Jhhalak teree chhaa gayee
Posted on: September 15, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film Patit Pawan-1955.
Most of our readers are aware of “Same name confusion”. It is a phenomenon in which 2 or more artistes having similar names operated in Hindi films, during the same period, causing severe damage to the less known artiste when his films were credited-unjustly- to the filmography of the well known artiste of the similar name. In an industry where from 1931 to 2000 period itself more than 7000 artistes acted in the Hindi films, it was bound to occur and it did take place. I have done research on this matter and have clarified the different artistes, numbering to over 100, who were involved in such a confusion. These are included in my first 2 books also.
However, Marathi actresses seldom featured in this Same Name Confusion, except Sulochana (Latkar, Chaterjee or Ruby Meyers) or Ranjana (Deshmukh or Shukla) and few others. The simple reason was these Marathi actresses/singers etc used their surnames together with their first names and hence there was no confusion. Some examples were Lalita Pawar – Lalita Deulkar Phadke, Durga Khote, Leela Chitnis, Nalini Jaywant etc.
Similarly, even in the titles of Hindi films, there were hundreds of films which carried similar titles, e.g. Sholey-1953 and Sholey-1975, Nastik-1954 and Nastik 1983, Naseeb-1945,1981,1998 etc. Like a surname, if you don’t write the film’s year while mentioning it in your writings, speeches or references, there will surely be confusion. For many years, I have been stressing this point to all the new writers of Blogs, articles or references in books etc to be careful to mention the film’s year.
If one goes through the Hindi Films Title index, you will find that the number of films having similar titles are much more than what you would have imagined. Can you believe that the title ” INSAAF” was used for 7 films made in 1937,1946,1956, 1966, 1973, 1987 and 1997. That means in 7 decades there was one film made with this title consecutively. If you want to quote something from a film Insaaf-1956 and you don’t mention the year it was made in, will you not cause “Same Title Confusion ” ? Just for statistics purposes, 5 film titles were repeated 6 times, 23 film titles repeated 5 times, 80 film titles were repeated 4 times and titles repeated 2 or 3 times were beyond count !
Why I am talking all this about Same Title Confusion is because today’s film Patit Pawan-1955 was also made in 1933. So please be sure to mention the film year without fail. I can never forget the film Patit Pawan-1933 because a very funny incident is connected with it. P.Jairaj and Durga Khote were the lead pair in that film.
In the early phase of Talkie films, there used to be, on average 15 to 20 songs in every film. It was compulsory for every Hero and Heroine to sing their own songs live( playback came in 1935 and became common in 38-39 only). To help the non-singer actors, studios used to keep trained classical experts. Otherwise also most Music Directors in those days were classical singers themselves.
Thus, Jairaj too was expected to sing songs. He did not like singing, because he was horrible at singing. The Music Director of the film Patit paawan-33 was Prof.B.R.Deodhar, who was a classical singer himself. (Later on he established a musical school). He was determined to make Jairaj sing a song. (Durga Khote, in her Marathi autobiography has mentioned that all others, including herself, tried to desist Deodhar from it, but he was determined.) Finally a song was recorded and filmed-“prem magan sakhi”. Jairaj had sung it so badly that the song was removed from the film from the second show itself. Jairaj is probably the only Hero of those days who never sang in films. Even as a lip syncer of songs (after playback singing became the norm), Jairaj has sung less than 20 songs on screen despite acting in nearly 170 movies!
Patit Pawan means one who has been cleansed of his sins or the purification of the fallen one. This term is used for lord Shri Ram who purified Ahilya and gave her a human life again from the stone statue that she was turned into for her sin. Today’s film is not the same story but in essence it is somewhat like it only.
The film was produced by Hemavati Sapru, wife of the actor D.K.Sapru, under their banner D.K.Films, Bombay. It was directed by Vasant painter and the MD was Jamal sen. The cast was Sulochana (Latkar, Sapru, Lalita Pawar, Sulochan Chaterjee, Hemavati, Ulhas, Jeevan, Dar Kashmiri (Jeevan’s elder brother), Master Vinod Kumar ( who became actor Vinod Mehra as an adult), Rajan Haksar and many others. Director Vasant Painter is not a name known to many new readers.
Vasant Anandrao Painter was born in a village near Kolhapur on 13-8- 1913. His father Anandrao, along with cousin Baburao Painter wanted to make films. Anandrao had bought a second hand Projector, which he turned into a Camera and shot a short film also. Unfortunately, Anandrao Mistry or Anandrao Painter died suddenly on 22-10-1915.Vasant Painter was only a 2 year old baby at that time. Baburao Painter went on to become the famous founder of Marathi films in the Silent Era.
By the time Vasant became 16 year old,the Silent film era was in full swing and many films were made in Kolhapur, Poona and Bombay. He had a liking for painting,so he picked up poster painting work,first in Maharashtra Film company and later in Prabhat film company when it was started in Kolhapur. Actually Damle and Fatelal were keen on helping him as he was the son of Anandrao, from whom they had learnt so many things. They called him to work in Prabhat. He did all jobs,including assisting in cinematography and direction.
