Ek shola bhadkegaa ek patanga tadpegaa
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film Teesri Gali – 1958.
The film was produced by C.D.Sadarangani and was directed by Kundan Kumar. Music was by Chitraguptand the cast members were Shyama, Abhi Bhattacharya, Prem Adeeb,Gope, Neeru (aka Shantakumari Jr.). Leela Mishra, Vithal Panchotiya etc.
The film industry is presently ruled by big actors. In the early years of the film industry, the situation was very different. The film studios were very powerful. They used to employ actors on monthly basis. This situation changed after the second world war. Studios found it difficult to manage big establishments. In addition, outsiders who had a lot of Black money started luring away the actors and the directors and making films by hiring studio facilities. ” Free lancing” was the operative system now and thus slowly, once the powerful studios started eclipsing. Big studios and film companies like New Theatres, Shalimar, Bombay talkies, Imperial etc. closed down and few studios became insignificant. Film companies run by individuals like Rajkamal, Mehboob, Filmistan, Kardar studios etc. thrived because they kept pace with the changes in the industry. All this happened primarily due to 3 reasons….
1. Black money in industry
2. Partition and
3. Escalating costs due to war.
This also made the actors’ lobby very strong and they virtually ruled the industry. Nothing remains permanent and even this situation changed after the powerful generation of actors slowly bowed out. Nowadays, the career spans of actors have shrunk. Unlike Raj, Dev, Dilip etc. who had long careers of 30 to 50 years, now no one survives beyond perhaps 10+ years, with exceptions.
During the period when the big stars were powerful, most were possessive, proud, brash and self centred. Anyone who was simpler, straight, accommodative, smiling and cooperative was popular among younger, emerging actors and such artistes were very few. One such actress was SHYAMA, who respected everyone and cooperated with new actors, never refused any film based on who was the Hero and was ever smiling. I liked her very much. She worked with a pouring heart. See any of her song videos and you will realise how single mindedly she worked giving her all skill.
I not only liked but also respected Shyama, because in my opinion, she was one of the few actresses, who was not only versatile but also very humble, modest and cooperative. Though she started from scratch- as an Extra- she worked with Top actors like, Ashok Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, Kishore Kumar, Balraj Sahni, Motilal, Rehman, Shammi Kapoor, Raaj Kumar, Karan Dewan, Bharat Bhushan etc. But she never hesitated to work with B or C grade Heroes like Sajjan, Mahipal, Kamal Kapoor, Suresh etc. With Johnny Walker, she did 7 films as a Lead actress and 3 more in other roles.
Another speciality of Shyama was that in the song sequences, she used to lip sync in a very natural way giving a feeling that in reality she was actually singing. Some of her senior actresses , especially Meena Kumari, might be a big star but while lip synching she was simply terrible. One felt that she was murmuring something . Never got a feeling that she was singing.
Shyama did many child roles as Baby Khurshid Akhtar. When her first film as a Heroine-Shrimatiji-52, opposite Nasir Khan- was released in Opera House, Bombay, the film Soorat was released in Roxy cinema at the same time. In the film Soorat, she did a child role while in Shrimatiji she was the Heroine. Film Soorat-47 got delayed and was released in 1952. She was named Shyama By director Vijay Bhatt at the time of the film Nai Maa-46.
Shyama ( real name Khursheed Akhtar) was born on 12-6-1935 at Lahore. Her family shifted to Bombay when she was 2 year old. Shyama’s father too was a fruit seller, like Dilip Kumar’s father, in the Byculla market, in those days. Khursheed studied in Urdu medium Municipal school. When she was 10 year old, a chance visit to see a film shooting ended in her participating in the shooting.
The film was “Zeenat”-1945. She was given her screen name-Shyama. Along with Shashikala and Shalini-the other child stars, she sat in the famous qawali, “Aahen na bhari” India’s first all female qawali. Though Noorjehan sang in the qawali, her lines were NOT lip synched by herself, but Rehana lip synched them. In the true sense, this was her first playback in films !
In the next 6 years Shyama did 80 films mostly uncredited,in small roles , like Shayar, Jal Tarang, Namoona, Sajaa, jalsa, Nishana etc. During film Jalsa’s shooting, its heroine Geeta Bali took a fancy to her and predicted that one day,she too will become a Heroine.Her small roles were almost like an extra or a chorus girl.
In her career of 41 years, Shyama acted in 169 films ( 70 as a Heroine) and sang about 140 songs on screen in her films. She married Cinematographer Fali Mistry in 1954. They had 2 sons and 1 daughter. Shyama retired from films in 1976. Fali Mistry died in 1979. She spent a happy retired life with old friends, at her luxurious flat in Napean Sea Road, Mumbai. Shyama died on 14-11-2017.
