Is hanstee gaatee duniya mein
Posted on: April 12, 2025
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Today’s song is the last song from the film Lajawab-1950. With this song the film will be YIPPEED !
The year 1950 was the end of the second decade of the Talkie film. It has been just about 3 years since we got our Independence. The film industry seemed to stabilise after the upheaval caused by the mass migration of Muslim artists and technicians from India to their new Utopia – Pakistan. The second line of ‘ waiting in the Q’ artists had taken over without much trouble. The 20 year old ‘ Studio System’ was breaking up and Freelancing was the code now. The cost of film production, from a mere 30 to 40000 rupees in the early 30’s has now escalated to 5 to 6 lakhs per film. This was also due to the ever increasing star costs from 3-4 thousand per film to almost 50-60 thousand per film for ‘A’ grade actors. The Black money in the market was now freely used in the film industry.
By 1950, it was just about 3 years after we got our Independence. Many talented and gifted artistes from Film industry – composers, actors, directors, lyricists and technical people, chose to leave India, which once was their Motherland, to start a new life in a new born country, their country! The vacuum created by their exit was soon filled up by the then current, and the upcoming and aspiring artists in India. For that point in the history of India cinema, I would list the following as upcoming and aspiring artists :
– Composers: Shankar-Jaikishan, SD Burman, Madan Mohan, Roshan, Khayyam etc.
– Lyricists: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shakeel Badayuni, Majrooh, Rajendra Krishan, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Sahir Ludhianvi etc.
– Singers: Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore, Talat, Manna Dey etc.
Female singers like Lata, Asha, Geeta etc filled up the void created by the departure of Noorjehan, Khursheed etc. And of course, many new actors and actresses also came up shining.
Another important change that took place was in the change in the story lines of films. There was no more need to use subtle, suggestive, double meaning dialogues to talk of independence and national integration – we had attained independence. The new storylines started relating to the new changes in the country. Internationally, in the cinema industries worldwide, stories of intrigue, mystery and crime were also becoming popular and the industry was quick to bring it to the Indian audiences. Towards this end, ‘Sangram’ was the torchbearer. Earlier too, stories of crime and mystery, in milder form were handled by the industry, but ‘Sangram’ was the first film wherein ‘crime’ was the hero and the male lead was an anti-hero.
However, in our culture, we must show that evil never wins and in ‘Sangram’ too, this point was emphasized, underlining another virtue that duty is more important than anything else. So the father shoots down his culprit son. ‘Sangram’ thus heralded a change in film concepts. Not that every subsequent film was a crime story, but it did make a bold statement of the New World.
In 1950, 7 films were Hits. They were Samadhi, Babul, Dastaan, Jogan, Har Har Mahadev, Sangram and Beqasoor.
Other notable films were Sargam, Aarzoo, Aankhen, Sheesh mahal, Pehla Aadmi, Afsar, Mashaal, Bawre nain and Dahej.
One interesting name in the cast was Pran. We all know about Pran very well, so there is no point in giving his Bio-data here. Few days back I found an article on Pran on http://www.rediffmail.com. This article gave interesting points about Pran’s life, which normally are not known to most people. Here is an excerpt from this article, duly edited by me. i have also added some information here.
Pran’s full name was Pran Krishan Sikand. Pran wanted to be a photographer and even took up a job as an apprentice in A Das & Co, Delhi. Pran’s first ever acting role was Sita to Madan Puri’s Ram in Shimla, at a local Ramlila. Since Pran’s father was a civil contractor with the government, Pran studied at various schools in Kapurthala (Punjab), Unnao, Meerat and Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) and Dehradun (Uttarakhand).
Pran’s first film was in Punjabi called Yamla Jat (1940). It was a huge hit.
Pran did not tell his father that he was shooting for a movie, as he thought his father would not permit him to have an acting career. When his first interview appeared in a newspaper, Pran asked his sisters to hide the papers. When his father finally learnt of his career, he was not upset as Pran had expected. In one of his early films, Pran played hero to Noor Jehan in Khandaan (1942).
Pran came to Mumbai from Lahore on August 14, 1947, just a day before India’s Independence, with his wife and one-year-old son Arvind.
Before Partition he had good relations with actress Kuldip Kaur, while in Lahore. By July and August of 1947, communal violence erupted into a full-fledged exercise in ethnic cleansing, with Muslims on one side and Sikhs and Hindus on the other. Both Lahore and Amritsar were engulfed in the worst sectarian violence in recent history.
