Jhoom le gaa le khushiyaan manaa le
Posted by: Atul on: February 3, 2024
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Today’s song is from the ‘ imaginary ‘ film, which was a Costume C grade film – Son of Alibaba-1955.
So, here we are again talking about a Costume C grade film which has an ‘imaginary’ category in the HFGK. I selected this film song because among such other films, this film had much better and good songs, composed by Sardul Kwatra, the Music Director.
Today’s song is a duet sung by Geeta Dutt and Shaminder, with Chorus. However, one finds that Shaminder has only a few lines and mostly he joins the chorus. Recently I had written about Shaminder in details. he came to Bombay all the way from Punjab, with a desire to sing a duet with his Idol-Lata Mangeshkar. Once he achieved this in a Punjabi film “Vanjara”-1954 and then in Hindi film “Pilpili Saheb”-1954, he lost interest in Hindi film songs. It is well known that to get Lata to sing in a Punjabi film, with him, he even financed the film ‘Vanjara’, which was produced by Sardul Kwatra’s family ! Sardul was the MD of Vanjara-54. While singing in Hindi films, he also sang duets with Asha Bhosle and Geeta Dutt, the other leading singers of that time.
Film Son of Alibaba-1955 was directed by Majnu (real name Harold Lewis). How his name was changed from Lewis to Majnu has an interesting story. MAJNU-Harold Lewis was a Punjabi Christian. He was born on 2-11-1913. It is said that before joining films, Harold had worked in Circus as a Joker. He acted in 3 Silent films, including ” Flames of Flesh”-1930.
He was the childhood friend of Roop K.Shorey.When Shorey wanted to make his second film,he chose Harold as a Hero.Majnu was introduced as a leading man opposite Shyama Zutshi by producer/director Roop K. Shorey in film Majnu -1935 — a musical comedy satirizing the old story of Laila Majnu, produced, directed and shot in Lahore with Ghulam Haider as music director. With daring motorbike stunts and special effects, audiences were thrilled at the sight of Majnu strapped on the railway tracks by the villain.
The film was a success and Harold’s name was changed to MAJNU. R. K. Shorey repeated Majnu as the leading man in his next film, Tarzan ki Beti (1938). Tarzan Ki Beti was hailed as the best jungle picture ever produced in India at the time. Filmed in the snowy Himalayas, the film topped its predecessor in its action sequences and placed Punjab on the entertainment map of India and the world.
He appeared in almost all of Shorey’s films.He was also doing films with other producers.In 1942 he did a double role in Nishani and in 1943 he directed his first film Paapi. Shorey also gave him a film Badnami-1946 for direction and it was here that Majnu met I.S.Johar who wrote the story and Dialogues of Badnami. Majnu paired with I.S.Johar in EK THI LADKI-1949,the debut film of Johar. Later they made a comedy pair in 10 films,including the hit HUM SAB CHOR HAIN-1956. His last film with Johar was Akalmand-66.
Majnu acted in 77 films. His first film was Majnu-35 and his much delayed and released last film was Shri Krishna Bhakti-73. He acted in many Punjabi films also.
Majnu directed 8 films including,Paapi-43, Badnami-46, Son of Alibaba-55, Tatar ka chor-55, Malika-56, Basre ki Hoor-56, Baghi sardar-56, and his last film – Chandu-58. Harold Lewis aka Majnu died on 26-3-1974.
Change of name because of a film role is not unique to Majnu alone. Offhand, I remember 2 more such instances. First was that of actor Anant Apte, who used to do female roles in silent films. He was credited as ‘Kumari Anant Apte’ ! Prabhat film company made a silent film ” Rani Saheba” in 1930. Anant Apte was given a role in this film, where the name of his role was ‘Bajarbattu’. The film became a hit and the name stuck to him. Later he acted in many stunt and costume films in this name. One can see this name in many films listed in HFGK.
The second case is of a character actor ‘Nemo’, whose real name was Mirza Muhammad Begg. In the film ” Carwan E Hayat-1935, he did the role of a female witch. Once the film was ready, the makers of the film felt apprehensive about revealing that a man played the role of a witch. Begg, who was a highly learned fellow, gave the solution to change his name to “NEMO”. In Latin it means ‘ Nobody’. The film became a hit and the name stuck to him during his entire career.
The story of the film Son of Alibaba was…….
This is a story of the second generation of Alibaba, his brother Cassim and the chief of 40 thieves-Suleiman. I saw this film in Hyderabad and wrote down its story. Alibaba fell seriously ill. His son Akhtar was away. Hearing this news, he came back to Baghdad. However Alibaba died, after meeting him alone and telling him where the hidden treasure is kept.
