Majnu banaa diyaa hamen Farhaad kar diyaa
Posted on: December 31, 2023
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Today’s song is from a Costume drama film Naqab-1955.
This was yet another film weaving a beaten-track story of the King – Queen and the evil Vazir. Initially I was quite amused with such stories and was keen to see these films. Slowly and in due course as I expanded my world, I started getting weary of such set stories. The basic plot used to be the same, only the names of places and the characters and actors used to be different. I guess, even the filmmakers got tired with these stories. In reality, the generation which enjoyed such child pleasing stories was receding in the background with the growing age and the next generation was eager to broaden its visions with different Genres of films like Comedy, Real life adventure, Religion, Love stories, Musicals, Historicals and what not !
Filmmakers who survived on the theatre-going crowds and their choices, realised the changed tastes and the Indian films turned a new leaf of films made. By the end of the 50’s and finally by the middle of the 60’s such films made a retreat and they slowly disappeared into the History pages finally. Looking back now, I remember how I enjoyed such films in my younger age. In those days, the leading stars too had no anathema to working in such costume dramas. One can easily quote names of this type of films in which great stars appeared in their early careers. They crossed this stage and the second, third and the fourth level artistes acted and sustained action/stunt costume films.
Today’s film Naqab-1955 had in its cast Madhubala, Shammi Kapoor, Asha Mathur, Ajit, Heeralal, Yashodhara Katju, Maruti (Parab) and others. Madhubala, Shammi Kapoor and Ajit graduated from these types of films in due course and became “A” grade actors in different types of films. Shammi Kapoor, who debuted in 1953 – at the age of 22 years – with the film Jeewan Jyoti, did 17 films, before the film ” Tumsa Nahin Dekha”-1957 changed his life forever – never to look back what types of films he did in his early career. He became a big star. He ruled the 60’s with musicals and comedies starring opposite top and debuting actresses, Pran typically as the Villain and Rafi as his voice amid the beautiful Kashmir background.
It was in 1955 only that he secretly married Geeta Bali, without informing his family, during the shooting of the film ” Miss Coca Cola”. Unfortunately Geeta Bali died in 1965, when he was shooting for the film ” Teesri Manzil”. The shooting was stopped, but the director Vijaya Anand kept the sets intact for 3 months – paying heavy rents. When Shammi Kapoor reported for shooting, he shot for the song ” Tumne mujhe dekha hokar meherbaan” !
Madhubala started as a child artiste and after doing 14 films, became the heroine opposite Raj Kapoor in film ” Neel Kamal”-1947, which changed her career. Ajit did 15 films before his film ” Beqasoor”-1950 became one of the most successful films of 1950. It was in this film that he changed his name from Hamid Khan to Ajit. After doing Hero and second lead films, he established himself as the most stylish and suave villain of Hindi films. As the coolest villain, he became famous for his dialogues like, Mona Darling, Smart Boy, Lilly- don’t be silly, How very interesting and Saara shehar mujhe Loyan ke naam se jaanata hai ! For many successful actors and actresses of the 60’s, Costume films were the road to their career heights.
Today’s film was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. Here is some information on him…..
A youngster, like millions of displaced Punjabis ,crossed over to India in 1947 from Abbottabad ( Now Pakistan), when the Indian subcontinent was divided. He and his family, like hundreds of other refugee families from Punjab, were given shelter in Kingsway camp located in north Delhi.
It was by chance that the youngster named Hari Kishan Goswami (Manoj Kumar) met his distant cousin Lekh Raj Bhakri, a filmmaker, who was on a visit to Delhi. The well experienced movie maker was impressed with the personality of the lanky handsome man & inquired from him if he is interested in being an actor. The young lad, who was a fan of Dilip Kumar , readily agreed & reached Bombay. Those days Bhakri was making a film Fashion-1957, with his favourite actor Pradeep Kumar ,Mala Sinha,Chandra Shekhar,Jabeen & Kammo & the shooting was in progress . Mr Goswami was told to be in the studio , to get himself acquainted with the nitty gritty of the film making .
So Goswami started working as an assistant to director Lekhraj Bhakri- for the film Fashion-57. There was a song in the film, in the voice of Hemant Kumar, to be shot on a Beggar on the screen. On the day of shooting, the actor who was supposed to do the role of the beggar and sing this song, did not come. Lekhraj Bhakri caught Harikishen Goswami, put on the make up of the bearded beggar and made him sing this song on camera. Thus the debut of Goswami took place with Hemant Kumar’s song ! As a Beggar !!