Both Pran and Kuldip Kaur were made to leave Lahore in a jiffy, leaving virtually every belonging behind. Her own village being right on the border was also not peaceful. So Kuldip Kaur left straight for Bombay. According to one story, in order to impress Pran, Kuldip Kaur decided to bring Pran’s stranded car from Lahore to Bombay. In a gesture of unprecedented daredevilry, she travelled from the safety of Amritsar to Lahore and drove Pran’s car first to Amritsar and then all the way to Bombay, where she handed over the keys to a surprised but grateful Pran.
According to Pran, one of the most precious things he lost in the Partition was his dog. When Pran became popular, he would name his dogs Bullet, Whisky and Soda.
Before Pran came to Mumbai, he had already acted in 22 films as a villain. Due to the Partition, his career had a brief pause. When Pran came to Mumbai, he stayed at the Taj Mahal hotel. As he had no work, money started running out, and the family had to shift to smaller and smaller hotels. Finally, they had to stay in a guest house.
After eight months of arriving in Mumbai, Pran — with the help of writer Saadat Hasan Manto and actor Shyam — got a role in Shaheed Latif’s Ziddi (1948), starring Dev Anand and Kamini Kaushal. Ziddi was a hit. Within a week of its release, Pran signed three more films: S M Yusuf’s Grihasti, Prabhat Films’s Apradhi and Wali Mohammad Wali’s Putli. BR Chopra’s Afsana (1951) was Pran’s first biggest hit after he shifted to Mumbai.
Pran had three children — Arvind, Sunil and Pinky — and five grandchildren.
Ashok Kumar and Pran were the best of friends and have acted in more than 25 films together, including Afsana, Victoria No 203, Chori Mera Kaam, Chor Ke Ghar Chor, Apna Khoon, Aap Ke Deewane, Raja Aur Rana, Inspector, Lakeeren, Mr X, Pooja Ke Phool, Purab Aur Pachhim, Adhikar, Naya Zamana and Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool.
After doing negative roles for a long time, it was Manoj Kumar who gave him the positive role of a handicapped person in Upkaar (1967). Pran even played Valmiki in a mythological film called Luv-Kush.
When Pran was signed up for Halaku, Meena Kumari was quite upset but when she saw him in costume, and a few rushes from the film, she was very happy.
Pran would work on his make-up well. He would have an artist at home, who would sketch the kind of look he wanted. Then, his make-up man and wig-maker would work on it.
Pran acted in several Bengali films as well, including Joy Mukherjee’s Sonai Dighe, directed by Ashim Banerjee.
It was Pran who recommended Amitabh Bachchan to Prakash Mehra for Zanjeer, which had been offered to Dev Anand, Raaj Kumar and Dharmendra earlier.
Pran acted with Amitabh in 15 films like Zanjeer, Kasauti, Don, Amar Akbar Anthony, Majboor, Dostana, Naseeb, Kaalia and Sharaabi.
Not many know that Pran was paid more than Amitabh Bachchan. In the 1970s, only Rajesh Khannna was paid more than Pran. In the 1950s and 1960s, only Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar were paid more than Pran.
Pran started rejecting film offers in the 1990s citing age-related problems. But when Amitabh was going through a rough patch in his career, he requested Pran to act in his film Mrityudaata and Tere Mere Sapne. Pran readily agreed.
During the filming of both Mrituyudata and Tere Mere Sapne, Pran’s legs used to tremble. So he shot most of the scenes in a seated position. After 2000, he made very few guest appearances in films.
Pran was a member of various social organisations, and even had his own football team called the Bombay Dynamos Football Club.
Pran’s favourite word ‘Barkhurdaar’ became immensely popular over the years.
In 2001, Pran got Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian award from the government of India.
Pran’s biography is titled “…And Pran” because in most of his movies, his name in the credits would appear last and read as “…and Pran”. Sometimes, it would be “…above all Pran”.
Pran was a very versatile actor. Pran’s first Hindi film- as a Hero – was Khandan-1942 in Lahore. He again acted in another film of the same name, Khandan-in 1965. In the 1942 film he was the Hero, but in the 1965 film he was a Villain. He did exactly the opposite in another same name film. In the film Aan Baan-1956 ( Ajit-N.Jaywant), he was a Villain, but in the 1972 film Aan Baan (Rajendra kumar-Rakhi) he did a benevolent person’s sober role in this film ! Pran acted as a Villain in the film Chingari-1955(Shekhar-N.Jayawant) and also in the film Chingari-1989 (Sanjay Khan-Leena Chandavarkar).
