Ye ghar lut gayaa haay aabaad ho kar
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Today’s song is the last song from the film Bikhare Moti-1951.
The film was made by the Great India productions, Bombay. It was directed by S.M.Yusuf and the Music Director was Ghulam Muhammad. The cast included Kamini Kaushal, Nigar Sultana, Jeevan, Jayant, Neelam, Ranjana, Sherry etc.
1951 was the beginning of the third decade of Talkie Cinema in India. A lot of changes had taken place in the Indian Film Industry during its short life of just 20 years. When the industry was in its teens and was trying hard to make itself a profitable and growing industry, providing employment to thousands and entertaining millions, a blow was suffered in the shape of the country’s Partition, affecting Film industry in all of its departments.
1931-1940….The first decade was of learning. The filmmakers used existing popular folk stories as well as Historical and Mythological stories to make films. Studio system was strengthened to hold on to its own artists for filmmaking. The industry became an all-encompassing entity, providing employment to thousands in various film centres in India.
1941-1950…. two Blows – II World War and Partition did immensely hurt the film industry, but it also provided opportunities to younger blood. It became a decade of trying new things. Changes in the style of acting-from stage drama type to normal, natural acting, newer machinery and techniques (like Playback), changes in film story contents, solidification of studio system etc gave a new shape and made it more audience oriented.
1951-1960…. This became the Best Music decade. It also became a Golden period for Mythological films and films on Nehruvian socialism, films made on traditional values, joint family importance etc. The studio system crumbled to zero. Costs of artistes and filmmaking spiralled.
The year 1951 was a mixed affair. After the end of II WW and especially after our Independence, there was a flood of people with Black money to produce films, earn profits and convert Black money to white money. This caused several films of low quality to be made. Some of them tried to make copies of Hollywood films too. Luckily, everything wasn’t that bad and few good films also were made.
AWARA by Raj Kapoor came as a cool breeze in hot times. Everything about it was good, especially the acting and music impressed people. This film was released in Russia as “BROTHIYAGA” . It was sold there for Rs. 50,000, a big amount in those days.
HUM LOG, starring Balraj Sahni and Nutan – as realistic film of the Indian middle class. India has always been a country with the biggest size of middle class in the world.
ALBELA by Bhagwan and C.Ramchandra became an evergreen popular film. This was the high point of Bhagwan’s career, which he could never surpass in his lifetime.
BAAZI from Navketan fulfilled a pact between Dev Anand and Guru Dutt, made during their early careers, while with Prabhat Film co. Both rose high with this film.
DEEDAR – an unusual film of love story, enacted by Dilip Kumar and Nargis.
AANDOLAN made by Filmistan and enacted by Kishore Kumar was an excellent Docu-Commercial film with good content and music by Hemant Kumar for his first Hindi film as a Music Director.
AFSANA – a story of good and bad twins, featuring Ashok Kumar and Veena.
BAHAR – introducing Vyjayantimala, made by AVM with excellent Dances and Songs.
NAUJAWAN – an age old story of the rich and the poor.
JAADU – a costume film by Nalini Jaywant was a hit film due to good music.
NAGEENA – a mystery and romance that had Pakistan- returned Nasir Khan and a pre-adult Nutan.
Some important events of 1951 were….1) Launch of ‘Screen’ weekly. 2) S.K.Patil’s report on the film industry. 3) Establishment of the Film Federation of India and Central Board of Censors in Bombay. and 4) First Nepali film ‘ Harishchandra’.
Some other notable films of 1951 were Pyar ki Baaten, Aaram, Actor, Baadal, Bade bhaiya, Bedardi( Nimmi sang her only Hindi Film song in it), Buzdil, Daaman, Dholak, Kali Ghata, Khazana, Madhosh, Malhar, Naadaan, Sagai, Sanam, Shabistan (actor Shyam died on the sets) and Taraana. In addition 18 Mythological films were also made.
