Hauley hauley chal hawaa
Posted on: January 27, 2025
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Today’s song is from a Mythological film Ekadashi-1955. It was produced by R.L. and M. L. Arora for All India Pictures, Bombay. It was directed by Dada aka V.M.Gunjal and the Music Director was Avinash Vyas. The cast of the film was Trilok Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Sulochana, Ratan Kumar, Shammi, Gope, Badrin pershad, Amar, Parshuram, Jeevan and many others.
The Heroine of this film was Mala Sinha. Mala Sinha came from Calcutta to make a career in Bombay films. In Calcutta she worked in a Bilingual film ‘Chitrangadha-54’ in Bangla and Hindi. In 54 again,she did her first film in Bombay, Badshah-54, then came Hamlet-54, Riyasat-55 and Ekadashi-55. In all her interviews, Mala Sinha always quoted “Rangeen Raten”-56 with Shammi Kapoor as her first film in Bombay. She was ashamed of revealing that in film Riyasat-55, her Hero was Mahipal and in film Ekadashi the Hero was Trilok Kapoor. She always hid this fact. There are many Heroines who want to hide their struggling days. For example, in film “Professor”-62 Shammi Kapoor’s Heroine was Kalpana. Though touted as her first film, her first film was Pyar ki Jeet-62, opposite Mahipal- a fact which Kalpana always hid from everyone.
Similarly, A grade Heroine Meena Kumari also had done several Mythological and costume films before Baiju Bawra took her high up and above other Heroines. Films like Veer Ghatotkach-49, Shri Ganesh Mahima-50, Laxmi Narayan-51, Hanuman Paataal vijay-51 and Alladin aur Jadui Chirag-52 had Mahipal as her Hero. In her later years, she always hid her earlier film Heroes. Even comedian Johnny Walker, who is supposed to have made a beginning with Baazi-51, had earlier worked in “The last message or Aakhri paigham”-49. However this fact is not told by anyone.
Not only actors, but even singers do this. They hesitate to say that they first sang for C grade films. Take the case of Sudha Malhotra, who used to declare Arzoo-50 as her first film, under Anil Biswas, but she never told that earlier she had sung 3 songs in film Aakhri paigham-49, under the baton of Abid Hussein Khan, a less known composer.
Gulzar’s first song was not from Bandini – 63, as is claimed by him, in every interview. He has written lyrics in films Choron ki Baraat-60, Diler Haseena-60 and Shriman Satyawadi-60. He wrote these songs as Gulzar Deenvi. But he also wrote lyrics in the film Kabuliwala-61 and Prempatra-62 in the name of Gulzar. Even then he claims Bandini-63 as his first film- which is wrong.
Born January 9, 1934, in Amritsar, Mahendra Kapoor spent the majority of his childhood in Mumbai, where he claimed top honors in the All-India Murphy-Metro Singing competition – 57, for Newcomers. His victory captured the attention of filmmaker Raja Nawathe, who used him in 1958’s Sohni Mahiwal. This also caused a controversy, because the contest was for new comers and Mahendra Kapoor had already sung songs in several films like Madmast-53,Madhur milan-55 Lalkar-56 and Heer-56 and also his first solo song in film Diwali ki raat-56. Later on he gave some lame excuse that he had not got any payment for that song etc etc.
It is very unfortunate that once the artist becomes famous, he tends to forget his humble beginning with a less known film or a composer. This is because they are ashamed of it. The blame also goes to people who take their interview,because the interview takers do not do proper homework. Many times they do not know anything and simply listen to whatever is told by the artist.
Coming back to today’s film Ekadashi-1955, I remember that my childhood was spent in a big joint family, having several elderly members. All of them used to do fasting every 15 days. On enquiry I was told that it was the Ekadashi Fasting. I did not go into details that time as I enjoyed eating different food items on those days. When I grew up, I came to know what the Ekadashi Vrat was.
Ekadasi, is the eleventh lunar day (Tithi) of the shukla (bright) or krishna (dark) paksha (fortnight) of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar (Panchang). In Hinduism and Jainism it is considered a spiritually beneficial day. Scriptures recommend observing an (ideally waterless) fast from sunrise on the day of Ekadashi to sunrise on the day following Ekadashi. Hindu scriptures teach that it is especially important to avoid all beans and all grains on this day because on the day of Ekadashi these two foods are contaminated by sin, one should eat only fruits and vegetables and milk products on this day. Ekadashi day is recognized as the best of all days to fast because it is on this day of the moon phase in which the rays of the moon actually nourish the subtle nerves and feelings of the heart.
Two Ekadashis occur in one month according to positions of the moon. The progression of the moon from full moon to new moon is divided into fifteen equal arcs. Each arc measures one lunar day, called “tithi”: The time it takes the moon to traverse that distance is the length of that lunar day. Ekadashi refers to the 11the tithi, or lunar day. The eleventh tithi therefore corresponds to a precise phase of the waxing and waning moon: In the bright half of the lunar month, the moon will appear roughly 3/4 full on Ekadashi, and in the dark half of the lunar month, the moon will be about 3/4 dark on Ekadashi.
