Kashmir hai Bharat ka Kashmir na denge
Posted on: October 8, 2025
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
|
Blog Day : |
6291 | Post No. : | 19472 |
Today’s song is from the film Johar in Kashmir-1966.
It was produced and directed by I.S.Johar for his own banner, Johar films- Bombay. Lyricist was Indivar and the Music Director was the pair of Kalyanji- Anandji. The film had a cast of Sonia Sahni, I.S.Johar, Ratnamala, Kamal Kapoor, Tiwari, Sapru, Rajan Haksar, Ulhas, Mukri, Manorama, Narmada Shankar, Shetty etc.etc. I had written a post on a Parody song from this film in 2013. By now , today’s song is its 6th song to feature here.
Pakistan, since its inception, has been very jealous of India and all these years has tried to grab Kashmir from India. For this they adopt objectionable methods like using terrorists, making Kashmiri leaders sympathetic towards merger with Pakistan, but India has always been a strong protector of Kashmir. In 1965 Pakistan had launched a massive attack on India, but was defeated decisively. Film Johar in Kashmir-1966 was made in this background the very next year. Today’s song has a history.
Pakistan is our enemy but Indian films always attracted the Pakistanis. Though President Ayub Khan banned the import of indian films into Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf lifted this ban in 2008. By this time, the film industry in Pakistan suffered immensely and hundreds of cinema theatres were closed down for lack of films for exhibition. The ban was reimposed again in 2015. However, Indian films were exported to other Muslim countries in the Gulf and Middle East as well as to Muslim countries in Africa etc.
Kashmir being a sensitive issue between India and Pakistan, Government of India decided to remove today’s song from the film for those copies which were exported to muslim countries. The Congress Government even attempted to ban this song in India, but looking at the tremendous opposition this ban was never implemented in India. I find that on our social media some posts have been made viral in the last for so many years , stating that this song was banned in India, which is totally wrong. The full film including this song and the song video’s availability on Youtube are proof that this news is wrong !
The film has all its characters, including the Hero and Heroine, shown as Muslims intentionally. The film is most ordinary like all other Johar films. He was a lucky actor but never had a class !
You must have heard the famous quotation,”Politics is the last resort of a scoundrel”. Though it is not true in ALL cases, it is used since long. Similarly, the last resort of young boys who ran away from homes to Bombay in the 30s and 40s (and may be even today) was Hindi Films. For a growing Film industry there was a need for actors, singers, writers technicians etc. Quantity was always available but quality was questionable. This field did not attract the educated gents from good families. So, whenever any educated i.e. a Graduate joined the industry, he was most welcome and he too would flaunt his degrees proudly. Thus you had a Lyricist named Moti, B.A. and Miss Kamal, B.A. and Surendra Nath B.A. LL.B. in those days.
Many literary figures, poets, novelists, dramatists etc were averse to joining films. A glaring case in point is that of the famous Hindi writer Bhagvati charan Verma. He had written the dialogues of the cult film KISMET-1943. of Bombay Talkies. However when the film was completed, he developed cold feet and told the producers not to put his name as a dialogue writer in the credits of the film, lest, he feared, he would be ridiculed in the literary circle for stooping so low as to write for films ! So the names of P.L. Santoshi and Shahid Latif were shown in the credits for Screenplay and dialogues!
In this scenario, when a highly educated and talented young man came to producer/director Roop K Shorey for a job, he was overjoyed and immediately employed the young man to write the story of “Ek thi ladki”-1949.
Thus entered INDRA SEN JOHAR(I.S. Johar),M.A.LL.B, into the film industry.
His entry on the screen as a comedian was a comedy scene itself.
It so happened that the shooting of ‘EK THI LADKI’ was in progress and as a writer, Johar was also present there. The scene was that the Heroine is chased in a river in a boat. Director Shorey asked Johar to sit in the boat following the heroine as the regular guy was absent. Johar was so nervous in his first brush with the shooting that while chasing he went past the Heroine’s boat. All the film crew burst into a laugh riot. A financier/distributor who was present there was so much impressed with the happening, that not only that scene was kept in the film, but also Johar’s role was enhanced to match the other comedian Majnu, in the film.
