Mainaa re mainaa re
Posted on: October 25, 2023
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#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # (Debutant Movie-Chemmeen Lehren -1980)
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# Desh ki mitti ki khushboo-5 #
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Today’s song is from the ‘1980’ movie ‘Chemmeen Lehren’. This movie was dubbed in Hindi from the original Malayalam movie ‘Chemmeen-1965’. The movie originally made in ‘1965’ in Malayalam language is a milestone movie of the History of Indian Cinema and is considered as the pride of Malayalam Cinema. It was a turning point in the history of Malayalam Cinema. It was directed by Ramu Kariat.
The Malayalam movie was based on the novel by the same name ‘Chemmeen’ written by Thakazi Sivasankara Pillai, first published in 1956. Since this movie was based on the story of Thakazi Sivasankara Pillai an acclaimed literary personality in India and Malayalam Literature, let us have some information about him in brief. He also wrote the screenplay of this movie.
Thakazi Sivasankara Pillai was born on 17th April 1912 at Thakazi (Alleppey, Kerala). He has written many novels, novellas, and short stories in Malayalam which mainly focused on the societal conditions of Kerala of mid-twentieth century, and the lives of the oppressed classes. He started writing at an early age and his first novel came in 1934 which was “Thyagathinu Prathiphalam”. His novel ‘Chemmeen’ was published in 1956 for which he was awarded the prestigious ‘Sahitya Academy Award’ of 1957. His novel ‘Chemmeen’ and subsequently the movie with the same title got him national and international fame. This novel was later translated in more than eighteen languages of the world and it was also adapted for movies made in several countries. Films were also made based on his works like ‘Enippadikal -1964 (Rungs of the Ladder), ‘Anubhavangal Paalichakal-1966’. In 1984 he was awarded with the highest literary award – the ‘Gyanpeeth award’ for his novel ‘Kayar’. He was also the recipient of the third highest civilian honor ‘Padma Bhushan’ of Government of India. Thakazi Sivasankara Pillai passed away on 10th April 1999.
The movie ‘Chemmeen-1965’ made in Malayalam language was the first south Indian movie to win the National Award i.e. the ‘President’s Golden Lotus’ for the best film. The presentation of the movie and its’ artistic and technical values pioneered the growth of Malayalam Cinema in these aspects. It also paved the way for making of more movies based on the literary works in Malayalam language.
The success of this movie was because of coming together of some of the best talents and stalwarts of Indian Cinema. The cinematography of this movie was done by Marcus Bartley (supported by U. Rajagopal). Editing of this movie was done by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Music for this movie was composed by none other than the legendary music director Salil Chaudhary. Since the readers on the blog are aware about Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Salil Chaudhary let us have brief information about the other lead members of the crew of this movie, which I feel necessary here as a tribute to these great talents who made a deep impact on the audiences with this movie and set new benchmark for regional cinema as well as Indian Cinema.
Marcus Bartley (22.04.1917-14.03.1993) was an Anglo-Indian Cinematographer mainly working for Telugu films. He was born in an Anglo-Indian family of doctors in Yercaud (Tamilnadu). Bartley started as an amateur photographer while he was in school. He later moved to Bombay in 1940 to join as a press photographer for ‘The Times of India’. From there he became a ‘Newsreel Cameraman’ for the British Movietone under the patronage of ‘The Times of India’. He did not have any formal training in photography but learn his craft on the job with sheer dedication and hard work. His first film as cinematographer was ‘Swarga Seema-1945’ with Pragati Studios, Madras. Other than the Telugu language films he also worked for few films in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. He worked as a cinematographer for some of the classic films like ‘Shavukaru-1950’, Paathala Bhairavi-1951’, ‘Missamma-1955’, ‘Maya Baazaar-1957’, ‘Gundamma Katha-1962’, ‘Chemmeen-1965’, ‘Ram Aur Shaym-1967, etc. ‘Saathi-1968’, ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Kahaani-1970’, ‘Yahi Hai Zindagi-1977’ and ‘Zindagi Jeene Ke Liye-1984’ are other Hindi movies where he worked for. He won the ‘National Film Award for Best Cinematography’ and the Tamilnadu State Film Award for best Cinematographer in 1970 for “Shanti Nilayam-(Tamil, 1969). He was the first Indian to win the Best Cinematography award ‘Gold Medal’ at the ‘Cannes Film Festival’ for the movie ‘Chemmeen’. His photography for the movie ‘Chemmeen’ was highly praised and it had a major role to bring the essence of the story & canvas on the screen. However he did not receive the national award for this movie. Bartley was known to be a perfectionist and he treated everybody with same respect as he didn’t believe in ‘hierarchies’.
