnaa jaam saaqi ee
aankhon aankhon se pilaa denaa aa aaa
zaraa o o jaaney waaley aey ae
rukh se aanchal ko hataa denaa..aa
o bhai waahh waah waahh yaar kamaal ho gayee aaj to
arrey tumhaaraa kyaa gayaa
hic
arrey bhai samajh mein nahin aayi ki mujhe chadh gayee hai
hmm mmm hmmmm
tumhaaraa kyaa gayaa
dil par hamaarey gir padi eee bijli ee
ee ee eee eeee
arrey usee
andaaz se zaalim zaraa phir
muskuraa denaa aa
usee andaaz se zaalim
zaraa phir
muskuraa denaa aaa
zaraa o o jaaney waaley ae
rukh se aanchal ko hataa denaa aa
bhai waahh waahh waah waah waahh waahh waah waah
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August 29, 2023 at 12:09 pm
Is the gentleman in the video, V Shantaram?
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August 29, 2023 at 8:39 pm
Yes.
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