Eid aa gayee khushee ka zamaanaa liye huye
Posted on: April 29, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film Ek Roz-1947.
How many readers will know that a record number of films were made in 1947 in Hindi till then ? 181 Films ! It took another almost 40 years to cross this number. In the year 1985, the number of films made was 185.
Why was it that in 1947 alone such a high number of Hindi films were made ? The answer is – Partition of India in 1947 and the subsequent migration of Muslim film artistes to the newly created nation on the basis of Religion – Pakistan. Partition of India was the biggest blow to India, which had remained One Nation for thousands of years, despite having many religions thriving in it. Anyway, that is not the topic here.
Once the date for Partition was announced on 3rd June 1947, after Lord Mountbatten took charge as the Viceroy of India on 24-3-1947 the entire country was shaken. In the film industry actors, directros, MDs and the technical staff, who wanted to migrate started finishing their assignments here. The financers wanted to finish their films before Partition. All this led to a flurry of activities in 1947 and more and more films were completed hurriedly. Thus the record number of films was achieved in 1947. All this at the cost of quality of course. Most or rather many films made in 1947 remained obscure, unheard of and many flopped due to poor quality. Actually only few films were released in 1947, because many films were released in 1948 and 1949, with some films being released in Pakistan too.
Did you ever hear about films Amar Asha, Angoorbala, Attention, Barrister, But Tarash, Chalte Chalte, Chandrahas, Dagabaz Dost, Dehati,Ek kadam,Gaurav,Giribala, Heera, Intezar ke baad, Jhalak,Jurmana, Khaufnak aankhen, Lalaat, Mangalsutra, Moti, Sewa gram, Stage girl, Tohfa or Utho jago ? Of course not all films were below standards. Some of the landmark films were also made in 1947, like Shehnai, Mirza Sahiban, Jugnu, Saajan, Naatak, Meera, Elan,Aap ki sewa mein, Dard, Do Bhai, Neel Kamal or Parwana etc. However by and large the picture was like this only.
Film Ek Roz was a film about twin sisters. Twins are a very popular subject in Hindi films, especially the Twins separated in childhood. Innumerable films are made in almost all languages in India. These ‘ Lost and Found’ stories are very popular. The first Talkie film on twins was ” Awara Shehzada” made in 1933. Young Shahu Modak had done the roles of a Prince and a ZPauper. This was also Master Vithal’s first film as a director. Another notable twin sister story was in the film ‘Muqabala’-1942, in which Fearless Nadia did the role of twin sisters. By the way, she did these roles in which one sister was shown as a typical Indian home-made, obedient and sanskari girl. It was great fun to see Nadia in a Saree, trying very hard to mouth pure Hindi dialogues and dressed as an Indian girl, with Teeka, bangles and pleated hair etc ! One more old film having separated twins was “Chandralekha”-1948, featuring actor Ranjan. Then came a deluge of such films like Ram aur Shyam, seeta aur Geeta, Chaalbaz etc. Man Mohan Desai added fuel to this fire successfully !
Film Ek Roz-1947 was directed by Daud Chand. His name is not known to most people, as his work in India was much less than what he achieved in Pakistan. This was his last film in India,m though one of his earlier delayed films Papiha Re was released only in 1948. Dawood Chand was a prominent film director of 1930’s & 1940’s of Indian cinema. He directed Veer Kesari (1938), Joshe-e-Islam (1939), Sipahee (1941), Jangee jawan (1943), Paraey Bas main (1946), Aaarsee and Aik roze (1947) and Papiha Re-48.
In Pakistan he was director of the first ever released Pakistani film Teri Yaad (1948). Some of his others films were Hichkoley, Mundri (1949), Sassi (1954), Bulbul (1955), Mirza Sahebaan and Hatim (1956), Muraad (1957), Aalam ara (1959), Sapairan (1961), Khyber Pass and Ghazala (1963), Reshma (1970), and Bahadra (1973).RAZA MIR (Producer/Director).
He acted in Indian film Shaher say door (1946) but in Pakistan he chose another profession. He was first Pakistani film Teri yaad’s cinematographer and director of super hit films Lakho mai aik. He also directed some other films like Baiti (1964), Lakhon main aik (1967), Aaasra and Aneela (1969), Parai aag (1971), Naag muni, Vicharya saathi (1973), Professor and Arzoo (1975) Sohni mahiwal (1976) and Dil keey daagh (1978). Asif Raza Mir, film hero of late 1970’s and early 1980’s and a good TV artist is his son. He died on 24-5-1975 at Lahore, Pakistan.
The cast of the film was Al Nasir, Nasreen ( she was the daughter of Rafiq Ghaznavi and actress Anwari. Her name was Zareena Agha, but she worked in the films Shahjehan 1946 and Ek Roz-1947 as Nasreen. Then she settled in London with her husband. Singer actress Salma Agha was her daughter), Asha Posley, Ajmal, Zubeida (jr.) and many others.
There were many actresses with the name Asha. Like the most famous Asha Parekh, not so famous Asha Mathur or Asha Sachdev and in the early era, there was Ashalata ( wife of Anil Biswas), and Marathi actress Asha Wabgaonkar too did few Hindi films. Have you heard of Asha Bhosle ? What a stupid question ! Of course you have heard her name, but she is a singer. OK, then, have you heard the name of ASHA POSLEY who worked in the film Ek Roz-1947 ?
