Gaaye jaa gaaye jaa beqaraar dil
Posted on: February 29, 2024
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Today’s song is from a film made almost 90 years ago….Maaya-1936.
This was a presentation of New Theatres, Calcutta, founded by its owner B.N.Sircar on 10th February 1931. In a span of just 24 years, it had made 150 films in Bangla, Hindi and some other languages. New Theatres actually was like an Academy for training film industry personnel in the Indian subcontinent. B.N.Sircar, though the owner of the company, had a very restricted role in its film making, once it started shooting. After the story was approved and the required finance was provided, he never interfered in the making of the film, rarely even visiting the shooting floors. This freedom helped many talented composers, directors, actors and the technical staff to learn how to face problems and solve them. There was a “Family” feeling among the workers.
Though a Bangla company, New Theatres did not hesitate to give opportunity and develop capable outsiders like Prithviraj Kapoor, Trilok Kapoor, Najmul Hussain, Kidar Sharma, K.N.Singh and others. The 3 main composers in NT were R.C.Boral, K.C.Dey and Pankaj Mullick. Many young directors started their careers here like Premankur Atorthy, Debaki Bose, Nitin Bose, Bimal Roy and others.
From the beginning, NT became popular and its Bangla and Hindi films became famous all over India. NT had 3 main strong points….
1. Their Trump Card for Hindi films was K.L.Saigal.
2. Without exception, their films had a strong story content, having been based on popular novels and dramas or even short stories.
3. For Hindi films, dialogues and Lyrics of songs were in pure Hindi – unlike Urdu dominated language of films made in Bombay or Lahore. Simple and pure Hindi language was easy to understand anywhere in India. For example, words like Muhabbat or Ishq were replaced by Prem, preet or Anurag; Shohar became Pati and Lovely and Khoobsurat became Sundar etc.etc. Even those writers in NT who were Muslim Munshis, used simple Hindi alternatives.
Once the peak of performance and popularity was achieved in the early 40’s, NT slipped on the popularity diminishing. As anywhere in the world, the talented artistes, directors and the composers had Ego clashes, jealousies and ambitions , resulting in a slow exit of the very people who had made the company a big name.1942 was its beginning and the second world war added further troubles. By the end of the 1940’s decade New Theatres had lost most of its pioneers and sheen of the glow that was New Theatre’s pride once.
Starting with the film Dena Paona, released on 30th December 1931, their last film was Amar Saigal – 1955. The Nobel prize winner Poet Rabindranath Tagore was personally involved in the making of its film Natir Puja, released on 22-3-1932. The first film of Saigal here was Muhabbat ke Aansoo in 1932. His songs became popular from the film Pooran Bhagat-1933 and his most famous film was Devdas-1935, released on 30-3-1935.
Songs rendered by Saigal, Pankaj Mullick and K.C.Dey became popular all over India and wherever Indian people lived in the world. The Play Back system pioneered by NT in India in 1935 became a rage all over. This legendary Giant finally fell down and closed in 1955. After a series of different owners, the Government took it over in 1983. That was a sad end to a Legend that was NEW THEATRES !
Film Maaya -1936 was directed by P.C.Barua and the Lyricist was Asghar Hussain Shor. Music was by R.C.Boral and Pankaj Mullick. Today’s song is composed by R.C.Boral. It is sung by Pahadi Sanyal and as per the uploaders Uma Shashi and Sitara Devi also lent their voice to the song. The cast of the film was Jamuna (wife of director Barua), Pahadi Sanyal, Azoorie, Nawab kashmiri, K.C.Dey and others.
The actor Nawab Kashmiri was a dedicated actor. Not much is known about him. Noted writer Saadat Hasan Manto has written about him in his book,’Stars from another sky’.
Nawab Kashmiri was an honourable fixture in new Theatre films. The only son of the Mufti-e-azam,of the biggest Imambara in Lucknow, he was called ‘ Actors’ actor’. For doing the role of Ezra in Yahudi ki ladki, Nawab went to Bombay and stayed with Jew people to understand their ways of behaving. He also removed all his good teeth to fit as an old Jew Merchant in the film. He was a fan of Agha hashra Kashmiri and had achieved a great name by acting in his several dramas. B.N.Sarcar himself called Nawab to join New Theatres, when he was in great demand elsewhere too. He had acted in the film Maaya-38,as a Pickpocket. to do this role effectively, he had stayed in their slum for 15 days to copy their mannerisms. In NT, he became friendly with another actor-Hafiz ji,who later married the Heroine Rattanbai (legend says, her hair was so long, it used to reach her ankle), before Rattanbai shifted to Bombay in 1935 to do Bharat ki beti (Tere poojan ko bhagwan fame)
When Nawab did not get any issue from his first wife he married the daughter of prince Mehr of Audh. The first wife committed suicide leaving a hugh property and Gold for him.
Committed actors like Nawab kashmiri disappeared with his generation.
The story of the film Maaya-1936 was….
The story of Maaya was based on the favourite film topic of the Love Triangle.
Maaya (Jamuna),a beautiful, bubbly young girl is from a poor family. Her rich cousin, Shanta is a socialite and is slated to marry an equally rich boy, Pratap. Once Pratap comes to Shanta’s house, when she is not at home, but sees Maaya and falls in love. When Shanta learns about this, she is upset. She frets and gets angry too, but can not do much.
Pratap and Maaya get so much closer to each other that she carries his child. Pratap leaves for the UK for higher studies in law and promises to marry Maaya on his return.Pratap writes regular letters to Maaya, but cunning Shanta intercepts all letters and Maaya is heartbroken. She delivers a child and has to leave the town for fear of the society.
When Pratap comes back, he does not find Maaya, despite his search. Shanta, meanwhile, tries to get close to him. One day Pratap finds that in his office a case comes where he has to prosecute a lady for a murder. When he sees the lady, he is shocked to find that it is none other than Maaya. Maaya and a murderer ? Pratap goes to her prison cell to meet her and in the conversations, all misunderstandings are cleared.
On further investigations, Pratap finds that Maaya has been falsely implicated in this case by Shanta, so that he will marry her. Pratap leaves his Government job and defends Maaya in the court, getting her acquitted honourably.
Pratap and Maaya reunite, much to the disappointment of Shanta.
Let us now enjoy today’s song….
Song- Gaaye ja gaaye ja beqarar dil (Maaya)(1936) Singers- Pahadi Sanyal, Lyricist- Arzu Lucknowi, MD-R C Boral and Pankaj Mullick
Lyrics
Gaaye ja
gaaye ja
beqarar dil gaaye jaa
Gaaye ja
gaaye ja
beqarar dil gaaye jaa
??
dil azaar
ho to ho
??
dil azaar
ho to ho
Gaaye ja
gaaye ja
beqarar dil gaaye jaa
Gaaye ja
aasmaan pe chhaayee ho ghata
???
aasmaan pe chhaayee ho ghata
???
chamak chamak bijli gajraaye
?? damkaaye
chamak chamak bijli gajraaye
?? damkaaye
garjo
ghan??
hosh mein laaye jaa
garjo
ghan??
hosh mein laaye jaa
dekh dono jahaan ??
?? hans haar ka
?? hai sansaar
dekh dono jahaan ke ??
?? hans hans haar ??
?? haath mila
?? haath mila
?? ke sang
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