Kismat ka likha na taley
Posted on: October 3, 2023
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Today’s song is from the film Parichay-1954.
When I sat to write this post, suddenly I realised that in the last 20 posts, I have written 16 posts ( a cool 80 %) on songs from films of the 50’s. Normally I try to have a mix of songs from different decades – my favourites being the 30’s and the 40’s – so that the readers have some variety, while reading the posts. This time somehow, the songs from the 50’s seem to have overtaken all other songs !
Anyway, coming to today’s film Parichay-54, my mind travels 18 years into the future, when another Same Name film-Parichay-1972- came to the theatres. It featured the then popular pair of The Jumping Jack, Jeetendra and the Guddi Jaya Bhaduri. That film was partly based on a Bangla novel “Rangeen Uttarain” by Raj kumar Moitra and partially inspired by the famous and popular Hollywood film ” The Sound of Music”. It had some very good songs composed by R.D.Burman. I must have seen that film atleast 3-4 times and I don’t mind seeing it again now !
Today’s film also had some melodious songs. Originally the film had only 6 songs, composed 3 each by the two composers-Sailesh Mukherjee and Ved Pal- both debuting as Music Directors for a Hindi film. One month after the film’s release 2 more songs composed by Sailesh Mukherjee were added. Today’s song is one of those ‘LateComer’ songs.
Vedpal Varma was not a very well known name as an MD. He never crossed the B grade films. Parichay was his first Hindi film. He had also composed music for a Bangla film and a Punjabi film. Those who were old enough to see TV and listen to Radio in the late 80s and 90s can not forget the catchy jingle- Nirma-Nirma, washing powder Nirma, played repeatedly and which was sung by every child in the homes, along with the jingle on the TV !
This and 300 other similarly popular jingles ( Vicco, Paan parag, Frooti, Rasna etc) were made by Vedpal Varma, the Music Director of film Parichay-54. But that was when he had stopped getting films or rather when the industry had forgotten this talented composer, who could never cross the B grade movie barrier. He made jingles, gave music to documentaries and stage dramas and even wrote lyrics in B grade films, like Maa Behan aur Biwi, Aayi phir se bahaar, Sunehri nagin, Bachche mere saathi, Hum junglee hain and Wafadar only to survive somehow.
Vedpal Varma was born in an Arya Samaj family in Sirsa (Haryana). After getting regular training in music, he joined AIR (before that he worked as a mechanic also). Lyricist Madhukar Rajasthani brought him to Bombay to become a singer. After an unsuccessful struggle to become a singer, Lyricist Ramesh Shastry recommended him to producer Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala and he became a joint Music Director (with Sailesh Mukherjee) for the film Parichay-54. He gave music in a dubbed(from Tamil) film, ‘Aayi phir se bahar’ but the film got stranded and got released in the 70s. His other film “Saarang” was not released at all. He gave music in a Bangla film ‘Sorry Madam’ and a Punjabi film ‘Chhoriyan di toli’.
His other films were, Bholanath-63, Sant Tukaram-65, Gunehgaar-67, Maya Sundari-67, Bhima mera Haathi-73, Hum Junglee hain-73, Kore Badan-74, Wafadar-76, O Bewafaa-80, Zakhmi Dil-84, Sautan ki Beti-88, Mera pati meri zindagi-93 and Piya ka ghar-97. His film Maalik-1954 remained unreleased.
During his career, even Ravindra Jain acted as his assistant in his early stages. Most of the existing and new singers were used by Vedpal. He also made some NFS records with HMV. But all in all, Vedpal Varma remained an unsuccessful composer. He used to live alone in a one room tenement on the third floor of Prasad Shopping Centre, Goregaon west, Bombay, where he breathed his last on 19-12-1996 and one more name quietly disappeared from the music field !
