O re dilwaale apna bana le
Posted on: August 4, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film ‘Naqabposh’ (1956).
I am from that generation, which lived in a joint family. There used to be anything from 10 to 20 adult members in the household and everyone was assigned certain duties. As far as children were concerned, doing small jobs, following orders from elders, studying regularly and sleeping early was expected from them.One of the interesting points in our daily life used to be to listen to stories told by the old generation members like the grandfather and grandmother, before we went to sleep.
Grandmother used to tell us stories from the Ramayan, Mahabharat, Puranas and other such scriptures. Listening to the magic of the demons and their destruction by the Divine entities was very interesting. The grandfather, on the other hand had an inexhaustible stock of stories from the Arabian Nights and such other stories of valor, wars, kingdoms, princes, jungles and how in the end the Good always won over the Evil.
Readers who grew up in the 40’s and the 50’s will surely know these thrills. As I grew up and was made a chaperone to the group of elders going to see films, I was exposed again to such films. In the 50’s decade mythological, costume dramas, stunt and action films were made in plenty. They were called B or C grade films. I happened to watch these movies plenty. Later on, however, my tastes changed. But that is another thing.
These C grade films in the costume drama / stunt / action categories usually had a set of fixed stories, with a little variation, different names etc in every film. An old King, his Queen, an evil Prime Minister who wanted to usurp the throne, a fair, just and handsome Prince or a beautiful Princess, who would masquerade as a Masked Crusader, fight and kill the evil doers and then get married to the Prince or the Princess, with lot of appreciation for his noble deeds.
These films had their inspiration from Western films of Zorro, William Tell or other masked heroes. In case of shortages, they used to copy film stories of Fearless Nadia. Besides a set of stories, the films had their own production houses, directors, actors, the audience and even fixed theaters in every town.
Today’s film ‘Naqabposh’ is also one such film. It was a costume drama film. Produced by N Buli, it was directed by Ram Pahawa, with music by two MDs – Dhoomi Khan and Ramlal. The cast was Chitra, Manhar Desai, Kumkum, Agha, Kamal, Maruti, Baby Tun Tun, Anwar Hussain, Fazlu, Budho Advani and many others. The cast consisted of an entire family, actor Maruti (Parab), his wife Kamal and their daughter Baby Tun Tun – who later on became Guddi Maruti, a comedienne (a female comedian).
The story of this film was,
Sultan Ahmed Ali was a popular king,but his nephew Murad was an evil person. Murad wanted to usurp the Sultan’s throne at any cost. One day he and his mistress Niloufer invite the Sultan for a dance party to lure him. Finding that he is not getting lured, the Sultan is murdered by Murad. He then tries to get maximum supporters and declares himself as the Ruler.
The Sultan has a son, Nisar,who was more interested in writing shayari and singing songs. The Sultan, fed up with this, throws the prince out . The prince too happily disappears among the common people to pursue his liking.
After the Sultan is killed, his loyal Vazir sends a few people to search for Nisar. The Queen also sends Kamaal and Jamaal to find him. No one knows where he is. However, Kamaal and Jamaal meet a happy go lucky poet/singer Aman who loves Noor.
All of a sudden, there appears a Naqab Posh- a hooded bandit, who helps the poor and punishes the oppressors. Murad’s army harasses the common people and extracts taxes. They also indulge in looting and abduction of girls. The Naqab Posh tries to rescue such girls and also fights with the army people. Murad orders his capture but no one can catch him.
Murad suspects that this Naqab posh may be Prince Nisar. He plans to capture him with deceit and succeeds. Naqab Posh is sentenced to death. However, Jamaal, Kamaal, Noor and others help the Naqab Posh to escape. He assembles his own supporter army and confronts Murad. In the final fight the Naqab posh defeats and kills Murad. Then it is revealed that the Naqab Posh is none other than Prince Nisar himself.
The happy citizens crown him as a king and Noor becomes the queen.
The hero of this film was Manhar Desai. I have seen many films of Manhar Desai in my childhood, so I knew this name. Another such actor was Shahu Modak, who too was famous for mythological films and roles of Hindu God. Surprisingly, both these two heroes who did roles of our Gods were Christians !. Of course, it was immaterial which religion they followed privately, but they did Divine roles very effectively.
Manhar Desai was a Gujarati Christian – real name Malcolm Alfredo D’souza. He was born on 3-8-1917. He used to stammer when he was a boy. He used to act and sing in dramas and due to his stammering style, he was very popular on stage. After completing High school, he ran away to Bombay (now Mumbai) to join films, but could not even enter any studio. Disappointed, he returned to his home and restarted studies. He became normal with treatment. He joined Wilson college in Bombay for graduation. In college he started acting and singing on stage. He had a friend NC Pandey, who was also mad after films. He promised Manhar that if he becomes a director, he will make Manhar a hero. While in college Manhar married his classmate, who was from UP.
