Mere maalik meri qismat ko jab toone likha hoga
Posted by: Atul on: January 15, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film ‘Lakeeren’ (1954).
The film was produced and directed by Harbans. Despite my efforts, I was unable to collect any information about this director. All that I could gather from online sources was that Harbans directed in all 17 films, from 1943 (‘Mr. Jhatpat’) to 1971 (‘Sher e Watan’), acted in 3 films (‘Khoj’ (1953), ‘Bade Sarkar’ (1957) and ‘Bahadur Daaku’ (1966) and wrote 1 song for film ‘Jungle Ka Sher’ (1946).
The Music Director was Hafiz Khan. His name is generally mixed with the singer/MD Hafiz Khan Mastana. Not only on various so-called ‘trustworthy’ sites, blogs, Fb groups, but even in famous books, this ‘Same Name Confusion’ exists. I am tired of correcting this wherever I find it. I have given his details in one of my books also. There were two composers of the same name, operating in the same time period. There was one Hafiz Khan singer, who was given the nickname of Mastana by his senior Meer Sahib. Hafiz Khan Mastana was essentially a singer. He sang in Hindi films from 1938 to 1959 in over 80 films singing about 150 songs, according to one source. He also gave music to 29 Hindi films, from 1940 to 1952. He also acted in about 10 films.
The music director Hafiz Khan was a trained expert Sarangiya (Sarangi player) from Lahore. His first film as a composer was ‘Zeenat’ (1945). The other composers with him here were Meer Sahib and Rafiq Ghaznavi. This film’s music became famous because of the first ever all female qawwaali – “Aahen Na Bharin Shiqwe Na Kiye” in it. Hafiz Khan had also composed 4 melodious songs in this film. He gave music in films ‘Zeenat’ (1945), ‘Humjoli’ (1946), ‘Meharbani’ (1950), ‘Lakeeren’ (1954), ‘Mera Salaam’ (1957) and his last film ‘Shareef Daaku’ (1960).
It is believed that after leaving films, Hafiz Khan migrated to the UK. Reportedly, one of the RMIM members met him in London in the year 2000. There is no further information on him. The composer Hafiz Khan and the singer – composer-actor Hafiz Khan Mastana were two different persons.
The cast of the film consisted of Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jayawant, Sulochana Chatterjee, Sulochana Latkar, Kamal (wife of the comedian Maruti and mother of comedienne Guddi Maruti), Durga Khote, Pran, Tiwari and some others. There were two Sulochanas working in this film. Sulochana Chatterjee was the younger sister of Kamla Chatterjee, an actress and wife of Kidar Sharma, the famous writer and director of Hindi films. Actually, at one time, there were at least five Sulochanas operating at the same time in the Hindi film industry. They did not create ‘Same Name Confusion’ because every Sulochana used her surname, setting her apart from other Sulochanas. There were 3 actresses- Sulochana Sr aka Ruby Myers, Sulochana Latkar and Sulochana Chatterjee. There were 2 singers- Sulochana Chavan and Sulochana Vyas.
Not much is written on Sulochana Latkar, who came in from Marathi films. Sulochana Latkar (born Rangu Diwan; 30 July 1928 – 4 June 2023), known by her screen name Sulochana, was an actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema, who acted in 50 films in Marathi and 248 films in Hindi. She was most known for her performances in Marathi films such as ‘Sasurvas’ (1946), ‘Meeth Bhakar’ (1949), ‘Vahinichya Bangdya’ (1953), ‘Dhakti Jaoo’ (1958) and ‘Sangtye Aika’ (1959) in the lead roles, as well as for the mother roles she played in Hindi cinema right from 1959 film ‘Dil Deke Dekho’ to the year 1995. She and Nirupa Roy epitomized the ‘mother’ roles right from 1959 until the early 1990s.
Sulochana Latkar has illustrious career in both Marathi and Hindi films. She has worked in 248 Hindi films and around 50 Marathi films and made her debut in films in 1946. She was lead actress in Marathi films from 1946 to 1961 with films like ‘Sasurvas (1946), ‘Vahinichya Bangdya’ (1953), ‘Meeth Bhakar’ (1949), ‘Sangtye Aika’ (1959), ‘Laxmi Ali Ghara’, ‘Mothi Manse’, ‘Jivacha Sakha’, ‘Pativrata’, ‘Sukhache Sobti’, ‘Bhaubheej’, ‘Akashganga’ and ‘Dhakti Jau’.
She was often paired opposite Nazir Hussain, Trilok Kapoor and Ashok Kumar throughout her career in Hindi films. She quoted in an interview that she loved playing mother to three actors – Sunil Dutt, Dev Anand and Rajesh Khanna. She often played mother or as close relative in Hindi films with Sunil Dutt as the leading man such as in ‘Heera’, ‘Jhoola’, ‘Ek Phool Char Kaante’, ‘Sujata’, ‘Mehrbaan’ (1967), ‘Chirag’, ‘Bhai Bahen’ (1969), ‘Reshma Aur Shera’, ‘Umar Qaid’, ‘Muqabla’, ‘Jaani Dushman’ and ‘Badle Ki Aag’. She was a regular in films with Dev Anand in the lead roles, where either Dev Anand was her son or relative and some of their films together were ‘Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai’, ‘Pyar Mohabbat’, ‘Duniya’ (1968), ‘Jhonny Mera Naam’, ‘Amir Garib’, ‘Warrant’ and ‘Joshila’.
