Saaree duniya ke sartaaj teraa amar rahegaa raaj
Posted on: January 8, 2025
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Today’s song is from the film Ghar Ki Izzat-1948. This is the last song of the film. The film will be now YIPPEED.
Writing on old films, songs and personalities connected with old time films is a very interesting experience. This is a different world altogether. Everyone’s definition of an old film is different. For a young person in their 20’s, an old film is one which was from the 1980’s or 1990’s. Add 10 years to the man’s age and you have to go back 10 years to call a film ‘old’. Thus for a man of 30’s, old is a film from the 1970’s or 1980’s.
for a man of 40’s, old film is from 1960’s or 1970’s.
For a man of 50’s, an old film is from the 1950’s or 1960’s.
for a man of 60’s. old film is from 1940’s or 1950’s.
for a man of 70’s, old film is from 1940’s or before.
The explanation is simple. Man considers any film old if it was from his father’s young age. For a youngster a film from the 1930’s is surely an Antique ! These conclusions are not mine. I read them in an article written by a 60 year old fan of old films from the 30’s and the 40’s. This article was from a Sunday supplement of the Marathi newspaper-Loksatta.
Most people equate old films with old songs. Whenever I tell someone that I write on old films, he starts discussing old songs that he knew. Nowadays I have stopped explaining to them the difference and the details.
So far I have 8 books to my name, all about old film stories, actors, directors, MDs and other connected matters. My Grandsons and Grand daughters in law feel proud about it but they do not even read one page of any book ! I don’t blame them. My take on this is that “The subject of interest in old film material is like the ‘Science of Atomic Energy’. There will always be a limited number of people who will read books on Atomic Energy. The majority will keep off from it. Similarly, genuine lovers of old films are in limited numbers. others keep away from it.”
Another interesting point. I have been writing on old films since 2012. Till about 5-6 years ago, a lot of readers used to write comments on the posts of this Blog. The comments were on all the posts of all writers and one could see that those people were quite knowledgeable. Since the last few years the number of comments from outsiders (other than Indian Atulites) has taken a nosedive. I don’t find comments sometimes even on 3-4 days at a stretch. Does this mean that the number of readers has gone down ? Certainly not ! I have also been keeping an eye on the total number of visitors to the Blog and do not find any alarming dip in it.
One of the reasons for the reduction of comments could be the increased use of Mobile Phones. Unlike earlier times, people do not use computers for reading the Blog. Now everything is easily available on Mobile phones. One can read posts anytime, anywhere. While it has become easier, writing comments on Mobile phones is a tedious job. Short messages or forwarding messages is easy but a long message typing is not everybody’s cup of tea. So ? Stop commenting on posts ! I feel this could be the major reason for less comments. This has made interactions between the writers and the readers almost absent.
I remember, some of the interviews I took of the close relatives of old actors were possible because the relatives had put their comments on the articles and I contacted them soon after that. Examples are Mr. Salim Shah-son (USA) of old actress Indurani, Grandson (NEW ZEALAND) of old time singer/actor Parshuram, Daughter of actress Latika (U.K.) etc. The most intersting was when a reader from the FIJI Islands gave an NFS, which I had been searching for more than 50 years, through our Blog.
Coming to today’s song, the film Ghar Ki Izzat-1948 was like a film from AVM or some south movie. GHAR KI IZZAT (1948) was produced under the banner of Murli Movietone and directed by Ram Daryani. The star cast included Dilip Kumar and Mumtaz Shanti in the lead roles with Gope, Manorama, Dixit, Jeewan, Gulab, Suleman etc in the supporting roles. The melodramatic story of the film reminded me of some of the Hindi films produced from the South in the 50s and 60s.
The story of the film mainly revolves around a conservative parents having a son Chanda (Dilip Kumar) and a daughter Radhika (Manorama). The daughter is married to Chaman (Gope) who has become ghar jamai (son-in-law living with his in-laws). Chaman is always insulted by his mother-in-law which is not liked by his wife Radhika. So they decide to leave the house for the countryside and both start working as insurance agents for a living.
Chanda who has now become a lawyer, wants to pursue the legal profession which is not liked by his parents as in their family, nobody does a job for earning as they have their own family business. Chanda wins his first criminal case in the court and to tell the good news to his sister Radhika, he visits her house. Here, he meets Roopa (Mumtaz Shanti) who has already come to the house to sell donation tickets of her stage show in aid of her school. Chanda is impressed by her talk and buys donation tickets and he attends the stage show along with Radhika and Chaman.
Eventually, they fall in love and decide to marry. But there are hitches. Roopa belongs to a poor family who had lost her parents and is now staying with her elder and younger brothers. His elder brother (Jeewan) has some reservations about the marriage proposal as Chanda is a city bred boy while Roopa has grown up in a rural environment. Also, there is a difference in their financial status as Chanda belongs to a rich family. Chanda’s parents also expect a good dowry from the prospective bride’s family. Now the question arises as to who will bell the cat for his marriage.
