Aap maujood yahaan phir hamen hosh kahaan
Posted on: March 29, 2025
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‘Baaghi’ (1964) was produced by R L Suri under the banner of Mukul Movies and was directed by Ram Dayal. The star cast included Pradeep Kumar and Leela Naidu in the lead role supported by Mumtaz, Veena, Jayant, Hiralal, Jeevan, Vijaya Chowdhary, Jagdeep, Helen, Madhumati, Mridula, Ulhas, Naaz, Rajan Haksar etc.
I was surprised to see the name of Leela Naidu in the lead role in a ‘B’ grade action/costume drama film after having debuted in ‘Anuradha’ (1960) followed by ‘Ye Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke’ (1963) and ‘The Householder’ (1963). Probably, ‘Baaghi’ (1964) was one of the exceptions as after this she did not work in this genre of film. Anyway, her filmi career was erratic.
The VCD of the film was uploaded about 3 months ago on one of the video sharing platforms. The VCD is in very poor condition. I doubt whether a couple of scenes have been arranged sequentially in the VCD. The synchronization of audio with video at many places is poor and sometimes audio gets muted. With these limitations, I have tried my best to collate the story of the film as under:
A boy is crushed under the wheel of Vazir-e-Azam, Jaffer’s (Jayant) chariot but is unrepentant in front of his mother (Veena) as he says that whoever comes on his way will be crushed. Jaffer reaches his palace where King Ali Jaan’s (Hiralal’s) Begum, who is Jaffer’s sister, is on the death bed. She wants a promise from Jaffer that her daughter, Firdosh will get married to his son, Akram. Jaffer tells her that they are still children. He promises her to get them married when they grow up, However, before she dies, she wants to see Akram, whom she has not seen for a long time. Jaffer goes to bring Akram from his room and is shocked to find him missing from the bed. There is a message on a paper that his son is abducted by the father of the child crushed to death to teach Jaffer a lesson as to how he feels when his own child is lost. To fulfil his sister’s wish, Jaffer takes Yusuf, the son of his Orderly (Rajan Haksar) to show to his sister as Akram. But before he takes him to his sister, she dies. Jaffer adopts Yusuf as Akram and sends him far away to his grandmother’s house.
The abducted Akram grows up under Aayesha (Veena) and her husband, Abba Jaan (Ulhas) as Habib (Pradeep Kumar). He is trained in horse riding and the use of weapons by Abba Jaan. Now he is leading a group of baaghi (rebels) to fight against the cruel rule of Vazir-e-Azam Jaffer. Habib gets information from his spy that some of the rebels from his group who are already under the custody of Jaffer are being executed. Habib takes his group and marches to the palace of Jaffer. In a surprise attack, Habib and his men release most of his rebels and abduct Princess Firdosh (Leela Naidu) to their secret den. Habib puts a condition for a safe passage of Princess Firdosh back to the palace provided one of his rebel friends, Abdulla (Jagdeep) is released from the custody.
Abdulla does get released from the custody and Princess Firdosh goes back to the palace accompanied by Shabnam (Mumtaz). Firdosh likes Shabnam and employs her as an assistant. She stays in the palace. However, Firdosh is unaware of the fact that she is a member of the rebel group who was sent with Firdosh to do spying work for Habib. After release, Abdulla visits Mamu Jaan (Jeevan) ostensibly to meet his niece, Gulbadan (Vijaya Chowdhary). They are in love with each other, but Mamu Jaan does not approve of Abdulla.
King Ali Jaan reminds Jaffer of his promise to get Akram married to Princess Firdosh, since both have now grown up. Jaffer has not seen Yusuf/Akram since he was sent to his grandmother’s place to keep him safe from the rebels. After 20 years, he will be coming to the palace via waadi-e-gul (valley of flowers). Shabnam sends this secret message to Habib via pigeon. Her assessment is that with the wedding of Yusuf/Akram with Princess Firdosh, the power of Vazir-e-Azam, Jaffer will go up as Yusuf/Akram would be the next king in waiting.
When Habib was reading the message, Abba Jaan, who has abducted Akram in his childhood and now grown up under his guidance as Habib, is surprised because the real Akram is none other than Habib. He sees it as a ploy to get control of the kingdom. He orders Habib to intercept Yusuf/Akram at waadi-e-gul and take his place by disguising himself as Akram since neither Jaffer nor King Ali Jaan have seen him for the last 20 years. Habib reaches the palace impersonating Yusuf/Akram and meets Jaffer.
Jaffer takes Akram/Habib to King Ali Jaan when Princess Firdosh and Shabnam join them. Even though Firdosh has recognised Habib, she keeps quiet as she is already in love with him. The betrothal ceremony of Firdosh and Habib/Akram is completed after which a dance programme is in progress when Yusuf/Akram turns up and Habib’s impersonation is exposed. There is a fierce sword fight between Habib and the palace guards. Somehow, Firdosh gets Habib hidden in her chamber through which he escapes from the palace.
Jaffer feels that the secret of the palace is getting leaked to Habib and his rebels. So, Jaffer and Akram/Yusuf plant a misinformation that they are transporting the treasure to the palace. This gets leaked to the rebels now under the command of Abba Jaan since Habib has gone underground. They march to intercept the treasure. The fierce fighting between the rebels and Jaffer’s troops takes place. But rebels find that all the horse carts which were supposed to carry treasures turn out to be carriers of Jaffer’s troops. As a result, there are heavy casualties for rebels in which Abba Jaan gets killed.