Film Parichay-1954 was produced by Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala under his own banner, J.J.Films, Bombay. The film cast consisted of Shashikala, Abhi Bhattachrya, Pranoti Ghosh (wife of Abhi Bhattacharya), Shakuntala, Panchotiya, Dhumal, Indira Chitnis and others. The songs were written by Keshav Trivedi and Akhtar Yusuf. The film was directed by Satyen Bose. I had first heard the name Satyen Bose when I saw the film Jagriti for the first time in 1954. That time I realised that this director is too good to miss anytime. His successive films confirmed my opinion about him and I made it a point to see all his films, as far as possible.
SATYEN BOSE was born on 22-1-1916 at Goya Bazaar, Calcutta. (some sources claim that he was born in Purnia, Bihar). He graduated in commerce from Vidyasagar college,Calcutta in 1941.He did jobs in Railways and Bank. He set up National progressive Pictures and made 3 films in Bangla. His Film PORIBORTON-1949 was a grand success. He also acted as Principal Shishir babu in it. He then shifted to Bombay. He first made Parichay and then made Jagriti-54,a remake of his own PORIBORTON-49. Abhi Bhattacharya played the role of the new Superintendent Shekhar Babu in this film. Film Jagriti became a landmark movie in Hindi and won many awards including Filmfare and a national award. He directed 34 films till Woh din aayega-86.
He also did a Malyali film, Jeevita Samaram-71. His film Dosti gave name and fame to the L-P duo. Rakhi Gulzar debuted in his Jeevan Mrityu and Nargis got her National Award for his Raat aur Din-68. He did many films for Rajashree Productions and had good relations with Tarachand Barjatya. He was very friendly with Mukesh Sharma, Director of Bombay Doordarshan, in those days.
Satyen Bose died on 9th June 1993 at Bombay. His last rites were done by Mukesh Sharma, as per the wishes of Satyen Bose. Only 2 people from the Film Industry-Tarachand Barjatya and Anup Kumar attended his funeral. A great film director who gave hits like Jagriti, Raat aur Din, Girl Friend, Jeevan mrityu, Chalti ka naam gaadi etc,died Unsung and Unwept by the same industry !
Here is the filmography of Satyen Bose- FILMOGRAPHY (* also act): 1949: Paribartan*; 1951: Barjatri*; 1953: Bhor Hoye Elo; 1954: Jagriti; Parichay; 1955: Rickshawala; Bandish; 1957: Bandi; 1958: Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi; Savera; Sitaron Se Aage; 1960: Masoom; Girl Friend; 1964: Daal Mein Kala; Dosti; 1966: Aasra; Mere Lal; 1967: Bhagya; Raat Aur Din; 1968: Jyot Jale; 1969: Wapas; Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool; 1970: Jeevan Mrityu; 1972: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa; Anokhi Pehchan; Mere Bhaiya; 1977: Mastan Dada; 1978: Anmol Tasveer; 1979: Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin; Bin Maa Ke Bachche; 1980: Payal Ki Jhankaar; 1982: Tumhare Bina; 1983: Kaya Palat; 1986: Woh Din Aayega.
The Story of “Parichay” was written by Marxist Writer SWARNAKAMAL BHATTACHARYA and the name of the Bengali Story TATHAPI was made into a Film of the same name in 1950 which also starred debutante PRONOTI GHOSH as the deaf-mute girl . It was directed by MANOJ BHATTACHARYA and also had the famous Director RITWICK GHATAK in the Cast . The Screenplay was by BIMAL ROY, who is believed to have helped with the Direction .
The story of Parichay was woven around the principle of how sacred and important the institution of Marriage is in our culture. True to the spirit of the oath taken during the marriage ceremony, Husband must be with the wife till death separates them.
Shankar is a Mine Engineer. he is young, active and handsome. No wonder beautiful Geeta falls in love. They meet always, but Geeta did not have the courage to express her love for him. She also did not know what feelings Shankar had for her.
One day Shankar is transferred to Assam for a short period. He moves to Assam, There he meets with an accident. A village local doctor brings him to his home. The doctor and his daughter Shivani nurse him back to good health. Shankar falls in Shivani’s love. When Shivani’s marriage is fixed by her step mother to an old man with a heavy dowry, Shankar decides to marry Shivani. His good friend Gopal helps him in this. They get married.