Since 1969, she often played an on-screen close relative to the character played by Rajesh Khanna and some of their famous films included ‘Dil Daulat Duniya’, ‘Baharon Ke Sapne’, ‘Doli’, ‘Kati Patang’, ‘Mere Jeevan Saathi’, ‘Prem Nagar, ‘Aakraman’, ‘Bhola Bhala’, ‘Tyaag’, ‘Aashiq Hoon Baharaon Ka’ and ‘Adhikar’ (1986). Her other best known films include ‘Nai Roshni’ (1967), ‘Aaye Din Bahar Ke’, ‘Aaye Milan Ki Bela’, ‘Ab Dilli Dur Nahin’, ‘Majboor’, ‘Gora Aur Kala’, ‘Devar’, ‘Bandini’, ‘Kahani Kismat Ki’, ‘Talaash’ (1969) and ‘Azaad’ (1978).
In 2003, she was awarded the Chitrabhushan Award instituted by the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Baburao Painter, one of the founders of the modern Marathi cinema.
Latkar lived in Prabhadevi, Mumbai. She was married at the age of 14. Her daughter’s name is Kanchan Ghanekar who was the wife of Marathi stage superstar Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar.
Latkar died from respiratory failure at Shushrusha Hospital in Dadar, Mumbai, on 4 June 2023. She was 94. Latkar was a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1999). She was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. In 2009, she was awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan Award by the Government of Maharashtra.
Ashok Kumar and Nalini Jayawant were a popular leading pair in the 50’s. When a pair becomes popular and their films become hits, the filmmakers make all efforts to rope them in their films. Thus, you find that some pairs have done many films together. For example, Nalini Jaywant and Ashok Kumar acted together in 15 films and she acted with Ajit in 10 films.
In Hindi films, many pairs were popular featuring in many films together, like Dharmendra-Hema Malini or Shahrukh-Kajol etc. When I noticed this, I tried to find out the Top 10 Hindi film jodis with maximum films. I was shocked that some unexpected pairs featured in this list. The most shocking was to find that there is a Guinness World Record of such jodi-films made in India. Can you guess the pair? May not be possible, because this record belongs to Malayalam Films. In this language, the popular film jodi of actor Prem Nazir and actress Sheela worked in 130 films together and 50 of these were Hits ! Their names are recorded in the Guinness Book of world records.
As far as Hindi films are concerned, it is almost impossible to guess who is at number 1 in the race of popular jodis. I too was shocked when I found this. Here is the list of pairs in Hindi films TOP 10 actor -actress jodis , who did maximum numbers of films together.
| Serial Number | PAIR | Number of Films |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kader Khan-Aruna Irani | 50 |
| 2. | Mehmood-Aruna Irani | 36 |
| 3. | Jeetendra-Rekha | 32 |
| 4. | Dharmendra-Hema Malini | 30 |
| Ashok Kumar-Nirupa Roy | ||
| Mehmood-Shubha Khote | ||
| 5. | Jeetendra- Jayaprada | 26 |
| 6. | Nirupa Roy-Trilok Kapoor | 24 |
| 7 | Mithun-Ranjita | 23 |
| 8. | Nirupa Roy-Balraj Sahni | 22 |
| 9 | Nirupa Roy-Bharat bhushan | 21 |
| 10. | Dara Singh-Mumtaz | 20 |
| Raj Babbar-Smita Patil | ||
| Nirupa Roy-Jairaj |
Surprisingly, Nirupa Roy features in 5 pairs! so much for the popular jodi films.
Today’s song is sung by one of my favourite singers, GM Durrani. Enjoy. . .
[I have used information from bollymints.com, CITFS, Upperstall, muVyz, Wiki, marathiactors.com, Ateet ke sitare and my notes, for this article. My Thanks to these.]
