Mohan hamaare madhuban mein tum aayaa na karo
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Today’s song is from a Mythological film Janmashtami-1950.
The film was made by Hindustan Chitra, Bombay. It Was directed by a veteran in this field – Nanabhai Bhatt. The music was provided by Shyam Babu Pathak for the simple and meaningful lyrics by Bharat Vyas, an expert for songs in Religious and Mythological films with their simplicity and pure Hindi language. The cast of the film included Nirmala (Ahuja), Shobhana Samarth, Bharat Bhushan, Jeevan, Raj Kumar, Ameerbai Karnataki, Ramesh Sinha and many others.
There were two Milestones with this film. One was the Debut of actor Raj Kumar as a child artist, who became extremely popular among the senior citizens, due to his innocent face and active movements. The other milestone was about Ameerbai Karnataki. She was very popular from 1940 to 1950. Possibly, a solo song in today’s film was her last one for her active singing. From 1950 onwards her competition became intense. What with superlative demands for Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt as well as Sudha Malhotra, Krishna Kalle, Sulochan Kadam, Asha Bhosle and few other new voices. Public taste and the changing singing pattern with new kinds of music caused her demand to go to the lowest level. Until 1950 she had sung 350 songs in 135 films and then from 1951 to 1954 she sang only 17 songs in 12 films. Her last song was in the film Bankelal-1972.
Like Stunt films, religious films too had fixed stars as actors, specialist Directors, Music Directors and Lyricists who were in demand for such films. Right from older actors like Prem Adeeb and Trilok Kapoor to newer actors like Bharat Bhushan and Manhar Desai, from Shobhana Samarth and Meena Kumari to Nirupa Roy and Anita Guha and from Shankar Rao Vyas and H C Bali to Avinash Vyas and S N Tripathi – a whole range of artistes were ready to carry the torch further. This automatically increased the number of Mythological and religious films made in the decade of the 1950s (1951-1960) to an astounding figure of 124 films in the 10 year period. This worked out to at least 1 new film every month for 10 continuous years.
According to scriptures, there were 10 Avatars or incarnations of God on this earth in various forms. Out of these, the characters of Ram and Krishna attained cult status. No wonder, most films made in this Genre were on stories about these two. Ram appeared on this earth first in Treta Yug, followed by Krishna in Dwapar Yug. In my opinion, Krishna is a more popular God than Ram. Ram depicted the model of a common Prince, without any super powers. He taught us righteousness, sticking to Justice and doing good all the time. Ironically, in Ram’s total life, he suffered in more number of years than he ever enjoyed.
Krishna, Hero of many legends was with qualities like Love and Playfulness. He taught us how to be street smart. His philosophy was to use any means to achieve Goals. The common man has respect for Shri Ram, but he loves Krishna. On a cursory count, I found that more films are made on stories involving Krishna than Ram. That is because, the common man feels that Krishna teaches us how to live in today’s world and tackle bad people. Film Janmashtami-1950 was a film which showed Lord Krishna’s birth, his days in Gokul and Mathura and his departure to Dwaraka. This was a Debut film for Rajkumar Khatri, who did the role of young Krishna. Rajkumar Khatri was a case of ” Same Name Confusion”.
There were 5 Raj Kumars in the industry at the same time. The first was Kannada Hero Dr. Rajkumar. However, he never worked in any Hindi film, so no confusion about him.The second was the famous Dialogue master Raaj kumar ‘Jaani’. Third was Rajkumar Gupta ( from Ranchi), who was the main character in popular film Jagriti-54. He never worked again in any film. Fourth was Raj(u) Kumar, a junior artist, who did minor roles- mostly uncredited-in films like Shri 420-55, Jagte Raho-56. Dilli ka Thug-58, Aaj aur kal-63, Ziddi-64 etc etc..The fifth was this Rajkumar, who mostly worked in Religious and Mythological films. His name was Rajkumar Khatri.
The Music Director of this film, Shyam Babu Pathak is not a very well known name among Music Directors. He is one of those artists, who had the talent and a will to do hard work, but Luck did not support him. This resulted in his remaining with unknown banners and B and C grade films. His career spanned from 1938 to 1965 – a period of 27 years in which he composed music for just 29 films and his 1 film remained unreleased.
Shyam Babu Pathak was born in 1908 at Gwalior. His music tuition started when he was just 7 years old. He studied in Madhav Sangeet Vidyalaya, under Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale, Narayan Gupte and Bhatkhande etc. He became an excellent singer and was invited by several Royal houses all over India, for singing. Even V D Paluskar had blessed him. Strangely, though a good singer, he never sang a song in any film.
