Aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi
Posted on: November 21, 2023
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Producer-director-writer, Basu Chatterjee is one of the earliest filmmakers who brought up middle-class related issues on the big screen with films like ‘Saara Aakaash’ (1969), ‘Piya Ka Ghar’ (1971), ‘Rajnigandha’ (1974), ‘Chhoti Si Baat’ (1975), ‘Chitchor’ (1976), ‘Baaton Baaton Mein’ (1979) and many more. He has also made film with other genres of which ‘Kamla Ki Maut’ (1989) was critically acclaimed. But the film failed at the box office. He went back to his favourite genre of middle class family drama with light comedy, and made for Doordarshan a telefilm, ‘Hamaari Shaadi’ (1990). About 3 months back, Doordarshan uploaded the film in digital format on one of the video sharing platforms, with improved audio-visual quality.
To make the film within the shoestring budget, Basu Chatterjee took the actors who had mostly acted in TV serials or the new comers, for the main characters in the film. The cast included Ajit Pal and Indrani Haldar (debut film) in the lead roles supported by Akhil Mishra, Ravi Baswani, Prem Bedi, Anjan Shrivastav, Manohar Singh, Meenaxi Thakur, Suman Dharmadhikari, Pushpa Verma, Suresh Bhagwat, Javed Khan, etc. The film’s story was written by Umesh Kalbag based on a real-life story of a couple in Mumbai. The film was shot on location in Mumbai. To cut the cost, he barely used film sets and instead Instead he made use of the real houses and office premises.
The film is about a young lover-couple in Mumbai who want to get married against the wishes of girl’s parents. They try the options of court marriage and the temple marriage, but the lawyer and the temple priest create complications for them. Finally, they decide to get married in the house of boy’s boss who will do ‘kanyadaan’ ceremony. Before that, the boy must find a shelter to stay in Mumbai after the marriage. He cannot afford to buy even a small flat or pay high rent. An old lady who has lost his only son, agrees to give the lover-couple a room in her house to stay after the marriage. On the day of the marriage, the girl insists with her husband-in-waiting that her parents be informed of the marriage. The climax is whether girl’s parents bless the couple.
The story of the film in detail is as under:
Pradeep (Ajit Pal) stays in a flat as a paying guest in Mumbai. He has no parents. He has recently got a job as a clerk in a company. In a neighbouring building, Jaya (Indrani Haldar) stays in a flat with her parents and is in her final year of post-graduation. Jaya’s father, Diwan Mahendra Singh (Manohar Singh), a former Diwan with a princely state, is a strict disciplinarian in his house. He is looking for a suitable bridegroom for Jaya in commensurate with his status so that after her post-graduation, she can be married off. So far, he has failed to get a suitable boy for her. Jaya does not like her father’s dictatorial tendencies in the house as well as his choosing a bridegroom without her consent.
Pradeep gets acquainted with Jaya, and they become friends. They frequently meet after office/college hours without the knowledge of Jaya’s parents. They love each other but Pradeep is afraid to propose to her due to his fear of Jaya’s father. It is only when her father is trying to fix another boy from Jaipur as her prospective bridegroom, Jaya reveals to Pradeep the problem at her end and suggests that they should get married quickly by eloping. Pradeep happily agrees to her suggestion.
Pareira (Ravi Baswani), Pradeep’s Man Friday in the office, suggests a court marriage which is quick and cost efficient. However, a court marriage lawyer (Anjan Shrivastav) tries to blackmail Pradeep by telling that Jaya’s father will create problems if he informs him about their impending court marriage. Pradeep drops the idea of the court marriage as Jaya opposes succumbing to lawyer’s blackmail. Pareira again comes to Pradeep’s rescue and suggests the temple marriage. However, the temple priest (again Anjan Shrivastav), knowing the background of the marriage, tries to extract money from Pradeep which Jaya refuses to agree. The lover-couple are back to square one.
Pareira once again find a solution for Pradeep in the office itself. He suggests him to consult their Boss, Sharma ji (Prem Bedi) who had got married in a similar circumstances. Sharma ji who was always aware of Pradeep’s love affairs but behaved as if he was not aware, suggests Pradeep to get married in his house with the offer that he and his wife (Pushpa Verma) will do the ‘kanyadaan’ ceremony. But before that Sharma ji advises him to have a house to stay in after the marriage.