No. I am not joking. There WAS an actress by this name ASHA POSLEY, in the 40s in India and in the period 50s to 80s in Pakistan. Her name has become immortal in the history of Pakistani Films, as the First Heroine of Pakistani film ” Teri Yaad”-1948.
She was born as Sabira Begum on 31-5-1927 at Patiala, Punjab. Her father MD Inayat Ali Nath was working with HMV at Delhi. Sabira was formally trained by experts in music and singing. When her father shifted to Lahore, she was offered a contract by Roop K Shorey, who made films in Lahore those days. It was the popular Composer Ghulam Haider who gave her the screen name of ASHA POSLEY.
Her first film was Punjabi film Govandi-1942 which launched the handsome Hero Shyam. Her role in the film was a minor one. She started as a supporting actress. She got a major role in the film Champa-1945 and her first film as a Heroine was Kamli-46-a Punjabi film. Then came Badnami-46,in which Geeta Bali had a small role. Her other Indian films were Paraye bas mein-46. In the film Arsi-47,her hero was Pran and Meena Shorey had also acted in it. Kamla-46, Aai Bahar-46, Pagdandi-47, Ek Roz-47,Barsaat ki ek raat-48, Papeeha Re-48 and Roop Rekha-48. She worked in 11 Hindi films and sang 1 song in the film Pagdandi-47.
After Partition, she opted for Pakistan and migrated along with her father. The Lahore film industry was in a disarray, because most producers, financiers and leading artistes had shifted to India. However a Hindu producer named Dewan Sardari Lall had stayed back in Lahore and he started a new film in Independent Pakistan ” Teri Yaad “. There were 2 other films under production at the same time. Actually, the first film of Pakistan was Director Luqmaan’s ” Shahida “,which had started shooting immediately after Partition, but it got delayed and finally was released only in 1949. The second film was ” Jihad ” by Zahoor Raja, which too got stuck and was released only in 1950.
Thus the actual Third film, “Teri Yaad ” starring Nasir Khan ( brother of actor Dilip Kumar, who migrated to Pakistan with high hopes but had to return to India as there was no work and also due to ” other ” reasons) and Asha Posley in the lead was completed by Dewan Pictures and became the FIRST released Pakistani Film in 1948 itself. It was released in Prabhat Theatre in Lahore, on the day of EID-7-8-1948. The film was directed by Dawood Chaand and music was by Inayat Ali Nath (father of the Heroine Asha Posley). She sang 4 songs in it. The film was a resounding FLOP.
Asha Posley did Heroine’s role only in 4 Pakistani films and then she turned to supporting, comedy and vamp roles. She acted in 129 films, 76 Urdu and 53 Punjabi films. Her last film was Insaaf-1986. She acted in films, on stage, on TV and also sang on Radio. Famous Pak singer Kausar Parveen, actress Rani Kiran and TV actress Najma Begum were her sisters. Like many migrated artistes, even Asha Posley spent her last days in penury and anonymity. She died on 26-3-1998 at Lahore.
With today’s song, the film Ek Roz-1947 becomes YIPPEED, with all its songs covered here.
Song- Eid aa gayi khushi ka zamaana liye huye(Ek Roz)(1947) Singers- Naseem Akhtar, Dilshad begum, Lyricist- Sarshar Sailani, MD- Shyam Sunder
Lyrics
Eid aa gayi
khushi ka zamaana liye huye
saathh apne rahmaton ka khazaana liye huye
Eid aa gayi
khushi ka zamaana liye huye
gulzaar e aarzu mein
har ik phool khil gaya
wo mil gaye to phir hamen
kya kya na mil gayaa
wo mil gaye to phir hamen
kya kya na mil gayaa
aaye hain wo
khushee ka khazaana liye huye
saathh apne rahmaton ka khazaana liye huye
Eid aa gayi
khushi ka zamaana liye huye
aayee hai Eid
gham ka zamaanaa liye huye
saathh apne bekasi ka fasaana liye huye
ae mere chaand
aa ke mere
dam mein dam nahin
ae mere chaand
aa ke mere
dam mein dam nahin
tere baghair Eid muharram se kam nahin
pehloo mein dil hai
gham ka khazaanaa liye huye
aayee hai Eid
gham ka zamaanaa liye huye
mastee
mastee hamaare dil pe
mastee hamaare dil pe
ghata ban ke chhaa gayee
fasl e bahaar
baagh e tamanna mein aa gayee ee ee
fasl e bahaar
baagh e tamanna mein aa gayee ee ee
bulbul hai mast
lab pe taraana liye huye
saath apne rahmaton ka khazaana liye huye
Eid aa gayee
Eid aa gayi
khushi ka zamaana liye huye
saathh apne rahmaton ka khazaana liye huye
Eid aa gayi
khushi ka zamaana liye huye
ye subah e Eid mere liye
gham ki shaam hai
ye subah e Eid mere liye
gham ki shaam hai
duniya ko hai khushee
mujhe rone se kaam hai
baithhee hoon dard e dil ka fasaanaa liye huye
aayee hai Eid
gham ka zamaanaa liye huye ae
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