No one from the audience could ever imagine that the person with dishevelled hairs, having a big beard , and with a song on his lips is a handsome young man of 19 years . The movie was ‘Fashion’, released in 1957 & the song was Composed & crooned by Hemant Kumar. It was the young man’s first exposure before camera. The song was to chide a wayward hero (Pradeep Kumar),who has left his wife (Mala Sinha),for another woman (Kammo) having ill intentions.The song was ” Dharti ki godh mein…” After Fashion-57, Bhakri made Sahara in 58 ,with M Rajan & Meena Kumari & Hari Kishan Goswami ( who now wanted to be called as Manoj Kumar, the name Dilip Kumar had in a film), was given a substantial role . Bhakri, true to his words, took on Manoj Kumar in his subsequent movies Panchayat, Chand & Honeymoon (1960).
Lekh Raj Bhakri directed his first film Rajpoot-51 and thereafter he regularly directed movies ,like Resham,Thokar, Dak Babu etc within a modest budget. He directed Nineteen movies during 1950 to 1962. His last film was Banarasi Thug-1962. He made most of his movies under the banner Tasviristan, owned by Kuldip Sehgal and his sibling Mulkh Raj Bhakri’s Golden movies. Mulkh Raj Bhakri, besides being a producer of Hindi/Punjabi movies ,was also a writer & lyricist . He wrote the famous song ‘Haye Chanda Gaye Pardes’ for Chakori, which is still appreciated by connoisseurs of film music. Mulkh Raj Bhakri also made Bhangra ,a super hit musical in Punjabi,which had Sunder & Nishi in lead roles.
Lekh Raj Bhakri made many family oriented movies, like Maa Beta, Tange Wali, Naya Zamana,HoneyMoon etc. At the same time ,he had no problems directing films of other genres for those who wanted to watch fantasy & Arabian Nights movies. For them he made Naqab, Alladin Laila & Nag Padmini. Later,he made a musical Muslim social ‘Shama’ which had Suraiyya & Nimmi & music was composed by Ghulam Mohammad.
Besides Manoj Kumar, Lekh Raj Bhakri introduced music director Kanu Ghosh with his film Naya Zamaan (1957 ) & Iqbal Qureishi with Panchayat (1958). He also introduced actor Vijay Dutt with Shama. Lekh Raj Bhakri hung his boots after Banarsi Thug, a hugely entertaining movie, released in 1962. He did not further attempt to make movies, as after the arrival of colour, the budget of Hindi movies was increased many fold & now it was a risky business. It did not suit the temperament of a simple soul like Bhakri Saheb. Mr Bhakri, who did not believe in showing off, always kept a low profile despite being a successful director, bade adieu to show business. Much later, he passed away on 03 March 1976 at the age of sixty years. It was a matter of time, when the era of principled film makers, who made purposeful movies with message , came to an end & proposal makers having no regards for ethical values arrived with the sole aim of earning money .( adapted from the article by shri M.N.Sardana ji, with thanks, and my notes. )
You can see one more name Maruti in the cast. Most people consider him only as a Comedian-which he was, but he was also a director. He was a comedy actor and father of Comedienne Guddi Maruti. Earlier to him there was another actor called Marutirao Pehelwan ( father of Dancer Gopi Krishna), who operated from Silent films to Talkie films till early 40’s. Although they had the same name, these actors did not cause any ” Same Name Confusion”, because they operated one after another – without overlapping their career period. However, I still found that some sites are making a mix up of their Filmography.
His full name was Marutirao Ganpatrao Parab. He was born on 12-2-1927 at Ahmednagar, near Poona. After completing his Matriculation, he came to Bombay to try his luck in film acting. His first few films like Pagli Duniya-44, and Gajre-48 were without his name in credits. He got his credits firmly from the film Albela-51. Then he featured in many many films…Footpath-53, Baap re Baap-55, Baghdad ka chor-55, Chori chori-56, Guest House-59, Opera House-61, Parasmani-63, Lutera-65, Ustad 420-69, Shor-72, Kunwara Baap-74, Don-78 etc etc. In the 60’s he mainly worked in Dara Singh films.
He acted in a total 221 films and featured in 34 songs on screen. He also directed 7 films, namely Baghi Shehzada-64, Hum sab ustad Hai-65, Killers-69, Bank Robbery-69, Mangu Dada-70, Kahin aar kahin paar-71 and Hum sab chor hain-73. His last film as an actor was Bandish – 1980. As an actor he was not much satisfied, but film direction gave him joy and satisfaction. After his last film he retired from films. However several films like karate-83 and Naya Bakra-85 got delayed releases. He died peacefully on 12-3-1981.
