Aa jaa aa zaraa aa jaa
Posted on: November 30, 2025
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‘Main Wohi Hoon’ (1966) was produced by S A Mehmood and was directed by A Shamsheer. The cast included Feroz Khan, Kumkum, I S Johar, Madan Puri, Murad, Roopesh Kumar, Bela Bose, Lata Sinha, Mirza Musharraf etc. The film was a murder mystery.
I have watched the film for the first time only recently after reading the synopsis of the film’s story which appeared to be an interesting murder mystery. A sole daughter of a wealthy father wants to marry a middle-class man. The father has some apprehension because he has two other suitors for his daughter who are rich. But the daughter is adamant to marry her preferred man. Finally, the father has made his mind to go with his daughter’s preference but she is yet to be told of his decision. All the three suitors attend daughter’s birthday bash. Soon, the father is murdered by an unknown assailant. The main suspects are the three suitors who have met the father in the birthday bash and have indirect interest in his wealth if Asha becomes their prospective bride.
Up to this stage, the film generates interest but at the investigation stage, the film falters in maintaining the tempo because of a few comical sub-plots, inconsequential songs, lengthy fight sequences and car chase (this is the problem with almost all ‘B’ grade action-crime films). These kill the enthusiasm of the audience specially those who are keen to know without the ‘speed breakers’ as to how the mystery unfolds. Anyway, the end of the film was a tame affair.
The story of the film is as under:
Vijay (Feroz Khan) has recently got a job as an Engineer and Ashok (I S Johar) is his friend who talks more like an investigator to him because he is a private detective by profession. Vijay has no time to listen to him as he is to attend a birthday party of his girlfriend, Asha (Kumkum), the only daughter of a wealthy Rai Saheb (Murad). Somewhere else also, Jagdish (Madan Puri) and Rajan (Roopesh Kumar) are also separately getting ready to attend Asha’s birthday bash with an intention to propose Asha. At the birthday party, Asha does not give them that opportunity as she is eagerly waiting for the arrival of her sweetheart, Vijay. But Jagdish meets Rai Saheb to give him a business proposal for partnership with him.
As the birthday party is going on, Rai Saheb speaks to his close friend, Dosani (Mirza Musharraf) with a locked door and reveals that he has consented Asha’s choice of Vijay and he is going to make the announcement of their engagement shortly. As he is still in talks with his friend, Rai Saheb is shot by an unidentified assailant who escapes with picking some papers from his desk. Rai Bahadur continues his telephonic talk with Dosani in a very feeble voice to inform him that a list of guests is lying in Patna, before he dies.
The police investigation starts with his daughter Asha, who was the last person to meet him and also she had closed his chamber’s door when he was still in his chamber as per his instruction. Surprisingly, she is not ready to reveal that she has got the key to the chamber. On the contrary, she throws the key somewhere out. This has been watcched by and her action has been watched by a man who starts blackmailing her on many occasion for the money. Police also questions Dosani with whom Rai Saheb was talking before getting shot dead. However, Dosani is not able to recollect what Rai Saheb said before he died because of his very feeble voice. The possible suspects in the murder of Rai Saheb are three suitors for Asha who would be the beneficiary of his inheritance if they get married to her. However, in the absence of any circumstantial evidence, police refrain from arresting anyone in the case.
As a part of the comic sub-plot, Ashok, the private detective suspects Bimla (Bela Bose), Asha’s friend who was present during the birthday bash. She later becomes his love interest. At one point of time, he explains to Bimla through a graphic chart on a black board that according to him, except Dosani, all others who have met Rai Saheb are suspects. Ashok has also found out that during the last one month, Asha has withdrawn Rs.40000/- from her bank account. Vijay thinks that Asha is being blackmailed by someone. On the last two occasions, Vijay is able to apprehend the persons sent to collect the money from Asha but he is unsuccessful as to who is behind her blackmailing. Vijay tries in a hard way to force Asha to reveal as to why she is being blackmailed. He even threatens her that he will have to break his relationship with her because he has started suspecting her to be a part of her father’s murder. In between, Vijay keeps informing the police these developments.
Asha is in dilemma. She cannot reveal the truth to Vijay for the reasons best known to her. But in this circumstances, she is afraid Vijay may keep distance from her. One night, when she was pondering about her tragic life, a man enters her room and threatens to kill Vijay if she does not reveal him as to where are those missing papers which the killers had taken with him. He gives her 24 hours of time to reveal. Actually, she is not aware of any papers. After the expiry of the period, the man comes back with the intention of killing Asha suffocating her with a scarf but Vijay who has been keeping a watch over her house, saves her with his timely intervention. Now, Asha seems to be in two minds whether or not reveal to Vijay the truth about her blackmailing.
In the meanwhile, a hint from his office assistant (Lata Sinha) about her guests, Dosani suddenly remembers that Rai Saheb had told him about a guest list lying in Patna. Vijay starts searching for the list and find it in Rai Saheb’s library inside the pages of the book titled ‘Patna’. He shares the list with police which gives the clue as to who was behind the murder of Rai Saheb. However, in the absence of the concrete evidence, police refreain from disclosing the name and they are looking to collect the evidence. At last, Vijay finds the gun which was used in firing shot at Rai Bahadur.
