Naachoon chhamaachham raajaa tere darbaar mein
Posted on: April 22, 2024
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Today’s song is from the costume/stunt film Raj Darbar-1955. It was a partially coloured film. The film was directed by Balwant Bhatt and the music was by the king of melody-Chitragupt. Surprisingly, there was a duet song by Kishore kumar in this film. Normally he was not seen singing in this type of film. The cast of the film was Ranjan, Nirupa Roy, Ishwar Lal, B.M.Vyas, Asha Mathur, Ranjit Kumari, Azeem and others.
The year 1955 was full of musical films, making the audience very happy and satisfied. Films like Shri 420, Seema, Udan Khatola, Munim ji, Devdas, House No. 44, Azaad, Yasmin, Zanak Zanak Payal Baje, Mr. and Mrs. 55, Baradari, Tangawali etc. not only regaled the audience with a variety of Genres, but also hit, popular and memorable songs.
Music Directors like S.D.Burman, Vasant Desai, O.P.Nayyar, Nashaad, Salil Chaudhari, Shankar-jaikishen, C.Ramchandra and Naushad created heavenly songs. Truly, 1955 was one of the best musical years in the ‘Golden Era’. MDs like Ravi (Vachan), Jaidev (Joru ka Bhai), and N.Datta (Milap) made their Debut in this year. The famous NFS “Preetam aan milo” sung by C.H.Atma was used by O.P.Nayyar in the film Mr. and Mrs. 55, sung by Geeta Dutt. This song was written by O.P.Nayyar’s wife Mohini Nayyar. One of the prominent Music Historians has said that the said song was actually written by O.P.Nayyar but the payment was taken in the name of Mohini Nayyar, for Tax purposes. God Only Knows the Truth !
It was just 8 years since our Independence and only 5 years since declaring it a Sovereign Democratic Republic, but the speed at which the film industry managed itself in this short period was commendable. This was possible only because we had the equally talented second line of experts ready with us to fill the void immediately, after the migration of Muslim artistes. This precisely was the weakness for Pakistan, as after the migrated generation retired, there was no second line to take over and hence the Pakistan film industry never prospered.
In this period the main and probably the only way to film songs was the Radio. Tape recorders and gramophones were not that commonly found. Film song programmes like Binaca geetmala became 1 hour programme on every Wednesday at 8 p.m. from 1954 and also became a “Hit Parade” of songs. FilmFare awards were in its 3rd year and the best music Director’s award this year went to S.D.Burman for the film Taxi Driver. Films like Shri 420 (2 songs0, Udan Khatola (2 songs) and Nagin (1 song) featured in the Top 5 songs of Binaca geetmala. This year also saw the sad demise of Music director Arun kumar Mukherjee.
Railway platform was the Debut film of Sunil Dutt. Insaniyat was the film in which Dilip and Dev featured together for the first and last time. Film ‘Bakul’ was the last film made by New Theatres before finally closing down. Children’s film society was established with H.N.Kunzru as its first President. In later years Kidar Sharma was the president appointed by Nehru.
Film Raj darbar-1955 had Ranjan as its Hero. He was a rare personality having skills in various fields. He was also one of the highly educated actors. After him, I can only see S.D.Narang (B.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D.) as a highly educated actor/director/producer in Hindi films. Actually, I had expected to see Ranjan’s fencing skills in this film, but there was only one scene in the last part of the film.
In the early times of the Film Industry, very few educated people used to join here. That is why Graduates or Postgraduates used to flaunt their degrees with pride- like Moti, B.A.-the lyricist ( though he was actually M.A.), or Kavi Pradeep’s pseudo name- Miss Kamal B.A. or even singer actor Surendra as B.A., LL.B. etc.etc.
After reading about this artiste, you will wonder if any such multi-talented person ever lived here ?
A highly qualified person and that too in an unrelated subject joining films was a wonder then. Thus, a young man with an unlikely name for a Hero, like RAMNARAYAN VENKATRAMAN SARMA Alias actor RANJAN was a novelty. Ranjan was born in Madras on 2-3-1918 in an orthodox Brahmin family.
He was an expert in playing Violin. He was a qualified dancer in Kathak,Kathakali and Bharat Natyam. He was an expert driver, swimmer and a swordsman of Olympic standards. He graduated in physics.After M.Sc. He did his Doctorate (Ph.D.) too. Ranjan knew 12 Indian and 4 foreign languages. He edited a Dance and Drama Magazine and wrote several books on it. He earned a Fellowship of New York University.
