Saajan sun sapne kee baat
Posted on: June 8, 2025
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Today’s song is from an 88 year old film- Premveer-1937. It was made by Huns Pictures, Kolhapur by the owner, producer and the director of this film – Master Vinayak.
It was just 6 years ago that India had entered the Talkie film era, with Alam Ara-1931. Initially films were based on Mythology, folk stories and historical figures. Soon the talented filmmakers like V.Shantaram, Master Vinayak, Baburao Painter, Sohrab Modi, Himanshu Rai, B.C.Sircar, S.S.Vasan and others realised that the Talkie films have to be handled differently that the Silent films. Being a novelty, the moving pictures or the Silent films were in a sellers’ market – which meant that whatever was produced was sold. But now that the films had started talking, story content, music, acting, direction and the themes needed to be accepted by the audience. This meant that new filmmakers were in Buyers’ market and they needed to make what had a demand from the audience.
This realisation reflected in the type of variety that was presented to win the audience. The year 1937 was a year of Revolution for the newly started Talkie Film. Initially the films were mainly based on Folk tales, Parsi dramas and Mythological stories. 1937 was a year in which the Film industry was trying to drop its old skin and don a New Avtar. From this year, a variety of subjects were used to make films. If we briefly look at some path breaking, landmark films using Novel themes, we will understand how the film industry was attempting to change itself.
The newly established Minerva Movietone made a film on the importance and benefits of Celibacy in the film ‘Atma Tarang’.
Some artistes made their Debuts in 1937, like Ghulam Mohd.,MD for film Banke Sipahi, Comedian V H Desai in film Captain Kirti Kumar, Kishore Sahu in fil Jeevan prabhat, the eternal Mausi of Hindi films, Leela Mishra debuted in film Gangavataran. This was also a Debut film for Dadasaheb Phalke in making a Talkie film. David made his Debut in ‘Zambo-the ape man’.
Prakash films tried their hand at Stunt films with ‘ Challenge’ and ‘His Highness’, using Veterinary actors like Dogs, Horses and a Motorcycle. Prabhat’s iconic film ‘ Duniya Maane na’ shook All India audiences with its story. Shanta Apte sang an English song in it. Bombay Talkies made its first and last Mythological film ‘ Savitri ‘ with Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani.
Gangavataran was a film made by Dadasaheb Phalke. It was his First, the only and his last Talkie film too.
Imperial made India’s first indigenously made First colour film-Kisan Kanya. With this film, however, Master Nissar ended his ‘Hero’ ship as an actor.
Wadia Movietone made India’s first songless talkie film,’ Naujawan ‘, facing the ire of its audience for ‘cheating ‘ them !
‘Zambo – The Ape man ‘ became the first Tarzan type Indian talkie film, beginning a new Genre !
Maadan theatres Calcutta pulled its shutters down with their last Talkie film’ Zinda Bhoot ‘.
1937 was real path breaking for 2 solid reasons….One, for the first time, Playback singing started in a Bombay film with ‘Mahageet ‘. The song was sung by Anil Biswas, its MD and it was filmed on Hiren Bose, in the role of a beggar, near a crematorium (Smashan Bhoomi), as per book ‘ Music without Boundaries’ by Dr. Ashok Ranade,pp183-186.
Secondly,for the first time, in an Indian film successful special effects were used in film ” Khwaab ki Duniya ” -a film by Prakash Pictures, based on the popular novel “The Invisible Man” by H G Wells. A Hollywood film by the same name was made in 1933. The trick scenes in this Indian film were as good as the Hollywood film. Credit goes to Babubhai Mistri for creating the actions of an Invisible man , on the screen. He was nicknamed ” Kala Dhaga ” after this film.
Here are some more films of 1937….
Atma Tarang…. Minerva movietone’s first film. A resounding flop. Only 20 people for the first show !
Anath Ashram….By New Theatres, Calcutta
Asiai Sitara….By Haribhai Desai. Remake of his own silent film of the same name. Jenabai Pawar, wife of actor Zunzar Rao Pawar, an Anglo Indian (Jena Lawson) was Heroine and she sang few Hindi songs also.
Banke Sipahi… Debut of Ghulam Mohd. as M.D.
Bhishma….First remake of a Tamil film of 1936.Music was by Mukhtar begum.
Bulldog….Indurani as heroine and singer.
Captain Kirti Kumar….Debut of comedian V.H.Desai
Dharam veer and Prem Veer….Both films by Huns Pictures of Master Vinayak.
Duniya Na Maane…. Prabhat film on social evil.
Gentleman Daku…Double role of Leela Chitnis.
Guru Ghantal…. Debut of Om Prakash (Uncredited)
Hurricane Hansa…. Nadia in Wadia’s stunt film.
Insaaf…. First film of total 7 films with the same Title.
Izzat, Jeevan Prabhat, Khan Bahadur, Khudai Khidmadgar, Kisan Kanya, Mahageet, Moti ka Haar, Naujawan, Pratibha, President, Qazzaq ki Ladki, Shadi ka mamla, Toofani Tarzan, Vidyapati and Wahan.
On this background, master Vinayak made his comedy film, Premveer-1937. The cast included Vinayak, Ashalata, Phiroza, Dada Salvi, Pethkar and others. Music was composed by Annasaheb Mainkar. Film Premveer-1937 was made in Hindi and Marathi. Marathi filmmakers were the first to make Bilingual films to grab the Hindi market, which was huge all over India.
