Ankhiyaan tarsan laagee
Posted on: February 21, 2025
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
This article is his 900th writeup in the blog.
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‘Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti’ (1967) was produced and directed by V Shantaram under the banner V Shantaram Productions. The star cast included Jeetendra, Mumtaz, Aakashdeep, Vaishali, Lalita Pawar. Nana Palsikar, Surendra, Balam, Dharampal, Brahm Bhardwaj, Parshuram etc.
Since 1943, V Shantaram had produced the films under his banner, Rajkamal Kalamandir. However, this film has been produced under the banner of V Shantaram Productions and the first film under this banner was ‘Sehra’ (1963). Thereafter, all his films have been produced under this banner until his last film, ‘Jhaanjhar’ (1988) which was produced under the original banner of Rajkamal Kalamandir. I guess, the change in the banner had something to do with the strained relations between V Shantaram and his second wife, Jayshree after he married Sandhya. Jayshree was one of the two directors of Rajkamal Kalamandir, and she had filed a suit against the banner for depriving her share in it. It is learnt that after some years, there was an ‘out of court’ settlement between Jayshree and Rajkamal Kalamandir.
‘Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti’ (1967) had some initial hiccups. The film was started with Rajshree and Jitendra in the lead roles with the guest appearance of Mumtaz. However, during the shooting of ‘Around The World’ (1967) in the USA, Rajshree met her future husband after which she decided to give up her filmy career to marry him and settle down in the USA. Mumtaz, who had worked in subsidiary roles in V Shantaram’s films ‘Stree’ (1961) and ‘Sehra’ (1963), came in as a replacement for Rajshree. But Jeetendra was not willing to work with Mumtaz in her leading role. It was only when V Shantaram insisted that he works with Mumtaz or he is free to opt out, Jeetendra agreed. This was revealed by Mumtaz in an interview to one of the English newspapers in 2013.
The film is about idealism versus realities. It is the story about an idealistic teacher who introduces innovative teaching methods. He supports his younger brother for his college education. However, he gets implicated in a murder of his brother’s fiancée and gets arrested. He loses his job of a teacher. His idealism is at stake. It is a village girl who saves him from his wrongful arrest. Afterwards, he gets the real killer and hand him over to the police. And the real killer is his younger brother and he gets life imprisonment. The story in detail is as under:
The film opens with an aged Satyaprakash (Jeetendra) taking a walk on a beach when Vakil Sahab (Surendra) taunts him for wasting his years on teacher’s job without achieving any monetary or social status. This leads to flashbacks in Satyaprakash’s life starting with the death of his father who has given him the responsibilities of taking care of his younger brother, Mahesh (Aakashdeep). Satyaprakash gets a job as a teacher in a village school and sends Mahesh for college education to Delhi.
Shefali (Mumtaz) who has a local handicaft jewellery shop in the village has seen Satyaprakash while he was taking care of an old lady who was driven out by her brother (Birbal) for constantly looking at their shop. Later, she turns out to be Shefali’s mother (Lalita Pawar) who had left her in her childhood after converting to Christianity. She is now trying to reconnect with her daughter Shefali, but she is not interested in the relationship. Shefali likes Satyaprakash for his honesty, simplicity and helping nature.
Satyaprakash introduces new teaching techniques which are opposed by the School’s Principal (Nana Palsikar). Since Satyaprakash does not change his method of teaching, he is sacked. However, when the Principal sees the improvements in students, Satyaprakash is reinstated as a teacher in the school. Mahesh on the other hand wastes more time on partying with girls than studies.
Mahesh meets Renuka (Vaishali), the daughter of Vakil Saab when he comes to his village on vacation and falls in love with her. He spends more time with her at the cost of his studies and fails to appear in his final examination. However, he falsely tells Satyapraksh that he has passed the final examination. It is only when Satyaprakash goes for his convocation, he finds the truth. However, sensing Mahesh in a depressed mind, he props up him by saying that he can clear the final examination in his next attempt.
Meanwhile, Mahesh continues to meet Renuka and spends time with her. She gets pregnant. She sends a letter to him about her pregnancy. Reading her letter, he immediately decides to return to Delhi without responding to Renuka. Later, Renuka is found dead. The post-mortem report finds that she was strangled to death. Near her dead body, one earring is found, and police finds another earring of the same pair in Satyaprakash’s house. The circumstantial evidence leads to his arrest. He loses his job as a teacher.
During the court hearing, Vakil Saab representing the prosecution, presents the circumstantial evidences and pleads for the death sentence for Satyaprakash. At that point, Saifali in the witness box points out that the earring found in Satyaprakash’s house is her and so is also the muffler which she sells in her shop. After hearing her submission, Vakil Saab submits to the court that he is withdrawing the charges and suggests that police should make further investigation in the matter.
