Haseen chehre pe ye zulfen giraana…Unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
Posted on: October 20, 2023
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Today’s song is from the film Gauna-1950.
Some of the readers may wonder about this title. The meaning of this word may not be known to readers from Non-Hindi states. Google defines it as….
” Gauna is a North Indian Hindu custom and the ceremony associated with the consummation of marriage is prevalent in the states of Bihar, U.P. and Rajasthan. It is associated with the custom of Child Marriage. The ceremony takes place several years after marriage.”
Hindus all over India have this custom in almost every state, but with a different name in every language. Of course now that the child marriage is illegal by law, this custom is out of date. However it is still performed immediately after all marriage rituals even these days in every Hindu marriage performed traditionally. These days the Bride and the Groom are quite matured at marriage time – mostly in their mid 20’s or even late 20’s. They already know everything about ‘ everything’ and the custom is followed only symbolically most times.
This film was made about 75 years ago. All this was a regular practice then. This was the first major film for the Heroine Usha Kiran. She got this name from this film. Earlier she used her real name Usha Marathe in films like “Lalaat”-1947. It was the director of this film Amiya Chakravarti, who gave her this name in the film Gauna-1950.
Born on 30-11-1912 Bogra,Rangpur District in East Bengal (now Bangladesh), Amiya Chakravarti worked as a child actor and singer on local stage. Later he joined the freedom struggle and courted arrest during Gandhi’s salt Satyagraha. Then he came over to Bombay and, being a Bengali, joined Bombay Talkies owned by Bengalees, first as a Tutor for Bangla for the children of Niranjan Pal. Niranjan Pal had spent all his life in the UK and came to India with friend Himanshu Rai ( within a few years they fought bitterly and separated). Amiya first started as a Canteen manager and then worked as assistant to Himanshu Rai. After Himanshu Rai’s death, there were two groups. Amiya joined Devika Rani’s group,being her favourite. She gave him the reward by allowing him to direct the film Anjaan-41, a Devika-Ashok Kumar love story.
Though, for director Naqvi’s film Punarmilan, Amiya and Gyan Mukherji wrote the screenplay together, they were never comfortable with each other. After the split in Bombay talkies,when Gyan Mukherjee went with the opposition group, their competition increased since now both were directors. When the other group started work on Kismet, with Anil Biswas as MD, Amiya also started Basant, with the same Heroine- Mumtaz Shanti- and Anil Biswas incognito with Pannalal Ghosh as a Front.
Even after Bombay talkies closed down , their competition continued. When Amiya did Baadal-51, on the same story, Gyan Mukherjee made the film Shamsheer-53 ( originally this film was made by Sargam films, but Bombay Talkies purchased its rights and released it.) Further in 1957, both started a film each with the same Heroine-Vyjayantimala. Amiya did Kathputli-57, but he died before this film was completed and Nitin Bose completed the remaining film. Similarly Gyan mukherjee started the film Sitaron se aagey, but he too died before the film was completed. After some time Satyen Bose was commissioned to complete the film, thus delaying its release in 1958. Even earlier Gauna-50 made by Amiya and Leela-47 made by Gyan Mukherjee had the same story. Their competition ended only after their deaths !
During his Bombay Talkies days, Amiya directed Anjaan-41,Basant-42 and Jwar Bhata-44. For his own Mars and Movies, he directed Daag-52,Patita-53,Baadshah-54, Seema-55,Dekh kabira Roya-57 and Kathputli-57. For other producers,he directed films like Mera Suhag-47,Girls school -49, Gauna-50, Baadal-51 and Shehenshah-53. In a career spanning 16 years he directed only 14 films. He also wrote story and screenplays for films like Bandhan-40, Anjaan-41, Baadal-51,Daag-52, Dekh kabira roya-57 and Kathputli-57.
Amiya introduced Dilip Kumar in Jwar Bhata-44, Usha Kiran in Gauna-50 ( though she had acted in film Lalaat-47 in her real name-Usha Marathe) and Shubha khote in film Seema-55. He promoted Jawahar Kaul, Daljeet and Anup Kumar as Heroes in the film Dekh kabira roya-57. He handled problems like Alcoholism in film Daag-52,Rape victim’s rehabilitation in Patita-53, Injustice in Seema -55, and problems of an Actress in film Kathputli-57. Amiya got involved with Usha Kiran during the film Gauna,but his wife sorted out the problem by meeting Usha Kiran and offering her divorce, upon which Usha Kiran wisely decided to break the affair herself to save Amiya’s marriage. Later Usha Kiran got married in 1954 with Dr. Manohar kher, who was given all information about this.
Amiya Chakravarty died of Heart attack on 6-3-57, at a young age of only 45 years. Till the end he donned only White Shirt and White Pants-the uniform of Bombay Talkies !