Anwar-son of Cassim and his cousin wants to kill Akhtar to get all the treasure. He appoints Behram- nephew of Suleiman-chief of the 40 thieves, for this purpose. Behram persuades Zubeida, the beautiful dancer to lure Akhtar and find out the place where treasure is kept. While trying this, Zubeida and Akhtar fall in true love. Zubeida reveals the plans of Behram and Anwar. Akhtar gets both arrested and hanged. Akhtar and Zubeida get married and live happily.
The film was produced by Darshan , directed by Majnu and the songs were written by Prem Dhawan. The Music Director Sardul Kwatra was an interesting personality in the Hindi film industry and was famous for wrong reasons. Sardul Singh Kwatra was one of the very few Sikh Music Directors Hindi Films had. There were only 3 Sikh Music Directors during his time. The others were G S Kohli and S Mohinder. He was born in Lahore in 1928. He was educated and trained in classical music at Lahore. His teacher in music was Sardar Awatar Singh, who was quite famous in Lahore. Later Sardul Singh joined Hansraj Behl as his assistant.
After Partition, his family first shifted to Amritsar and then to Bombay. The family established a film production company and started making films. Their first film was ‘Ek Teri Nishani”-49. Sardul Singh was its MD, along with Pt. Amarnath and Vinod. Later he composed for ‘Jalte Deep”-50, with T.K.Das. His first independent film was “Man ka Meet”-50.
His family company wanted to make a Punjabi film “Posti”-50. Sardul got newcomer Shyama to be the Heroine. Shyama also acted in their second film “Kode Shah’-53. Their next Hindi film was ‘Goonj’-52, for which Sardul convinced Suriya to be its Heroine. He was its MD of course.
Sardul Singh was a tall, well built and handsome person. Unfortunately his severe inclination towards beautiful women overpowered his talents. He used to proudly say, “I can not create good music without beautiful faces.” He was aware of his looks and used it unabashedly to influence women. For some time his name was linked with Lata Mangeshkar also. Lata had been carried away with his good looks and sweet talk. After a short period this was over.
When he was in Bombay, he requested Mohd. Rafi ( after this film) to let out the top floor flat in Rafi’s bungalow to him , since it was empty. Being a good and helpful man, Rafi agreed. When Rafi’s son’s marriage was fixed, he wanted his flat back, but Sardul kwatra refused to vacate. Those days, the Bombay Rent control act was in favour of the tenants, so Rafi had a lot of problems. After a few years, Sardul filed a criminal case also against Rafi, in this connection. Rafi suffered a lot because of this. Finally, while going to Chandigarh before shifting to the USA, Sardul Kwatra vacated the flat. This detailed story is described in ” aap ki parchhaiyan” , a book by Rajnikumar Pandya ji.
He gave music to 22 Hindi and 13 Punjabi films. In 1970, he visited Chandigarh and established “Chandigarh Film Institute”. He left his wife and children and went to the USA with another good looking woman, in 1978. He got 2 children from this association. Sardul Singh Kwatra died in the US on 6-7-2004.
So, here is the duet of Geeta, Shaminder and the Chorus. Enjoy….
Song-Jhoom le gaa le khushiyaan mana le (Son of Alibaba)(1955) Singers-Geeta Dutt, Shaminder, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-Sardul Kwatra
Both + Chorus
Chorus
Lyrics
jhoom le gaa le
jhoom le gaa le
khushiyaan manaa le
duniya hai chaar din ki
mauj udaa le
mauj udaa le
jhoom le gaa le
khushiyaan mana le
duniya hai chaar din ki
mauj udaa le
mauj udaa le
jhoom le gaa le
chaahe hon duniya bhar ke maikhaane khaali
honge na in aankhon ke paimaane khaali ee
chaahe hon duniya bhar ke maikhaane khaali
honge na in aankhon ke paymaane khaali
ulfat ke jaam se tu jaam milaa le
o matwaale
jhoom le ga le
khushiyaan mana le
duniya hai chaar din ki
mauj udaa le
mauj udaa le
jhoom le gaa le
dhokha hai pyaar
bole saara zamaana
dhokha to hai ye lekin kitna suhaana aa
dhokha hai pyaar
bole saara zamaana
dhokha to hai ye lekin kitna suhaana
nazron ke teer tu bhi dil pe khaa le
o dilwaale
jhoom le ga le
khushiyaan mana le
duniya hai chaar din ki
mauj udaa le
mauj udaa le
jhoom le ga le
khushiyaan mana le
duniya hai chaar din ki
mauj udaa le
mauj udaa le
jhoom le ga le
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