After the film EK THI LADKI became a major hit of 1949 with the iconic song “Lara lappa”, Roop Shorey featured the pair of Johar and Majnu in several films.They formed a comedy pair on the lines of ‘Bob Hope-Bing Crosby’ pair of Hollywood in the 50s. Johar-Majnu even did a ‘Yogi Dance’ In the film Hum sab chor hain-56, the way Bob Hope had done with a cane in hand etc.
In the 60s, Johar collaborated with Mehmood and did ‘Johar- Mehmood in….'(Goa, Kashmir, Hongkong, Bombay etc) exactly on the lines of ‘The road to…..’ series done by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. In all these films his Heroine was Sonia Sahni.
I.S.Johar, due to his polished English and comic talent was one of the earliest Indian actors to work in few British and some American films.
I have personally liked his comedy in Hum sab chor hain-56 and his triple role as Pehlaram, Doojaram and Teejaram in Johnny Mera Naam-1970. He worked in 95 films. His last film as an actor was Gopichand Jasoos-82. Fis first film as a director was Shrimati ji-52. He directed 12 films. His last film as a Director was Nasbandi-78. He even sang a song in film Badhti ka naam Dadhi-74.
Indra Sen Johar (16 February 1920 – 10 March 1984) was an actor, writer, producer and director, who excelled in comedic roles and is best known to international audiences for portraying Gasim in the epic film classic Lawrence of Arabia.
Indra Sen Johar was born on 16 February 1920 in Talagang City, Talagang Tehsil, Jhelum District, Punjab, British India (now within modern-day Talagang District, Punjab, Pakistan). He did an MA degree in Economics and Politics before completing his LLB. In August 1947, during the Partition of India, Johar was visiting Patiala with his family for a wedding when serious rioting broke out in Lahore, resulting in the Shah Alami Bazaar, once the largely Hindu quarter of the Walled City, being entirely burnt down.
Johar never returned to Lahore. For a period he worked in Jalandhar while his family remained in Delhi, before he eventually moved to Bombay, where he made his acting debut in the 1949 Hindi comedy action film Ek Thi Ladki.
Johar acted in numerous Hindi films from the 1950s through to the early 1980s and appeared in international films such as Harry Black (1958), North West Frontier (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Death on the Nile (1978), besides acting in Maya (1967), a US TV series. He also appeared in Punjabi films, including Chaddian Di Doli (1966), Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (1969) with Prithviraj Kapoor, and Yamla Jatt with Helen.
I. S. Johar also wrote and directed films, including the partition-based Hindi movie Nastik (1954), Johar Mehmood in Goa and Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong, in which he co-starred with comedian Mehmood. These were inspired by comedy films of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby style Road to… series. Johar was a unique and idiosyncratic individual, a lifelong liberal who poked fun at institutionalised self-satisfied smugness – an attitude which did not endear him to the essentially hierarchical and conservative Indian establishment, and led to difficulties finding finance for his unconventional screenplays. In many of his films, both those he directed and those he acted in, Sonia Sahni was the leading lady, most notably in Johar Mehmood in Goa, 1964.
He also starred in films with his own surname in the title such as Mera Naam Johar, Johar in Kashmir and Johar in Bombay, which is a testament both to his immense egotism, as well as his popularity with the common masses – for whom a movie with the Johar name was a guarantee of easy laughs, as well as subtle ironic or frankly sarcastic jibes at Indian customs, mores, superstitions and institutions. His film Nasbandi (Vasectomy) was a spoof on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s failed policy of population control by coerced vasectomies during the period of Emergency and was “banned” when it was first released. In the plays written by him too, Johar attacks those in power. In a play on Bhutto, he writes about Pakistan’s Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as well as Gen Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq. Yash Chopra started his film career as an assistant director with I. S. Johar.
