Naaraazagi ye aap kee hamen jeene nahin degee
Posted on: December 23, 2023
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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‘Unnees Bees’ (1980) was produced by V R Parameshwaram and was directed by Swaroop Kumar. The cast included Rakesh Roshan, Ranjeeta Kaur, Mithun Chakraborty, Yogeeta Bali, Kadar Khan. Reeta Bhaduri, Ranjeet, Urmila Bhat, Jayshree T, Jeevan, Bharat Bhushan, Raj Mehra, Ram Sethi etc. Sujit Kumar made the guest appearance in the film. Both the producer and the director debuted with this film.
The interesting point about casting of the film is that this is Yogita Bali’s second film with Mithun Chakraborty who probably married her during the making of the film. Ranjeeta Kaur and Mithun Chakraborty have worked together in as many as 21 films. They were very popular pairs of the 1980s. But in this film, Ranjeeta Kaur was paired with Rakesh Roshan.
Ranjeeta Kaur is one of the few female actors in Hindi films whose filmy career galloped with her very first film, ‘Laila Majnu’ (1976). For this film, director, H S Rawail had signed her when she was still in FTII. The shooting of the film was to commence after the completion of her acting course. In the intervening period, a few good wishers of Rawail advised him not to take risk with a newcomer for such a big film. However, Rawail was confident about his selection. To be on the safe side, Rawail sent Ranjeeta’s photograph to the film’s lead actor, Rishi Kapoor, with a cryptic note that he had already made his choice to cast her. Rishi Kapoor did not respond which meant that he had no objection to his selection.
‘Ankhiyaon Ke Jharokhon Se’ (1978) was Ranjeeta’s second film which also became a super hit. Originally, Sarika was signed for the film. However, due to some problems, she withdrew from the film. Tarachand Barjatya then signed Ranjeeta for the lead role. Once again, there were few who suggested to Tarachand Barjatya to change the lead actress with their own suggestions. However, he was adamant in retaining her in the film. These two trivia show how luck factors play an important role for a newcomer. (Both these trivia were revealed by Ranjeeta during her interview which appeared on the Times of India, 13/09/1920).
Ranjeeta Kaur was born in Patiala on 22/09/1956 in a Sikh family. Her father was a bureaucrat in Government while her mother was housewife. After completion of schooling in Shimla she enrolled in Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in the acting course. In the last year in FTII, she was selected by H S Rawail as a lead actress for ‘Laila Majnu’ (1976).
The super success of her first two films with tragic love stories made her a super star. During her first 10 years of Hindi film career, Ranjeeta worked in as many films as 54 films. However, between 1986 and 1990, 11 films of her were released most of which turns out to be flop films. In those days, in the film magazines, there used to be some gossip and rumours about Ranjeeta. One of the rumours was that after the successive failures of her few films on the box office in the second half of the 1980s, she was not in her good frame of mind. As a result, there has been some instances of problems faced by her films’ producers and directors. Another reason for her downfall, based on her filmography, could be that she signed some films with supporting roles/second lead. Probably, this may have prompted the producers not to take her on lead roles. It appears that Ranjeeta could not manage her sudden stardom to her advantage.
With her filmy career not picking up, Ranjeeta tried in TV serials. But she did not like the long and erratic hours of shooting scheduled associated with TV serials. In 1990, she decided to give up her filmy career and married a businessman, Raj Masand in December 1990 who had business interest in the Caribbean Islands. Post-marriage, Ranjeeta shifted to Pune bidding good bye to Hindi films. In Pune she worked in an International School as Public Relation Officer. After a gap of 15 years, Ranjeeta worked in three Hindi films, ‘Anjaane’ (2005), ‘Zindagi Tere Naam’ (2008). and
‘Jaane Pehchaane’ (2011). The last one was a remake of her superhit film, ‘Akhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se’ (1978). None of the films made to the list of box office sucess.
In 2007, Ranjeeta and her husband shifted to USA (Virginia) after her son got admission in a University. They opened a chain of stores around Norfolk, taking franchise of 7-Elevn stores. After the completion of her son’s education, he also joined in his father’s business. In 2015, the family shifted back to India and settled in Pune’s Koregaon Park. (Note: The life sketch of Ranjeeta is mainly based on her interview referred to above).
‘Unnees Bees’ (1980) is the typical Hindi films based on successfully tested ‘Lost and Found’ story. While many Hindi films on this formula turned out to be box office success, like ‘Waqt’ (1965), ‘Johny Mera Naam’ (1970), Yaadon Ki Baarat’ (1973), ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ (1977) etc, the film under discussion failed at the box office. Probably, the film’s writer, Kadar Khan may have convinced with statistics that the film based on ‘lost and found’ story is a winning formula as can be judged by the success of the film listed above. The debutant producer and director seem to believe in him. The ‘lost and found’ story of the film moves on an expected line. The gist of the story is as under:
After the death of the Shanti, a widow, her three children (2 brothers and a sister) get separated. Dev (Rakesh Roshan) is brought up by the smuggler Singh (Ranjeet), Jai is brought up by a pathan, Yakub Khan (Kadar Khan) but works for criminal Madan (Jeevan). Sister, Aarti (Reeta Bhaduri) has been brought up by a church priest.