Ranjan learnt and became an A grade flyer. He was the first to buy a Rolls Royce car and a Tiger Moth Aircraft, in the Indian film industry ( later Motilal also owned an aircraft). He was a good painter and a Trained magician. He became Magician’s Association president for Bombay. P C Sorcar was All India president then. He was often invited by European and American Universities for lectures. Ranjan owned two big Hotels also. Ranjan was a good shooter. He played Cricket and Soccer frequently. Ranjan was a regular singer on Madras A.I.R..
In his first Tamil film, his Heroine was Vasundhara Devi- mother of Vyjayanthimala. Ranjan entered Hindi films through his blockbuster film ” Chandralekha-48 “. He did 58 Hindi films in the 50s and 60s. He was a script writer also.He wrote the story and screenplay of the film Munimji-55. He was a choreographer also. In the 50s decade the quartet of Raj, Dev, Dilip and Ashok kumar was ruling Hindi industry. Ranjan was not given any importance here. He was not even invited for the Golden jubilee of Talkie film celebrations in Bombay. He lived in his bungalow in Chembur Union park.
He was spotted by a Tamil Producer, when he was standing in a Bus queue and he made his Debut in the film ” Ashok Kumar “-1941. After a few films in Tamil and Telugu, he got the role of SHASHANK in the Magnum Opus film Chandralekha in 1948. The Drum dance and his fencing were the two attractions in the film. The final sword fighting is considered the Longest ever Fencing fight in films till today ! The film was a Hit and Ranjan became typecast in Action films. Ranjan was a very poor actor, but his Fencing skills were marvellous.
In 1949, came ” NISHAN “, based on the Hollywood film ” The Corsican brothers’-one good and one bad. It was a story of twins. The audience liked a scene from the film which showed that there were marks on one brother’s back if the other one was whipped ! The film, in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, was a hit everywhere mainly for its fencing scenes. In ‘Mangala’ opposite Bhanumathi, he was the villain and the Hero too.
He was invited by New York University for a Fellowship, but Vasan did not leave him, so after Mangala-1950, as soon as the contract was over, Ranjan came to Bombay.
‘Shin shinaki Boobla Boo’-1952 saw him with Rehana but as a Romantic Hero, he was worse than Bharat Bhushan or Pradeep Kumar !
He acted in Sindbad the sailor, Baghi, Shahenshah, Kafila, Baghdad, Baap Beti, Nishan Danka and a host of B and C grade films, many of them dubbed or remakes of southern films. He was known for only Fencing. But he never became famous like Stewart Granger in ” Scaramouche” for his fencing. In the 50s he acted in 23 films, in the 60s he did 18 films and in the 70s his tally was 17 films. A total of 58 films in Hindi.
After Sword fighting became obsolete he shifted to writing. The story of the film MUNIMJI-55 was written by him. After a few years in the south he was seen again in ‘Chor chor’-74 and ‘Chaitali’-76. Ram Balram – 80 was his last film.
He married a Muslim girl and she converted to Hinduism taking the name of Laxmi.
Ranjan wrote 12 books on Dancing and music.
He moved to USA to live with his son, but died on 12-9-1983, in New Jersey-USA, due to Heart attack. He was so much forgotten that even the news of his death was not published in India.
Today’s song is the last and final song of this film, making it a YIPPEED film.
Song- Naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein(Raaj Darbaar)(1955) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- G.S.Nepali, MD- Chitragupt
Female chorus
Lyrics
Naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein
ho tere darbaar mein
naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein
ho tere darbaar mein
koi nahin tere jaisaa
saare sansaar mein
ho saare sansaar mein
naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein
ho tere darbaar mein
naachen bahaaren titliyaan ban ke
main naachoon dhaanee chunree pahan ke
chunree pahan ke
naachen bahaaren titliyaan ban ke
main naachoon dhaanee chunree pahan ke
chunree pahan ke
paaon mein paayal boley
nainon mein ghaayal boley
paaon mein paayal boley
nainon mein ghaayal boley
ghaayal ki duniya doley
paayal ki jhankaar mein
naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein
ho tere darbaar mein
koi nahin tere jaisaa
saare sansaar mein
ho saare sansaar mein
naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein
ho tere darbaar mein
naache sitaare raha andheraa
main itna naachee hua saweraa
hua saweraa
naache sitaare raha andheraa
main itna naachee hua saweraa
hua saweraa
tum ho to roshnee hai
chaandee hai chaandnee hai
tum ho to roshnee hai
chaandee hai chaandnee hai
laakhon ki zindagee hai teree talwaar mein
naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein
ho tere darbaar mein
koi nahin tere jaisaa
saare sansaar mein
ho saare sansaar mein
naachoon chhamachham raaja tere darbaar mein
ho tere darbaar mein
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