The dialogue writer S.L. Puram Sadanandan (15.04.1928 – 17.09.2005) was a prolific scenarist and major playwright of Malayalam cinema. He worked with the director Ramu Kariat for ‘Chemmeen-1965’ and for ‘Nellu-1974’ (where he had done the adaptation of the story by P. Vatsala for the film).
“Chemmeen Lehren-1980” was directed by Ramu Kariat for ‘Kanmani Films, Cochin’. It was produced by Babu Ismail. The cast of this movie included Sathyan, Sheela, Madhu, Kottarkkara Shridharan Nair, S.P. Pillai, Lata, Adoor Bhawani, Adoor Pankajam, Rajakumari, Eddie, Kottayam Chellappan, J.A.R. Anand, Paravoor Bharathan, Kothamangalam Ali and others. This Hindi movie was passed by Censor Board on 03.09.1980. Story and screenplay of this movie was written by Thakazi Sivasankara Pillai and dialogues were written by S.L. Puram Sadanandan. Lyricist for this movie was Vyalar Rama Verma. Manna Dey, Santha P Nair, Leela P., K.P. Udayabhanu and K.J. Yesudas were the playback singers for this movie. Lyrics for the songs in Hindi are written by lyricist Yogesh.
“Chemmeen-1965” (aka ‘wrath of the sea’ aka ‘shrimp’) tell us a tragic love story against the backdrop of the fishing village and life of a fishing community in a village of Kerala their beliefs, faith and traditions… The Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema mentions it as the ‘melodrama which put Malayalam Cinema on the map of Indian Cinema’.
Here is the gist of the story of this movie –
Chambankunju (S.K. Nair) is a Hindu fisherman who is helped by his daughter Karuthamma (Sheela) in his fishing trade. Karuthamma loves Pareekutty (Madhu) who is a Muslim Trader. However given the traditions Karuthamma cannot marry Pareekutty and is married to a stranger Palani (Sathyan). The village people have doubts over the chastity of Karuthamma because of her affair with Pareekutty. But Sathyan believes that she didn’t have any physical relationship with Pareekutty. The villagers criticize and censured Palani. Once Karuthamma and Pareekutty met and they make love. Palani is out in the sea for fishing and battling with a shark. Palani gets into a whirlpool and dies. This is attributed to the wrath of sea goddess Kadalmma who exacts revenge for the infringement of prevailing chastity codes of the fishermen community.
Mentioning about the presentation of this story on screen and the technical aspects of this film ‘The Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema’ mentions that “Known mainly for the remarkable performances of its entire lead cast (notably Sathyan), the film was made as a sprawling epic matching the scale of one of Malayalam literature’s most famous novels. The editing, done by Hrishikesh Mukherjee virtually as a salvation job for a production that had apparently got out of hand, is extremely tight, but the film still retains the frontier realism of a fishing community battling the forces of nature, myth and uncontrolled emotion as dictated by the script. Novelist Pillai’s highly mystical end in the book, as Palani battles the shark while his wife betrays him, nevertheless remains too complex for predominantly realist melodrama. Composer Salil Chaudhary’s Malayalam debut was remarkably successful, and both songs and background score are integral to the scale of the drama.”
Let us now get to know a brief about the director of this movie i.e. Ramu Kariat (01.02.1927 – 10.02.1979). He was born in Engandiyur, Thrissur- Kerala into a farming family. He started writing poetry and prose when he was still in his teens.
He started his career with the theatre group ‘Kerala People’s Art Club’. He debuted in Malayalam movies by co-directing the movie ‘Thiramal’ with director Vimal Kumar and P.R.S. Pillai. He directed many films from the 1950s to 1970s in Malayalam Cinema and his films were in the broad context of the cultural renaissance spearheaded by the ‘Kerala People’s Art Club’. Many of the movies which he directed had the stories based on the prominent litterateurs of Malayalam language. His movies won several awards and brought accolades for him (e.g. ‘Neelakuyil’, ‘Mudiyanaya Puthran’, and ‘Chemmeen’). Ramu Kariat was the member of the jury at the ‘9th Moscow International Film Festival’ in 1975. He directed around fifteen films in his career.
Coming to the lead actors who acted in this movie now i.e. Sathyan, Sheela, Madhu and K.S. Nair (who plays the role of the father of Karuthamma), they all have been stalwarts in their field and their respective film career where they have left the indelible mark on the audience and had been a reason of joy for their audience and people who liked their acting and love them. However discussing about these actors would take considerable space here. I would have loved to write about them in this article but I am leaving it for future otherwise this article will become a ‘long documentary’ article So we will have the information about them in other posts with the remaining songs of this movie.