He had married his co-star Miss Kamal, a small time actress who worked in films like Dashehra-56, Tatar ka chor-55, Garma Garam -57, Darbar-55, Riyasat-56 etc. etc. Their daughter Guddi Maruti had better luck in films than both of them. ( Thanks to a note by Rajni kumar Pandya ji, book ‘Eena, meena deeka’ by Sanjit Narvwekar, HFGK, muVyz and my notes).
The story of the film Naqab-1955 was….
Princess Rukhsana was engaged to Prince Kamran of the neighbouring kingdom. She loved him. The Vazir loved Rukhsana very much but she did not respond. To get her, Vazir kills the king and imprisons her. Kamran comes with sister Yasmin and a few friends. Yasmin is roaming at night when she is arrested and taken to the Police station.There, Inspector Anwar falls in love. He releases her but she finds from him where Princess is kept. She tells her name as Roohi. She informs Kamran, who goes and meets Princes. Vazir comes to know this. He arrests Anwar, catches Roohi and orders Anwar to shoot Roohi. Here, Kamran frees Princess and comes to the court in disguise, with his friends.
Anwar, instead of Roohi, shoots at the Vazir. Kamran and his friends also attack the Vazir and kill him. Kamran and the Princes get married. Kamran becomes the king and Anwar is made Vazir.He marries Yasmin.
Today’s song is a qawali sung by S.D.Batish and S.Balbir, with Chorus. It is a two part song of almost 6 minutes. Enjoy the qawali.
Song- Majnu bana diya humen Farhaad kar diya (Naqaab)(1955) Singers- S Balbir, S.D.Batish,Lyricist-Prem Dhavan, MD- Pt Gobind Ram
chorus
Lyrics
Majnoo bana diya hamen
Farhaad kar diya
ahhahahaaha
subhan allah
kya baat hai
muqarrar
Majnoo bana diya hamen aen aen aen aen aen aen
Majnoo bana diya hamen
Farhaad kar diya
teree nazar ne humko to
barbaad kar diya
aa aa aa
ulfat ka hamen nazla hai ae ae ae ae
ulfat ka hamen nazla hai
to pyaar ka aa bukhaar
mar mar ke jee raha hai tere ishq ka aa beemaar
arre miyaan
isi liye to chacha Ghalib farma gaye hain
kya farma gaye hain
Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya
Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya
warna hum bhi aadmi thhe kaam ke ae
warna hum bhi aadmi thhe kaam ke
Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya aa aa aa aa aa
Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya
warna hum bhi aadmi thhe kaam ke
warna hum bhi aadmi thhe kaam ke
ab jigar thhaam ke baithho
meree baaree aayee
lo aur suno
arre bhai inki bhi baaree aayee
hahahahahaha
haan aan
ab jigar thhaam ke baithho
meree baaree aayee
haan ladakpan hee se
ishq kee beemaaree aayee
aise dilphenk thhe
jaate thhe jis kooche mein ae ae
aise dilphenk thhe
haaye
aise dilphenk thhe
jaate thhe jis kooche mein aen aen aen aen
log kehte thhe ke aashiq kee sawaaree aayee
magar chacha
ab
arre miyaan
ab to aashiq hain baraaye naam ke
ab to aashiq hain baraaye naam ke
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
haan aan aan aan
haan aan aan aan
o o o o o o
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke ae ae
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
phir kaho barkhurdaar
ik dilruba thhi ikdin
ye dil jo mera atka
kadmon pe ja ke uske
sar maine apna patka
kadmon pe ja ke uske
sar maine apna patka
ye sar maine apna patka
shaamat jo meree aayee
abba ne khabar paayee
thhappad pe diya thhappad
phatke pe diya phatka
aur phir
rah gaye rote jigar ko thhaam ke ae
rah gaye rote jigar ko thhaam ke
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya aa aa aa aa
ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke ae ae
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
kar de jo tu ishaaraa
taare falak se laa doon
kar de jo tu ishaaraa
taare falak se laa doon
kadmon pe tere laa ke
main chaand ko jhuka doon
kadmon pe tere laa ke
main chaand ko jhuka doon
na jaane tere aage
kyun zor nahin chalta
na jaane tere aage
kyun zor nahin chalta
warna to jaise chaahoon
duniya ko main mitaa doon
warna to jaise chaahoon
duniya ko main mitaa doon
magar haay ree qismat
din bure hain aashiq e naakaam ke
din bure hain aashiq e naakaam ke
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya aa aa aa aa aa
ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke
warna hum bhee aadmee thhe kaam ke ae ae
8 Responses to "Majnu banaa diyaa hamen Farhaad kar diyaa"
January 1, 2024 at 7:39 pm
Arun Sir,
I’m uncertain whether Shammi Kapoor secretly married Geeta Bali during the shooting of the film “Miss Coca Cola” or “Rangeen Raaten”?