The director of this film, S.M.Yusuf was successful in India and after migration to Pakistan, he was one of the few migrants who became successful there also. S.M.Yusuf , born on 20-6-1910, was originally from U.P. and started his career by assisting directors in various studios. He was one cine artist who migrated to Pakistan and became a very successful director there too.
After Partition,several artistes-heroes,heroines,Directors,Comedians,lyricists,Composers, Singers and character artistes migrated to Pakistan. Almost 90% of them failed there miserably. Some of them like Meena Shorey shone for a while but ended up in penury and anonymity. Exceptions were like Malika -e-Tarannum Noorjahan. From the successful artists,the major chunk was musicians-composers like Khurshid Anwar, Nissar Bazmi, Nashaad etc. Among the directors. S M Yusuf was one of the exceptions who succeeded. The migration of Cine artists continued till 1965,when President General Ayub Khan banned Indian actors. Shaikh Mukhtar-1963 and Kumar-64 were probably the last to migrate to Pakistan. Till then some artists like Sheila Ramani, Nasir Khan,Pran, Manorama, Composer Timir Baran etc went and worked in Pakistani films.
S.M.Yusuf started directing films in India from Bharat ke Laal-36. He directed 24 films like, Darban, Aina, Grihasthi, Saheli, Rai Saheb, Mehendi,Guru Ghantal, Bahurani, Maalik, Gujara, Hyderabad ki Nazneen,Bikhre Moti etc. He married actress Nigar Sultana. He also acted in a small role in the film Guzara-54.
In late 50’s he migrated to Pakistan with his talented son Director Iqbal Yousuf. His first film Saheli (1960) was a big hit of that time and was awarded in India also. It was a remake of his film Mehendi, made in India. He also made a remake of his film Ghumastha as Bahu Rani in Pakistan. Film Nek Perveen was a remake of same title film from India.His other films were Aulad, Dulhan, Honahar, Ashyana, Eid Mubarak, Suhagan, Zindagi aik safar hay, Shareek-e-Hayat, Bahu raani, Goonj uthi shehnai and Haar gaya insaan.
When he went to Pakistan,he made his first film there Saheli,which was a ditto remake of his own Hindi film- Mehndi-1950. This film Saheli became such a great hit that it virtually grabbed all major awards including a Nigar award for S M Yusuf himself. He made about 15 films in Pakistan,before he died on 17-8-1994, at Lahore,from where he had begun his career ! In his last years, he had settled in Canada, but he came to Pakistan on a visit, as if to die in his own place.
One of the actresses of this film was Nigar Sultana. Nigar Sultana (21 June 1932 – 21 April 2000) . She appeared in Aag (1948), Patanga (1949), Sheesh Mahal (1950), Mirza Ghalib (1954), Yahudi (1958), Do Kaliyaan (1968), etc. but she is most notably remembered for playing the role of “Bahar begum” in the historical epic film Mughal-e-Azam (1960). She was the wife of filmmaker K. Asif that time. She died in April 2000, in Mumbai, India.
Nigar Sultana was born on 21 June 1932 in Hyderabad, India. She was the youngest daughter in a family of five. She has two brothers and two sisters. She spent her childhood in Hyderabad where her father held the rank of a Major in the Nizam’s State Army. She went to school for a while and later studied at home. She took part in a school drama on one occasion and ever after was keen on acting. After her father’s retirement, the family faced financial difficulties and Nigar was married off to a Driver. After she became pregnant the couple took divorce.
The first film Nigar ever saw was Hum Tum Aur Woh (1938). She was so utterly thrilled by it that when Jagdish Sethi, a friend of her father’s, offered her the lead in a film he was making with Mohan Bhavnani, she took it on the spot.
She entered the films with the 1946 film Rangbhoomi. She also did a small role in the film 1857. Then came Bela-47 as a Heroine opposite Jairaj. Raj Kapoor’s Aag (1948) was her first big break to Bollywood. She played the character role of “Nirmala”, which was equally appreciated by critics and audience. After that, she played character roles in a number of films.
