Swaamijee o Swaamijee
Posted on: December 12, 2023
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Hullo Atuldom
As students, i.e. during school days, we used to be given an exercise in language class. We would be given a paragraph, story or poetry & asked to read it for a few minutes. There would be a set of questions, at the end of the passage or writeup, that would test how much we have understood what was written. Often the last question would be to give a suitable Title to the writeup. This activity used to be called COMPREHENSION in English, forgive me for not being able to recall what ‘comprehension’ is Hindi & Marathi. These are the three main languages that I learnt in school, that is why I am looking for the word in Hindi & Marathi. Different matter that I learnt Malayalam too in school but I don’t recall having this in my Malayalam question paper.
I am sure, readers will be wondering where I am getting to. Well, I was thinking about films & their titles. How filmmakers think up titles for their work. So many times, in innumerable instances, I have read about a film having a working title & then getting a release with a different title. Many times, I have sat through films & found no connection between the title & the film. Of course, those are very rare cases, mostly the titles are apt for the movies.
The song with today’s post is from the 1984 released action-comedy-drama film “John Jani Janardhan”. The title may look like it is inspired by the very famous song of the Manmohan Desai hit of 1981 ‘Naseeb’. But, in reality, this film had this title because the hero had these three names. The hero played father John Mendez & his twin sons Jani & Janardhan.
“John Jani Janardhan” (1984) was produced by A. Purnachandra Rao & directed by T. Rama Rao. Anand Bakshi wrote the songs that were composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The playback singers used were Kavita Krishnamurthy, S.Janaki, S.P. Balasubramaniam, Suresh Wadkar, & Shailendra Singh.
The film had six songs of which this song is already present on our blog. That song was posted exactly five years back, on this date, to wish the stylish unconventional looking hero-Rajnikanth- on his birthday.
Rajnikanth was born, in Bangalore as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, on December 12th 1950 (some places his birth year is given as 1949). Initially he was working as a bus conductor and his style & mannerisms of issuing tickets, blowing whistle etc. caught the fancy of the travellers. On being encouraged by a few of his friends, he moved to Madras (now Chennai), joined the Madras Film Institute where he caught the eye of filmmaker K. Balachander who introduced him to the Tamil film industry in a small role in 1975. From then on there was no looking back. He has played a villain in many of his initial films and was the ‘bad character’ who the audience loved to hate. His style, swagger, & casual unique style of action is something that his fans love him for; and this has overshadowed many of his comedy roles & even serious characters.
“Moondru Mugam” (1982) meaning ‘three faces’ was a film where Rajnikanth had action, emotion & comedy scenes. This was the film which was remade in Hindi as “John Jani Janardhan”.
Rati Agnihotri & Poonam Dhillon were the two heroines of this film which was the story of an honest police officer John Mendez (father Rajnikanth) who lives a middle-class lifestyle with his wife, Cheryl (Poonam Dhillon), and a maidservant, Fatimabi (Dulari). John busts a gang that makes illicit liquor and holds them in a cell, bringing him into confrontation with their leader, Gajanand ‘Gajju’ (Kadar Khan), who goes to threaten John, but is himself arrested and sentenced. When he is acquitted, he decides to avenge his humiliation by entrapping John and killing him. Cheryl gives birth to twin sons and passes away. A rich childless couple, Brijmohan Gupta (Utpal Dutt) adopts one of the twins and names him Janardhan (Rajnikanth -son number 1), while the second is named Jani (Rajnikanth- son number 2) and lives with Fatimabi. Twenty-five years later, Janardhan is an America- returned young man, in love with Madhu (Rati Agnihotri). On his birthday party he comes face to face with a man named Gopaldas (played by south actor Thyagarajan), and his entire personality changes as he is taken over by the vengeful spirit of John. Subsequently, Gopaldas is killed, and Janardhan is arrested and tried in Court. And then there is the usual climax when the brothers discover each other etc. (seen this movie a long time ago in Tamil never in Hindi).
For today’s post I have chosen a song where Rati Agnihotri is trying her best to woo her hero. I am not sure about the background of the song, whether this is ‘Jani’ or ‘Janardhan’ that has decided to renounce the world. The lady is surely having a gala time; but by the end of the song, the chorus dancers switch sides much to the dismay of the lady.
This was possibly the only Hindi film where Rati Agnihotri was cast alongside Rajnikanth though they were co-actors in a few Tamil films. Let us wish Rati Agnihotri too on turning a year older on 10th of December.
