A B C D E F bhee jaanen na hum
Posted by: Atul on: January 31, 2025
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Today’s song is from a Muslim social film Darwaza-1954.
The film was produced by the famous writer of Urdu, Ismat Chugtai (21-8-1915 to 24-10-1991). She was the wife of film director Shahid Lateef (11-6-1913 to 16-4-1967). His famous films were Naya Sansar-41, Jhoola-41, Anjaan-41, Ziddi-48, Arzoo-50, Fareb-53, Darwaza-54, Sone ki chidiya-58 and Baharen phir bhi aayengi-66. This pair of story writer, screenplay writer and producer Ismat Chugtai and director Shahid Lateef worked in many films, including today’s film Darwaza-1954. The banner was Film India Corporation, Bombay. Music for this film was by Nashaad.
Film Darwaza-1954 was the entry door for many artists like it was the first film of actress Shyama as a Heroine. Singers Suman Kalyanpur and Sabita Bannerjee debuted as Hindi film singers with this film. Lyricist Khumar Barabankvi also debuted as a Lyricist with this film. The cast of the film was Shyama, Shekhar, Nazir Hussain, Leela Mishra, Neelam, Kumkum, Altaf (husband of Khurshid Jr, actress and singer as well as sister of Meena Kumari). Master Romi was a Guest artist.
In our film industry, there were two types of actors. One-who were lucky and did not have to struggle at all to become successful as a Hero and Two-those who had to struggle hard to be a hero and successful. We are NOT talking about actors like Raj Kapoor, Shammi or Shashi kapoor or R D Burman, for whom already there was a base made by their fathers in the industry facilitating their acceptance and opportunities. However there are examples like Mehmood -son of a successful actor Mumtaz Ali and some other star sons who had to struggle hard to create their own space in the industry.
From category one, there are actors who were good looking like Motilal, Bharat Bhooshan, Karan Dewan, Pradeep Kumar or Shekhar etc. But from this lot I would consider only Motilal and Shekhar as the lucky ones because they had no filmy background or any other connection, yet they bagged their Debut film as Hero ! That too opposite the Top Heroines of their times !!
The other three had their brothers producing films for them. Jaimini Dewan made films for Karan Dewan, Kalidas for Pradeep Kumar and Chandra for Bharat Bhushan. Actor Shekhar had no such brother. Actor Shekhar (Real name-Indriya Daman) was born on 8-10-1923,at Dehradun. He did his schooling in Meerut and Graduated from Agra university. Then he worked as an Announcer in All India Radio, Delhi. He came to Bombay with a desire to act in films. He got the Hero’s role in Devendra Goel’s first production,” Aankhen”-1950, opposite his own dreamgirl Nalini Jaywant. Composer Madan Mohan also made his debut with Aankhen-50. In Spite of 3 debutants, the film became a Hit. The 5′ 8″ tall,fair and handsome Shekhar became a star overnight.
Shekhar became very famous when he sang ‘Tujhe kya sunaun main dilruba ‘ from film Aakhri daon-58( melody made by Madan Mohan and inspired by Sajjad Husain’s ‘ye hawa ye raat ye chandni’ from film Sangdil, in Talat’s voice). Shekhar was a very lucky person. In one of the interviews he gave in 1956, he himself has recounted incidents where his luck helped him. This interview can be read on Cineplot. After leaving films, Shekhar looked after his production and Distribution business, expanding it further. Shahid Latif was his close friend and when Shahid made his film Darwaza-54,he gave the distribution rights for Delhi and U.P. of this film to his friend Shekhar. Thus started his business even while he was still acting. Shekhar acted in about 35 films.