Marathi was the first language to make bilingual Talkie films regularly since 1932. The very first Marathi Talkie film- अयोध्येचा राजा , was also made in Hindi as Ayodhya ka Raja, simultaneously. This was purely a business move on the part of Marathi film makers. Though the Marathi film industry was growing by the day, it also wanted to capture the biggest All India Hindi market.
This was followed by the Bengal film industry and every successful Bengali film was remade in Hindi or was simultaneously made bilingual in Bangla and Hindi. By this, not only the filmmakers were benefited, but the audience of All India was also enjoying the feast of the best of Bangla and Marathi films. One offshoot of this bilingual game was that many Marathi artistes – actors, directors and MDs and singers also entered the Hindi films. Thus along with the audiences, the industries also benefited by this activity.
In due course of time i.e. by 1948, the Southern film industry too entered this fray of Multilingual films. In the South, the trend was to make films in 3 or more languages at the same time or make their remakes later in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Comparatively Malayalam and Kannada film industries were late to play this multilingual game. By the decade of 1950, the Marathi and Bangla film industries had their own playing fields in sufficiently big size and they reduced making bilingual films. The South took the advantage and continued making films in Hindi even in the from the 50’s to the end of the 70’s decades. Later on Dubbing the Southern films became cheaper and more frequent than making bilingual or remaking the films in Hindi.
Because of the Bilingual system of Marathi and Hindi films, many Music Directors from Marathi entered Hindi films. MDs like Dada Chandekar,Govindrao Tembe, Keshavrao Bhole, S.P.Rane, Prof. B.R.Deodhar, Baurao ketkar, Annasaheb Mainkar, K.R.Gore, Master krishnarao, Datta Korgaonkar (K.Datta) etc gave music to early Hindi films. It was followed by Vasant Desai, Datta Davjekar, Snehal Bhatkar, Sudhir Phadke etc etc.
Film Premveer-1937 was a comedy film. Most of the shooting was in the Shahu college campus of Kolhapur and the rest on the studio sets in Huns Pictures. The story was-
Kishore (Master Vinayak) is a college student who stays in the city to study. More than studies, he is a young man looking for good girls. There is Kaumudi (Ashalata) daughter of Rao Bahadur Manoharpant, a rich Jagirdar of the town. Kishore falls in love with Kaumudi and tries every trick in the book to attract her attention and win her heart. Kaumudi spurns his love ,but Kishore is not an ordinary lover. He is determined to win her over, come what may.
In the class also he writes small notes to her. One such chit on which he has mentioned about the teaching Professor as Man minus Brain = Professor,and also a special message to her ” you and I = Heaven and Life minus Love =0,reaches Kaumudi and naughtily she gives it to the Professor. As expected there is an explosion, a long advisory lecture and way out of the class !
Undeterred Kishore tries another daring trick. In the College Gathering (Annual Day) Drama Kaumudi is to play the role of Shakuntala. An ugly girl is supposed to play Rishi Kanva’s role. Kanv is Shakuntala’s foster father. Kishore tricks that girl somehow and enters the stage in the guise of Rishi Kanva. At the time of Shakuntala’s Bidaai,Rishi Kanva is supposed to hold Shakuntala near him. Kishore embraces Kaumudi for such a long time that everyone is stunned. In addition his false beard also falls off and he is exposed.
The result is he is expelled from the college. Nevertheless he continues to visit Kaumudi’s house in different disguises. Sometimes as a Postman, or a Gardener or a Dog-Walker etc. By now Kaumudi has realised that he truly loves her.
One day Kishore enters her house in the disguise of an Eye Specialist Doctor to treat her father’s eyes. On some pretext he blindfolds the father and reveals himself to his love Kaumudi. Finally she relents and accepts his true love. The Premveer and his beloved finally unite.
The heroine of this film was Ashalata (real name Meharunnisa) was a Khoja Muslim from Kutch, Gujarat. She was fluent in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and Sindhi. After marriage with Anil Biswas, MD, she learnt Bangla also. She did some other Marathi films and also acted in Marathi dramas.
Enjoy this 88 year old duet of Raj kumari and Master Vinayak….
Song- Saajan sun sapne kee baat (Premveer)(1937) Singers- Rajkumari, Master Vinayak, Lyricist- Pt. Indra Chandra, MD- Annasaheb Mainkar
Both
Lyrics
Saajan sun sapne kee baat
rasiyaa ho o
Saajan sun sapne kee baat
rimjhim rimjhim phulwaaree mein
aaye bin baadal barsaat
rimjhim rimjhim phulwaaree mein
aaye bin baadal barsaat
rasiyaa ho o
Saajan sun sapne ki baat
meree maina
raseele more baina
sakhee re tore naina
aaj to saathh sapna bana
?aaj to saathh sapna bana
rasiyaa ho o
saajan sun sapne kee baat
nain milaa kar
teer chalaa kar
?? milaa kar ?? ghumaakar
?? joban kee
?? kaliyaan chun rahee hain
?? kaliyaan chun rahee hain
dheeraj dhar insaan
aaa
dheeraj dhar insaan
sajnee pal pal jiya ??
Saajan sun sapne kee baat
rasiyaa ho o
Saajan sun sapne kee baat
rimjhim rimjhum phulwaari
Saajan sun sapne ki baat
saawan kee ??
thhar thhar kaanpe ae ae ae ae ??
solah baras kee sajanee ??
o o matwaale ae ae ae
ae ae ae ??
saajanee sab din ??
Saajan sun sapne ki baat
saajanee sab ??
Saajan sun sapne kee baat
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