Pradeep goes on searching for a flat but the cost of a flat for him is too high and he does not have that kind of money to buy. He also cannot afford the high rent. Pereira once again comes to his help and guides him to meet Mrs. Maria (Suman Dharmadhikari) who is a widow and stays alone in her bungalow in Bandra. He meets her and she offers him her empty garage with old furniture to stay. However, when Pradeep comes with Jaya for inspection, Maria has a change of heart because she sees in Pradeep, her deceased son. She offers her deceased son’s bedroom in her bungalow for staying after the marriage. She also provides Jaya with bride’s dresses. Pareira has paid for Pradeep’s wedding dress. The marriage date is fixed, and Sharma ji has arranged priest to perform the marriage ceremony in his house.
On the marriage day, Jaya leaves her house in the attire suitable for a bride with jewellery given by her mother to attend her college friend’s wedding in the morning. The plan is that Jaya, after attending her friend’s wedding would leave with the same attire to Sharma ji’s house for her own marriage with Pradeep scheduled in the evening. Pradeep reaches Sharma ji’s house and finds Jaya standing there with a sad face. She tells Pradeep that she had seen how her friend’s parents and other close relatives were happy in performing their daughter’s marriage. She says the she will not marry without involving her parents because the marriage is also a happy occasion for her parents and the close relatives, and their participation is essential.
Disgusted with the sudden change in Jaya’s behaviour, Pradeep rushes to Jaya’s house and meets her father, Diwan Mahendra Singh. He reveals in detail their plan of marriage. After some time, Jaya also joins Pradeep. After hearing this, there is tense moments for everyone in the house as to how Diwan Mahendra Singh would respond. Surprisingly. Jaya’s father gives his blessing for the marriage by saying that he has been searching a suitable boy for Jaya for the last two years but not a single proposal clicked. He was worried as to how he would get her married. The marriage is performed in the presence of Jaya’s parents and the newly married couple shift to Maria’s house. The film ends with Maria giving a traditional welcome to the married couple in her house.
After watching the full film in one sitting, I wondered how Basu Chatterjee could manage to make a full-length feature film of about 1 hour and 45 minutes of duration with a story that can be written in 10 lines. This is made possible mainly due to an excellent screenplay and subtle humour-filled dialogues written by Basu Chatterjee. There is not a single dull moment in the film. The performances of Ajit Pal and Indrani Haldar are excellent. Ravi Baswani’s performance adds to the light comical situations in the film.
‘Hamaari Shaadi’ (1990) had two songs written by Yogesh and set to music by the father-son duo of Salil Chowdhury-Sanjoy Chowdhury. No audio recording of the songs were released. I am presenting the first song, a title song, ‘aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi’ to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Kumar Shanu and it is picturised as a background song when two lovers, Ajit Pal and Indrani Haldar decide to meet after office hours. Both of them reach their meeting destination (which I presume is opposite Churchgate railway station). Thereafter, both of them walk, towards Marine Drive keeping the distance so that they appear like strangers to their acquaintances if they see them.
Video Clip
Song-Aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi (Hamaari Shaadi)(1990) Singer-Kumar Sanu, Lyrics-Yogesh, MD-Salil Chaudhari
Lyrics
aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi
milte hain jaise milen do ajnabi
anjaan se raahon pe chalte hain ye
aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi
milte hain jaise milen do ajnabi
anjaan se raahon pe chalte hain ye
chhupke duniya se
pyaar karte hain
koi dekh na le
haan dil mein darte hain
aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi
milte hain jaise milen do ajnabi
anjaan se raahon pe chalte hain ye
pyaar ke rang mein
mann ye jab doob jaaye ae
phir ye bandhan kabhi
koi na tod paaye
ye lagan hai jo
ye agan hai jo
jo bujhe na bujhaaye
ye lagan hai jo
ye agan hai jo
jo bujhe na bujhaaye
chhupke duniya se
pyaar karte hain
koi dekh na le
haan dil mein darte hain
aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi
milte hain jaise milen do ajnabi
anjaan se raahon pe chalte hain ye ae
jab milan ki ghadi
paas aane lagi hai ae
madhbari saans ye
geet gaane lagi hai
zindagi kitne
pyaar ke sapne
phir sajaane lagi hai
zindagi kitne
pyaar ke sapne
phir sajaane lagi hai
chhupke duniya se
pyaar karte hain
koi dekh na le
haan dil mein darte hain
aisa bhi hota hai do premi kabhi
milte hain jaise milen do ajnabi
anjaan se raahon pe chalte hain ye ae
chhupke duniya se
pyaar karte hain
koi dekh na le
dil mein darte hain
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