Shekhar’s career as an actor was cut short abruptly, because he decided to become Film producer. He produced Chhote Babu-57,Aakhri Dao-58 & Bank Manager-59. The last one was a total wash out. Not heeding to it, he started “Pyaas”,with Phani Mazumdar as director & N.Dutta as M D. Bina Rai was signed as the heroine against himself. To arrange finance he accepted C grade films, such as Dilli Ka Dada with Sheikh Mukhtar & Hum Matwale Naujawan, both 1962 movies. Soon he was out of job & worst, his film remained stalled, due to financial crunch. Shekhar completed the film with great difficulty.The film was ultimately released in 1968, with a new title “Apna Ghar Apni Kahani”. As anticipated, the film attracted no audience, due to its dated look & long forgotten, middle aged lead pair. Financially ruined, Shekhar migrated to Canada. He expired there, a long time back.
Today we will know more about the lyricist Khumar Barabankvi.
Khumar Barabankvi (15 September 1919 – 19 February 1999) was the pen name of this Urdu poet and lyricist from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. His real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan. His ghazals are sung by many famous singers such as Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, K. L. Saigal, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Jagjit Singh and many other singers.
Khumar Barabankvi’s real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan, but he wrote under the takhallus (pen name/ nom de plume) of Khumar, which means intoxication. The word comes from the Arabic root ‘Khum’ which means a jar of wine. He was born on 15 September 1919 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He found a poetic environment in his family during his childhood. His father, Dr. Ghulam Haider, wrote salaams and marsiyas under the pen name ‘Bahar’. His uncle ‘Qaraar Barabnkvi’ was a well-known poet of Barabanki who guided Khumar in young age and did Islah (corrections) to his poetry. His brother Kazim Haider ‘Nigar’, who died in early age, was also a poet. Khumar completed his high school from Government College, Barabanki. He then moved to Lucknow for his Intermediate classes where a romantic turn in his life made him quit education and start writing love poetry.
Khumar Barabankvi had a melodious voice and soon became popular in Mushairas (poetry reading live events). He also got acquainted with the poet Jigar Moradabadi and remained in association with him for a long period. His ghazals and voice made him a favorite in Mushairas. Jigar Muradabadi and Khumar Barabankvi were known to guarantee the success of any mushaira with their poetry as well as their melodious voice and style of recitation. Khumar was an ardent supporter of classical ghazals like Jigar Moradabadi.
Khumar has written some famous songs for Hindi films like Baradari (1955 film), ‘Saaz aur Awaaz’, Love And God (1986) directed by K. Asif etc. He worked closely with noted composers like Naushad and Nashad among others. He wrote all the songs for the film ‘Saaz Aur Awaaz’ produced by Naushad in 1966 and wrote some songs again for the film Love and God (1986 film) for which Naushad again composed music. Khumār Barabankvi died on 19 February 1999.
The story of the film Darwaza-1954 was…..
Rashid( Shekhar), is a middle – class Muslim young man, just back from England after a long educational sojourn, whose father, MIRZA SAHEB (Nazir Hussain), finds himself as a poet but – being a poor indifferent versifier finds no appreciation least of all from his wife who is impervious to the beauties of her husband’s muse.
In the neighbourhood lives a poor, pious old woman. SAIDANIBEE( Amir Bano) and her beautiful young daughter, ZUBEIDA ( Shyama) with whom Rashid used to play when they were children. On his return Rashid makes an effort to resume this thread of friendship and, seeing that Zubeida carries bare wrists, tries to present her with a set of glass bangles, but discovers to his horror and dismay that she may not wear them because She is a widow, having been married and widowed during Rashid’s absence. From the lonely, sequestered life she now leads, he gleans that society has slammed the door of life in her face and that she must for the rest of her life continue to go without the love, affection, company and happiness which the enlightened Rashid considers every girl’s birth right.
Zubeida is practically a family member in Rashid’s house and helps his mother in her various domestic duties. She also ministers to Rashid’s personal needs. Rashid has a younger sister, Suraiya( Manju), whom her parents wish to give away in marriage to Jhumman(Altaf), a dissolute young man who acquiesces in the arrangement only because on it depends his inheriting the huge fortune of his mother. Rashid fights this match tooth and nail and makes an enemy of Jhumman who puts up the whole Mohalla against Rashid and Zubeida by spreading false, poisonous rumours.
