Jheel rakhoon kanwal rakhoon
Posted by: Atul on: September 22, 2023
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‘Teesra Kinaara’ (1986) is one of those films of 1980s which faded into oblivion despite having a good story and music. The film has become so obscure that it is not available for viewing on video sharing platforms. Despite my best efforts, I did not find the film on OTT platforms also. Fortunately, the video clips of a couple of songs are available besides mp3 clips of all the songs.
The film was produced by Saeed Abdul Aziz and Saeed Anwar Hussain, the latter being also the cinematographer of the film. The film was directed by Krishnakant. Smita Patil, Raj Babbar were in lead roles with Anita Raj being the ‘teesra kinaara’. Other supporting actors were Jagdish Raj, Paintal, Shubha Khote, Lalita Kumari, Manmohan Krishna, Javed Khan, Dinesh Hingoo etc.
The director of the film, Krishnakant was a veteran Hindi and Gujarati film actor of yesteryears, besides associated with Gujarati theatres as actor and director. Krishnakant Maganlal Bhookhanwala (15/09/1922 – 24/10/2016) (KK) was born in Howrah where his father was working as a Textile Engineer in a cotton mill. He had his early education in Kolkata, Banaras and finally in Surat where his father settled after retirement.
After completion of his high school, KK came to Mumbai and completed Diploma in Wireless and Electrical Engineering from Khalsa College of Technical Institute at Matunga, Mumbai. During his college days, he used to see film actors like Prithviraj Kapoor, K L Saigal, K N Singh etc who used to come to Khalsa College to play badminton in their badminton hall which was sometime also used for recording. The star-like status of these actors created a desire in KK’s mind to become an actor.
After completion of his college, KK joined Amar Studio of Chimanlal Desai as a Sound Engineer. At that time, Chimanlal Desai had planned a new film for which he had called Nitin Bose of New Theatres to direct the film. There was a need for a person who knew both Hindi and Bengali to converse with Nitin Bose. Since KK was knowing both the languages, he was selected to assist Nitin Bose. This connection became a route for KK to get into acting in the films.
K K assisted Nitin Bose in his direction in a bilingual film, ‘Paraya Dhan’ (1943) which was simultaneously made in Bangla as ‘Bichar’ (1943). He had a small role in both the versions as a production assistant in a radio station. Thereafter, he assisted Nitin Bose in ‘Muzrim’ (1944) and ‘Mazdoor’ (1945). After Nitin Bose joined Bombay Talkies, KK also went along with him and assisted him in his direction for the film, ‘Milan’ (1946). It was during the making of ‘Milan’ (1946), KK developed a strong desire to become an actor like Dilip Kumar. However, knowing his limitation in terms of his physique, he reconciled to the fact that he can only be a supporting actor. For that he needed to brush up his pronunciation in Hindi/Urdu.
KK started taking lessons in Hindi/Urdu from Bombay Talkies’ dialogue writer, S H Hussain. This helped him in getting roles as a supporting actor in films during 1950-60. Some of the films he acted in supporting roles were ‘Mashaal’ (1950). ‘Muqaddar’ (1950), ‘Andolan’ (1951), ‘Baadal’ (1951), ‘Tamaasha’ (1952), ‘Maa’ (1952), ‘Kaafila” (1952), ‘Daag’ (1952), ’Do Bigha Zameen’ (1953), ‘Patita’ (1953), ‘Baadbaan’ (1954), ‘Baap Beti’ (1954), ‘Dhobi Doctor’ (1954), ’Naukari’ (1954), ‘Seema’ (1955). “Amaanat’ (1955), ‘Bahu’ (1955), ‘Faraar’ (1955), ‘Jaagte Raho’ (1956), ‘Bandi’ (1957), ‘Detective’ (1958), ‘Howrah Bridge’ (1958), ’Parvarish’ (1958),’ Sitaaron Se Aage’ (1958).’Insaan Jaag Utha’ (1959), ‘Jaali Note’ (1960) etc.
I have given above, a big list of his early films because I have noted that a common factor in all these films was that they were directed by Bengali directors, Nitin Bose, Phani Majumdar, Amiya Chakraborty, Bimal Roy, Aravind Sen. Shakti Samanta. Satyen Bose, Gyan Mukherjee, S Bannerjee, Shambhu Mitra etc. It appears that KK’s knowledge of Bengali language has helped him developing the rapport with Bengali directors which in turn helped him in furthering his acting career.
Sometime in 1960, KK developed aversion to Hindi film industry after he had to quit directing his first Hindi film, ‘Shriman Satyawadi’ (1960) because of serious differences with Mahipatrai Shah, the producer of the film. He quit the Hindi film industry and shifted with his family to Surat where he started a business for a living. After about 10 years of hiatus from the film industry, KK was lured into Gujarati films and theatres. He directed about a dozen films in Gujarati in the 1970s. He also acted in many Gujarati films and plays. In addition, he acted and directed some Gujarati and Hindi TV serials.