While touring all over India for Music Mehfils, he learnt many folk songs and tunes. This actually prompted him to join films as a composer. His first film was Royal Commander-1938 – a B grade Costume drama film made by Vishnu Cinetone. In his first film, for just 9 songs, he used as many as 6 different singers. Minimum songs had been his specialty. This was a novelty in the 30s, when the norm was of an average of 12 to 15 songs each film.
V M Vyas of Vishnu Cinetone, was impressed with him and he gave him many films. He got Rani saheba-40, Torpedo-40, Samsheerbaz-40, Malan-42 and Ghar sansar-42. He gave good songs sung by Kalyani, Sardar Akhtar and Kajjan. In Lajwanti-42, his songs were light and comedic. By now, he had become a confirmed Stunt/action and B/C grade composer. Pyara watan-42,Double face-46 were such films. Double Face was Indivar’s first film.
Black Market-47, Namak-47, krishna Sudama-47 and Kismatwali-47 were not much helpful. Takdirwale-48 with Ramprasad, Imtihan-49 and Ret Mahal-49 led him to film Jeet-49 with Anil Biswas. Actually,it seems Anil Biswas took over when Pathak left the film halfway.
After Janmashtami-50 and Achha ji-50, came Preet ka geet-50.Famous poet Harikrishna Premi wrote the songs, which were sung by Mukesh, Geeta and Johra. Next film Hamari Duniya-52 had good Lata songs. Meanwhile his film Parda remained unreleased. In the last phase of his career, came Sapna-52, Vanraj-52, Bombay Central-60 and finally, the film Mehbooba-65 closed his career. Shyam Babu Pathak died of a heart attack in Bombay on 23-11-1980.
In the early era of cinema, there were many Marathi heroines in films. Naturally so, because Bombay was the biggest film making centre and it was in Maharashtra. Out of these early Heroines,- Shanta Apte (1916-1964), Snehprabha Pradhan (1920-1930 ), Leela Chitnis ( 1912-2003), Durga Khote (1905-1991), Shobhana Samarth (1915-2000), Hansa Wadkar -Ratan Salgaonkar in real life (1924-1971) and Shanta Hublikar (1914-1992) had few things common.
They operated in films almost the same period.
They were educated and hailed from upper castes.
They all were rebellious in nature.
They all had failed or no marriages.
They all worked in Marathi stage dramas and
They all ( except Shobhana Samarth) wrote Autobiographies in Marathi …. Shanta Apte- Jau mee Cinemaat ? means- shall I join films ? , Snehprabha Pradhan-Snehankita, Hansa Wadkar- Sangte Aika means- Listen to me (A Hindi film – Bhoomika-1977, with Smita Patil- was made based on this book ). Mi Durga Khote by Durga Khote, Chanderi Duniyet by Leela Chitnis and Kashala Udyachi baat by Shanta Hublikar.
One of them was Shobhana Samarth. Shobhana Samarth (November 17, 1916 – February 09, 2000) was actress, director and producer of Marathi ethnicity, who began her career in the early days of talkie movies in the Hindi film industry, and continued in lead roles into the 1950s. She started in Marathi cinema. Her first Hindi film Nigahen Nafrat, was released in 1935. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Sita in Ram Rajya (1943). In 1997, she was honoured with the Filmfare Special Award for her contribution to arts. Samarth later produced and directed a pair of movies that launched the careers of her daughters, Nutan & Tanuja.
Shobhana was born on 17 November 1916 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, Undivided India, now Mumbai in Maharashtra as Saroj Shilotri. An only child, her father Prabhakar Shilotri was a “pioneer banker” having started the Shilotri Bank in Bombay. Her mother Rattan Bai, in 1936 acted in the film “Frontiers of Freedom” (Swarajyachya Seemewar in Marathi). Shobhna studied initially in Cathedral School, Bombay, for one year. In 1928, her father suffered financial losses and the business went into liquidation. The family then shifted to Bangalore in 1931, where Shobhana attended Baldwin Girls High School. To earn a living, her father gave private tuitions, while her mother taught in a Marathi school.
In December that year, her father died of a heart attack & the mother and daughter returned to Bombay to stay with her maternal uncle. Shobhana studied in a convent school, but was unable to complete her matriculation as she had joined films by then. Her uncle was opposed to her joining films and she and her mother moved out of his home (ironically his daughter and Shobhana’s cousin Nalini Jaywant herself became an actress). Shobhana taught privately to make money. She met her future husband Kumarsen Samarth during this time, who had just returned from Germany and was keen on directing films. They got engaged and she started work on her first film.
