Kahaan chalee o brij kee baalaa sir par liye gagariyaa
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Today’s song is from a bilingual (Hindi/Marathi) Mythological film Veer Ghatotkach aka Surekha Haran-1949. The film was made by Homi Wadia’s Basant pictures. It was directed by an expert in such films – Nanabhai Bhatt, who was the favourite director of the Wadia brothers. The cast of the film was Shahu Modak, Niranjan Sharma, Vasantrao pehalwan, Meena kumari, Sumati Gupte, H.Prakash, S.N.Tripathi, Shyamsunder, Dalpat, Rajani and many more artistes.
Music was composed by Shrinath Tripathi, who had also done a small role in this film. Tripathi was an all rounder artiste. He was an actor, singer, Music Director, story and screenplay writer, filmmaker and a Director. He gave music to 111 films, composing 863 songs. He acted in 83 films and sang 13 songs in 7 films. He directed 18 films also from 1957 to 1981.
Today’s film is a combination of a Folk tale and a Mythology character. While Ghatotkach was a character in the epic Mahabharat, the story depicting the love and marriage of Surekha aka Vatsala (daughter of Balram, the elder brother of Shri Krishna) and Abhimanyu (son of Arjun) does not appear in Mahabharat. Nevertheless the folk tale is so popular all over India that films on this story are made in several languages from the Silent Era to the first decade of the present century.
An interesting thing is that Balram’s daughter Vatsala aka Surekha is known as Sasi Rekha in the southern states ! The following films were made on Ghatotkach and the folk tale of the marriage of Abhimanyu and Vatsala aka Surekha aka Sasi Rekha….. Surekha haran-1921, Vatsala Haran-1923, Maya Bazar(Marathi)-1925, Maya Bazar (Hindi)-1932, 1935 in Tamil, Sasi Rekha Parinayam (Telugu) in 1936, Maya bazar (Hindi)-1939, 1949 in Hindi, 1957 in Telugu, 1958 in Hindi, 1984 in Hindi and Gujarati, 1984 in Telugu, Veer Ghatotkach (Hindi, Marathi)-1949, Veer Ghatotkajan(Tamil)-1959, Ghatotkachudu (Telugu)-1995, Veer Ghatotkach (Hindi)-1970 and 2 animated films in Telugu and Hindi in 2008.
Our culture allows opposition to its principles. It respects the ” other ” point of view too. In which other country would you find temples for its religious enemies ? Only in India, you have not just one, but several temples of villains like Ravan, Duryodhan, Shakuni etc. There is a Ravan temple one each in Bisrakh-U.P., Mandsaur-M.P., Kakinada in A.P. and in Jodhpur-Rajasthan- where Ravan is considered as their Son In Law, because Mandodari was born here.
There is a Duryodhan Temple in Kollam, Kerala and a temple for Shakuni also in the same town. There are also other temples like for Gandhari in Mysore, Karna in Uttarkashi, Hidimba in Manali-H.P., Draupadi in Bangalore and also for Jatayu in Nashik district !
No wonder then that there are three temples of Ghatotkach in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Central Java.
How many of us actually know fully about Ghatotkach ? Here is some information about his life….
Ghatotkacha is a prominent character in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. His name comes from the fact that his head was hairless (utkacha) and shaped like a ghatam, or a pot. Ghatotkacha was the son of the Pandava Bhima and the demoness Hidimbi, and thus a half-human, half-demon hybrid.
He is the father of Anjanaparva, Barbarika and Meghavarna. As the head of one akshauhini army, he was an important fighter from the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra war and caused a great deal of destruction to the Kaurava army. Ghatotkacha killed many demons like Alambusha, Alayudha, and many gigantic Asuras. He was specifically called out as the warrior who forced Karna to use his Vasavi Shakti weapon, and courted a hero’s death in the great war.
On the burning of the ‘Lakshagriha’, the Pandavas escape through a tunnel and reach a forest. While they were sleeping, the demon chief Hidimba in the forest sees the Pandavas from the top of a tree, and he appoints his sister Hidimbi to bring them to him for food.
Hidimbi goes to the Pandavas in the guise of a beautiful woman. She is attracted to Bhima and prays for the return of her love. She alerts the Pandavas to her brother’s demands, pleading with them to leave the forest; however, Bhima refuses. Impatient at the delay, Hidimba runs towards the Pandavas but is slain by Bhima.
Hidimbi then approaches Kunti and requests Bhima’s hand in marriage. The Pandavas agree to the proposal on the condition that once a child is born to Hidimbi, they’d have to continue their peregrinations. Later, Ghatotkacha was born to Hidimbi and Bhima. Indra bestows on Ghaṭotkacha prowess enough to be a suitable opponent to Karna. Ghatotkacha grows up under the care of Hidimbi. Like his father, Ghatotkacha’s weapon of choice is the gada.
According to non canonical folktales, years later, one day Hidimbi asks Ghatotkacha to fetch a human to sacrifice to Kali. On his way to do so, he spots a Brahmin and his wife traveling with their three children. Ghatotkacha approaches them and requests one of them to come with him to be his mother’s sacrifice to the goddess.
The Brahmin offers himself, but his wife insists that she would go. Finally, their second son agrees to go with Ghatotkacha but asks to first bathe in the river Ganga. Bhima, living in exile in the forest with his brothers, comes across the scene. Upon discovering the pending sacrifice, he steps in to take the child’s place. Ghatotkacha returns to his mother with Bhima in tow, only to become shocked when she tells him that Bhima is his father. Scolded by Bhima, both Ghatotkacha and Hidimbi agree to end the practice of human sacrifice.