Simultaneously, KK also started his second innings in Hindi films with ‘Aradhana’ (1969). Thereafter, he had acted in a number of Hindi films in the 1970s and 80s, like ‘Do Raaste’ (1970), ‘Sharmeelee’ (1971), ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ (1971), ‘Annadaata’ (1972),Trimurti’ (1974), Kaala Sona’ (1975), ‘Sajjo Rani’ (1976), ‘Aawaaz’ (1984) and many more. He has acted in over 100 films during his 5 decades of association with Hindi films. ‘Dil Se’ (1998) was his last film as an actor.
KK once again shifted back to Surat during his old age where he passed away on October 24, 2016, at the age of 94.
[Note: The profile of Krishnakant is mainly based on Harish Raghuvanshi’s book, ‘Inhe Na Bhulaana’ (2018)- Hindi Edition].
As I mentioned earlier, I could not get to see the film. So, I have summarised the story of the film based on the synopsis available online from multiple sources. As usual, synopsis of the films does not mention as to how the film’s story ends.
Satyajit (Raj Babbar) is a journalist, poet and singer who stays in a labour colony in Mumbai. He is married to Savitri (Smita Patil), a typical village girl. They have two minor sons. Savitri manages the house with a bare minimum income Satyajit earns. Although Satyajit loves his wife and children, somewhere in the back of his mind, he carries a feeling that marrying her has reduced him to a mechanical life, earning livelihood for a living. This has shattered his dream of becoming a celebrated man of letters. He cannot discuss with his wife anything on the literature as she has no interest on the subject.
Before marrying Savitri, Satyajit was in love with Shamli (Anita Raj) the daughter of a wealthy publisher (Jagdish Raj), who shared her interest in his poetry. However, due to differences in their financial status, Shamli’s father pressurised her to marry a boy he selected. After many years, Satyajit meets his ex-flame Shamli who has now become a widow. She is now running her father’s publishing business. Satyajit develops a rapport with her to achieve his dream of becoming a literary celebrity. Shamli, during their courtship, had felt that Satyajit needed to be promoted to achieve his objective. Now, that opportunity has come to both of them.
By nature of his work, Satyajit has now become busy because he spends much of his time with Shamli who has made him now a literary celebrity. So, he gets very little time to spend with his family. The marriage heads toward a break down as Savitri suspects her husband’s having affairs with Shamli. The reality is that Shamli’s friendship with Satyajit is more of professional than personal in nature.
With no respite for Savitri from her deep suspicion about Satyajit’s ‘affairs’ with Shamli, she decides to free her husband from the marriage by handing over to him the divorce paper duly signed by her. She pursues her efforts to become an independent woman to take care of her two sons. How Satyajit and Savitri are united at the end is the climax of the film.
The film had 5 songs written by Anjaan (4) and his son, Sameer (1) which were set to music by Shyam Sagar (3) and Uttam-Jagdish (2). Interestingly, there are about a dozen films for which the names of father-son, Anjaan and Sameer have appeared together as lyricists in their individual capacity.
I am presenting the first song, ‘jheel rakhoon, kanwal rakhoon ke jaam rakhoon’ from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is written by Sameer and is set to music by Shyam Sagar. From the lyrics of the song, it appears that the song was picturised at a time when Satyajit (Raj Babbar) and Shamli (Anita Raj) were in relationship prior to his marriage with Savitri (Smita Patil). In the picturisation, Jagdish Raj and Paintal are also seen. Perhaps, Shamli has arranged a get together to promote Satyajit as a poet.
In this song, Shyam Sagar has added a sanchari tune ( a different tune in the first two lines of second antara followed by usual antara tune) to give a new dimension to the song. In addition, the song has the pleasant reminiscence of the golden period of Hindi film music with Shabbir Kumar’s voice reminding of Mohammed Rafi.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Jheel rakhoon kanwal rakhoon (Teesra Kinaara)(1986) Singer-Shabbir Kumar, Lyrics-Sameer, MD-Shyam Sagar
Lyrics (based on audio clip):
hmm hmm hmm….
hmm hmm….
