Mera dil churaanewaale dekho pyaar nibhhaanaa
Posted on: February 20, 2024
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Today’s song is from a Romantic cum Mystery film – Apradhi-1949.
Although HFGK labels it as a ‘Social’ film, I found that this film is half-way through a Romantic film and the second half is full of Mystery, hence I called it a Romantic cum Mystery film.
The uploader of several songs from this film on YouTube, has claimed that this was the Debut film/First film of actress Madhubala, but the facts indicate that this is not true. As per the Biography of Madhubala ” The story of Madhubala”, by author Khatija Akbar, the journey of Madhubala in Hindi films, started like this….
Madhubala debuted as a Child Artiste of 8 years, in Bombay Talkies film “Basant”-1942. Next was ” Mumtaz Mahal”-1944, made by Ranjit Studios. As a child artiste she also did films like Dhanna Bhagat-1945, Phulwari-1946, Pujari-1946 and Rajputani-1946. Then came her first film as an adult heroine – “Neel Kamal”-1947 opposite Raj Kapoor. With him she also did Chitod Vijay-1947, Dil ki Rani-1947 and Amar prem-1948. She acted with Rajan Haksar in Lal Dupatta-1948 and Singar-1949 with Jairaj and Paras-1949.
After all these films came the film Apradhi-1949. Therefore the claim of the film Apradhi-1949 as her Debut film is erroneous !
Nowadays, Social media like Facebook, Whatsapp, YouTube, wiki, Internet, ” X ” and such other public platforms have become untrustworthy. Lack of effective control by knowledgeable authorities and greed to expand their platform have made them doubtful sources of credible information. Sites like IMDB, simply do not heed to complaints and correction of wrong information. Thus it is necessary to countercheck their information with other sources or experts.
Film Apradhi-1949 was produced by S.Fattelal for Prabhat Film Company and it was directed by Yashwant Pethkar. The MD was Sudhir Phadke. The cast consisted of Madhubala, Ramsingh, Pran, Leela Pande, Gauri, Uma Dutt, Gangubai, Madhu Apte and many others.
Since the start of Talkie film in 1931 till the year 2000, according to one source, about 7000 male and female actors worked in films. The provider of this number also listed names of 7000 actors. This list was reproduced in RMIM by Dr. Surjit Singh ji and I had copied it on my Laptop. However, in the process of changing the laptop many times later, the list was misplaced and lost.
In the early cinema period, many hopefuls used to run away to Bombay to become Hero in films. Very few succeeded. All others ended up doing secondary or sundry roles. There are many such names of hopefuls who initially did Hero’s roles in few films and then settled for character roles. Just as an example, few names are given here. See how many names are known to you. The number of films they did is also given. All these actors were heros in atleast 10 to 15 films, initially…..
Rama Shukul-20
Khalil Ahmed-28
Moti Sagar-13
Dalpat Joshi-120
Balwant Singh-18
Madhav Kale-21
Amar-81
Amarnath (Bharadwaj)-89
P.Kailash-43
Majid-100
Umakant Desai-59
Ram Mohan-240
Anant Marathe aka Anant Kumar-71
Some actresses….
Hemavati
Prabha
Peace Kanwal
Asha Mathur
Zohra Jaan,
Padma Devi
Mrudula (First Heroine of Dilip Kumar)
Kamla Kotnis (First Heroine of Dev Anand)
Sumitra devi etc. etc.
Film Apradhi-1949’s Hero Ram Singh was also one of these actors. He too came from a remote village of UP to Bombay to become a Hero. The actor Ram Singh’s name is not very famous or well known, but in his times, he did Hero’s and Villain’s roles in many films. His entry in films and life story is very interesting.
During the 1942 ‘Quit India’ movement, there was a riot in Allahabad. Police opened fire and along with several other people, the Secretary of All University Students Union also was killed. Fearing a backlash from college students, the Government closed down all colleges and vacated Hostels.Two persons became homeless. One was Ramchandra Dwivedi – who later on became well known as Kavi Pradeep- and the other was Ramsingh- who became an actor. After the riots, instead of informing his family about his welfare, Ramsing left for Bombay and then to Poona, to become an actor. He was tall,fair and handsome. V.Shantaram hired him as an assistant in the studio. His family thought that he must have been killed in the riots and grieved, when he never returned.
One day one of the villagers came to their house and told excitedly that he had seen a Hindi film and in that film, an actor looked exactly like Ramsingh. The family went to the town and saw the film.Lo and behold ! There he was. Looking just like Ramsingh. Anxiously a group of elders reached Prabhat Studio in Poona and enquired. The officials brought out their own son- Ramsingh before them !! Everyone was happy. It seems he did not contact his household just to avoid the Police investigations, as he too was an active participant in the agitation.
Ramsingh was born into a rich Zamindar family of village Ishanpur in Pratapgarh (U.P.), in 1920. After graduating, while doing his M.A. he joined films. His first film was Ramshastri-44, then came Chand-44, Lakhrani-45 and Hum ek hain-46….all Prabhat films. While in Prabhat, he became friendly with Dev Anand and Guru Dutt. In his later years, they gave him roles in almost every film..
In his other films, Ramsingh worked with Heroine Ranjit Kumari ( real name Ranjit Kaur), to whom he got married later on. He was already married while in school and also had 3 children from his first wife. From the second marriage he had 4 children.
