Jeet ho hamaari jeet ho
Posted on: March 11, 2024
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Today’s song is a marching song from the film ‘Veer Babruwahan’ (1950).
Now, the name ‘Babruwahan’ is a strange name and I am sure most readers have never heard it, at least those who are below 60 years of age. I heard his story for the first time from my grandfather when I was about 8 years old. Being an odd name and sounding even funny, it remained in my memory. Later I found his story in the 14th parva – The Ashwamedha Parva of Mahabharat in the sub–parva 91-92.
When I saw this film, I was actually surprised how the filmmakers even chose this story, which was not a very well known one from Mahabharat. But then, 1950 was a period when the entire country and the film industry was in a turmoil and both were trying hard to set the things in an order, with whatever efforts were needed.
After the unexpected and suddenly shocking demise of KL Saigal Sb in the beginning of 1947, India getting its Independence in August 1947 and then the ruling government trying to cope up with the huge migration of population on both sides of the newly created borders, the period from 1947 to 1950 was a testing time, both for the country and the film industry. Finally the Indian Dominion became the Republic of India on 26-1-1950 and the British finally repealed their article 395 to declare India to be a fully independent Democratic Republic.
The year 1950 also began an attempt by the film industry to make and present films on traditional value building, stories from our glorious history, importance of joint family and building Patriotism, Socialism and the stress on Indian folk music and dances, like in films ‘Mother India’ and ‘Naya Daur’ (both 1957) etc. Ace producers and Nehru fans like Bimal Roy, Raj Kapoor, Mehboob etc. also tried to push the Nehruvian philosophy of Socialism through their films. This period also saw stress on presenting our Mythology and Religious stories through films. To make films more interesting, melody and musical entertainments were made in bulk. As the decade of 1950-1960 was ending, the impact of western world in lifestyles and music (like Rock N Roll, Cha Cha Cha, Hawaian and Spanish tunes etc) became pronounced and the next decade i.e. 1960-1970 was full of such films. But that is another story…..
It was not just the impact of the western music but also the flow of films from Hollywood like ‘Ben Hur’, ‘My Fair Lady’, ‘Sound of Music’, ‘Ten Commandments’, ‘Quo Vadis’, ‘Samson and Delialah’, ‘Seven Samurai’ etc. became very popular in India. These films taught the Indian film makers that even smaller films (in terms of duration) can be popular if the content is solid and handled properly. Hitchcock films inspired films like ‘Apradhi Kaun’ (1957) etc. The end part of the 1950 was a mixture of films, as if the industry was in a fix as to which way it should go in the 1960’s decade !
Some of the interesting films in the year 1950 were….
- ‘DAHEJ’ – V Shantaram’s film depicted the sad plight and the defeat of a girl’s father to refuse giving dowry in his daughter’s marriage. This effective film paved the way to the enactment of the ‘ Prevention of Dowry’ act in later years.
- JOGAN – a love and hate story of an atheist and temple Nun. Excellent songs.
- BAWRE NAIN – a tragic love story is remembered as the first hit film of composer Roshan. Superb songs.
- SAMADHI – the conflict of two brothers, patriotism and hit songs.
- SARGAM – a musical story of 7 sisters. Memorable songs by C Ramchandra.
- MASHAAL, SANGRAM and MUQADDAR – all good films, but could not stop the eclipse of the giant Bombay Talkies.
- HAR HAR MAHADEV – An unexpected hit indicated the oncoming years of Mythology and Religious films till 1960, in a record number – 124 films in 10 years.
- AFSAR – the first film of Navketan banner. Based on Gogol’s The inspector General could not do justice to the original, in spite of good songs.
Other good films were
- BABUL – a tragedy love story of Dilip and Nargis
- SHEESH MAHAL – a depiction of the collapse of the old social systems.
- ARZOO – had excellent songs by Anil Biswas.
- PEHLA ADMI – Bimal Roy’s film had a backdrop of the Indian National Army of Subhash Bose.
- DASTAAN was yet another tragedy film.
- AANKHEN was composer Madan Mohan’s first film.
‘Veer Babruwahan’ was made by Homi Wadia’s Basant Pictures. It was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt (aka Batuk Bhai) who had earlier directed the film ‘Muqabala’ (1942), husband of a small-time actress Shirin and father of Mahesh Bhatt. Music was by the king of melody – Chitragupt, MA. The film’s cast consisted of Shashi Kapoor Sr., Mrudula, Urmila, Amarnath, Baby Madhuri, SN Tripathi, Umakant and many others.
Baby Madhuri – her real name was Maahe Laqa (meaning moon faced). She was the daughter of Master Ali Baksh, MD and Iqbal Begum, a cine artiste. In other words Baby Madhuri was the youngest sister of actress Meena Kumari and her sister actress Khurshid Jr. Born in a family of film people, Baby Madhuri was good at acting and singing. She was picked up by Director Nazir of Hind Pictures who took her for his film ‘Sandesha’ (1940). He is the same Nazir, whose first wife was Sitara Devi. He was the maternal uncle i.e. maama of K Asif (of ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ fame) . He later divorced Sitara devi (actually, she had eloped with K Asif ) and married actress Swarnalata and both migrated to Pakistan. Nazir’s studio was burnt during the communal riots in Bombay. Author Manto has detailed all this in his book.
