Kisne hai ye reet banaayee
Posted on: October 19, 2024
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Today’s song is from a very old film of the first decade of the Talkie films – Village Girl aka Gram Kanya-1936.
There were 3 films with the same title. The first one was made as a Silent film, with Sulochana in the lead opposite Raja Sandow. The film was made by Imperial Film Company, Bombay and it was directed by Mohan Bhavnani. He later married actress Enakshi Rama Rau in 1931. The second film was in 1936, today’s film and the third was made in 1945 with singer and actress Nurjahan. It had excellent songs composed by Music Director Shyam Sunder. It was for this film that Mohd. Rafi recorded his first Hindi song in 1944. He sang in the Chorus and the lead singer was G.M.Durrani. However, when the times changed, Rafi was the lead singer and Durrani in the Chorus for a song in K.Asif’s film Laila Majnu !
Film Village Girl-1936 was made by Sagar Movietone. It was directed by Sarvottam Badami. Badami was originally a simple Motor mechanic. Later on he became a well known film director and a Management Consultant. The only other example of a Motor Mechanic entering film line and shining is that of Poet/lyricist Gulzar. The cast of this film was Surendra, Sabita Devi, Aruna, Yakub, Kayam Ali, Sankata prasad and others.
This was actor Surendra’s only second film. In 1936 alone he made 3 more films. In his first film Deccan Queen, Surendra had acted with Aruna. This was the first film of Surendra and Sabita Devi. They acted in just one more film together- For Ladies Only-1939. Sabita devi had acted with Motilal, the other major actor of Sagar Movietone, in 8 films in all.
The Music Director of this film was the then famous Bhajan Singer Shankar Rao Khatu. His name is given only as ” Rao” in the HFGK. However the eminent film music expert Shri Girdharilal Vishwakarma ji and author Biren Kothari ji have confirmed that it is Sankar Rao Khatu. Additionally even Dr. Ashok Ranade, in his book- ” Music beyond Boundaries’ , on page 342, mentions that it was Shankar Rao khatu, so there is no doubt about this. Khatu, though a popular and successful Bhajan Singer, acted in the film Vasant Sena-1934 and also sang a song in the film ” Khwabon ki Duniya”-1937. He gave music to the film Sagar kanya-1936 also.
The story of the film Village Girl-1936 was….
Kumar (Surendra) is a young man who loves Vilasini (Aruna) and she becomes pregnant. Kumar’s father (Sankata prasad) has taken a loan from Sheth Deenanath (Kayam Ali) for Kumar’s education, with a condition that Kumar will marry Sheth ji’s daughter Bansuri (Sabita Devi). Thus Kumar is forced to marry Bansuri and abandon Vilasini. As the time passes on, Kumar’s father is accidentally killed by Kumar’s action.
He is arrested but in the court, Vilasini tries to take the blame on herself. However, it is proved that Kumar’s father died due to a severe Heart attack and not because of Kumar’s push. In the process, bansuri realises about the real love of Kumar and vilasini and she gets away from Kumar. Now Kumar and Vilasini unite.
The life story of the film’s director Sarvottam Badami is unbelievable, how Luck changes the course of one’s life !
Sarvottam Badami was born in 1910 at Channapatna in Karnataka, to a revenue officer working in Mysore. He passed his SSLC and worked as a garage mechanic and then a projectionist in Select Picture House, Bangalore, both of which were owned by Dr. Ambalal Patel. Patel moved to Bombay and financed Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Film Company, and Chimanlal Desai as a partner, forming Sagar Movietone in 1930.
At the age of 19 years, Badami went to Bombay to study automobile engineering. He was asked by Ardeshir Irani who met him at a wedding to help out with the recording equipment he had purchased from abroad.
Badami helped in the sound recording department for the first Talkie in India, Ardeshir Irani’s Alam Ara (1931). Around that time a German director making the film Harishchandra left half-way and Badami offered to complete it, the co-director was Raja Chandrasekhar, although the co-director credit has also been cited as T. C. Vadivelu Naicker. The film turned out to be successful. He was contracted by Sagar Movietone (Sagar Film Company) to direct three films, two in Telugu and one in Tamil: Galava Rishi (Tamil), Rama Paduka Pattabhishekam and Shakuntala in Telugu. The success of these films established him as a director. His working team had people like the cinematographer Faredoon Irani, music director Anil Biswas and the Sagar Movietone favourites Sabita Devi and Motilal.