Shobhana Samarth’s first film was “Orphans Of Society” (1935), also called Nigahe Nafrat or Vilasi Ishwar for Kolhapur Cinetone, directed by Vinayak and starred Vinayak and Baburao Pendharkar. The film was not a success, but Shobhana was critically acclaimed for her role. The film was bilingual, made in Urdu and Marathi.
In 1936 she acted in Do Diwane (1936), directed by C. M. Luhar and co-starring Motilal, Yakub and Aruna Devi. In 1937 Shobhana Samarth acted in Kokila, directed by Sarvottam Badami, starring Motilal, Sabita Devi and Sitara Devi.
By the end of 1937 Shobhana Samarth acted in Industrial India (Nirala Hindustan), directed by Mohan Sinha with Prem Adib and Wasti. Another film was Pati Patni (1939) directed by V. M. Gunjal with co-stars Yakub, Sitara Devi and Wasti. By 1939, Shobhana Samarth had joined Hindustan Cinetone, making four films with them, which included Kaun Kisi ka (1939), Saubhagya (1940) by C. M. Luhar and Apni Nagariya (1940) by V. M. Gunjal. She then worked in a film directed by her husband, Kumar Sen Samarth, called Ghar Javai (1941), where she was cast with Damuanna Malvankar.
In 1942 came her career-defining film Bharat Milap, directed by Vijay Bhatt and starring Durga Khote as Kaikeyi, Shobhana as Seeta and Prem Adib as Ram. Following this was Ram Rajya in 1943, and Shobhana became identified as Seeta, leading to several other films where they recreated the roles. Shobhana as Sita and Prem Adib as Rama became extremely popular and were accepted by the audiences and had them featuring as Rama and Sita on calendars. In all, she acted in 51 Hindi films. Her last appearance was in the film Ek baar Muskura do-1972.
Shobhana Samarth was married to director & cinematographer Kumarsen Samarth from Vile Parle (E), Mumbai. They had three daughters Nutan, Tanuja and Chatura and a son, Jaideep. Eventually, the couple parted amicably and Shobhana became linked to actor Motilal Rajvansh. Two of her daughters, Nutan and Tanuja, also became actresses. Shobhana produced their debut films. Her other daughter Chatura, is an artist and her son Jaideep is an advertising film producer. Chatura and Jaideep never acted in films. Nutan’s son Mohnish Bahl is also an actor, as are Tanuja’s daughters Kajol and Tanishaa Mukerji. Kajol is married to actor Ajay Devgan Other members of the dynasty include Shomu Mukherjee, who married Tanuja.
Shobhana Samarth & her daughter Nutan were estranged for more than two decades, but reconciled in the year 1983 before Nutan’s death from cancer in February 1991. At the time of her own death from cancer in 2000, Shobhana had 7 granddaughters, one grandson, 3 great-granddaughters & 2 great-grandsons.
Today’s song is sung by Geeta Dutt. Enjoy this 75 year old song….
Song- Mohan hamaare madhuban mein tum aaya naa karo (Janmaashtmi)(1950) Singer- Geeta Dutt, Lyricist- Bharat Vyas, MD- Shyam Babu Pathak
Lyrics
mohan humaare madhuban mein
tum aaya na karo
jaadoo bharee ye bansaree bajaaya na karo
chhaliye aaya na karo
mohan humaare madhuban mein
tum aaya na karo
jaadoo bharee ye bansaree bajaaya na karo
chhaliye aaya na karo
soorat tumhaaree dekh ke
salonee saanwree
salonee saanwree
sunke tumhaaree baansuree
hotee hum baawree
hotee hum baawree
is baansuree par ter ye ae ae ae
is baansuree par ter ye
sunaaya na karo
jaadoo bharee ye bansaree bajaaya na karo
chhaliye aaya na karo
sar pe mukut ??
?? mein sohe
?? mein sohe
kaanon mein kundal jhoomte
man ko mere mohe
man ko mere mohe
sau(?) chandrma ka roop le ae ae ae
sau(?) chandrma ka roop le
lubhaaya na karo
jaadoo bharee ye bansaree bajaaya na karo
chhaliye aaya na karo
apnee yashoda maiya kee
saugandh hai tumko
saugandh hai tumko
apne us nand baaba kee
saugandh hai tumko
saugandh hai tumko
maakhan churaane waale ae ae ae
maakhan churaane waale
chit churaaya na karo
jaadoo bharee ye bansaree bajaaya na karo
chhaliye aaya na karo
mohan humaare madhuban mein ae ae
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