Her big picture was Shikayat (1948), made in Poona; and after that many more in which she played leading roles. She played the role of the court dancer Bahar, who envies Prince Salim’s (Dilip Kumar) love for Anarkali (Madhubala) in the film Mughal-e-Azam (1960). The songs Teri mehfil mein and jab raat ho aisi matwali were picturised on her.Her other films included Dara (1953) and Khyber.
Patanga (1949), Dil Ki Basti (1949), Sheesh Mahal (1950), Khel (1950), Daman (1951), Anand Bhavan (1953), Mirza Ghalib (1954), Tankhah (1956), Durgesh Nandini (1956) and Yahudi (1958) are among her noted movies. She was most active during the 1950s and appeared in only a lesser number of movies later. Jumbish: A Movement – The Movie in 1986 was her last Bollywood film. The famous song of Patanga-49 ” Mere piya gaye Rangoon” was filmed on her. She looked very attractive in that song. The song is still popular.
When she was working for Ranjit Films, she posed for a provocative photo. On the publication of that photo, Ranjit removed her from their films. Later many other heroines did such Photo sessions, but the First daring was by Nigar Sultana.
Nigar Sultana was linked with Pakistani actor Darpan Kumar. She had actually married him, when he was called to Bombay by Kardar for his films. In the mid 50s when she was in financial difficulties Darpan and she were divorced. On 13 June 1959, Nigar Sultana held a press conference specifically to deny reports that she had married the Pakistani actor. Later, Nigar Sultana married K. Asif, producer-director of Mughal-e-Azam (1960). When finally she divorced K.Asif, he gave her 200 rupees per month as compensation.
Nigar had close friendship with actor Shyam, Kamal Amrohi, Najam Naqvi, Rehman, Zuhur Raja, D N Madhok also.
Nigar Sultana was the mother of actress Heena Kausar. Heena Kausar appeared in secondary roles in a large number of films during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Two actresses of the 1950s, Chitra (born Afsar-un-nisa) and Paras (born Yusuf-un-nisa) are Nigar Sultana’s nieces.
She had also been married to S. M. Yusuf when he lived in India, with whom she had one child. The child became actress Heena Kausar. Nigar acted in 51 films in her 26 years’ career. She died on 23 April 2000 in Mumbai, India.( Thanks to wiki, book Inhe na Bhulana by Harish Raghuwanshi ji, book Ateet ke Sitare and my notes, for this information.)
Today’s song is the last song of the film Bikhare Moti-1951. With this, the film gets YIPPEED. Let us now enjoy the 84 year old song by Ameerbai Karnataki….
Song-Ye ghar lut gaya haaye aabaad ho kar (Bikhre Moti)(1951) Singer-Ameerbai Karnataki, Lyrics-Akhtar Ul Iman, MD-Ghulam Mohammad
Lyrics
Ye jeena bhee koi jeena hai
marte hain na jeete hain
mohabbat karne waale kya sadaa
aansoo hee peete hain
ye ghar lut gayaa
haaye
aabaad ho kar
ye ghar lut gayaa
haaye
aabaad ho kar
o o o o
wafa dil se niklee hai
fariyaad ho kar
wafa dil se niklee hai
fariyaad ho kar
ye ghar lut gayaa
haaye
aabaad ho kar
wahaan shaadiyaane
khushee ke bajenge
khushee ke bajenge
wahaan shaadiyaane
khushee ke bajenge
khushee ke bajenge
yahaan rah gayaa koi
barbaad ho kar
yahaan rah gayaa koi
barbaad ho kar
ye ghar lut gayaa
haaye
aabaad ho kar
hamen ae mohabbat
na tu yaad karnaa
tu yaad karnaa
hamen ae mohabbat
na tu yaad karnaa
tu yaad karnaa
magar ham rahenge
yadi(?) yaad ho kar
magar ham rahenge
yadi(?) yaad ho kar
ye ghar lut gayaa
haaye
aabaad ho kar
ye ghar lut gayaa
haaye
aabaad ho kar
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