In 1963 he starred as “Gopal” in two Italian films directed by Mario Camerini: Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta (Kali Yug, Goddess of vengeance) and Il Mistero del tempio indiano (The secret of the Hindu temple).
Johar married Ramma Hoon in 1943 in Lahore. The couple became parents to two children, a son named Anil and a daughter named Neelam. Both his children worked in a handful of films in the late 1970s, including Nasbandi (1978) and 5 Rifles. Ramma herself acted in small roles in a couple of films, most notably as Balraj Sahni’s cunning sister in Garam Hawa.
Johar and Ramma were divorced; theirs was one of the earliest legal divorces in the country. After this divorce, Johar married and divorced no less than four more women (five marriages in all, and as many divorces). One of his later wives was the actress Sonia Sahni, who had made her film debut in Johar’s production Johar-Mehmood in Goa (1965). None of Johar’s later marriages resulted in children. He died in Bombay, on 10 March 1984.
His daughter Ambika also acted in few films. Johar directed a couple of films and the noted director of blockbusters later, Yash Chopra was his assistant in those days.
Another interesting name in the cast is that of actress Ratnamala. As far as Ratnamala is concerned, how many of us really know anything about this actress. It is surprising that a very lovely and beautiful actress, who was Heroine of about 20 films in the 40s and has about 300 films to her credit remains practically unknown. She was the Heroine with Saraswati Cinetone, Prabhat Film company, Sagar, Ranjit, Prakash pictures etc- all well known banners. She was in films for 50+ years and was a famous name in Marathi films of Dada Kondke.
It’s a great pity that hardly any or no information about her is available in books,Encyclopedias, wiki or on the Internet. When all sources of information come to a dead end, I turn to Harish Raghuwanshi ji of Surat and I am never disappointed. Here, I provide a short Biodata of Ratnamala, based principally on the articles given by Harish ji. Thanks, Harish ji.
She was born as Kamal Bhivandkar on 22-6-1923 in Bombay. Her father was Auditor of Central Bank, Bombay. She was good looking and could sing well. From the age of 14 years, she went on the stage of several Ganesh Melas prevalent in those times. She earned 5-10 rupees per performance. Due to the family’s financial problems, she started looking for work. She was proficient in Marathi, Gujarati, English and Urdu languages. In 1938, she was picked up by Dada Torne of Sarswati Cinetone, Poona, who cast her as Heroine in Marathi film ‘Bhagwa Zenda ‘. Seeing her performance, she was taken by Prabhat Film company for the Marathi version of their film Das Baje-42. Torne had renamed her as Ratnamala.
Vijay Bhatt of Prakash Pictures offered her a role in film ” Bharat Milap-42″, when Kusum Deshpande selected for the role of Bharat’s wife fell ill. Seeing her performance, she was selected as a Heroine for the film ‘ Station Master-42’. Here too the original Heroine Jyoti fell ill. Then came Panghat-43, Police-44, Kavita-44 etc. She acted in many Mythological films also. Some of her well known films were, Dholak, Maya Bazar, Sasural, Bhabhi ki Chudiyan, Faulad, Woh kaun thi, Nishan, Bahu beti, Mera Saayaa, Raaz, SaraswatiChandra, Brahmachari, Upahaar, Seeta aur Geeta, Nastik etc etc.
She acted in 130 Hindi films and many more in Marathi films. Later she did side roles. She became famous as the mother of Dada Kondke in 11 of his films. She was called ‘ Aaye ‘ (आये ) in the Marathi films of Kondke.
Ratnamala was married to Producer Director Raja Pandit in Marathi, when she was very young. As Ratnamala became successful and Raja became a failure, their marriage came on rocks. She had one Son-Jaikumar, who had also acted in one film. Unfortunately, he died suddenly in an accident. Ratnamala lived in her own Bungalow in Andheri, Bombay, along with her foster son-Ramesh. Ratnamala died of a heart attack on 23rd January 1989.
