Ye geet kaun mere man madhuban mein gaa rahaa
Posted on: April 15, 2024
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‘Maan Apmaan’ (1979) was produced and directed by N V Deshpande. The cast included Sanjeev Kumar, Kanan Kaushal, Sushma Shiromani, Usha Solanki, Gajanan Jagirdar, Dhumal. Mohan Choti, Ratnamala, Asit Sen, Jayshree T, Shammi, Vishwa Mehra, Neelam etc. As per IMDb, the film was in the making since 1968 with Sanjeev Kumar and Kanan Kaushal (who, at that time, were yet to get established as successful actors). The film got delayed and at one time it was almost shelved. It was only when Sanjeev Kumar became a star and Kanan Kaushal came into limelight with her box office hit film, ‘Jai Santoshi Mata’ (1975), the film was revived, reshot and released in August 1979. The film was dubbed in Gujarati also.
The film’s lead actress, Kanan Kaushal (real name: Indumati Sheth) was born on March 21, 1939, in Baroda (now Vadodara). She belongs to Konkani speaking Gomantak Maratha Samaj, mainly concentrated in around Goa. Her interest in acting began during the school days but got a fillip during her college days when she started participating in plays during college’s cultural festivals. After completing MA in Economics and History, Indumati got involved in Marathi, Gujarati and Hindi theatres. In 1964, she got married to Shashikant Paigankar and became known as Indumati Paigankar. So, she started her filmy career after her marriage.
Indumati Paigankar came into limelight when she worked in a Hindi play, ‘Do Jahaan Ke Beech’ with Haribhai Jariwala (Sanjeev Kumar) and Leela Chitnis. Her acting in this play got attention from Hindi filmmakers. In 1964-65, she got roles in ‘Prahar’, ‘Asha Ke Deep’ and ‘Aakhri Din Pehli Raat’. Unfortunately, her first three Hindi films remained incomplete/shelved. During the making of ‘Aakhri Din Pehli Raat’ (shelved), the director, Kamal Amrohi suggested to change her name from Indumati Paigankar to Kanan Kaushal which she accepted. He also suggested the film’s hero, Haribhai Jariwala to change his name. So, he adopted his name to Sanjeev Kumar. Despite the film being shelved, both of them retained their new screen names for all their subsequent Hindi films. (Note: Kanan Kaushal’s profile of her early years is based on a Marathi write-up which appeared on maharashtranayak.in)
Kanan Kaushal’s first released Hindi film was ‘Sati Sulochana’ (1969) in which she was in a subsidiary role with Anita Guha and Premnath. Her first film in a lead role was ‘Maan Apmaan’ (1979) with Sanjeev Kumar, which started sometime in 1968. However, it got delayed for a long time. In ‘Pardesi’ (1970), Kanan Kaushal got a major role along with Mumtaz.
Kanan Kaushal had already worked in about a dozen Hindi films, mostly in supporting roles, but she had not established herself in terms of the the box office success. Then came the film ‘Jai Santoshi Mata’ (1975) in which Kanan Kaushal got a major role along with Anita Guha. This low budget film created an history in 1975 by becoming the second highest grossing film next to ‘Sholay’ (1975). As happens in Hindi films most of the time, Kanan Kaushal also got typed cast for mythological films. She did over a dozen films in this genre over the next 5 years in succession.
It is said that Kanan Kaushal after her successful role in ‘Jai Santoshi Mata’ (1975), got an image of a religious and a pious woman which she wanted to retain it. That made her to reject bold roles in Hindi films. Later on, when she shifted to doing character roles in the 1980s onwards, she was almost type-cast as a suffering wife/mother, more like Nirupa Roy type of roles. ‘Sanam Aap Ke Kaatir’ (1992) was her last Hindi film.
‘Ekati’ (1968) was Kanan Kaushal’s first Marathi film in which she paired with Kashinath Ghanekar. She worked in around 30 Marathi films under her original name, Indumati Paigankar. She also worked in about 16 Gujarati films and 4 Bhojpuri films in addition to about 40 Hindi films.
Kanan Kaushal retired from the films sometime in 1990s. Post retirement from films, she pursued her hobby as a Beautician. She has written and published two books in Marathi – ‘Roopsadhana’ (1994) and ‘Vadhucha Saajshrungar’. Her husband, Shashikant Paigankar passed away in 2001. They have one son and a daughter. The son, Parag Paigankar is an Executive Director in one of the well-known financial services companies in Mumbai. Her daughter is Meelan Samant.