I acknowledge the possibility of my information being incorrect.
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January 2, 2024 at 11:30 am
gandhivp ji,
They got married in 1955. On 23-8-1955 exactly. The film Miss Coca Cola was released on 25-11-1955, in Minerva Talkies. They kept the marriage hidden.
Film Rangeen Raaten was censored on 9-5-1956 and released on 14-9-56, in Naaz Talkies.
When the film Rangeen Raten was launched, Mala Sinha was the heroine of Shammi Kapoor. Geeta Bali went to the producer Kidar Sharma and requested to make her the heroine, but he refused. Then she at least wanted to have a role in the film. The script was complete and no new role was possible. Finally she did a male role of Mala Sinha’s brother in the full film, just to be with her husband continuously. That time they were already married.
What is written in Wiki and elsewhere, is wrong. Please don’t go by that.
-AD
January 2, 2024 at 11:32 am
contd….
Film Miss Coca Cola was censored on 3-9-1955.
-AD
January 2, 2024 at 12:10 pm
Sir,
I appreciate your in-depth study and information; that’s why I rely on this site and cross-verify my doubts. Thanks
Gandhi VP
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January 2, 2024 at 2:03 pm
Arun ji,
I had watched Shammi Kapoor’s TV programme, ‘Shammi Kapoor Unplugged’ a few years back. In one of the episodes, he had discribed his 10 beautiful years with Geeta Bali during which he said that he fell in love with Geeta Bali during the shooting of ‘Rangeen Raaten’ (1956) in Ranikhet. I watched that episode once again.
The sum and substance of the TV episode is:
1. Shammi Kapoor fell in love with Geeta Bali during the shooting of ‘Rangeen Raaten’ (1956) at Ranikhet in April 1955.
2. When they returned to Mumbai in April 1955, he formally proposed her. Geeta Bali said that she loves him but she is not in a position to marry him because she has to fulfill certain responsiblities towards her family.
3. Shammi Kapoor kept on periodically proposing her. It was on April 23, 1955 that when he once again proposed her in a Juhu Hotel. This time she said yes to marriage and right now. They got married in one of the temples at Banganga on the early morning of April 24, 1955 with Hari Valia as witness.
The video clip below:
More or less the same thing has been mentioned in Shammi Kapoor’s biography written by Rauf Ahmed, an extract of which is available at :
https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/39-i-fell-in-love-with-geeta-bali-39/cid/1314143
So, Shammi Kappor and Geeta Bali were not husband-wife when they worked in ‘Rangeen Raaren’ (1956). The confusion is mainly because, shooting of ‘Rangeen Raaten’ (1956) took place in 1955 where as the film was certified and released in 1956.
January 2, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Arun ji,
I had watched a TV programme ‘Shammi Kapoor Unplugged’ a few years back. In one of the episodes of the programme, Shammi Kapoor had said that he fell in love with Geeta Bali while shooting for ‘Rangeen Raaten’ (1956) in Ranikhet. He had said that it was April 1955 when they came back to Mumbai after the shooting that he first proposed her for marriage. She said that although she loved him, she was not in a position to get married due to her responsibilities to look after her family.
Shammi Kapoor periodically proposed Geeta Bali whenever they met but her answer was the same. It was on August 23, 1955, he once again poposed her at a Juhu Hotel when she said she was ready to marry him right now. Otherwise, it could never happen. It was with this condition that they had to get hurriedly get married in one of the temples of Banganga in the wee hours of August 24, 1955 with Hari Valia, producer-director of ‘Coffee House’ (1957), as witness.
Almost same thing was mentioned in Shammi Kapoor’s biography witten by Rauf Ahmed.
Link to his video, ‘Shammi Kapoor Unplugged’:
Link to excerpts from Shammi Kapoor’s Biography:
https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/39-i-fell-in-love-with-geeta-bali-39/cid/1314143
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December 31, 2023 at 5:00 pm
The above mentioned filmed doesn’t exit on reels or video .no formation ,so sad that a gem of actor in their hay days ,.
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