Ramsingh played Hero, Villain and character roles in 69 films. Some of his notable films were, besides 4 Prabhat films, Gaon-47, Shaheed-48, Khidki-49, Aparadhi-50 ( He was the Hero, opposite Madhubala), Sargam-50, Sangram-50, Shrimati ji-52, Jaal-52, Baaz-53 etc etc. In his later career, he only got insignificant roles in B and C grade films and Mythologicals. His last film was Sati Sulochana-69. ( 2 more films Veer Chhatrasal-71 and Mere Bhaiya-72 were released after he left films).
Ramsingh returned to his native place with Ranjit Kumari and children in 1970 and started doing Agriculture. The U.P. Chief Minister H.N.Bahuguna was his classmate and a very good friend. Ramsingh approached him. Bahuguna, to help him, immediately established “U.P. Film Corporation” and made Ramsingh its Chairman. However, due to political turmoil in the country, Bahuguna left congress and joined Congress For Democracy, against Indira Gandhi. As a result the film corporation was wound up and Ramsingh returned to the fields again. Ramsing started drinking, against medical advice and died in 1984, in his village.
( adapted, with Thanks, from Javed Hameed’s book ” Kuchh kalakar, kuchh yaden “, Vithal Pandya’s book Asli Nakli Chehre, Bapu Watve’s book ” My Prabhat days” and my notes).
The story of the film Apradhi-1949 was….
Master Amar, a Physical instructor, loves the voice of Radio singer Sheela devi. Everyday, while doing exercises, he listens to her songs on Radio. he decides to meet her personally. He rushes to Radio Station, Bombay and on the stairs, he meets the real Sheela Devi, who misguides him that Sheela is a Drill Teacher in girls school. He goes there only to find the wrong girl. Next day he follows Sheela. They become friends and fall in love. Finally they get married. After an year, a baby is also born.
One day, his friend-Mohan, a revolutionary on the run, comes to his home.Amar keeps Mohan in his house. However, after some time, Amar suspects that Mohan and Sheela are having an affair. A half heard conversation confirms his doubt. Mohan runs away when the Police come to arrest him. The Relationship between Amar and Sheela is spoiled. Meanwhile their baby is stolen. One day Amar follows Sheela and finds that she meets Mohan in his hideout.
With an intent to kill both of them, Amar goes to Mohan’s hideout, with a Pistol. When Sheela comes there, he listens to their talk. Mohan tells Sheela that he has found her child and it is kept there with him. Further talk makes it clear that they are brother and sister, in reality. Amar feels guilty. He meets them and begs pardon for his misunderstanding. Suddenly Police arrive and take Mohan to jail. Amar and Sheela, with their child, return to their home happily.
One of the least known actors in this film is Madhu Apte…..
Madhu Apte’s full name was Madhukar Shankar Apte. He was born at Poona on 1-3-1919. He was a Marathi stage and film actor predominantly, who successfully used his handicap of stammering to advantage, in delivering dialogues and creating humour by mistiming the dialogues.
He acted in many Hindi films for about 40 years. His first film was Ramshastri-1944. He used his stammering as a means to create comedy. He worked in 33 Hindi films. For this he had to travel from Poona to Bombay frequently. This affected his health and he said goodbye to acting somewhere in 1985. His last Hindi film was Aasha-1980. Madhu Apte died on 25-2-1993 at Pune.
Today’s song is sung by Sitara Kanpuri. 5 out of 7 songs of this film are solos of Sitara Kanpuri. Today’s song is the 6th song to feature her. The last 7th song is also available on YouTube. Let us now enjoy today’s song….
Song- Mera dil churaanewaale dekho pyaar nibhaanaa (Apraadhi)(1949) Singer- Sitara Kanpuri, Lyricist- Amar Verma, MD- Sudhir Phadke
Lyrics
Mera dil churaanewaale
mera dil churaanewaale
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
mera dil churaanewaale
mera dil churaanewaale
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
tumhre mahlon mein aayee hoon
apni kutiya chhod ke
apni kutiya chhod ke
tumse naataa joda maine
sabse naataa tod ke
ho sabse naataa tod ke
mujhse aankh milaane waale
mujhse aankh milaane waale
dekho aankhen na churaanaa
aankhen na churaanaa
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
mera dil churaanewaale
mera dil churaanewaale
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
aayee jawaanee laayee suhaanee raaten ho
ho aayee jawaanee laayee suhaanee raaten din mastaane ho
ho ho din mastaane
mere man kee tum jaano
tumhre man kee hum jaanen
ho tumhre man ki hum jaanen
mujhko apna banaane waale
mujhko apna banaane waale
dekho badal na jaanaa
badal na jaanaa
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
thhandee thhandee chaleen hawaayen
thhandee thhandee chaleen hawaayen
chaleen hawaayen
thhandee thhandee chaleen hawaayen
rimjhim barse paanee ho
rimjhim barse paanee
angdaayee le rahee nashe mein
do pal mast jawaanee
ho do pal mast jawaanee
mera haathh pakadne waale
mera haathh pakadne waale
dekho haathh na chhudaanaa
haathh na chhudaanaa
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
mera dil churaanewaale
mera dil churaanewaale
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
dekho pyaar nibhaanaa
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February 20, 2024 at 9:21 am
Arun Sir,
Thank you for clarifying the misconception about Madhubala’s debut film. It’s essential to cross-check information, especially in this era where social media platforms often propagate inaccuracies.
Your observation about the unreliability of various social media platforms and online sources resonates deeply. The unchecked spread of false information due to profit motives undermines the quality of knowledge available to the public.
“Mera Dil Churaanewaale” is a true gem. Thank you for sharing this delightful piece of nostalgia.
Gandhi Vadlapatla
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February 20, 2024 at 11:32 am
gandhivp ji,
Thanks for concurring with my views.
All songs of this film were very melodious.
-AD
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