Habib turns up at his mother’s house. He reorganises the rebel groups and follows the same misinformation strategy which Jaffer has followed. This time, acting on the tip from Mamu Jaan, Jaffer’s troops march to Rebels hide out only to be surrounded by them and incur high casualties. Jaffer’s suspicion of a spy in the palace gets strengthened with this defeat from rebels. The suspicion falls on Shabnam because she is the niece of Mamu Jaan who has passed on this misinformation to Jaffer.
Habib marches to the palace in disguise to save Shabnam as her capture by Jaffer not only will expose rebels secrets but also she will be treated very cruelly. When he enters Firdosh’s chamber where Shabnam stays, King Alia Jaan with his orderly turns up. Shabnam’s presence of mind saves the situation as she introduces Habib as her husband who has come here to pick up her. With this, both Habib and Shabnam escape from the palace to rebel’s hideout. Later, it becomes apparent that Habib has come in disguise to take back Shabnam. But the event creates a doubt in the mind of Firdosh whether Habib is really married to Shabnam.
Taking advantage of confusion in the mind of Firdosh, Yusuf/Akram takes Firdosh for a stroll in a chariot. When they get down from the chariot for strolling in the garden, Habib suddenly pounces on Yusuf/Akram and ties him to a tree. Firdosh confronts Habib as to why he has not told about his relationship with Shabnam. Habib clears her doubt and reveals the reasons for turning himself as a rebel against the kingdom run by Jaffer for which he gives her the many evidences. Firdosh is convinced and she offers herself to join his rebel forces. But Habib asks her to continue in the palace, which will be advantageous for him to get the secrets. Also to fight with Jaffer, the rebel forces require a lot of ammunition. He entrusts her to find out the location of the ammunition store of the kingdom and pass on the information to him. She does that and invites Habib to visit her. This is not liked by Aayesha, Shabnam and Abdulla as they see it as a trap for Habib. But he disregards their opposition and visits the palace.
Habib goes with Firdosh inside the underground ammunition storage. However, they find themselves surrounded by King Ali Jaan, Jaffer, Yusuf/Akram and other guards. Habib is chained while Yusuf/Akram thanks Firdosh for passing on the information to capture him. Actually, this is the ploy played by Yusuf/Akram to discredit Firdosh in the eyes of Habib. Jaffer is tortured to reveal the location of his rebels. But he stays firm.
In the royal palace, the wedding ceremony of Firdosh with Yusuf/Aktar is about to start. However, Firdosh is missing from her chamber. Jaffer knows that the only place to find Firdosh is the underground ammunition storage place where Habib is chained. They all reach there with troops and arrest Firdosh. Since Habib has not revealed the hide out of the rebels, he is being entombed alive when Aayesha reaches the royal palace pleading for pardon to Habib. She reveals that Habib is Vazir-e-Azam, Jaffer’s son Akram who was abducted by her husband as revenge for killing his child under Jaffer’s chariot. After getting fully convinced, Jaffer is repentant and orders Habib and Firdosh to be released, But Yusuf does not like their release. He kills Jaffer and absconds with Firdosh in his chariot. On the way, he is stopped by Shabnam who also gets killed under his chariot. In the meantime, the rebel forces in thousands have entered the royal palace. They set free Habib (now Akram) who swiftly followed in his horse the route taken by Yusuf. They meet and fight at the table top during which Yusuf falls to death in the deep valley. Akram and Firdosh are united with King Ali Jaan, and Aayesha. Even though Jaffer is not alive, the promise to his late sister is fulfilled.
The film had six songs written by Hasrat Jaipuri which were set to music by Chitragupt. Three songs have been covered on the Blog. I present the 4th song, ‘aap maujood yahaan phir hamen hosh kahaan’ rendered by Mohammed Rafi. The song is picturised on Pradeep Kumar who expressed his feelings towards Leela Naidu who is with him. Unfortunately, I could not find this song in the VCD of the film. Most probably, it is a dream sequence song picturised in the gardens with Taj Mahal featuring in the background.
The possible context of the song in the film is that Pradeep Kumar clandestinely meets Leela Naidu in her chamber in the royal palace. When he has not completed his conversation with her, someone is about to arrive at Leela Naidu’s chamber when Pradeep Kumar escapes not before taking an assurance from Leela Naidu that she will meet him in the garden on the next day. After he escapes, Leela Naidu is shown in close up dreaming with an amusing face after which the scene is cut. And I feel that the song under discussion follows after the scene.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Aap maujood yahaan phir hamen hosh kahaan (Baaghi)(1964) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri,MD-Chitragupta
Lyrics (Based on Video Clip):
aap maujood yahaan
phir hamen hosh kahaan
aap maujood yahaan
phir hamen hosh kahaan
har adaa tauba shikan
ae meri jaan-e-jahaan
aap maujood yahaan
chehraa ek chaand kanwal
zulf ek shaam-e-ghazal
chehraa ek chaand kanwal
zulf ek shaam-e-ghazal
sangemarmar kaa badan
jaise ho Taj Mahal
jaise ho Taj Mahal
ye mohabbat kaa nishaan
aap maujood yahaan
phir hamen hosh kahaan
aap maujood yahaan
gorey chaandee se kadam
barf pighlaa de sanam
gorey chaandee se kadam
barf pighlaa de sanam
chhaayaa kudrat pe nashaa
mast aankhon kee kasam
mast aankhon kee kasam
jagmagaata hai samaa
aap maujood yahaan
phir hamen hosh kahaan
aap maujood yahaan
jhoom kar aap chalen
phool bhee haathh malen
jhoom kar aap chalen
phool bhee haathh malen
jheel par daaley nazar
deep paanee mein jalen
deep paanee mein jalen
barf se nikle dhuaan
aap maujood yahaan
phir hamen hosh kahaan
har adaa tauba shikan
ae meri jaan-e-jahaan
aap maujood yahaan
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