Song- Mere maalik meri qismat ko jab toone likha hoga (Lakeeren)(1954) Singer- GM Durrani, Lyricist-Shevan Rizvi, MD- Hafiz Khan
Lyrics
mere maalik meri qismat ko jab toone likha hoga
mere malik
kabhi tu hans diya hoga
kabhi tu ro diya hoga
o mere maalik
ghamon se aansuon se dard se aahon se naalon se
ae ae ae ae
ghamon se aansuon se dard se aahon se naalon se ae
aahon se naalon se
banaa kar dil mere seene ke ander rakh diya hoga
mere maalik
meri qismat ko jab toone likha hoga
mere maalik
teri duniya ki jaanib
jab kadam mere uthhe honge ae ae ae a
teri duniya ki jaanib
jab kadam mere uthhe honge
kadam mere uthhe honge
na hansne paaun main
duniya se toone keh diya hoga
mere maalik meri qismat ko jab toone likha hoga
mere maalik
khushi koi na jab tere khazaane mein bachi hogi
ee ee ee ee ee ee
khushi koi na jab tere khazaane mein bachi hogi
bhigo kar aansuon mein pyaar mujhko de diya hoga
mere maalik meri qismat ko jab toone likha hoga
mere maalik
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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मेरे मालिक मेरी क़िस्मत को जब तूने लिखा होगा
मेरे मालिक
कभी तू हंस दिया होगा
कभी तू रो दिया होगा
ओ मेरे मालिक
ग़मों से आंसुओं से दर्द से आहों से नालों से॰॰ए॰॰ए
ग़मों से आंसुओं से दर्द से आहों से नालों से॰॰ए
आहों से नालों से
बना कर दिल मेरे सीने के अन्दर रख दिया होगा
मेरे मालिक
मेरे मालिक मेरी क़िस्मत को जब तूने लिखा होगा
मेरे मालिक
तेरी दुनिया की जानिब
जब कदम मेरे उठे होंगे॰॰ए॰॰ए
तेरी दुनिया की जानिब
जब कदम मेरे उठे होंगे
ना हंसने पाऊँ मैं
दुनिया से तूने कह दिया होगा
मेरे मालिक मेरी क़िस्मत को जब तूने लिखा होगा
मेरे मालिक
खुशी जब कोई ना तेरे खजाने में बची होगी॰॰इ॰॰इ॰॰इ॰॰इ
खुशी जब कोई ना तेरे खजाने में बची होगी
भिगो कर आंसुओं में प्यार मुझको दे दिया होगा
मेरे मालिक मेरी क़िस्मत को जब तूने लिखा होगा
मेरे मालिक
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5 Responses to "Mere maalik meri qismat ko jab toone likha hoga"
January 18, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Serial Number PAIR Number of Films
1. Kader Khan-Aruna Irani 50
2. Mehmood-Aruna Irani 36
3. Jeetendra-Rekha 32
4. Dharmendra-Hema Malini 30
Ashok Kumar-Nirupa Roy
Mehmood-Shubha Khote
5. Jeetendra- Jayaprada 26
6. Nirupa Roy-Trilok Kapoor 24
7 Mithun-Ranjita 23
8. Nirupa Roy-Balraj Sahni 22
9 Nirupa Roy-Bharat bhushan 21
10. Dara Singh-Mumtaz 20
I like the effort that has gone into this. It will be interesting to look for similar all-male & all-female jodis. I am sure Ashok Kumar- Pran will top that list with Kadar Khan Shakti Kapoor coming a close second. But I cannot think of two-actresses-jodis. Are there any such popular pairs in actresses?
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January 19, 2024 at 1:34 pm
There may be such jodis in females also. Someone has to do some hard work to find out jodis that you mentioned. My turn is over.
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January 19, 2024 at 2:18 pm
😀only female jodis that I can think of are Rekha- Bindu (3 movies I think), Sridevi-Jaya Prada ( 3-4 movies), Rekha- Moushumi Chatterjee.
Among dancing ladies Helen has teamed up with Madhumati & Bela Bose (for sure, don’t know number of films), the Talpade sisters, Sai-Subbalakshmi, are pairs that come to my mind.
I know a person in Atuldom who will help us out😀
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January 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Arun Sir,
Exploring the fascinating dynamics of beloved on-screen Jodis in Hindi cinema is truly engaging.
I find it intriguing to discover that iconic pairs from the 50s-60s, such as Raj Kapoor-Nargis, Dilip Kumar-Madhubala, Dilip-Vyjayantimala, Dilip-Kamini Kaushal, Dilip-Nimmi, and Dev Anand-Suraiya or Dev Anand-Waheeda Rehman, collaborated on only a limited number of films. Could this be attributed to their commitment to quality over quantity, perhaps choosing select roles to ensure the delivery of exceptional performances in each movie?
The revelation that (Maa) Nirupa Roy appeared in more than 20 films with each of her five male co-stars adds an extra layer of pleasant surprise to the exploration.
Thoroughly enjoyed your engaging and enlightening article.
Gandhi Vadlapatla
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January 16, 2024 at 6:33 pm
gandhivp ji,
Thanks for your musings on my post.
It is indeed an eye opener on our wishful thinking and the reality. Most pairs you mentioned had less than 5-10 films together, except Raj Kapoor and Nargis who did 15 films together.
Nirupa Roy did 20+ films with 4 to 5 actors is right, but in most films they were not hero-heroines, but second lead or had Father-Mother roles. Kader Khan and Aruna Irani were there for only Comedy.
As far as quality over quantity is concerned, I would not vote for it. It is simply a matter of having more choices among heroines. For example, Shammi Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor did so many films, but they also acted with most New comers and Debutants. Hence their films with one actress were not many.
I have given this table only to point out that what we thought always, was really not the reality !
I like to read comments which put some thoughts.
Thanks.
-AD
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