In 1947, Manhar got a call from his friend NC Pandey, who was to direct a Hindi film. He made Manhar the hero of this film and thus fulfilled his promise. ‘Toofani Sawaar’ (1947) was the first film of Manhar Desai, in Hindi. He was invited to work in the film ‘Gunsundari’ (1948, Gujarati), opposite Nirupa Roy. The film was hit and he acted in the next Gujarati film ‘Mangal Phera’ (1949) with Nirupa Roy. This too became a hit, and then there was no looking back. His next Hindi film was ‘Madhosh’ (1951) opposite Meena Kumari. Following their success in Gujarati, Nirupa Roy and Manhar were paired in several mythological films in Hindi. Films ‘Naag Panchami’ (1953) and ‘Shivratri’ (1954) made him a popular hero in Hindi mythological films.
Manhar Desai was fond of reading. During breaks in shooting, he would catch up with his reading. He also was a good painter. Manhar worked in 106 Hindi films. His last film was ‘Nal Damyanti’ (1988). In the last phase of his career, he was disillusioned about working in films in this era, so he gave up working and retired. Manhar Desai died on 25-2-1992.
Today’s song is sung by Asha Bhosle. This will be the fourth song of this film here. The earlier 3 songs were very melodious. Somehow, when I hear songs from B and C grade films, I always remember what our Atul ji had commented once that ‘ Many C grade films have at least 1 or 2 A grade songs.’ I find this applicable to most such films.
Song-O re dilwaale apna bana le (Naqabposh)(1956) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Ramlal
Lyrics
o re dilwaale
ae ae ae ae ae
o re dilwaale
apna bana le
koi akele bhala kaise raat guzaare
o re dilwaale
apna bana le
koi akele bhala kaise raat guzaare
o re dilwaale
aankhon mein aakar dil mein samaa jaa
kehti hain tujhse meree nigaahen
aankhon mein aakar dil mein samaa jaa
kehti hain tujhse meri nigaahen
meri bhi sun le
apnei bhi keh ja
tere liye ab naachen ya gaayen
o re dilwaale
apna bana le
koi akele bhala kaise raat guzaare
o re dilwaale
tujhko qasam hai dard e jigar ki
baat nahin hai koi bhi darr ki
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
tujhko qasam hai dard e jigar ki
baat nahin hai bhala koi bhi darr ki
aaj ka mausam kitna suhaana
aaj ka mausam kitna suhaana
pyaas bujha de
pyaasee nazar ki
o re dilwaale
apna bana le
koi akele bhala kaise raat guzaare
o re dilwaale
taaron mein honge apne fasaane
gaayegi duniya apne taraane
taaron mein honge apne fasaane
gaayegi duniya apne taraane
pyaar ki mehfil jhoom uthegi
chalte rahenge yoon hi zamaane
o re dilwaale
apna bana le
koi akele bhala kaise raat guzaare
o re dilwaale
apna bana le
koi akele bhala kaise raat guzaare
o re dilwaale
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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ओ रे दिलवाले
ए ए ए ए ए
ओ रे दिलवाले
अपना बना ले
कोई अकेले भला कैसे रात गुज़ारे
ओ रे दिलवाले
अपना बना ले
कोई अकेले भला कैसे रात गुज़ारे
ओ रे दिलवाले
आँखों में आकर दिल में समा जा
कहती हैं तुझसे मेरी निगाहें
आँखों में आकर दिल में समा जा
कहती हैं तुझसे मेरी निगाहें
मेरी भी सुन ले
अपनी भी कह जा
तेरे लिए अब नाचें या गायें
ओ रे दिलवाले
अपना बना ले
कोई अकेले भला कैसे रात गुज़ारे
ओ रे दिलवाले
तुझको क़सम है दर्द ए जिगर की
बात नहीं है भला कोई भी डर की
तुझको क़सम है दर्द ए जिगर की
बात नहीं है भला कोई भी डर की
आज का मौसम कितना सुहाना
आज का मौसम कितना सुहाना
प्यास बुझा दे
प्यासी नज़र की
ओ रे दिलवाले
अपना बना ले
कोई अकेले भला कैसे रात गुज़ारे
ओ रे दिलवाले
तारों में होंगे अपने फसाने
गाएगी दुनिया अपने तराने
तारों में होंगे अपने फसाने
गाएगी दुनिया अपने तराने
प्यार की महफिल झूम उठेगी
चलते रहेंगे यूं ही जमाने
ओ रे दिलवाले
अपना बना ले
कोई अकेले भला कैसे रात गुज़ारे
ओ रे दिलवाले
अपना बना ले
कोई अकेले भला कैसे रात गुज़ारे
ओ रे दिलवाले
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