With this news out, the henchmen of the man behind the murder kidnap Asha and take her to some remote place to trap Vijay. As usual, Vijay has noticed the movements. The last 30 minutes of the film covers the sequences of car chasing, fighting with henchmen, both on the ground and in the train followed by henchmen running after Vijay and Asha and finally being overpowered by them. Both are brought to a remote house and they are confined in a closed room to die of the poisonous smoke. The police forces reach and surround the house. After some gun battle with the police, the brain behind the murder of Rai Saheb is arrested, who is none other than Dosani, Rai Saheb’s friend. Vijay and Asha get released. Dosani reveal to the police that Rai Bahadur knew the business secret of Dosani which he was to reveal to the police on the day of Asha’s birthday bash because of which he would have been arrested.
The film, which started well for creating a lot of expectation of a thrilling end to the mystery of the murder, turned out to be a tame affair. The motive behind the murder was not a strong one for someone to commit murder. Also, I have not understood as to why Asha (Kumkum) threw the key of her father’s chamber and what was the secret she was hiding involving the key because of which she was getting blackmailed. And who was behind her blackmail was not revealed.
The film had six songs written by Asad Bhopali which were set to music by Usha Khanna. Four songs have been covered on the Blog. I present the 5th song, ‘aa jaa o zara aa jaa’ rendered by Usha Khanna. The song is picturised on Bela Bose as a club dance in ‘rock and roll’ style. Feroz Khan (in disguise) is seen playing guitar and saxophone and he dances with Bela Bose. Madan Puri Roopesh Kumar and I S Johar are among the guests. Probably, most of the dancers must have had neck pains after the end of the song because of the vigorous shaking of their heads, especially during the last part of the song. In this song, Usha Khanna’s voice ‘expression’ is like coming from a teenage girl singing for the first time.
The song has not much context except that Ashok (I S Johar) asks his love interest, Bimla (Bela Bose) to meet him at the night club where she would get to know who is the murderer of Rai Saheb (Murad). Of course, it was an artificial way to create a situation for a dance song in the film.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Aajaa aa zara aa jaa (Main Wohi Hoon)(1966) Singer-Usha Khanna, Male Singer, Lyrics-Asad Bhopali, MD-Usha Khanna
Chorus
Lyrics (Based on the Video Clip):
come on
everyone ready
one two
one to go
let us go
one two
one to go
let us go
one two
one to go
let us go
aa jaa aa
zara aa jaa haa
jaanee…ee dilbar jaanee
ye jawaanee
hai aanee jaanee
aa jaa aa
zara aa jaa haa
jaanee…ee dilbar jaanee
ye jawaanee
hai aanee jaanee
yeah yeah yeah
hey
yeah yeah yeah
hey
yeah yeah yeah
come on
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
o lai lai shaa
o lai lai o shaa
la la la la laa
la la la la laa
hoye
hoy
o jaane pehchaane hamsafar aa haa
hauley hauley jhoom le idhar aa
o jaane pehchaane hamsafar aa haa
hauley hauley jhoom le idhar aa
badan lachke hey hey
umangen hon jawaan
khyaalon mein he ae lahraayen bijliyaan
yeah yeah yeah
hey
yeah yeah yeah
ae hey
yeah yeah yeah
go man go
aa jaa aa zara aa jaa
jaanee…ee dilbar jaanee
ye jawaanee
ho aanee jaanee
yeah yeah yeah
hey
yeah yeah yeah
hey
yeah yeah yeah
hey hey
hey
lahraati baahon mein meree aake
dhadkanon se khel muskuraa ke
lehraatee baahon mein meree aake
dhadkanon se khel muskuraa ke
zamaane ke hai hai
hai ishaaron mein na jaa
zara le le mohbbat kaa maza
yeah yeah yeah
hey
yeah yeah yeah
come on
aa jaa o zara aa jaa aa
jaanee…ee dilbar jaanee
ye jawaanee
hai aanee jaanee
yeah yeah yeah
hey hey
yeah yeah yeah
hey hey
yeah yeah yeah
go man go
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
o le le saa
o le le le shaa
la la la la laa
o le re
yeah
hey
aankhon hee aankhon mein kar le baaten
kabhee kabhi aatee hain ye raaten
aankhon hee aankhon mein kar le baaten ae
kabhee kabhi aati hain ye raaten
yahee din hai hai hai deewaana ban ke jee
na jaane kal kya hogee zindagee
yeah yeah yeah
hey
yeah yeah yeah
hey ae
yeah yeah yeah
hey hey
aa jaa aa zara aa jaa aa
jaanee…ee dilbar jaanee
ye jawaanee
hai aanee jaanee
yeah yeah yeah
hey hey
yeah yeah yeah
hey hey
yeah yeah yeah
come on
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
aaa
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