Bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan
Posted on: December 22, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film Shamsheer-1953.
Just 6 years after India’s independence, the Hindi film industry was working normally. Young and enthusiastic directors were trying out their hands at a variety of films. The country was stabilised and it looked with wide eyes at the changes in the world. Italian Neorealism was becoming popular among filmmakers all over the world. There was enough material in India which needed films depicting Neo-Realism, so that the social ills could be rectified.
Bimal Roy who descended upon Bombay after the downhill rolling of New theatres in Calcutta, directed PARINEETA, made by Ashok Kumar Productions. A story by Sharatchandra Chatterjee was aptly converted into a film. After this Bimal Roy started his own company and made DO BIGHA ZAMEEN, with Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy. This left tilted film exposed what was actually happening to the poor class by the rich aristocrats. The film was so tragic that world film critics wondered why a newly liberated country like India- with rich heritage of culture- was making such negative films. The film was excellent and successful, but Bimal Roy never made such black, negative films in his career again. After this film, the pair of Balraj sahni and Nirupa Roy embodied the poor and lower middle class so much that they made 12 films together from 1953 to 1972 !
Filmistan’s ANARKALI was the biggest hit of the year.
Raj Kapoor’s AAH was not successful because the audience did not like his ‘Dilip’ style acting in the film, after a flamboyant Awara.
Films like BOOT POLISH, PATITA, SHIKAST, RAAHI and JEEVAN SATHI were successful.
After Bahar-51, AVM brought LADKI, with Vaijayant mala.
MAYURPANKH introduced new artists.
V.Shantaram’s TEEN BATTI CHAR RASTA showed unity in diversity principle of Nehru.
SURANG depicted labour problems.
Sohrab Modi presented his colorful JHANSI KI RANI. Old looking Mehtab and great war scenes could not make it a hit film. He learned that the era of such films had ended.
BAAZ and ZAMELA had medium success.
From 1953, the National Film Awards as well as Filmfare awards started.
Prabhat film company closed down.
Ghulam Haider died in Pakistan.
When the remakes and Bilingual Hindi films from Calcutta diminished due to the downhill journey of New Theatres, the South entered the Hindi film arena like a God-sent helper. It all started when the adventurous Producer-Director S.S.Vasan dared to make a remake of his Blockbuster Tamil film Chandralekha in Hindi on a big scale in 1948. He wanted to capture the All India Hindi audience market with 603 prints of Chandralekha for the entire Hindi belt audience.
This was a new beginning of an era for Hindi films from the South. This , however, according to http://www.directorbychoice.blogpost.com, was not the first Hindi film from the South. It says that the film Prem Sagar-1939, Produced and Directed by K.Subramanyam, for Mahalakshmi Studios, Bombay, was the First Hindi film made in South India.
After the amazing success of Chandralekha-1948, producers in the South were encouraged and a flow of remade and dubbed South-made Hindi films started. Like Bengal, here too the language problem existed . It was solved by taking Hindi artistes from Bombay to remake the Hit South films into Hindi. During the process, many southern stars were introduced to the Hindi audience. One such artist was P.Bhanumathi, who was the Heroine in today’s film Shamsheer-1953.
P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna was born on 7 September 1925 (7 September 1925 – 24 December 2005) in Doddavaram village of Prakasam district, near Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. She was the third child to Saraswatamma and Bommaraju Venkata Subbaiah. She grew up watching her father perform in various stage shows. Her father, Venkata Subbayya, was a lover of classical music and trained her in music from an early age. Bhanumathi entered the film industry in 1939, and acted in over 100 films in Telugu and Tamil. She was also called Ashtavadhani by the film industry people as she was a writer, actor, director, producer, singer, music director, editor and studio owner. She also had a good knowledge of astrology and philosophy. She is regarded as the first female super star of Telugu cinema.
She made her debut in Telugu cinema in 1939 as Kalindi (a 13 years old girl who is forced to marry an old man and ended her life by committing suicide) in Vara Vikrayam (Telugu), directed by C. Pullayya. She acted in Malathi Madhavam, Dharma Patni and Bhaktimala. Her first popular film was Krishna Prema. In 1953, she made her directorial debut with Chandirani (made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi). Her last film was made in 1998, entitled Pelli Kanuka. She got the National Award for the film and also for performances in movies Anthasthulu and Palnati Yudham (1964) she received National Awards (Rashtrapati Award). She is the last recipient of Rashtrapati Award.
Due to her rift with Aluri Chakrapani, she left her role in Missamma and Miss Mary movie (Initially Bhanumathi had shot for some scenes in the movie before being replaced by Savitri ) but after the release of the movie she watched and commented that “she lost a wonderful role but industry gained a talented actress like savitri” which showed her sportiveness and encouragement towards new actors. Due to clash with Aluri Chakrapani, she produced a satirical movie on him titled Chakrapani which was a huge hit and became a classic in Tollywood for this movie she also worked as music director.