While Shyama was working, there were 2 more Shyamas – Shama Dulari and Shyama Zutshi. I have discussed this Trio of “Same Name Confusion” in my second book published last year.
Actor Abhi Bhattacharya was another actor I liked. I liked him in the films Jagriti-1954 and Apradhi kaun-1957. Some people are liked by us but we can not pin point the reasons. I always felt that this typically Bengali looking actor was a misfit in Hindi films. Abhi Bhattacharya ( 20/11/1922-11/9/1993) had a handsome and impressive personality. Belonging to the Bimal Roy camp,he debuted in 1947 with film Naukadubi from Bombay Talkies- a Bengali dominated production house.
Some of his other notable films were Yatrik-52, Jagriti-54, Biraj Bahu-54, Anuradha-60, Aradhana-69, Seeta aur Geeta-72 etc etc. He worked with stalwarts like Bimal Roy, Satyen Bose, Nitin Bose,Guru Dutt, Ritwik Ghatak etc. In the later part of career he worked as Lord Vishnu and Lord Shrikrishna in many Mythological films.
He wrote one book too,”Destiny with Dadaji”. He acted in 166 films. His last film was ‘Professor ki padosan’-93. He died on 11-9-1993.
Today’s film Teesri gali-1958, an ordinary film, became famous because actor Gope died on the sets, while shooting a scene in this film. The irony was, the scene he was shooting was, when he had to act like he got a heart Attack and died. Unfortunately, in reality, he genuinely got a heart attack and he actually dies. Those present during the shooting clapped heartily for natural acting, knowing little that he had really died on the sets. His last dialogue in that scene was ” main upar jaa raha hoon, wahan se jawab bhejunga” (मैं उपर जा रहा हूं, वहांसे जवाब भेजूंगा ).
Teesri Gali was an Action-Crime Thriller Romantic Family Drama Film crafted with excellence by Kundan Kumar.
The Story revolved around the life of Raja- A Kind and Brave man who comes to the city to find his friend Bankey and falls in love with Mala- A Beautiful girl and wants to marry her. However, he finds his friends as a Rich man and Niranjan- An evil man who framed him for murder and together they set on the path to defeat him, without knowing the outcome, leading to consequences.
Today’s song is the last and final song, making this film YIPPEED. Enjoy….
Song- Ek shola Bhadkega ek patanga tadpega (Teesri Gali)(1958) Singer- Geeta Dutt, Lyricist-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD- Chitragupt
Female chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
Ek shola bhadkega
ek patanga tadpega
aaj ki raat ki baat na poochho
ek shola bhadkega
ek patanga tadpega
aaj ki raat ki baat na poochho
ek shola bhadkega
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
o o o o
o o o
o o o
abhi to rang bandha hai fasaane ka
abhi to rang bandha hai fasaane ka
koi samaa hai ye chhod ke jaane ka
raat hai baaki
hmm hmm
baat hai baaki
hmm hmm
aate hi aayega ji pyaar ka maza
ek shola bhadkega
ek patanga tadpega
aaj ki raat ki baat na poochho
ek shola bhadkega
dekho to pyaare abhi se khafa kya ho
dekho to pyaare abhi se khafa kya ho
aage aage zara peechhe kya kya ho
aaj humaaree
hmm hmm
aayi hai baaree
hmm hmm
aayega ab takraar ka maza
ek shola bhadkega
ek patanga tadpega
aaj ki raat ki baat na poochho
ek shola bhadkega
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
o o o o
o o o
o o o
tum pe bhi dard ki kaali ghata chhaaye
tum pe bhi dard ki kaali ghata chhaaye
hum pe chhuri koi tum pe bhi kam aaye
dil hi akele
hmm hmm
kyun dukh jhele
hmm hmm
tumko bhi aaye inkaar ka maza
ek shola bhadkega
ek patanga tadpega
aaj ki raat ki baat na poochho
ek shola bhadkega
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April 21, 2024 at 6:23 pm
Arun Ji,
Thanks for the post. Shyama was an actress I liked.( from the time of her song ‘Sun Sun sun zalima..’)
I did not know Gope died on the sets ,that too while enacting a heart attack.
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April 21, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Satish ji,
Gope was the second actor dying on the sets. The first was actor Shyam who died after completing a stunt scene on a horse, on the sets of film Shabistan-1952.
Thanks for your comments about actress Shyama.
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