Fortunately, Radhika and her husband Chaman take up the responsibility of convincing his parents while Chanda meets Roopa’s brother (Jeewan) asking for his sister Roopa’s hand. Finally, Chanda and Roopa get married. But the newly married couple’s problem starts on day one itself. Roopa is tormented by her in-laws for her poor background and this insult continues every day. Even some loss in the family business is attributed to Roopa as their daughter-in-law. She is not even allowed to accompany her husband for parties. Chanda is caught in the conflict between his parents and wife. Fed-up with this daily tormenting by his parents, Chanda leaves the house and finds solace in drowning himself in alcohol and gambling while Roopa is virtually under ‘house arrest’.
Radhika once again dons the role of a saviour and brings back her brother Chanda to his parents’ house. The long absence of their son from the house and Radhika’ confrontation with her parents on this issue make them to repent for their wrongdoings and they apologise to Roopa’s brother. So like most Hindi films from the South, it has a happy ending with all the important characters of the film posing together for the camera.
Something about the director Ram Daryani…..
Ram Daryani was born on 6-12-1915, at Hyderabad, Sindh Province (now in Pakistan). His early education was done in Sindh and for college education he came to Karachi. Due to intense desire to be in the film world, he left studies and joined Eastern Art Production and assisted Moti Gidwani in direction of the film Insaan ya Shaitan-33. But due to family pressure he had to rejoin college. After some time he again left college for good and started working as assistant director for films Prem Pariksha-34 with G R Sethi, Bharat ki Beti-35 with Premankur Attorthy and Yasmin-35 with H K Shivdasani.
He got his first chance to independently direct the film Baal Hatya aka Khoon E Nahaq-35. In the year 1936, he floated his own company Daryani productions and directed films like Sangdil Samaj-36, Prem Murty-36 and Gentleman Daaku-37, for which his brother K S Daryani wrote the stories. In 1938, brother K S Daryani started Krishna Movietone. Ram Daryani closed his company Daryani productions and directed the film Zamana-38 for krishna Movietone. The film became a Hit and his name became famous.
He worked for Murli Movietone to direct films like Pyas-41, which celebrated Silver jubilee. His other films were Qurbani-43, Preet-45, Panna Dai-45 and Shravan kumar-46. In all, Ram Daryani directed 23 films. His last film was Chand mere aaja-60. After this he entered the Film Distribution business. Ram Daryani died on 7-9-1993. ( adapted from Filmdom-1946 and my notes).
In today’s song one can hear the voices of Shamshad Begam and Meena Kapoor, with an unidentified male voice and chorus as well.
With this song all songs are covered from this film and the film is YIPPEED !
Song-Saari duniya ke sartaaj tera amar rahegaa raaj (Ghar Ki Izzat)(1948) Singers-Shamshad Begam, Meena Kapoor, Unknown male voice, Lyrics-I C Kapoor, MD- Pt Govindram,
saari duniya ke sartaaj
tera amar rahega raaj
saari duniya ke sartaaj
tera amar rahega raaj
zanjeeron mein thhee maata
aur chaaron oar niraasha
zanjeeron mein thhee maata
aur chaaron oar niraasha
zanjeeron mein thhee maata
aur chaaron oar niraasha
tera janm hua dharti pe phailee phir se aasha
tera janm hua dharti pe phailee phir se aasha
desh hua aazaad magar na pehna toone taaj
desh hua aazaad magar na pehna toone taaj
tera amar rahega raaj
saaree duniya ke sartaaj
tera amar rahega raaj
saaree duniya ke sartaaj
tera amar rahega raaj
hindu muslim sikh isaai ee
hindu muslim sikh isaai
sabko seedhee raah dikhlaayee
hindu muslim sikh isaai
sabko seedhee raah dikhlaayee
ek moorkh ke paagalpan ne jaltee jyot bujhaai
jaltee jyot bujhaai
bachcha roye buddha roye
bachcha roye buddha roye
ro ro apne naina khoye
har nar naari kare pukaar
haaye baapu chhod gaye manjhdaar
haaye baapu chhod gaye manjhdaar
cheekh raha hai har sansaari
cheekh raha hai har sansaari ee ee
sab kuchh lut gaya aaj
sab kuchh lut gaya aaj
sab kuchh lut gaya aaj hey bapu amar ho tera raaj
saari duniya ke sartaaj
tera amar rahega raaj
saari duniya ke sartaaj
tera amar rahega raaj
tan ka naata toot gaya
tan ka naata too gaya aur goonj rahee aawaaz
main hoon ab bhee saath tumhaare poora karna kaaj
ooncha karna naam desh ka chamke ye swaraaj
chamke ye swaraaj
chamke ye swaraaj
chamke ye swaraaj
2 Responses to "Saaree duniya ke sartaaj teraa amar rahegaa raaj"
January 11, 2025 at 1:43 pm
Indeed ! These comments appeared instantly. Thanks!
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January 11, 2025 at 1:41 pm
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