Zulfen hain teree Kashmeeree sitamgar
Posted on: April 18, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film Zingaro-1963.
This Costume film was produced and directed by Chandrakant. It had music by S.N.Tripathi. The cast of the film was Jairaj, Jabeen jalil, Tiwari, Bela Bose, Maruti, Aruna Irani, Mrudula, Baburao Pehelwan and others. From this cast, actors Jairaj and Baburao Pehelwan and actresses Mrudula and Jabeen Jalil are the artistes who were quite capable, but somehow LUCK did not favour them and they fell aside from Big Banners and well known films.
I feel really sad for Mrudula, who was the heroine of Dilip Kumar in his Debut film Jwar Bhata-1944. It was the Debut film for Mrudula too, but see where Dilip Kumar reached -to be India’s famous and A grade top Hero, whereas Mrudula never reached that level. She was good looking and a capable actress. The question is, then why did she fall back in the race ? The simple but unknown answer is – she became a victim of the Studio system.
Till the end of the 1940’s decade, the Studio System was very strong. Initially films were promoted and sold on the names of the studio making it. The names of actors were not even mentioned on the posters and in the booklets. Thanks to actress Sulochana Sr. (Ruby Meyers), who fought for it and names of actors started appearing on the posters and in booklets, albeit in smaller types than the names of studios. If you see the advertisements in old issues of magazines like Film India (whose old issues are freely available on the Internet), you will notice what I am saying.
Due to the Contract system of studios and adamant natures of the studio owners, careers of many actors, actresses and singers were ruined. The culprits were Prabhat, Minerva, Shalimar, Bombay talkies etc. Some tough and courageous artistes like Shanta Apte, Master Vithal and Meena Shorey could get their freedom from giants like Sharda, Prabhat and Minerva, but many others spoiled their careers. Some examples are Mrudula from Bombay Talkies, Manju from Prabhat, Sitara Kanpuri and Shama Dulari from Shalimar etc.
Mridula ( real name Chandrakanta) was born on 2-11-1924 at Almora, but was educated in Delhi. When she was in college doing her graduation, Amiya Chakravarty of Bombay Talkies came to Delhi on a Talent Hunt. He contacted her and gave her an offer. She signed a 5 year contract with Bombay Talkies and Devika Rani became her Mentor, teaching her everything. She was paid 2500 rupees salary with a furnished house. Her first film was “Jwar Bhata”-44, opposite another Debutant Dilip Kumar (Yousuf Khan). After Himanshu Rai’s death, Bombay Talkies was already in disarray. Many people had left the company due to differences with Devika Rai. A group of them formed Filmistan.
She got married to her lover Mr. G C Andley. However the marriage was unsuccessful and she went back to Delhi. She spent a miserable life selling whatever she had to survive. She got divorce and came back to Bombay to work in films, in 1954. She worked in 53 films in all. Her last released film was Saboot-80, though she had married again and retired some time before that.
Mridula was also a victim of her contract with Bombay Talkies. It destroyed her career as a Heroine forever. Devika Rani was her Mentor in Bombay Talkies. However, after Himanshu Rai’s death, no one was listening to her in the company due to groupism. Disgusted, Devika rani left Bombay Talkies, having sold all the shares. Mridula got stuck in the company without work, due to her 5 year contract. It was Vijay Bhatt of Prakash Pictures who somehow convinced Bombay Talkies to loan her to him and she got roles in 2 of their films. In the film ‘Bhakta Dhruva”-47, she played mother to 16 year old Shashi kapoor (sr) when she herself was about 23 year old only ! But she had no choice. The film and her role became famous, but she lost her chances of becoming Heroine in any film thereafter.
Till 30-9-2016 she was living in Worli, Mumbai all alone. Her only daughter stayed nearby and looked after her. There is no news about her anymore.
The other actress who could not or did not go far in the film industry was Jabeen Jalil. She did only 24 films ( plus 5 films unreleased) in the span of 20 years from 1954 to 1974. It was not due to the studio system, but simply due to bad luck.
Jabeen Jaleel was a short, petite but attractive actress. She was born on 1st April 1936 in Delhi, but was educated in Japan and Bombay, as her father was in foreign services of India. She used to take part in college dramas and in one such drama the judges were Nigar Sultana and her director husband S.M.Yusuf. They offered her a film as a Heroine. Jabeen’s father had expired and only mother and younger brother were there. She accepted the offer. Her first film was Guzara in 1954. Her second film in 55 was Lutera. Her first hero was Karan Dewan and second was Nasir khan. She became famous in New Delhi-56, in the role of Kishore’s sister Nikki’s role. She acted in 29 films, out of which 5 were unreleased. She also acted in 4 Punjabi films. She got a National award in 1962 for a Punjabi film in which her Hero was Prem Chopra.
She was a popular actress of Hindi cinema of the 50s & 60s. Although She acted in merely 24 Hindi ( plus 5 films were unreleased) & 4 Punjabi films in her almost 20 years career, she made millions of fans of her beauty and wonderful acting. She has worked with top Bollywood stars like Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, Dev Anand & Pradeep Kumar during 1955 to 1965.