His first break came when he was 33 year old. He got an opportunity to direct Prabhat’s film ” Gokul”-46 and later on ” Seedha Raasta”-47. After V. Shantaram had left Prabhat to start his own Rajkamal, Vasnt painter remained in Prabhat loyally, so he got the reward. Prabhat decided to make the film “Namdev” and Vasant was selected as a director. The cast was fixed and other arrangements done, but due to financial reasons the film was cancelled. Anyway, he got another opportunity. Actress Kamala Kotnis had floated a production company, Kamala Chitra Ltd..She invited Painter to direct her film,’Sati Ahilya’-49. Snehal Bhatkar was the MD.
Painter directed ‘Bhishma Pratignya’-1950. This was, probably, the only Mythological film Nargis had acted in, with Shahu Modak.. His other films were,Murliwala-51, Devyani-52, Sajni-56, Patit paawan-55, Gokul ka chor-59, Pyar ki jeet-62 . Meanwhile he was producing and directing several Marathi films too. He won 9 awards, including the prestigious ” V.Shantaram Award”. Vasant painter died on 31-5-2006, leaving behind him 6 daughters and 1 son.
The story of film Patit Pawan-1955 was….
The story of the film was built around Dama Shetty,who lived happily in a village with his wife Guniya,son Nama and daughter in law Raji. His son was married in his childhood only. Dama shetty was a very pious and good person who helped the needy. He was respected in nearby villages too. However Nama was opposite to him. He only played all day and never believed in God. Dama used to scold him so that he would improve. Instead,one day nama ran away to the jungle to avoid father’s admonishments every day. He was found by a dacoit’s gang. Many years passed and now Nama was a famous and dreaded Dacoit. His wife was hoping that someday Nama would come back.
One day Raji came across Nama the dacoit. By now Dama Shetty had died. She told her about father’s death and gave him a lot of advice to give up bad life and worship God. Nama’s mind changed and he decided to reform himself. He felt that he was the cause of father’s death. Nama gave up everything and started worshipping God.However the village purohit Parshuram Bhagwat did not believe him and banned his entry into the temple. Nama stayed outside and prayed. That year there was a terrible famine in the area. Nama decided to ask God’s help by fasting and he started his jaap and fasted till he almost became a dying person.
Seeing his devotion God was pleased and it started raining heavily. Soon the villages prospered again and Nama the Patit (the fallen one) became Paawan (purified).
Today’s song is sung by Geeta Dutt and chorus. The mukhda of this song “Jhoome jhoome dil mera” resembles a Lata popular song from the film Poonam – 1952. There is no other similarity in lyrics or tune otherwise. Enjoy….
Song- Jhhalat teree chhaa gayee (Patit Paawan)(1955) Singer- Geeta Dutt, Lyricist- Bharat Vyas, MD- Jamal Sen
Chorus
Lyrics
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
jhalak teri chha gayee
nazar mein sama gayee ee ee
jhoome jhoome dil mera aa aa aa
jhoome jhoome dil mera
hoy jhoome jhoome
jhoome jhoome dil mera
hoy jhoome jhoome
chanda ki chaandni mein
ham tum akele sainya
daale gale mein bainya
gaayen ulfat ka taraana
o chandaa ki chandni mein ae ae
chhup chhup ke mulaakaaten
dil se hon dil ki baaten
apne din sapne aate
jal jal ke mare zamaana
ho jal jal ke mare zamaana
jhalak teri chha gayi
nazar mein sama gayi ee ee
jhoome jhoome dil mera aa aa aa
jhoome jhoome dil mera
hoy jhoome jhoome
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
chain na aaye more nain lajaaye
kaha nahin jaaye
kuchh saha nahin jaaye
chain na aaye
raat suhaani
aa aa aa aa
rut mastaani
aa aa aa aa
preet deewaanee
baat na maane
jhalak teri chha gayee
nazar mein sama gayee
jhoome jhoome dil mera aa aa aa
jhoome jhoome dil mera
hoy jhoome jhoome
jabse najariyaa laagee
nainon kee nindiya bhaagee
preetee ki agni jaagi
ab to bas tu hi tu hai
jabse najariyaa laagee ee ee
dil kee hai ye deewaanee
chhalke palkon kee pyaalee
chhaayee kismat kee laagee
phoolon mein jo khushboo hai
o ab to bas tu hee tu hai
jhhalak teree chhaa gayee
nazar mein samaa gayee ee ee ee
jhoome jhoome dil mera
dil meraa
dil meraa
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
September 15, 2024 at 8:37 pm
Atul Sir/Arun Sir,
Ref: Name Confusion
Apologies for deviating from the subject song, but I wanted to share an example of how my own name often leads to confusion. Since I was born on 2nd October, my parents chose Gandhi as my first name, which is frequently mistaken for my surname. As a result, I often have to explain that Vadlapatla is actually my surname.
It can be a bit challenging, but I take comfort in knowing that this unique combination makes me a happy exception, and no one else is likely to have the same name!
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September 15, 2024 at 9:36 pm
Gandhi Vadlapatala ji,
Being from Hyderabad, I had no confusion about your name, because I had seen many such names since my younger days. There were first names like Nehru, Chakravarti and even Tagore also.
Thanks for your regular comments here.
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