Pran did roles in many remakes of his films. When he came to Bombay from Lahore in 1948, he got roles in films Grihasthi, Ziddi and Chunaria. In 1948, two of his Lahore made films – Birhan and Barsat ki ek raat – released in India. In both these films, he was the Hero, but in India, he started as a villain in his first 3 films. Kishore Sahu remade the film Grihasthi-1948 as Film “Ghar Basake Dekho”-1963. In this film Pran did the same role as in the 1948 film. Comedian Gope had made a film “Malkin” in 1951 (Gope and Yakub). His brother Ram Kamlani remade this film as “Biradari’ in 1966 (Mehmood and Kanhaiyalal). Pran was the villain in both the films.
In his 66 years of career, Pran did a variety of roles. Besides acting in remakes and same title films, he also worked in 2-3 generations of actor families. In the film Rajkumar-1964, he worked with Prithviraj Kapoor. With Raj Kapoor, he did films like Aah, Chori chori, Jis desh mein Ganga behti hai etc etc. He worked with Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor also. In 1973, he worked in the film Rikshawala, with Randhir Kapoor and in the film Bobby, with Rishi Kapoor. Thus he worked in 3 generations of the Kapoor family.
Pran worked with Naseem Bano in the film Sindbad the sailor-1952 and worked in many films with Saira Bano-her daughter. He worked with Mumtaz Ali and Mehmood. Pran acted with Sunil Dutt and Sanjay Dutt. He also worked with Dharmendra and Sunny Deol.
There was no other versatile actor in the Hindi film industry ever again.
Here is the last song from this film – Lajawab-1950. Enjoy this 75 year old song and make the film YIPPEED !
Song-Is hanstee gaatee duniya mein(Laajawaab)(1950) Singer- Lata Mangeshkar, Lyricist- Prem Dhawan, MD- Anil Biswas
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
is hanstee gaatee duniyaa mein
hai meraa kaun sahaaraa aaa
hai meraa kaun sahaaraa
main aankh se tapkaa aansoo hoon
aakaash se tootaa taaraa aaa
aakaash se tootaa taaraa
main aankh se tapkaa aansoo hoon
aakaash se tootaa taaraa aaa
aakaash se tootaa taaraa
meree qismat bankar bigad gayee ee
duniyaa bas kar ujad gayee ee
ujad gayee
jab naiyyaa doobee maujon mein
thhaa kitnaa paas kinaaraa
thhaa kitnaa paas kinaaraa
jab naiyyaa aaa doobee maujon mein
thhaa kitnaa paas kinaaraa aa
thhaa kitnaa paas kinaaraa
is dil ki duaayein le jaao
ho aur bhee gham to dey jaao o
de jaao
jeenaa hai ae do din jee lengey
bas leke naam tumhaaraa aa
bas leke naam tumhaaraa
jeenaa hai ae do din jee lengey
bas leke naam tumhaaraa aa
bas leke naam tumhaaraa
is hanstee gaatee duniyaa mein
hai meraa kaun sahaaraa aa
hai meraa kaun sahaaraa
5 Responses to "Is hanstee gaatee duniya mein"
April 12, 2025 at 8:54 pm
oh yes he is a actor who should not have been called character actor or supporting actor.
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April 13, 2025 at 5:23 pm
Arun Ji
Thanks for the post writing about the great Pran.
My father used to tell me that two best actors on Indian screen were Balraj Sahni & Pran.
He told me that when audience start cursing the villain in the theatre , take that the actor enacting the villain is doing a great job ( this was about Pran) 🙂
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April 13, 2025 at 6:47 pm
Satish ji,
I 100% agree with your father’s statement. They both are my favourites too.
I wrote purposely about Pran, because hardly anyone likes to write about him, though he was a great actor. I am glad to know that in our group there are friends who too like Pran, like me.
Thanks.
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April 12, 2025 at 1:43 pm
YYIIPPEEEE!!!!!
Thank you Arunkumarji a.k.a. encyclopedia on this wonderful post on a wonderful actor. One of the actors whose work I simply adore.
I love to write about him specifically about his acting with various Jodis of Fathers & Sons. And u have touched on it in your post!!!!!
I had seen an interview of Pran (Pransaab as the industry used to address him) where he had spoken of a character he had played in the Manoj Kumar starrer “Shaheed”- the character of a hardened criminal who ends up feeling sympathetic towards the freedom fighters who are on a satyagraha in the prison; and given up “अन्न/जल”. Pransaab had told in that interview that Manoj Kumar insisted that Pran should play that character, even if it was insignificant & small. It seems that Manoj Kumar had decided that if Pransaab refused to do that role he will just scrap that character. Such was the love that even people of the industry had for him
Afterall, we are just his FANS
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April 12, 2025 at 5:47 pm
Peevesie’s Mom ji,
I am happy to see that there is one more ardent fan of PRAN SAAB, in our group.
Thanks for liking the post.
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