Jabeen made her film debut with Guzaara (1954) where her hero was Karan Dewan. Her second film was Lutera (1955) where her hero was Nasir Khan. She however got true recognition with her third film, New Delhi (1956) where she played the role of Kishore Kumar’s sister Nikki. She got benefitted by the success of New Delhi. In the late 1950s, many films starring her released, including Char Minar, Fashion, Jeevan Sathi, Hathkadi, Panchayat, Raagini, Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane and Raat ke Raahi. In the 60s, Jabeen acted in films like Batwara, Khiladi, Sachche Moti, Taj Mahal and Raju. The Batwara song “Yeh Raat Yeh Fizaayen Phir Aayen Na Aayen” picturised on her and Jawahar Kaul is popular to this day. She also got the National Award for the 1962 Punjabi film Chaudhary Karnail Singh in which her hero was Prem Chopra. Jabeen acted in three other Punjabi movies Kadi Dhoop Kadi Chhaon, Geet Baharaan De & Aye Dharti Punjab Di.
Many songs picturised on her were extremely popular including ‘Tum Aur Hum…’ (Fashion), ‘Madbhari Yeh Pyaar Ki Palken…’ (Fashion), ‘Ta Thaiyya Karte Ana…’ (Panchayat), ‘Piya mai hoon patang tu dor…’ (Raagini), ‘Qaid mein Hai Bulbul Sayyad Muskuraye…’ (Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane), ‘Door Kahin Tu Chal…’ (Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane), ‘Aa Bhi Ja Bewafa…’ (Raat Ke Rahi), ‘Tu Kya Samjhe Tu Kya Jaane…’ (Raat Ke Rahi) and ‘Ek Nazar Ek Ada…’ (Raat Ke Rahi).
Jabeen Jalil quit films in 1974 after wrapping up her career with the film Vachan. In 2008 she had produced a movie “Pehli Nazar Ka Pyaar”.
Jabeen got married in the year 1968. Her Husband Ashok Kak is of Kashmiri Origin & hailed from Jodhpur. He was President of the Kodak Company and was the youngest CEO of that time. After moving away from films Jabeen was active in social work also. Jabeen and her family stayed in America for 10 years. The family moved back to Mumbai in 1998. She lives with her husband, son and elderly mother-in-law in her flat in South Bombay and divides her time between playing the devoted wife and the ideal mother.Her son Divvij Kak is also an actor and Jabeen became a producer with Jabeen International. She lives in Dadar, Mumbai nowadays.
Today’s film is the routine King, Queen and Vazier type story. For a change, the Vazier is good but the Queen is evil. The story of the film is……
A ruler’s demise leaves a kingdom in turmoil, with a fight over which of his two wives should become queen mother. The honor goes to the elder queen, much to the dismay of Chandrasen (Tiwari), who hoped his sister would gain the position.
Mad for power, Chandrasen meets a holy man who requires seven virgins to be sacrificed to his guru. The holy man gives Chandrasen a magic flower that will allow him to take any form, and he uses it to become a duplicate of the God that is worshiped by the jungle people. He is challenged by Zingaro (Jairaj), a swarthy young jungle man, so Chandrasen turns his servant, Bahadur, into a copy of Zingaro and orders him to abduct girls from the village.
The Queen mother begs someone to capture Zingaro, but because of his legendary prowess and strength, nobody is brave enough to take the challenge except Kiran (Jabeen), the daughter of Diwan, the late king’s loyal assistant. Kiran finds Zingaro, but Zingaro convinces her of his innocence and the two set out together to capture the impostor who is committing the crimes. They apprehend the fake and throw him in jail, but Chandrasen’s magic flower helps set him free. Chandrasen then kidnaps Kiran and locks her up in his palace.
Zingaro, searching for Kiran, is arrested and Kiran must now figure out a way to save herself and Zingaro. Zingaro gets help from his friends and escapes. He finds about the magic flower, secures it and then changes the picture, Kiran is freed and the younger queen and her brother Chandrasen are arrested and hanged. Zingaro destroys the magic flower. he and Kiran get married.
Today’s song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor, who seems trying to copy Rafi style unsuccessfully. This is the last and final song and the film gets YIPPEED, with all its songs covered. Enjoy the song….
Song-Zulfen hain teree Kashmiri sitamgar (Zingaaro)(1963) Singer-Mahendra Kapoor, Lyricist- Prem Dhawan, MD- S N Tripathi
Lyrics
Zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye hoye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
khair nahin o ghoonghat waalee
aaj kisi dilwaale kee
haaye re haaye haaye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye hoye
hum se kaisee pardaadaaree
saamne to aao zaraa
gorey mukh se kaalee chunree
dhheere se sarkaao zaraa
kyaa zaroorat
chaand pe hai
kaho to baadal kaale kee
haaye re haaye haaye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
husn tujhse bheekhh maange
ishq sau sau sajde kare
ik nazar jo dekh le wo
zindagee bhar aahen bhare
waah re Kudrat
aisee soorat ke banaane waale kee
hoye hoye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye hoye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
khair nahin o ghoonghat waalee
aaj kisi dilwaale kee
haaye haaye haaye haaye haaye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye
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