Let us now enjoy the song where we can see fishermen setting out for the sea for fishing and on the other side Karuthamma and her ‘sahelis’ where they are singing the story of the ‘myth of the sea’ in this song. The fishermen on the other side are singing and ready to face any challenge in the sea. Today’s song is sung by Suresh Wadkar, Antara Chaudhary and chorus. Lyrics are by Yogesh and music is composed by Salil Chaudhary.
(Sources of information – ‘The Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema’ by Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen, ‘History of Indian Cinema’ by Renu Saran, ‘Wikipedia’, and several articles available online media related to the movie ‘Chemmeen’.)
Let us welcome ‘Chemmeen Lehren-1980’ on the blog. I was unable to note correct words at many places which I would request knowledgeable readers to kindly provide please. I could not find the Hindi dubbed version of this movie online, however, the movie is available in Malayalam language online.
Enjoy the song ‘pennaale pennaale’ (i.e. in Malayalam) we will now have the Hindi dubbed version of this song which is a nice song to listen to …
Video
(video, same song in Malayalam)
Song-Maina re maina re (Chemmeen Lehren)(1980) Singers – Antara Chaudhary, Suresh Wadkar, Lyrics-Yogesh, MD-Salil Chaudhary
Female chorus
Male chorus
Lyrics
mainaa ke ae
mainaa ke ae
ras bhare nainaa re ae
nainaa re ae
mainaa ke ae
mainaa ke ae
ras bhare nainaa re ae
nainaa re ae
kaahe sharmaa ke
munh mode
kaahe sharmaa ke
munh mode
gaao na
mainaa ke ae
mainaa ke ae
ras bhare nainaa re
nainaa re ae
tandaanaa
tandaanaa
tandaa aa
tandaanaa
tandaanaa
tandaa aa
bhar ke dil jo tu muskaaye
hiley to sau sau bal khaaye
oye oye
laage dam muyi re
tere ghar aayi
sandili belaa re ae
neele aakaash par
wo sooraj ugaa aa
he ae
neele aakaash par
wo sooraj ugaa aa
he ae
sone se rang se ye
saagar sajaa aa
he ae
sone se rang se ye
saagar sajaa aa
he ae
chal do patwaaar le kar
lehron mein naao khe kar
aa aa
chal do patwaaar le kar
lehron mein naao khe kar
deti hai door se wo manzil sadaa aa
he ae
deti hai door se
wo manzil sadaa aa
barson hai puraani
batiyaan bholi ee
machhuwaaron ki sun
batiyaan bholi ee
ik din
koyi machheraa
samandar gayaa
toofaan aayaa aa
doobaa andar gayaa aa
??
dooba?? aaya
hoye hoye
niraali kahaani
har pal yaad
zaraa tu rakhnaa aa
mainaa ke ae
mainaa ke ae
ras bhare nainaa re
nainaa re ae
aandhi toofaanon se
ham naa daren
he ae
aandhi toofaanon se
ham naa daren
he ae
dil hain hamaare to
armaan bhare ae
he ae
dil hain hamaare to
armaan bhare ae
he ae
ham gir ke
sambhalenge
ham to na badlenge
ham gir ke sambhalenge
aa aa
ham to naa badlenge
aa aa
mausam ye roop chaahe
kitne dhare ae
aa he ae
mausam ye roop chaahe
kitne dhare ae
barson hain
puraani batiyaan bholi
machhuwaaron ki
sun batiyaan bholi ee
ik din
ek machheran
pati ko bhooli
patiyon ki rasmein reet bhooli
pati uska are toofaan ??
?
hoye hoye
mainaa ke ae
mainaa ke ae
ras bhare nainaa re
nainaa re ae
tandaanaa tandaanaa
tandaa aa
tandaanaa tandaanaa
tandaa aa
tandaanaa tandaanaa
tandaa aa
tandaanaa tandaanaa
tandaa aa
tandaanaa tandaanaa
tandaa aa
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November 22, 2023 at 10:17 am
I revisited this post today & realized that I had read it on the day it was posted, in the train, on my way back from Kerala.
Great to have this film on the blog.
Thank you Avinashji
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November 22, 2023 at 10:30 am
Peevesie’s Mom ji, thanks for revisiting this post and your comments on this post. I hope you enjoyed the post and this song.
Regards,
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