Initially, to avoid embarrassment to his family he requested not to be credited in the regional language films. He did not know Hindi but from 1932-1947, he worked for Sagar Movietone and also directed nearly 30 films in Hindi, for many others. His first Hindi film was Chandrahasa (1933) starring Noor Mohammed Charlie. He was paid Rs 2000 per film with the complete film being made within Rs 50,000. He worked with most of the top actors of the time like Motilal, Nargis, Ashok Kumar and Pahari Sanyal. He brought Mehboob Khan who was then doing roles as an extra out of obscurity and gave him the role of Sabita Devi’s father in the film Vengeance is mine(1935).
He made several films based on novels. Some of the writers whose work he used were K.M.Munshi, Sarat Chandra and Ramanlal Vasanthlal Desai. The film Aap ki Marzi (1939) was inspired by the Hollywood film Paradise for Three (1938). He became known for his satirical comedies and “socially relevant films”.His film Grihalaxmi (1934), which starred Jal Merchant and Sabita Devi, had the woman getting into marriage only if her doctor husband agreed not to want children. The success of the film mitigated the enraged public reaction at the time.
He showed his understanding of media publicity required for films when in 1937, Badami resorted to woo audiences by announcing cash prizes of Rs.500, Rs.200 and Rs.100 for the best reviews of his newly released film Kulvadhu (1937). The promotional gambit worked sending audiences to the theatres. According to an interview, most of Badami’s films didn’t survive as the negatives were burnt to extract the silver from the silver nitrate.
After Aap ki Marzi-38, he followed his mentor, Dr. Patel and joined Sudama Pictures, when in 1939, Sagar Movietone merged into National Films. Badami
also worked in Famous Cine Laboratories, from 46 to 48.
Apparently, in 1948 Deputy Prime Minister Vallabh Bhai Patel, who was then also in charge of the Information Ministry, on a visit to the Cine Laboratories Bombay, asked Badami to help set up a NewsReel and Documentary section. The Films Division was established in 1948. He became chief producer in the newsreel department and made several documentaries. He worked in the Films Division making documentaries from 1948-1952. After that he stopped making films and returned to Bangalore to retire as “I was a forgotten man in the feature film world”. He became an industrialist by starting a manufacturing business. Later he worked as a Consultant for Kamani Group of Industries also. He died in 2005 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
FILMOGRAPHY: 1932: Harishchandra; Galava Rishi; Paduka Pattabhishekham; Shakuntala; 1933: Chandrahasa; 1934: Grihalakshmi; 1935: Dr. Madhurika; Vengeance is Mine; 1936: Jeevan Lata; Grama Kanya; 1937: Kokila; Kulavadhu; 1938: Three Hundred Days and After; 1939: Aap Ki Marzi; Ladies Only; 1940: Chingari; Sajani; 1941: Holiday in Bombay; 1942: Khilona; 1943: Prarthana; 1944: Bhagya Lakshmi; 1945: Ramayani; 1946: Uttara Abhimanyu; 1947: Manmani; 1951: Vinoba Bhave (Doc);1952: Roof over the head
(Ack: Sapnon ke saudagar by Vithal Pandya, Sagar Movietone by Biren Kothari, HFGK, muVyz, Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema, and my notes).
today’s song is sung by Surendra, who was a natural singer.When he was taken by Sagar Movietone, he was projected as ” The West’s reply to Saigal from Calcutta”. One can find even in today’s song that he tries to imitate Saigal, though nowhere to Saigal. Anil Biswas advised Surendra not to copy Saigal and develop his own style of singing. After that Surendra sang in his own style throughout.
Enjoy this 88 year old song….
Song- Kisne hai ye reet banaayee (Village Girl)(1936) Singer- Surendra, Lyricist- Not known, MD- Shankar Rao Khatu
Lyrics
Kisne hai ye reet banaayee
apnaa dil aur khushee paraayee
kisne hai ye reet banaayee
apnaa dil aur khushee paraayee
duniya kehtee hans hans ronaa
duniya kehtee
hahahaha
hans hans ronaa
kaisee ye andher machaayee
kaisee ye andher machaayee
kisne hai ye reet banaayee
apnaa dil aur khushee paraayee
kisne hai ye reet banaayee
apnaa dil aur khushee paraayee
ro ro jal kee aag bujhaao
ansuwan motee haar banaao
ansuwan motee haar banaao
daal galey sansaar rijhaao
daal galey sansaar rijhaao
daal galey sansaar rijhaao
apna dukh aur hansee paraayee
apna dukh aur hansee paraayee
kisne hai ye reet banaayee
apnaa dil aur khushee paraayee
kisne hai ye reet banaayee
apnaa dil aur khushee paraayee
kisne hai ye
reet banaayee
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