Meanwhile Geeta learns about Shankar’s accident and comes to see him in Assam. Geeta meets him, and learns about his marriage to Shivani. Geeta is devastated. She decides to go back. In the meantime, Shankar learns that Shivani can not give him any children due to a fault in her. Shankar is sad. He wants to divorce her and marry Geeta,as he now knows Geeta loves him.
Geeta however admonishes Shankar and reminds him that his duty as a Husband is to be with Shivani in her difficulties and accept the situation bravely. Was he not in love with Shivani ? Geeta asks him to be only a friend to her and go back to Shivani as a good Husband. This opens the eyes of Shankar and he returns to Shivani. Both Shivani and Shankar come to the station to see Geeta off to her place.
Here is today’s song, sung by Mohd. Rafi. Enjoy….
Song- Kismat ka likha naa taley (Parichay)(1954) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Keshav Trivedi, MD-Sailesh Mukherjee
Lyrics
kismat ke aanchal ne kiskaa aa aa
ponchh diyaa sindoor
rooth ke kiskaa jeevan-saathi
aaj chalaa hai door
kismat kaa likhaa na tale
na koi bas chale
yah kyaa hai zindagi ee
ye kyaa hai zindagi
pal-pal ansuan mein dhale shamaa si jale
yeh kyaa hai zindagi
haay ye kyaa hai zindagi
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
jeevan kaa bojh uthaaye
koi apni raah banaaye
jeevan kaa bojh uthaaye
koi apni raah banaaye
jab saamne manzil aaye ae
bedard falak muskaaye
manzil pe luten kaafile
gagan ke tale
yeh kyaa hai zindagi ee
ye kyaa hai zindagi
kismat kaa likhaa na tale
na koi bas chale
yeh kyaa hai zindagi h
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
kirnon ke pankh pasaare
le jeevan ke ujiyaare
kirnon ke pankh pasaare
le jeevan ke ujiyaare
dharti ki maang sanvaare ae
lekin takdeer ke maare
nit shaam ko suraj dhale
chitaa si jale
yeh kyaa hai zindagi ee
ye kyaa hai zindagi
kismat kaa likhaa na tale
na koi bas chale
yeh kyaa hai zindagi haay
ye kyaa hai zindagi
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
8 Responses to "Kismat ka likha na taley"
October 4, 2023 at 7:31 pm
I think, Sawan Kumar Tak gave chance of music direction to Vedpal in two of his films
Oh Bewaffa
(Anil Dhawan,Nazneen, Anil Dhawan Starrer,used Suresh Wadkar, Hemlata,Kishore kumar) and
Southen ki Beti(Rekha, Jeetendra, jayaprada)(The music of this film was publicised very well by T.Series , because that film got a song by anuradha paudhwal, which she sang with Kishore kumar- Ye jo halka halka suroor hai-a love duet song picutrised on Jeetendra and Rekha in a drunken state)(And Southen ki beti also has got
two melodious Lata Mangeshkar solo sad songs),His name was spelt sometimes as Vedpal Verma, Ved Pal, Vedpal
.
According to one website Vedpal used a Lata Mangeshkar song(“Tum na aaye sanam, shamaa jalthi rahee”)from Bhootnath 1963) in his Oh Bewaffa film:
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October 6, 2023 at 10:13 am
Arun Ji,
Thanks for the post. Satyen Bose was certainly an able director.So bad that hardly anybody attended his funeral.
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October 4, 2023 at 3:50 pm
Thank you for giving information on Vedpal Varma. The minute I read that name I thought of an Hemlata song from Sawan Kumar’s “Oh! BEWAFA” & u mentioned that movie in your post.
Also, thank you for pointing out the jingles he was associated with
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October 4, 2023 at 5:58 pm
Thanks for your comments.
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