The story of ‘Maan Apmaan’ (1979) is as under:
Thakur (Gajanan Jagirdar), a wealthy landlord, stays with his family consisting of his wife, Laxmi (Ratnamala), his two grown-up daughters – Parvati (Kanan Kaushal), Kamini (Neelam) and a son, Pratap (Mohan Chandola). Shankar (Sanjeev Kumar) is an orphan who has been brought up since his childhood by Thakur and also stays in the house. Thakur’s eldest daughter, Savitri (Usha Solanki) has already got married. Despite belonging to a wealthy family, Parvati is a simple, cultured and self-respected girl. Shankar is a simple man, and he is close to Parvati among other members of the family.
One day, Pratap sees both Shankar and Parvati outside a temple talking in an intimate manner and reports this to his mother, Laxmi. Paravati overhears their conversations and feels bad about Shankar getting a bad name for his closeness to her. She tells her mother that she would marry Shankar to remove any impression about him being in a scandalous relationship. Shankar is hesitant to marry her but Parvati persuades him for the marriage.
Thakur is dead against the marriage as it is not palatable to him as to how his daughter could marry a orphan who has no house to stay and no money to sustain. However, Parvati’s threat to commit suicide if her marriage with Shankar is denied, forces Thakur to agree for the marriage for which he offers financial assistance as well as allowing them to stay in the house. Both of them refuse the offer. After marriage, Shankar and Parvati leave the house to stay with Shankar’s friend, Ramdas (Asit Sen). However, due to unpleasant behaviour of Ramdas’s wife (Shammi), Shankar and Parvati leave the house and shift to his grandparent’s abandoned cottage in a different village. Shankar repairs the house and settles in the village.
Parvati gives birth to a baby boy. Thakur and his wife visit to see the child. However, after seeing them living in an abject poverty, they return home after Thakur insults them. After a few years, Shankar and Parvati receive an invitation to attend the marriage of her younger sister, Kamini. While Parvati’s mother is happy to see them after a long time, other members of the family give them a cold response. On the contrary, Savitri accuses Parvati of stealing her jewellery. A humiliated Shankar and Parvati return home with a vow never to visit them.
Years pass. Shankar and Paro receive an invitation to attend the marriage of her younger brother, Pratap. After humiliation during the marriage of her younger sister, Parvati and Shankar decide not to attend the marriage. Instead, she writes a letter to Pratap sending her best wishes for the marriage. However, her mother’s health deteriorates after the marriage as it was a shock for her that her daughter, Parvati could not attend the marriage. After few days, she passes away. After completion of the religious ceremonies, Thakur and his family members realise their mistakes of ill treatment to Shankar and Parvati. They all visit Shankar and Parvati’s house and reconcile with them.
The film had 3 songs written by Bharat Vyas which were set to music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. I am presenting the first song, ‘ye geet kaun mere madhuban mein gaa rahaa’ to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Mohammed Rafi and Anuradha Paudwal. The song is picturised on Sanjeev Kumar and Kanan Kaushal reflecting their happiness over the news of becoming expectatant parents.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Ye geet kaun mere man madhuban mein gaa rahaa (Maan Apmaan)(1979) Singers-Anuradha Paudwal, Rafi, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Both
Lyrics
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aa aa aa aaa
aa aa aa aaa
aa aaaaa
ye geet kaun
mere mann madhuban mein gaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
mere mann madhuban mein gaa rahaa
mere soye praanon ko
meethhe meethhe sur se jagaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
mere mann madhuban mein gaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
mere soye praanon ko
meethhe meethhe sur se jagaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
raat ki belaa
main thhaa akelaa
chupke se ye kaun aayaa
raat ki belaa
main thhaa akelaa
chupke se ye kaun aayaa
door kabhi kyaa rah sakti hai
kaaya se apni chhaayaa
palkon mein jo basti hai
koi useykyun bulaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
mere mann madhuban mein gaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
bheegaa hai mausam
milte hain hum tum
bheegi hawaayen gaatee hain
bheegaa hai mausam
milte hain hum tum
bheegi hawaayen gaatee hain
pedon se lipti
komal lataayen
dekh hamen sharamaati hain
jaane ye kaisi khusbhoo udi
jo dil pe nashaa saa chhaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
mere mann madhuban mein gaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
deep mein jyoti
seep mein moti
teraa meraa mel yahi
deep mein jyoti
seep mein moti
teraa meraa mel yahi
saagar mein saritaa
lahron mein kavitaa
pyaar kaa paawan khel yahi
bhar ke apni baahon mein
mujhe koi jhoolaa jhulaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
mere mann madhuban mein gaa rahaa
mere soye praanon ko
meethhe meethhe sur se jagaa rahaa
ye geet kaun
ye geet kaun
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