After the release, Satyaprakash is taunted by the villagers who also damage his house by throwing stones. In the night, Mahesh has come from Delhi during which time, Satyaprakash finds a letter written by Renuka to Mahesh which makes Mahesh a suspect of her killing. He drags Mahesh to the police station and forces him to plead guilty, It turns out that he has taken Renuka near the lake and strangled her with the muffler when she threatened him with the disclosure to his brother if he is not ready to marry her. In the next court hearing, Mahesh is sentenced to life imprisonment. Satyaprakash decides to leave the village for an undecided destination when Saifali joins him by saying that she would follow his destination. With this, the flashback ends.
The film ends with aged Satyaprakash walking on a beach when he is taunted by the Vakil Saab as to what he has achieved as a teacher. He does not reply. But after a few steps, two persons get down from their car and introduce themselves as his students, one who has become an Engineer and the other a Lieutenant in the Army. They give credit to Satyaprakash whose guidance made them achieve what they are today. Satyaprakash feels proud and says to himself, ‘who says that I have not achieved anything’. ‘Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti’ is a metaphor for a teacher who turns a droplet into a pearl.
I watched this film for the first time, and I found the film interesting. It has stamps of V Shantaram except that he has refrained from using impressive sets in this film as it was a village-based story. Jeetendra has acted far better than I have seen him in his later films such as ‘Farz’ (1967), ‘Gunaahon Kaa Devta’ (1967), ‘Jigri Dost’ (1969) etc. In fact, I felt that he has given as restrained a performance in this film as in ‘Parichay’ (1972) five years later. Mumtaz has also given a good performance as a lead actor which paved her to get lead roles subsequently in good banners. Another plus point of this film is its songs, most of which sound fresh. The best song for me in this film in all respects – lyrics, melody. singing and the picturisation in the background of snow peak Himalayas is ye kaun chitrakaar hai. The lyrics of this song is so powerful that even if one listens to the audio clip of the song, his mind would be transported to the Himalayas. This is a ‘devotional’ poem in praise of the nature.
The film had eight songs written by Bharat Vyas and set to music by Satish Bhatia. Two songs have been covered on the Blog. I am presenting the 3rd song, ‘akhiyaan tarasan laagee’ rendered by Suman Kalyanpur and picturised on Mumtaz as a dance song. The musical composition of the song is based on Raag Malhar.
The occasion is the engagement of Saifali’s (Mumtaz) brother (Birbal). However, the engagement breaks down after the dance performance as her mother (Lalita Pawar), missing for a long time after she got converted to Christianity, suddenly surfaces. Now, the girl’s father (Parshuram) does not want to go ahead with the marriage in a family with this background.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Ankhiyaan tarsan laagee (Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti)(1967) Siinger-Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Satish Bhatia
Female chorus
Male chorus
All chorus
Lyrics (Based on Video Clip):
ho o o o o
ho o o o o
ho o
ho o o o o
ho o o o o
ho o
ho o o o o
ho o o o o
ho o o o o
ho o o o o
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
main to pee ke daras kee pyaasee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
pee ke lagan kee mehandee rachaayee
laaj ke kajre se aakhiyaan sajaayee
ho o o o o o
ho o o o o o
ho o o o
pee ke lagan kee mehandee rachaayee
laaj ke kajare se aakhiyaan sajaayee
sar pe suhaag kee chunaree lahar kee
mann mein saansen chham chham karte
pee ke daras kee pyaasee
ankhiyaan tarsan laagee
ankhiyaan tarsan laagee
ho o
ho o
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
preet kee paayal pyaar kaa angnaa
khhan khhan baaje moraa kangnaa
preet kee paayal pyaar kaa angnaa
khhan khhan baaje moraa kangnaa
poochh rahee hai maathhe kee bindiyaa
kaahe churaayee moree nindiyaa
pee ke daras kee pyaasee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
main to pee ke daras kee pyaasee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laagee
ankhiyaan
tarsan laa…..gee…ee
6 Responses to "Ankhiyaan tarsan laagee"
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 am
Congratulations, Sadanand ji.
True to your name, your every post gives us joy everytime…..सदा आनंद.
Thanks. Wish you more milestones.
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February 21, 2025 at 1:19 pm
Congratulations Sada Anandji on reaching post number 900!!!
I also like the fact that your taste for good songs & music has made you listen to songs irrespective of the period that they are from.
Let the “Anand” giving posts continue
I am sorry if I don’t comment on all posts, but I follow all that are posted.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:56 pm
Thanks Peevesie’s Mom.
I am happy that you follow all the posts which itself is an encouragement to write.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:43 am
Heartiest Congratulations 🎊 on your 900th post Sir jee. Hope many more will keep coming and keep us enriching with information about Hindi Cinema.
Regards,
Avinash
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February 21, 2025 at 11:02 am
Thanks, Avinash ji.
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