Ye jawaanee badee badnaam hai
Posted on: April 21, 2024
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Today’s song is from the social film Sunehre Qadam-1966.
It was a social film directed by Satish Nigam and Music Directors were Bulo C Rani and S. Mohinder.There were 4 Lyricists for the 7+1(2 part) songs. The cast of the film was Rehman, Shashikala, Agha, Sabita Chatterjee, Randhir etc.
Majority of the cinegoers these days prefer a ‘Happy End’ film. There was a period-mid 40’s to mid 50’s- when Tragedy films were the ‘in’ thing, but as the younger generation grew up, ‘Devdas’ type films became a ‘No-No’. Musicals and Romantic comedies took over. Dilip Kumar who was the cause of such ‘ Tragedy wave’ films, suffered healthwise and stopped acting in such films. ( He had ‘Died’ in 7 such Tragedy films during this period.). Like a pendulum, he went to the other side, doing comic roles and films of other Genres. Big producer-directors like V.Shantaram hated films where the hero ‘died’ in the end and had made films like ” Aadmi”-1937, with a message “Life is for living”.
The other day, I was searching on Google to get an answer to my curious question ” Why does a man want a ‘Happy End’ to all matters in life ?” After searching for a long time for a few days, I came across a Research paper titled ” Human mind and the desire for a Happy End’. As per this scientist, the Human mind basically wants peace and joy so that he performs well in life, without wasting time on solution-less matters which have a ‘Tragic End’.
Applying this to film viewing, people seek entertainment and happy times when they go to see a film. From the mid 50’s onwards the trend fully changed to stress on Music, Humour and Happy End. Personally, I like only ‘Happy End’ films. I am sure most people are in my category.
The story of film Sunehre Qadam-1966 was a mixture of attempts to satisfy both types of people – people who liked tragedies and people who liked ‘Happy end’. in this effort, the whole story became patchy and meaningless. take a look at the film’s story….
This is a story of a spoiled motherless rich girl who is also a singer. Shekhar (Rehman) falls in love with Shefali (Shashikala). In their first meeting, Shefali slaps Shekhar, who still loves her. There is a singing competition which is won by Shekhar defeating Shefali. Shekhar wins the Trophy.
Shekhar’s poor parents and brother and sister live in a village. Sheklhar’s earning is limited. To cope up, he has to sell the Trophy. Shefali knows that Shekhar would never ask for money from anyone, so she buys the trophy from the dealer and gifts it to Shekhar. After a few months, he sold it again. Shefali gets it again and gives it to him. Third time there is some misunderstanding in the shop and the shop owner accuses Shefali of stealing the trophy from him. Sheklhar thinks she stole it and accepts the theft himself and goes to jail.
Shefali wants to redeem her foolish behaviour , so she goes to his village to take care of his parents. The father dies soon and the mother too dies. Meanwhile Shekhar comes back from jail. Seeing Shefali at his house, he is angry and fires her and throws her out, without listening to her pleas.
Shefali decides to end her life, after thinking for few days. Meanwhile the shopkeeper meets Shekhar and clears the fact that the Trophy was bought by Shefali 3 times and not stolen. His neighbours also tell Shekhar how Shefali looked after his parents and siblings. Shekhar repents and goes to her. He learns that she has gone to the river. When he reaches the river, he sees Shefali jumping into the river to die. He too jumps and saves her. All matters are cleared and both unite happily.
I don’t know what you think of this story, but I feel it is a third rate story. Neither story nor music was noteworthy. The only redeeming factor was the excellent acting by Shashikala and Rehman. I liked Rehman. He looked like a Royal person and was very impressive. Sai’d Rehman Khan was born on 23 June 1921 at Lahore, British India, now Pakistan, in a Pashtun-origin family. He graduated from Robertson College, Jabalpur, staying in Beohar Niwas Palace. Among his nephews are prominent Pakistani film and TV actor Faisal Rehman and Fasih Ur Rehman, Indian classical dancer, and sons of his younger brother Massud-ur-Rehman, the famous cinematographer in Pakistan.
After college (1942), he joined the Royal Indian Air Force and trained at Poona as a pilot. The Air Force didn’t appeal to him and soon left for a career in films at Bombay. He is best known for his suave sophisticated roles, which suited his personality. His movie career started with a job as third assistant director to Vishram Bedekar at the studios in Pune. Vishram needed an Afghan who could tie a Pashtun turban on one of his characters. Rehman could do that, being a Pashtun, and that brought him to the screen for some lead roles. One of his major hits as hero was Pyar Ki Jeet with Suraiya, and the song-“Ek Dil Ke Tukde Hazar Hue, Koi Yahan Gira, “Koi Wahan Gira ” was a major hit. Badi Behen was another big hit with Suraiya. He was also interested in marrying Suraiya, along with many other suitors, though she was adamant in wanting to marry Dev Anand.