Film gauna-1950 had a starcast of a New heroine-Usha Kiran and a New Hero- Anup Kumar ( real name Kalyan Kumar Ganguly, younger brother of Ashok Kumar and elder brother of Kishore Kumar. Born on 9-1-1926, he acted in 47 films, directed 1 film-Nafrat-1987 and sang 3 songs in 3 films. Gauna-50 was his first film. He died on 20-9-1997), Poornima, S.Nazir, Indumati, Wasti and others. The MD was Husnalal-Bhagatram. All the 7 songs of this film were written by Qamar Jalalabadi (real name Om Prakash Bhandari-9-3-1917 to 9-1-2003).
One of the actresses was Indumati Lele in this film. She acted in only one film as a Heroine- Mazdoor-1945, opposite debutant Nasir khan. INDUMATI LELE (Born 18 December 1927 – Died 11 September 2013), forgotten Yesteryear Indian Theatre and Film Actress turned Folk Artiste.
Indumati and Kumudini Lele who were once famous as ‘Lele Sisters’ in Hindi and Marathi Theatre and Cinema fields, have been forgotten today. Indumati Lele, died at the age of 86, when she was still working as an examiner for the television program ‘Dum Damadam’.
Kumud and Indumati, were both known as ‘Lele Sisters” in the fifties. Both of them originally hailed from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. Their father Girdhar Lele was in Government job as Director of Agriculture, at Indore. From an early age, the two sisters loved acting and dancing. Both were involved in dance and dance related activities in their school. Prithviraj Kapoor saw the two at one of the school events and talked to their father and brought them straight to Mumbai. For the next two years, both sisters worked as artists in Prithviraj Kapoor’s ‘Prithvi Theatres” until the company closed. They played different roles in several of his Plays and had the fortune of touring India all along with Prithviraj Kapoor.
While Kumudini acted in Bimal Roy’s ‘Parivar’, ‘Bandini’ etc. and in few Marathi films like ‘Ram Ram Pauna’ etc., Indumati Lele acted in Prithviraj Kapoor’s Shakuntala’ and other plays. She also acted in some films while working in ‘Prithvi Theaters’, like Mazdoor-45, ‘Shehnai’ (1947), ‘Aag’ (1948), ‘Sunahare Din’ (1949), ‘Gauna’ (1950), Actor-51, ‘Chaudhwin ka Chand’ (1960), ‘Budtameez’ (1966), ‘Man Mandir’ (1971), to name a few. In Raj Kapoor’s ‘Aag’ (1948), she acted as his mother. She also appeared in two English films, ‘Householder’ with Leela Naidu and ‘Shakespeare wala” both with Shashi Kapoor.
Today’s song is sung by Shamshad Begum and chorus. This is the sixth song from this film to feature here. Now only one more song remains uncovered.
Song- Haseen chehre pe ye zulfen giraanaa–Unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai (Gauna)(1950) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi, MD-Husnlal Bhagatram
Chorus
Lyrics
haseen chehre pe ye zulfen giraanaa
kis’se seekhaa hai
meree jaan
chaand badlee mein chhupaanaa
kisne seekhha hai
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
ise deedaar kahte hain
ise deedaar kehte hain
diya pehlee nazar mein dil
diya pehlee nazar mein dil
isi ko pyaar kehte hain
isi ko pyaar kehte hain
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
ise deedaar kehte hain
ise deedaar kehte hain
zara aanchal uthha ke dekhne do
chaand sa mukhdaa
ajee haan chaand sa mukhdaa
ajee haan chaand sa mukhdaa
ajee haan chaand sa mukhdaa
kaho tum isko aanchal
kaho tum isko aanchal
ise deewaar kehte hain
ise deewaar kehte hain
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
ise deedaar kahte hain
ise deedaar kahte hain
idhar bhee ik nazar daalo
bhhikaaree ban ke aaye hain
bhhikaaree ban ke aaye hain
bhhikaaree ban ke aaye hain
bhhikaaree ban ke aaye hain
unhen ye duniya waale
unhen ye duniyaa waale
husn ki sarkaar kehte hain
aejee sarkaar kehte hain
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
ise deedaar kahte hain
ise deedaar kahte hain
hamaaraa kaam dil denaa
tumhaaraa kaam dil lenaa
tumhaaraa kaam dil lenaa
tumhaaraa kaam dil lenaa
tumhaaraa kaam dil lenaa
hamen kehte hain dil waale
hamen kehte hain dil waale
tumhen dildaar kehte hain
tumhen dildaar kehte hain
unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai
ise deedaar kehte hain
ise deedaar kehte hain
4 Responses to "Haseen chehre pe ye zulfen giraana…Unhen chhup chhup ke dekha hai"
October 22, 2023 at 11:37 am
Arun ji,
Thanks for the post. I read with great interest about Amiya Chakravarty. He made films with good topics as you have mentioned. Did not know he died so young.
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