In the Kurukshetra War, Ghatotkacha is summoned by Bhima to fight on the Pandava side. In the battle of the first day he fought against Alambusha, Duryodhana, and Bhagadatta. Terrified of the terrible course of the battle, the Kauravas deliberately postponed the battle for that day. On the 8th day of battle, Ghatotkacha has a prolonged clash with Alambusha, and though he manages to severely wound the other demon, he is unable to prevent his retreat.
After the death of Jayadratha on, with the battle continuing past sunset, Ghatotkacha truly shines; his powers are at their most effective at night as demons’ abilities are heightened. Along with his troops, Ghatotkacha kills Alayudha and Alambusha, smashing the latter’s head with a mace. With Ghatotkacha on a rampage, another fight took place between Ashwatthama and Ghatotkacha. Ashwatthama manages to defeat Ghatotkacha multiple times, but the powerful demon manages to escape using his illusions. On the other hand Karna also defeats Ghatotkacha twice on the battlefield after some tough battles but yet is unable to prevent Ghatotkacha from wreaking havoc on the Kaurava army. As the army breaks around him, with even Duryodhana forced to flee with his flag in tatters, Karna uses Vasavi Śhakti as a last resort to ultimately kill the powerful demon. This weapon had been bestowed by Lord Indra and could only be used once; Karna had been keeping it in reserve to use against Arjuna.Though mortally wounded by the weapon Vasavi Śakti, Ghatotkacha rises to the sky and manages to enlarge his body, crushing one akshauhini of the Kaurava army. The Pandavas were filled with grief at Ghatotkacha’s death. Krishna, however, could not help but smile, knowing that Ghatotkacha had saved Arjuna from Karna. (adapted from http://www.vishnu puran.com)
The story of today’s film Veer Ghatotkach-1949 is…..
Brave persons are always loved by the fair sex whether they are human, Rakshas or Divine. In the jungle near the banks of the Ganges Rakshasi Hidimba saw for herself the bravery of Bhim- second amongst Pandavas but first in his powerful punch. The union brought about the birth of VEER GHATOTKACH.
From the very birth he was separated from his father who was obediently sharing the joys and sorrows with his other four brothers in Indraprastha, The Rajsuya Yagna celebrated by the Pandavas was the great occasion and relations from far and wide had collected in Indraprastha. Among them were Surekha, daughter of Balram- elder brother of Lord Krishna & Abhimanyu son of Pandava Arjun and as is said “they were created by God for each other”.
But fate drove the Pandavas out of their wealthy places and Balram changed his mind and decided that Surekha should be married to Laxman, son of Duryodhan instead of Abhimanyu although they were betrothed. Revati, Surekha’s mother, did not approve of the idea. Abhimanyu revolted against this decision and started towards Dwarka to elope with Surekha. On the way he met Ghatotkachh but since they did not know each other they had to test each other’s strength before the fight ended happily for both of them and they came to know that they are cousins. Ghatotkachh undertook to help Abhimanyu in his elopement with Surekha. They both went to Dwarka. There at the instance of Lord Krishna and Narada, Ghatotkachh out of his Maya created a MayaBazar and sold many false things to the Kaurav party who had come for the marriage of Surekha with Laxman.
When everyone was busy, Surekha eloped with Anirudha and they got married in a jungle. When Balram comes to know this, he wants to kill Aniruddha, but Krishna and elders pacify him and all is well in the end. This is a victory of Krishna’s diplomacy.
Balram is considered as the avatar of Sheshnaag of Shesh shayee Bhagwan Shri Vishnu as mentioned in Vishnu Puran and Bhagwat Puran. He is the 9th Avatar in the Dashavatar list, before Kalki comes in the Kaliyug. In some religious books, Budha’s name is shown as the 9th avatar, but it is not supported in any epic. Afterall, Gautam Budha was born in Kaliyuga itself.
Today’s song is sung by Mohantara Talpade and Rohini Roy.
Song-Kahaan chali o Brij ki baala sir par liye gagariyaa (Veer Ghatotkach)(1949) Singers-Mohantara, Rohini Roy, Lyricist- Moti B.A., MD-S N Tripathi
Both
Lyrics
kahaan chalee o brij ki baala
sir par liye gagariya
sir par liye gagariya
kahaan chalee o brij ki baala
sir par liye gagariya
sir par liye gagariya
chhed karo na o nandlaala
chhodo mori dagariya
chhodo mori dagariya
chhed karo na o nandlaala
chhodo mori dagariya
chhodo mori dagariya
vrindavan ki kunj galin mein aao raas rachaayen
jamuna tat par chalkar sajni geet milan ke gaayen
main hoon gwaala murliwaala
tum ho meri gujariya
main hoon gwaala murliwaala
tum ho meri gujariya
tum ho meri gujariya
kahaan chali o brij ki baala
sir par liye gagariya
sir par liye gagariya
paniya bharan ko jaati hoon main
dekhen sakhiyaan sagri
dekhen sakhiyaan sagri
chhed chhad mein toot na jaaye
maati ki hai gagri
maati ki hai gagri
chhail chhabeele shyaam hatheele
chhal na karo sanwariya
chhail chhabeele shyaam hatheele
chhal na karo sanwariya
chhal na karo sanwariya
chhed karo na o nandlala
chhodo mori dagariya
chhodo mori dagariya
o Raadha raani ee
roop saja ke preet jata ke
baandhi prem ki dori
o bansi waale ae
bansi baja ke chhab dikhlaa ke
toone kee chit chori
hum dono ki prem kahaani
jane saari nagariya
hum dono ki prem kahaani
jaane saari nagariya
jaane saari nagariya
kahaan chali o brij ki bala
sir par liye gagariya
sir par liye gagariya
chhed karo na o nandlaala
chhodo mori dagariya
chhodo mori dagariya
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