Initially he played lead roles, but as time passed, he accepted supporting roles and made his mark in some hit films like Pyaasa, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (in which he played a debauched zamindar, Chhote Sarkar), and Waqt which were some of his memorable roles, the first two with Guru Dutt, famous actor, producer, director. Rehman also did key roles in Baharon Ki Manzil, Gomti Ke Kinare, Dushman and Holi Aayi Re. Rehman received four Filmfare nominations as Best Supporting Actor for Phir Subah Hogi (1958), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) and Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966).
Rehman had a deep, impressive and powerful voice and it is a great irony that he died of throat cancer, It can easily be said that his colourful role as Chenoy Seth in B.R.Chopra’s 1965 film Waqt was one of his best loved performances. Despite his evil designs for Raaj Kumar in the film, audiences admired his style and prosperous look. He proved the perfect match for” Jaani” Raaj Kumar. The scenes between the two, especially at the swimming pool, are among the highlights of the first multi-starrer of our film industry. Word for word, expression for expression, Rehman stood his own opposite Raaj Kumar who was known for his unique voice, style and dialogue delivery. In fact, Rehman seemed more in control than “Jaani”. How smoothly and politely an evil man can accomplish his goals is what Chenoy Seth shows us in Waqt. Indeed, a memorable performance!
Rehman’s first film was Hum Ek Hain-1946 and in 1982 his last 3 films were released-Dil aakhir dil hain, Rajput and Vakil Babu. In all Rehman acted in 113 films and lip synched just 17 songs on the screen, in his career.
Not much is known about Rehman’s personal life except that he lived behind Regal Cinema in Colaba area of Bombay and was extremely devoted to his wife. Director Lekh Tandon informs that the tough Rehman married his girlfriend who looked after him when he fell upon lean times during the 1950s. But as she kept him and his confidence afloat, Rehman was perpetually grateful to her for her supreme sacrifice and the devoted couple lived a reclusive life with Guru Dutt, Johnny Walker and Abrar Alvi amongst their few friends from the industry. Perhaps this seclusion from the moviedom’s social circuit explains the near absence of any stories about him or his family. Nevertheless, like Lekh Tandon opines, “he was a rare breed of actor who brought his own sheen and sophistication to a character”, discerning audiences know he was an actor who was worth his weight in gold. Like a rare melody that is little remembered but never forgotten by our heart, Rehman twinkles in our memory.
In 1977, he suffered three heart attacks due to excessive alcohol consumption . He was also a chain smoker and he was diagnosed with throat cancer. A man whose majestic voice was his signature, lost his voice and he was unable to speak during his last days in his life. Rehman died on 5-11-1984.
Sunehre Qadam-1966 was the last film of Bulo C Rani. Despite the popularity of a stray song such as ‘Hamen to loot liya milke husn Walon ne’ (Ismail Azad/’Al Hilal’/1958). Bulo C Rani just continued to drift because his music had not remained a viable commercial proposition.After ‘Sunhare Qadam’ (1966). Bulo’s career came to an end. Having once enjoyed the position of prominence the lack of assignment made him restless. No films came to him. In addition, his family sold his posh flat in Shivaji Park and shifted to Versova, which hurt him a lot. He lost the will to live.
In a career spanning over 22 years, Bulo C Rani gave music in 71 films. He also gave music in few Sindhi hit films. Practically with no work towards the latter half, he started taking coaching classes in light music. He was isolated which led to depression. To overcome this he developed the habit of drinking. This led his health to deteriorate and he had to be admitted to hospitals multiple times. When acute depression became unbearable & after his family sold their house at Shivaji Park and moved to Versova, he took the extreme step and committed suicide by burning himself on May 24, 1993. He died at 73 leaving behind some unforgettable creations. Bulo C Rani’s death remained largely unreported in the press. It was an irony of fate that the song he composed in the voice of Lata in his last film ‘Sunhare Qadam’ was ‘Maangne se jo maut mil jaati, Kaun jeeta zamane men’.
The Irony was that in life he asked for death and he got it. And how horribly too ! It is said that on 24-5-1993, he committed suicide by immolating himself. When his body was burning, he ran on the streets shouting in pain and finally fell on the road dead.
Today’s song is the last and final song of this film , making it YIPPEED, with all songs covered.
Video
Song- Ye jawaani badi badnaam hai (Sunahre Qadam)(1966) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, Lyricist- Anand Bakshi, MD-S Mohinder
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Lyrics
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
o o o o o o
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
zulfen bikhere to haar jaaye raat jee
zulfen bikhere to haar jaaye raat jee
mukhda dikhaaye to din khaaye maat jee
mukhda dikhaaye to din khaaye maat
iske bas mein
waah waah
iske bas mein subah hai shaam bhi
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
ik chitchor ka sunte hi naam jee
ik chitchor ka sunte hi naam jee
bade bade dil ko lete hain thhaam ji
bade bade dil ko lete hain thhaam
dil churaana
dil churaana isi ka kaam hai
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
suna hoga aapne naam e sharaab ji
suna hoga aapne naam e sharaab ji
kahti hai duniya jisko kharaab ji
kahti hai duniya jisko kharaab
ye umar bhi
haaye haaye
ye umar bhi nasheelaa jaam hai
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
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