Video
Audio (Longer)
Song-Swaamiji o Swaamiji (John Jani Janardan)(1984) Singers-Shailendra Singh, S Janaki, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Female chorus
Shailendra Singh + Female chorus
Lyrics(Based on audio link)
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
la la la laa
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
chhodo ye neknaami ji
swaamiji o swaamiji
chhodo ye neknaami ji
hamse aankh ladaakar le lo
thhodi si badnaami
jee
ho swaamiji
swaamiji
aankhen kholo swaamiji
aankhen khol ke dekho to
dekho to
dekho to
munh se bol ke dekho to
dekho to
dekho to
aankhen khol ke dekho to
munh se bol ke dekho to
nainon ke taraazu mein
joban taul ke dekho to
hare raam raam raam
roop mera sharmila ji
rang mera baadaami
jeee
ho swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
prem kaa mantar sachchaa hai ae ae
swaamijee swaamiji
swaamijee swaamiji
bhakti mein kyaa rakha hai ae ae
swaami jee swamiji ji
swaamijee swaamiji
saans ki doree ee kachchee hai aey ae ae
prem kaa dhaagaa pakcaa hai ae ae
hare krishna krishnaa hare ae
pyaar hai man ki azaadee
bhakti sirf ghulaamee
jee ee eeeee eee
o swamiji jee ee eee
sawamijee eee o swaamiji
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
pyaar agar thhukraaoge
ant samay pachhtaaoge
ant samay pachhtaaoge
ant samay pachhtaaoge
pyaar agar thhukraaoge
ant saamy pachhtaaoge
apne man ko mat maaro o
varna khud mar jaaoge
varna khud mar jaaoge
varna khud mar jaaoge
aage main kya aur kahoon
tum ho antaryaami
jee
ho swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
chhodo ye neknaaamee jee
hamse aankh ladaakar le lo
thhodi si badnaami jee
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
bolo
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
6 Responses to "Swaamijee o Swaamijee"
December 12, 2023 at 8:42 pm
thodee correction lyrics mein(Hope you don`t mind Madam jee, me correcting you…….)
“hamse aankh LADAAKAR(not milaakar)le lo, thodi see badnaami jee” (video mein song audio not clearly audible….)
Full audio link with all three stanzas:
Lyrics of 2nd stanza which exists only only in the audio link:
prem kaa manthar/mantra sachchaa hai ae ae (S.Janaki)
swamijee swaamiji (Female Chorus)
swamijee swaamiji(Female Chorus)
bhakthi mein kyaa rakha hai ae ae (S.Janaki)
swaami jee swamiji ji (Female Chorus)
swamijee swaamiji(Female Chorus)
saans ki doree ee kachchee hai aey ae ae(S.Janaki)
prem kaa dhaagaa pucccaa hai ae ae(S.Janaki)
hare krishna krishnaa hare ae(Shailendra Singh)
pyaar hai man ki azaadee(S.Janaki)
bhakthi sirf ghulamee jee eee(S.Janaki)
jee ee eeeee eee(Female Chorus)
o swamiji jee ee eee(Female Chorus)
swamijee eee o swaamiji(S.Janaki)
December 12, 2023 at 10:40 pm
Thank you PCji for pointing to the correction in the lyrics
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December 12, 2023 at 9:30 pm
A.Purna Chandra Rao produced all the following mentioned films under his Production banner
Lakshmi Productions
(Music directors of all of them are Laxmikant Pyarelal)
(and most of them are directed by T.Rama Rao)
(and most of them are having dialogues by Rahi Masoom Reza)
(and ALL of them are lyrics by Anand Bakshi)
(and most of them are remakes of famous South Indian langauge films)
(and first three of them had Asrani as comedian)
1)Maang bharo sajna(1980)(Jeetendra in double role with Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee)(dir:T.Rama Rao)(Story:Prabhakar Reddy)(Telugu original)
(got kannada remake in Sowbhagya lakshmi starring Vishnuvardhan,Lakshmi,Radha)
(original Telugu film Karthika deepam starring Shobhan babu, Sridevi, sharada, Geetha)
(in tamil karpoora deepam in tamil with suhasini,ambika,sivakumar,Ashwini)
2)Ek hi bhool(1981)(story:K.Bhagyaraja)
(Jeetendra with Rekha, Nazneen,shabana Azmi in special appearance)(dir:T.Rama Rao)
(got kannada remake in Mane devru starring Ravichandran, Sudharani)
(original tamil)(and later made into telugu,kannada, malayalam langauge remakes)
3)Andhaa Kanoon(1983)(RajniKant,Reena Roy, Hema Malini,Amitabh,Madhavi)(dir:T.Rama Rao)
(got kannada remake in Nyaya yellide starring Arathi,Shankar Nag, Sangeetha)
(Tamil original (and later made into telugu,kannada, malayalam langauge remakes)
4)John Jani Janardhan(1984)(Rajnikant,Poonam Dhillon, Rati Agnihotri,Leenadas)(dir:T.Rama Rao)
(Got kannada remake in Gedda Maga)
(oginal tamil )(telugu, kannada remakes exists)
5)Aakhree Raasta(1986)(dir:K.Bhagyaraja)(Amitabh in double role, Jayaprada,Sridevi)
(original tamil and later made in telugu and malayalam films)
6)Sansar(1987)(Story:Visu)(dir:T.Rama Rao)
(Rekha,Raj Babbar,Anupam Kher)(dialogues :K.K.Singh)
(got kannada remake in Onde goodina Hakkigalu starring Lakshmi, Vikram,Tiger Prabhakar)
(original tamil film and later made in telugu, kannada,malayalam languages)
7)Chaalbaaz(1989)(dir:Pankuj Parashar)(Sridevi in double role with Sunny Deol, Rajnikant)
May 2, 2025 at 8:54 am
This is not a song worth mentioned in Atul’s song a day,
Apologies
Uma🙏
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
December 12, 2023 at 8:16 pm
Kannada remake of this Hindi film had Late Shankar nag in three roles with Aarathi, Madhavi(South),Silk Smitha:
Kannada film name “Gedda Maga(1983)”(means “the one son who succeeded”, ->Very poorly translated ,Sorry for that:
Here is the kannada video for tha above posted Hindi song situation featuring Shankar nag and Madhavi:
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