hmm hmm
jheel rakhoon
kanwal rakhoon
jheel rakhoon
kanwal rakhoon
ke jaam rakhoon
teri aankhon ka kya naam rakhoon
jheel rakhoon
kanwal rakhoon
ke jaam rakhoon
teri aankhon ka kya naam rakhoon
saawan aah bhare ghata jhuk jaaye
dhoop chhup jaaye kahin chhaanv sharmaaye
saawan aah bhare ghata jhuk jaaye
dhoop chhup jaaye kahin chhaanv sharmaaye
ghata rakhoon
chhanv rakhoon
ho ho
ghata rakhoon
chhanv rakhoon
ke shaam rakhoon
teri zulfon ka kya naam rakhoon
jheel rakhoon
kanwal rakhoon
ke jaam rakhoon
teri aankhon ka kya naam rakhoon
surkh honthon pe hansi aise khil jaaye
bhor ki pehli kiran jaise muskaaye
surkh honthon pe hansi aise khil jaaye
bhor ki pehli kiran jaise muskaaye
kali rakhoon
kiran rakhoon
ho ho
kali rakhoon
kiran rakhoon
gulfaam rakhoon
tere honthon ka kya naam rakhoon
jheel rakhoon
kanwal rakhoon
ke jaam rakhoon
teri aankhon ka kya naam rakhoon
mere khwaabon mein kabhi tu jo chali aaye
meri har saans naya geet koi gaaye
mere khwaabon mein kabhi tu jo chali aaye
meri har saans naya geet koi gaaye
geet rakhoon
ghazal rakhoon
geet rakhoon
ghazal rakhoon
kalaam rakhoon
teri soorat ka kya naam rakhoon
jheel rakhoon
kanwal rakhoon
ke jaam rakhoon
teri aankhon ka kya naam rakhoon
teri aankhon ka kya naam rakhoon
teri aankhon ka kya naam rakhoon
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
September 22, 2023 at 7:00 pm
1989/1990 ke aaspaas Doordarshan showed this film(with so many cuts, I don`t know, why they have done it !)in its saturday or sunday evening slot,
Smita Patil used to pair up with Raj Babbar in so many films during those times: I remember some of them:
Jawab,
Teesra kinara,
Tajurba,
Shapath,
Aawam,
Aaj ki awaaz,
Waaris(not opposite One another),
Dahleez(Smita as guest artiste)
Hum do hamare do,
Pet pyar aur paap
Mera ghar mere bachche
Angaarey
Mirch Masala(Not opposite with one another)
I remember Vividhbharthi used to broadcast the songs (in its morning slot programme of newly released film songs)
I remember clearly listening to those songs(eventhough I am not in favour of Shabbir Kumar`s voice), except “Kitne khushnaseeb”
As per LP image of the film, there are 6 songs:(Not 5 songs)
(Music: Shyam Sagar – 3)
(Music: Uttam Singh -Jagadish Khanna->3)
(Lyricist: Sameer->1)
(Lyricist: Anjaan->5)
song list as per LP Image
1)Jheel rakhoon kanwal rakhoon: Shabbir Kumar:
(Music: Shyam Sagar)(Lyricist: Sameer)
2)Diya to jale: Anuradha(credited as)(prior to her renaming as Anuradha Paudhwal as per her Super cassettes/T series industries ltd)(I thinks she was with Music India Ltd. At that time)
(Music: Shyam Sagar)(Lyricist: Anjaan)
3)Bahut yaad aathaa hai:Shabbir kumar, chorus
(Music:Uttam Singh-Jagadish Khanna)
(Lyricist: Anjaan)
4)Hum Kitne khush naseeb hain:Shabbir Kumar
(Music:Shyam Sagar)
(Lyricist: Anjaan)
5)Koi naam: Shabbir Kumar, chorus
(Music:Uttam Singh-Jagadish Khanna)
(Lyricist: Anjaan)
6)Sab kuchh milkar kuchh na mila:
(Raj Babbar,Shabbir Kumar,Chorus)
((Music:Uttam Singh-Jagadish Khanna)
(Lyricist: Anjaan)
Thanks Sadanand ji
for reviving old memories, koi aur jahan mein chalaa gayaa main, gaanon ke baare mein sochke,
Kalpana Iyer bhi thhi is film mein, na jaane kaun sa gaane mein uska dance thhaa, shaayad doordarshan waalon ne koi gaanaa kaat diyaa hogaa or else her dance was incorporated in song sung by male singer….
Thanks for providing information about Krishna Kant, I remember him in Praya Dhan (Helpig his friend Balraj Sahni) and Manchali(as Leena chandavarkar`s father or grand father…….)
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September 23, 2023 at 7:46 am
Prakashchandra ji,
Thanks for the additional information.
There are only 5 songs. The songs with refrains ‘bahut yaad aata hai’ and ‘ koi naam’ are the same. The lyrics are the same in both songs so also the singer. The same song may have been added in LP with different refrains just to fill the disc space.
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September 23, 2023 at 5:31 pm
Thanks Sadanand ji for the update
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