After many years, Both Dev and Jai face each other for the first time when Aarti is molested by a gang of criminals. The gang is beaten by both Jai and Dev and Aarti is set free. Both have a sisterly affection for Aarti and assure her that they would be there to protect her. Afterwards, both Jai and Dev go their own way without knowing that one day Jai would be given the task to eliminate Dev by Madan. They do meet at the terrace of the house where Aarti stays and fight to get the information from Dev about the keys to the sumggled goods. One of themd would have got killed but the timely intervention of Aarti who send them out.
Jai has a soft corner for Annu (Yogita Bali) to whom he had saved the clutches of moestation from Singh’s hencemen. Dev falls in love with Kamal (Ranjeeta) who initially feels that Dev is more interested in her wealth than her. After the initial mistrust about Dev, Kamal falls in love with her. But between his love for Kamal and the task given by Singh to procure diamond necklace from her put Dev in a fix. Finally, Dev decides to leave the smuggling work for Singh and Jai decides not to work for Madan. A chance meeting of Jai with Kaka (Raj Mehra) who knows the background under which both brothers and sisters were separated, creates the prospect of a reunion as he now knows that Dev is his lost brother and Aarti is his lost sister.
But before their reunion, Dev and Jai are on the target of their respective bosses. Dev along with his sister, Aarti is abducted by Singh’s henchmen. Jai finds out the hideout and release both Dev and Aarti. Now it is turn of Jai who is surrounded by the henchmen of Madan. Finally, Dev joins Jai and after a long fight, Dev and Jai emerge victorious. Police enforcements arrive on the scene and arrests the henchmen and bosses. Dev and Jai are united with their sister, Aarti, Kamal and Annu.
The film had 5 songs written by Amit Khanna which were set to music by Rajesh Roshan. Udit Narayan made debut as a playback singer in this film when he sang ‘mil gaya mil gaya’ with Mohammed Rafi and Usha Mangeshkar. However, I am presenting a different song, ‘naaraazgi ye aap ki hamen jeene na degi’, the first from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Suman Kalyanpur and Mohammed Rafi which is picturised on Ranjeeta and Rakesh Roshan. The composition of song sounds like that of the 1960s’ style.
The background to the song is that Dev (Rakesh Roshan) who is in love with Kamal (Ranjeeta), has been annoyed by Kamal who says that he loves her for her money because she is wealthy. Dev gets angry and retorts her by saying that her eyes are covered by the veils of the ego of wealth. The day she sees him as a woman with clear eyes, then only she should meet him. Kamal does meet him in a sea-side restaurant but he walks away from her towards the beach when this song starts. It is a song of appeasement to the beloved and she is successful in winning him back.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Naaraazagi ye aap kee hamen jeene nahin degee(Unnees Bees)(1980) Singers-Suman Kalyanpur, Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics-Amit Khanna, MD-Rajesh Roshan
Both
Lyrics
naaraazgi ye aap ki hamen jeene nahin degi
chhodiye ye adaayen aur hamen pyaar keejiye
naaraazgi ye aap ki hamen jeene nahin degi
chhodiye ye adaayen aur hamen pyaar keejiye
apnon se berukhi ye achchee nahin sanam
apnon se berukhi ye achchee nahin sanam
kaise yakeen dilaayen khaaye kyaa kasam
ye bedili to aapki
ye bedili to aapki meri jaan hi le legi
chhodiye ye adaayen aur hamen pyaar keejiye
tumne kaha jo pyaar se lo maan gaye hum
tumne kaha jo pyaar se lo maan gaye hum
jeewan ke humsafar ko pehchaan gaye hum
ab zindagi mein khushiyaan
ab zindagi mein khushiyaan tumse hi bas milengi
chhodiye ye adaayen aur hamen pyaar keejiye
sapnon mein tere mere sapnon ka rang hai
main dor hoon teri tu meri patang hai
zindaadili se ishq ki
zindaadili se ishq ki ik pyaas si jagi hai
chhodiye ye adaayen aur hamen pyaar keejiye
naaraazgi ye aap ki hamen jeene nahi degi
chhodiye ye adaayen aur hamen pyaar keejiye
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December 23, 2023 at 8:30 pm
Thanks Kamath Sir,
for introducing yet another rare film(& related all information) and its song to the blog, Udit narayan`s name has been credited as Udit Narayan Jha for this film album
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