Apart from being a fine actress, she was also a talented musician. She was adept in both Carnatic and Hindustani music. She gave voice to her songs despite it being the norm to use playback singers for actors. Some of her songs are still popular in Telugu; and in Tamil. She also provided music to a lot of her films.
During her later years, she served on various movie related organizations. She was a Member of the State Film Awards Committee for two years. She was also a Visiting Professor at the Film Institute for one year. She was a Member of Children Film Society for 5 years, from 1965 to 1970. In India, she was the first and the only woman to have owned a film studio and the first woman to have directed a movie simultaneously in three languages. She is first south Indian actress to receive Padma Awards
Bhanumathi was also a talented writer with a number of short stories to her credit. Her autobiography Nalo Nenu was published in Telugu and later, released in English as Musings. Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy awarded her as the best short story writer for her popular short stories “Attagari Kathalu”. She was a Member of Lalit Kala Academy for 5 years, and Sahitya Academy, Andhra Pradesh for 10 years. She served as Director and Principal of the Tamil Nadu Government Music College.
She was an eminent social worker who was closely associated with a number of Social Service Organizations. She was the founder member and treasurer of the Madras branch of Altrusa International Inc., Chicago for a lifetime starting from 1963. She was a life member of the ‘Red Cross Society’. She established an educational institution named as “Dr. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Matriculation School” at Saligramam, Chennai providing free education to the poor.
During the shooting of the film Krishna Prema (1943), she met P. S. Ramakrishna Rao (1918–1986), an assistant director for that film. He was a film producer, director and editor of Telugu and Tamil Films. The couple married on 8 August 1943 and have one son, Bharani. Later they launched a popular production company, Bharani Pictures, in their son’s name. She died at the age of 80 years in Chennai,on 24-12-2005.
In Hindi, she acted in 8 films,directed 2 films and sang 12 songs in 4 films. ( Based and adapted from wiki, nett4you, Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema and my notes ).
The cast of the film was Ashok kumar, P.Bhanumathi, Bhagwan, Nana Palshikar, Rama Shukul, Smriti Biswas etc. Music was byA.K.Mukherjee and Anupam Ghatak. It was directed by Gyan Mukherjee. The film’s story was….
Though the film was made by Sargam pictures the distribution rights were obtained by the waning Bombay Talkies.
The story of the film was about a popular rebel Vikram of the Kathiawar region in Gujarat. The king was a tyrant and levied heavy taxes on the subject. His army used to loot the poor and oppressed. Overall the kingdom was an anarchy. Vikram stood against all this and the general public supported him too. The king was looking for an opportunity to destroy Vikram. He played a trick. He used his own beloved Rupam to entice Vikram and arrest him. Roopam does her job skillfully and Vikram is captured by the king. Vikram is tortured in the jail. Roopam could not see his woes. She actually realised that while fooling Vikram, she had fallen in his love. With the help of some supporters, Roopam rescues Vikram, but she is captured.
The king announces that if Vikram does not surrender immediately, Roopam will be killed. Vikram hatches a plan. He surrenders, while his supporters attack the army and thus rescue Roopam. There is a war between Vikram and the King in which the king is killed. The people are overjoyed and crown Vikram as their king. Roopam becomes his queen.
Today’s song is sung by P.Bhanumathi and chorus. Enjoy this 71 year old song….
Song-Bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan (Shamsheer)(1953) Singer- P. Bhanumathi, Lyricist- Brijendra Gaud, MD- Arun Kumar Mukherjee
Female chorus
P Bhanumathi + Female chorus
Lyrics
bairee pawan
bairee pawan
dekho bairee pawan lahraane laga
dekho paapi pawan haaye chhoone ko badan
saajan ke bhawan se aane laga
bairee pawan
dekho bairee pawan
bairee pawan
dekho bairee pawan
jagmag hai aangan chamkee kiran
dekho chamkee kiran hai
chamkee kiran dekho chamkee kiran hai
chamkee kiran dekho chamkee kiran hai
raaja rangeele se laagee lagan
meree laagee lagan hai
ae jee chaman mein kali kyun magan hai
to rah rah ke bhanwra sataane laga
rah rah ke bhanwra sataane laga
lahraane laga
lahraane laga
bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan
bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan
koi kaho na mohe mehlon ki raanee
koi kaho na mohe mehlon ki raanee
jeevan kee raanee banke baithee jawaanee
jeevan kee raanee banke baithhee jawaanee
haa aa
kanchan sa joban hai resham se bandhan
kanchan sa joban hai resham se bandhan
dhadkan se man ghabraane laga aa
dhadkan se man ghabraane laga
lahraane laga lahraane laga
bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan
bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan
kaahe ki uljhan itna bachan do
kaahe ki uljhan itna bachan do
aaj ki ratiyaa tumse milan ho
aaj ki ratiyaa tumse milan ho
unse milan ho jee unse milan ho
unse milan ho jee unse milan ho
unki nagariya ka sapna suhaana
ghir ghir ke nainan mein chhaane laga
ghir ghir ke nainan mein chhaane laga
lahraane laga lahraane laga
bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan
bairee pawan dekho bairee pawan
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