The story of the film, as given by our Sudhir ji, in one of his posts, is….
Tensions have always been high in Kashmir after the partition. Aslam (IS Johar) and Salma (Sonia Sahni) are attracted to each other. But Aslam is a bad character, and Salma wants him to mend his ways. He heeds to her advice, and joins the army. He is posted in Kashmir with a Home Guard unit. His mother Zainab (Ratnamala) then goes to Salma’s father, Hakim Mohammed Hussien (Sapru) to talk about their marriage. Providence (or the script writer) has it such that Hakim Hussein’s house is attacked by infiltrators from Pakistan.
In the attack, Aslam’s mother and all of Salma’s family are killed, and Salma is abducted. Aslam resolves to track down the killers and bring them to justice. What he is not prepared for is that one of the persons in this group of infiltrators is his own cousin, Maula Khan (Kamal Kapoor) from across the border. The rest of the story is about this discovery and rejuvenation of relationships, of the conflict between Aslam and the band of infiltrators, a showdown between brothers, and reconciliation.
Here is the song , sung by Mohd. Rafi. Enjoy….
Song- Kashmir hai Bharat ka Kashmir na denge (Johar in Kashmir)(1966) Singer- Mohd. Rafi, Lyricist-Indivar, MD- Kalyanji- Anandji
Chorus
Lyrics
jannat kee hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
jannat kee hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
haathon mein kisee gair ke taqdeer na denge
Kashmir hai Bharat ka aa aa aa
Kashmir hai Bharat ka
Kashmir na denge
jannat kee hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
haatho mein kisee gair ke taqdeer na denge
Kashmir hai Bharat ka
Kashmir na denge
jannat kee hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
dhamkee se kisee desh kee ham dar naheen sakte
samajhauta kisee zulm se ham kar naheen sakte
kya daalega tu phoot yeh ghar hai Kabir ka
jhagda naheen ho sakta hai Tulsi se Meer ka
jo phool chaman kaa hai ae ae ae
jo phool chaman kaa hai
chaman per hee mitegaa
Abdul Hameed apne watan par hee mitegaa
lutne kabhee aazaadee kee jaageer na denge
lutne kabhee aazaadee kee jaageer na denge
Kashmir hai Bharat ka aa
Kashmir hai Bharat ka
Kashmir na denge
jannat ki hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
pardes se toone bade hathiyaar mangaaye
Keeler ne gnat se hee saberjet giraaye
hathiyaaron se kar sakta naheen dil pe tu kabza
taaqat se badaa desh kee khidmat ka hai jazbaa
gaddar hai wo Hind ka aaa
gaddar hai wo Hind ka jo pyaar tujhe de
vo aman kaa dushman hai jo hathiyaar tujhe de
deevaane ke ham haath mein shamsheer na denge
deevaane ke ham haath mein shamsheer na denge
Kashmir hai Bharat ka aa
Kashmir hai Bharat ka
Kashmir na denge
jannat ki hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
Chavan kee ye himmat ye Arjun Singh kee veerta
badhta chala gaya wo rukaawat ko cheerta
Chavan kee ye himmat ye Arjun Singh kee veerta
badhta chala gaya wo rukaawat ko cheerta
kiya Chaudhari ne patton tankon ka safaaya
chhote se shastri ne bada kaam dikhaaya
mazhab ke naam per ye ae ae
mazhab ke naam per ye mulk bant naheen sakta
ye jism hai Bharat ka
kabhee kat naheen skta
chalne teree ham ek bhee tadbeer na denge
chalne teree ham ek bhee tadbeer na denge
Kashmir hai Bharat ka aa
Kashmir hai Bharat ka
Kashmir na denge
jannat ki hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
haathon mein kisee gair ke taqdeer na denge
Kashmir hai Bharat ka
Kashmir na denge
jannat ki hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
jannat ki hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
jannat ki hai tasveer
ye tasveer na denge
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Leave a comment