Bhagavata Purana (sk. IX, adhy. 4) notes the observation of Ekadashi by Ambarisha, a devotee of Vishnu. Ekadashi Vrat is supposed to be very important. In Maharashtra, the Ekadashi falling in the month of ASHADH is celebrated at Vitthal mandir in the Holy city of Pandharpur. Lakhs of devotees walk for 21 days,barefoot,to reach the temple. It is called VAARI. Here is more information-
The Pandharpur yatra is held on Aashadi Ekadashi (June- July). One of the most famous pilgrimages in Maharashtra, Pandharpur Ashadhi Ekadashi Wari has been taking place for more than 700 years. This is a religious padyatra,which comprises over 1 million pilgrims traveling for 21 days to Vithoba temple, on foot. Numerous palkhis (processions) from various towns and villages join the main palkhi that starts from Sant Tukaram Temple at Dehu in Pune district. The yatra culminates at the Vithoba temple on Ashadi Ekadasi at Pandharpur. The annual Pandharpur Yatra to the famous Vithoba Temple at Pandharpur in Maharashtra is an unparalleled pilgrimage that breaks the barriers of caste, creed, rich and poor. The main rituals are performed in the early morning (0300hrs).
Today’s film was made on a Mythological story stressing the importance of Ekadashi Vrat. The story of the film was….
In the days of the King Rukmangad of Ayodhya, the King and all his subjects, Proud or Humble, adhered to this Fast and as a result, while they lived on this planet they had Peace of Mind and therefore Temporal Bliss and after death ascended to Heaven. Now that all Ayodhya people went to Heaven-and Ayodhya was a vast and populous kingdom-the population of Hell fell colossally. This caused great anxiety to the King of Hell-YAMRAJ, as his Prowess as King narrowed down with the diminished numbers. He took upon himself to create a breach in the strict observance of the fast by the King Rukmangad: as like King, like subjects, all would follow suit and prosperity would reign supreme in Hell. But all the manoeuvres of Yamraj fell flat against the religious fervour with which the King followed the observance.
As a last resort, Yamraj got Mohini by supplicating to Brahma. Mohini-beauty incarnate in female form-was a power that subdued all it saw; sages or saints, high or low. The ordeal of putting up resistance to this force was too much for Rukmangad and he staggered. Diamond cuts diamond and woman does likewise. The Maharani Sandhyavalli knew this and her efforts and sacrifices to save her lord proved all in vain. The King’s heroic struggles against beauty aroused were wasted and when all seemed black for this holy pair their son, Dharmangad, rose to the sally of beauty. Child against beauty-both the highest creations of the Almighty were arrayed face to face. Finally,it was the victory of Good over Evil. Mohini accepted her defeat and withdrew. Thus the importance of Ekadashi Vrat remained intact.
The film’s music director was Avinash Vyas. He was known very well in Hindi films as a M.D. for B and C grade films, but in Gujarati films,he was a respected and a popular composer. In today’s film, I was shocked to find that out of its 8 songs, atleast 2 songs were direct copies of popular Hindi songs. I never expected this from Avinash Vyas. I know, many times the producers or the distributors put a lot of pressure on the MDs to use a tune which had become popular. This is nothing new. In the period from 1931 till recent times, popular Hindi film songs were openly copied by Southern filmmakers. You would be surprised to know that initially, like other South Indian films, Malayalam films depended on Hindi songs to copy into their films. The first mega hit film of Malayalam- Jeevithan Nouka-1951 had 14 songs and ALL were copies of popular Hindi songs. For example, it had a song copied from “Suhani raat dhal chuki” from the film Dulari-1949. Another song was copied from “Hawa mein udta jaaye” from the film Barsaat-1949 and so on.
In today’s film, the song “Aao bhakton, katha suno tum” by Mohd. Rafi was a copy of “Aao bachho tumhe dikhaayen..” from Jagriti-1954. Today’s song ” Hauley hauley chal hawa” is a copy of ” Jhoome jhoome dil mera”, a Lata song from the film Poonam-1952. I did not check other songs.
In the cast you will find the name Amar. This is a name in the “Same Name Confusion” There were several Amars in the films like, Amarnath (Batish)-MD, Amarnath (Chawla)-MD, K. Amarnath-Director, Amarnath (Bharadwaj)-Actor and Amar-Singer, Actor. Amar was an occasional singer. The real name of Amar was Nasir. He was from Punjab. He was born in 1920. After doing bit roles in some films, he got a major break in the film Sanyasi-45,in which he sang 5 duets and 1 solo. His solo song,’ Tooti hui kashti’ became very popular.
In 1946, he was the Hero of film Bindiya, where Ragini ( who later migrated to Pakistan) was his Heroine. MD was Kamal Dasgupta, who gave him 3 songs.
Then he was Hero of Suraiya in Natak-47. He sang 1 duet with her and 2 solos. Later he did films like Maang, Lalaji, Vijay, Shukriya, Keemat etc. After 1950 he was doing character roles till 1970. He acted in 89 films and sang 18 songs in 8 films. He died in 1980.
Today’s song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Let us enjoy this 70 year old song today…..
Song-Hauley hauley chal hawa (Ekadashi)(1955) Singer- Lata Mangeshkar, Lyricist- Pt. B C Madhur, MD- Avinash Vyas
Lyrics
hauley hauley chal hawa
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera
tan bhee jhoomey man bhee jhoomey
jhoomey duniya saaree ee ee
matawaaley ye naina jhoomey
matawaaley ye naina jhoomey
ho gayee main matwaaree ee ee
ho gayee mein matwaaree
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa aa
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa aa
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera aa
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera
rang birangee titlee naache
rang birangee titlee naache
bhanwra gun gun gaaye
ye sab mere paagal premee
ye sab mere paagal premee
preet ka geet sunaayen aen aen
preet ka geet sunaayen
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa aa
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa aa
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera aa
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera
baandh ke koyee likh raha hai
na bandhan na doree ee
na bandhan na doree
baandh ke koyee likh raha hai
na bandhan na doree ee
na bandhan na doree
kaun chor mere aangan mein
kaun chor mere aangan mein
aaya choree choree ee ee
aaya choree choree
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa aa
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa aa
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera aa
phoolon ke angna mein doley doley man mera
hauley hauley chal hawa aa aa
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