In Wadia’s film ‘Vishwas’ (1943), the talents of Baby Madhuri in acting and singing flowered and she was appreciated much. Then she acted and sang some songs in films like ‘Anjaan’, ‘Jungle Princess’, ‘Muqabala’, ‘Ekta’ (Sindhi), ‘Andhera’, ‘Mahatma Vidur’, ‘Paraya Dhan’, ‘Bachpan’, ‘Nai Maa’ etc.
She was also called Madhu. She later married actor Mehmood. She was very fond of new fashions and western clothes. Due to this, she became a kleptomaniac and was caught many times stealing things and shoplifting. She knew riding, cycling and swimming too. She spoke good English, though not much educated.
After Mehmood divorced her, she got married to barrister Kishore Sharma, an associate of Nani Palkhivala.
[Thanks to shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji for info on Baby Madhuri].
The story of the film ‘Veer Babruvahan’, is as follows,
Babruvahan was the son of Arjun and Chitrangada, the princess of Manipur. He did not participate in the Mahabharat war from the side of Pandavas and remained in Manipur because he was the heir to the throne of Manipur after his maternal grandfather as he was adopted as his son by his maternal grandfather.
During the Ashwamedh Yagna, Babruvahan caught the horse and had a fight with Arjun. In the fight, he was able to kill Arjun as Arjun was cursed by Devi Ganga, mother of Bhishma, to die at the hands of his son. Thereafter, Ulupi, the other wife of Arjun, who knew about this curse, revived Arjun to life with the help of a special gem from the Naaglok.
Today’s song is a song to inspire the army of Babruwahan, who is proceeding to fight and kill Arjun – without knowing that Arjun was his father. This is the 6th song of this film and is a sweet song. Enjoy the song video….
Song- Jeet ho hamaari jeet ho (Veer Babruwahan)(1950) Singers-Amirbai Karnataki, Mohd. Rafi, Lyrics-Anjum Jaipuri, MD-Chitragupta MA
Female chorus
Male chorus
All chorus
Lyrics
jeet ho o hamaari jeet ho
jeet ho o
hamaari jeet ho
ye geet milke gaayenge
jeet ho
hamaari jeet ho
amar rahega ye nishaan
amar rahega raaj ye
amar rahega ye nishaan
amar rahega raaj ye
suhaag ghar ke aangnon mein kah raha hai aaj ye
kah raha hai aaj ye
pran deke laaj apne desh ki bachaayenge
pran deke laaj apne desh ki bachaayenge
ye geet milke gaayenge
jeet ho
hamaari jeet ho
jeet ho
hamaari jeet ho
chale hain yudhh bhoomi mein
wo kaun hai jo rok de
chale hain yudhh bhoomi mein
wo kaun hai jo rok de
ghamand apni veerta pe jisko hai wo tok de
ghamand apni veerta pe jisko hai wo tok de
tani hui kamaan se ye bijliyaan giraayenge
tani hui kamaan se ye bijliyaan giraayenge
ye geet milke gaayenge
jeet ho
hamaari jeet ho
jeet ho
hamaari jeet ho
hai chhatr-chhaaya veer ma ki maamta kiye huye
hai chhatr-chhaaya veer ma ki maamta kiye huye
kisi ki maang ka sindoor aasra diye hue
kisi ki mang ka sindoor aasra diye hue
isi sindoor ki chamk mein aage badhte jayenge
isi sindoor ki chamk mein aage badhte jayenge
ye geet milke gayenge
jeet ho
hamaari jeet ho
jeet ho
hamaari jeet ho
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
ये गीत मिल के गायेंगे
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
अमर रहेगा ये निशां
अमर रहेगा राज ये
अमर रहेगा ये निशां
अमर रहेगा राज ये
सुहाग घर के आँगनों में
कह रहा है आज ये
कह रहा है आज ये
प्राण दे के लाज अपने देश की बचाएंगे
प्राण दे के लाज अपने देश की बचाएंगे
ये गीत मिल के गायेंगे
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
चले हैं युद्ध भूमि में
वो कौन है जो रोक दे
चले हैं युद्ध भूमि में
वो कौन है जो रोक दे
घमंड अपनी वीरता पे जिसको है वो टोक दे
घमंड अपनी वीरता पे जिसको है वो टोक दे
तनी हुई कमान से ये बीजलियाँ गिराएँगे
तनी हुई कमान से ये बीजलियाँ गिराएँगे
ये गीत मिल के गायेंगे
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
है छत्र छाया वीर माँ की मामता किए हुये
है छत्र छाया वीर माँ की मामता किए हुये
किसी की मांग का सिंदूर आसरा दिये हुये
किसी की मांग का सिंदूर आसरा दिये हुये
इसी सिंदूर कि चमक में आगे बढ़ते जाएँगे
इसी सिंदूर कि चमक में आगे बढ़ते जाएँगे
ये गीत मिल के गायेंगे
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
जीत हो
हमारी जीत हो
4 Responses to "Jeet ho hamaari jeet ho"
March 11, 2024 at 11:46 am
Arun Ji,
You will like the Kannada movie BABRIVAHANA ( ಬಬ್ರುವಾಹನ ), 1977, starring Rajkumar, B Saroja Devi and Kanchana. Well made, lavishly set up and with good music. Was a critical and commercial success.
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March 11, 2024 at 3:46 pm
Dr. Shetty ji,
yes, I am aware of this film BABRUWAHANA-1977, in Kannada. However, I have not seen it.
Thanks for mentioning it.
-AD
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March 11, 2024 at 7:53 am
I enjoyed reading this post. Thank you
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March 11, 2024 at 8:47 am
Thanks.
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