Normal life thus becomes impossible for the widow and her daughter and they are compelled to put an end to her life but a last-minute dash by Rashid knocks over the cup of poison she has prepared for herself and she is rescued out of a horrible fate. Rashid, meanwhile has succeeded in his right to save his sister from the clutches of Jhumana and has got her married secretly to a young, noble hearted but impecunious friend of his Ahmed (Jagdish kanwal). In desperation, Jhumman sets in motion a series for events whose ultimate effect, however, far from serving his ends, is ruinous to him and he finds himself in Police lock up, ushering in happy endings for all concerned.
I fail to understand why the film was titled ” Darwaza” ?
One of the singers of today’s song is Sabita Banerjee. Sabita Banerjee was born in Lahore on 18-7-1938, but she grew up in Delhi. Her father was Dy. general manager of Reserve Bank of India. Her mother encouraged her to learn singing. Soon she became so expert in singing, that she won “Miss Golden Voice” award in a Bombay contest in 1952. She also won the “Saigal memorial trophy” in 1953 in another contest. No wonder the Film composers were attracted towards her and offers started coming her way. The very next year composer Nashad gave her a break in his film “Darwaza”-54.
Actor Ashim Kumar introduced her to composer Salil Chaudhari. She did many songs for him. They soon fell in love and married each other. She became Sabita Chaudhari. She sang 66 songs in 42 Hindi films. However she sang in more Bangla films. Her first song was in the film Darwaza-1954 and she sang her last song in film Mera Damaad-1995. Some of her Hindi films were-Honeymoon-60,Usne kaha tha-60,Sapne suhane-61,Aankh ka nasha-Yahudi ki beti-56, Madhumati,Suhag-58, Kavi kalidas-59,masoom-60, kabuliwala-61, Chor darwaza-65, Gogola-66 etc etc. She was living in Kolkata as a retired person. She died on 29-6-2017.
Let us now enjoy the 71 year old song by Sabita Banerjee, Suman Kalyanpur and chorus….
Song- ABCDEF bhee jaanen na hum (Darwaaza)(1954) Singers-Sabita Banerjee, Suman Kalyanpur, Lyricist-Khumar Barabankvi, MD- Nashaad
Lyrics
a b c d e f bhee jaanen na hum
karen gitpit balam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
a b c d e f bhee jaanen na hum
karen gitpit balam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
baalam hamaare humen misiya banaaven
misiya banaaven
hamen misiya banaaven
thhandi sadak pe chhaila humka ghumaave
humka ghumaaven
chhaila humka ghumaaven
taaki hamen tab dagmagaaven kadam
lagen hamka sharam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
a b c d e f bhee jaanen na hum
karen gitpit balam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
humka to bhaaye sakhee desee taraana
desee taraana
ho desee taraana
saajan sunaave humen angreji gaana
aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
la ra la la
lalalalala
larlalalala
saajan sunaaven humen angreji gaana
angreji gaana
sakhee angreji gaana
laararara larara
lararum pum pum
o naheen sur taal kam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
a b c d e f bhee jaanen na hum
karen gitpit balam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
humka sakhee ree surma mittee hai pyaare
mittee hai pyaare
surma mittee hai pyaare
sainya humaare surkhee powder ke maare
powder ke maare
surkhee powder ke maare
achchee bhalee soorat bigaaden naa hum
ho paden peechhe balam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
a b c d e f bhee jaanen na hum
karen gitpit balam
kaise nibhe pyaar
haaye kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaar
kaise nibhe pyaar
ho kaise nibhe pyaaaaar
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
January 31, 2025 at 9:28 am
Khumar Barabankvi wrote 2 songs for NAUSHAD in film Shahejshan 1948.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:55 pm
Thanks for this information.
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