Mera chimtaa boley
Posted on: December 23, 2025
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Mukesh and his Actors – 08
In one of my recent posts, I made a reference of yesteryear actress, the beautiful Bina Rai.
Today’s post covers Mukesh’s association with her husband.😊
Actor, Director, Producer, Novelist Prem Nath needs no introduction.
Here is his wiki page.
Here is a news article on him, and
Here is a bio-post on our blog.
Skipping his career details which are well covered in the links above, we shall discuss the details of the songs that Mukesh sang for him.
And of course, with my usual digressions. 😊
The first song that Mukesh sang for Prem Nath was for Shanker-Jaikishan’s debut film Barsaat (1949). It is quite ironic that Mukesh, known for his soulful and melancholic voice, is notably attributed to the first cabaret song in Hindi Films.
Thus, the team of Shanker-Jaikishan, Shailendra, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Prem Nath and very deservingly Cuckoo Moray can be credited to the first cabaret song in Indian films.
Of course, there was Madam Azurie the “item dancer” girl with dozens of item songs, but most film historians agree on “Patli Kamar hai” setting the trend for what we today call as cabaret songs.
The second song is a beautiful solo from Aaram (1951) under the composition of Mukesh’s maker Anil Biswas. The song has Dev Anand busy with a paint brush and Prem Nath pouring his heart out on the piano. Madhubala with her enchanting and trademark crooked smile looks stunning. What a beauty of a song in the voice of Mukesh.
Continuing with Prem Nath and Madhubala, Mukesh sang 2 songs in Badal. It is believed that the two actors started a serious relationship through this film, but then eventually Prem Nath went to marry his heroine from his next film. We come to that a bit later.
Badal (1951) has a very good romantic solo with Madhula on a horse and Prem Nath leading the horse. Mukesh excels in this romantic song too. Though the film had very good songs from Lata Mangeshkar, her only duet with Mukesh in the film is clearly the winner.
Duets of the two singers are aplenty. But this one from 1951 is underrated, IMO. A lively song with excellent composition and orchestration, it features the two actors in a playful mood and looks natural to support the rumours of their alleged affair.
In the duet, Mukesh sings
khidki na chhodo khuli
pyaar ke chor hain taak mein
kitnon ki chori huyi
madbhari chaandni raat mein,
On another set, in the same year, for another “thief”; Raj Kapoor in the voice of Mukesh was singing to his beloved,
mai chor hoon kaam hai chori
duniyaa mein hoon badnaam
dil ko churaataa aayaa hoon main
yehi meraa kaam,
In another song of the same film Aawara (1951), Mukesh sang a lesser-known solo ham tujh se muhabbat kar ke sanam.
Why am I referring to this solo?
Well, it had plenty of film names in it including “Badal”. Maybe it was not intentional, but how many film titles can we count.
ye dil jo jalaa ek aag lagi
aansoo jo bahe barsaat huyi
barsaat huyi
baadal ki tarah
baadal ki tarah aawaaraa the ham
Aag, Barsaat, Badal, Awara and not to forget Sanam and Aansoo; half a dozen titles; all in one stanza and all from the almost the same period.
Of ham tujh se muhabbat kar ke sanam, I said lesser known because the title song of Aawara crossed continents to spread its fame and remains undiminished to this day.
Coming to the 5th song in the table, Samunder (1957) had its music scored by Madan Mohan.
Mukesh and Madan Mohan, a combination which could have created many more gems, was restricted to only 9 songs in 26 years. More than a decade back, I had written on this aspect here.
The duet in the table is again a lovely romantic duet with Lata Mangeshkar with the real-life husband-wife playing the on-screen roles. In the mid-fifties, Prem Nath produced and directed a few films with Bina Rai in prominent roles.
Samunder (1957) had very good Lata solos. One of them is a personal favourite of mine.
In the genre of “yearning for the beloved”, this song stands tall, very tall.
It is,
aaja kahin se aaja
dil ka qaraar leke
baithe huye hain kab se
tera intezaar leke,
Lata Mangeshkar’s rendition is unhurried, and Madan Mohan’s composition during the sea-battle scenes of Prem Nath is hurried. In all it delivers a classic song of more than 6 minutes and was recorded on both sides of the disc.
I request readers to relish the greatness of this song whose blog-link is given above.
6 and 8 are probably transition songs of Prem Nath from hero to that of playing character roles, villain etc. In both the songs, he is teasing himself to be crazy.
7 is again a gem of a duet with Asha Bhosale. Early next year, I shall come up with the duo’s collaboration as their songs remain underrated but there are dozens of great duets. Long time back, I had this two-cassette pack of the duo and I remember playing them forever. We are all used to Lata-Mukesh duets, but the ones with Asha Bhosale ought to be known more.
9 and 10 are with Geeta Roy, again a very good combination of singers, but unfortunately for me all their songs seem to be covered on the blog. I am expecting Gajendra ji to pull a rabbit out of the hat and help me find some rare, unreleased songs of the duo which some people say exist somewhere. A case in point is “Us chand se pyare chand ho tum” which was first recorded by the duo and then by Lata-Rafi for the film Raat ki Raani (1949). The latter version was eventually retained in the movie.
I warned readers in the beginning of the post that I will be wandering here and there. 😊
Moving ahead, 11 and 13 are relatively lesser-known songs. I was surprised to see my own humorous comment to song 13 on the blog. 😊
12 is being taken up in this post.
And 14 is a Qawwali which was represented by yours truly on the blog.
There is one more duet featuring Prem Nath which I covered under Mukesh and his Actors – 04, featuring the dashing Feroz Khan. But then, Mukesh sings for Feroz Khan and Kishore Kumar for Prem Nath. As such it is not included in the table above.
Coming to the today’s post and the last one of the duo to be onboard on the blog, it is a duet with Asha Bhosale. I am not so sure, but I feel even this song was famous during those days. I am surprised it remained unposted till now.
The film is Chattan Singh (1974) with two songs already posted on the blog and this is the third song to be featured.
With this, I come to the end of this post and may take a hiatus (as if I am a regular on the blog 😊) to prepare Mukesh-Asha Bhosale collaboration which will be a long table of 75+ songs.
I am sure the songs of Mukesh for Prem Nath are quite enjoyable and readers will love to see and hear them on the same page here.
MUKESH’s playback for PREM NATH
| S. No | Name of the song | Movie (Year of release) | Co-singer (if any) | Composer | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patli kamar hai tirchhi nazar hai | Barsaat (1949) | Lata Mangeshkar | Shankar Jaikishan | Shailendra |
| 2 | Ae jaan-e-jigar dil mein samaane | Aaraam (1951) | Anil Biswas | Rajinder Krishan | |
| 3 | Main raahi bhatakne waala | Badal (1951) | Shankar Jaikishan | Hasrat Jaipuri | |
| 4 | Aye dil na mujhse chhupa | Badal (1951) | Lata Mangeshkar | Shankar Jaikishan | Shailendra |
| 5 | Kyaa saath meraa doge | Samundar (1957) | Lata Mangeshkar | Madan Mohan | Rajinder Krishan |
| 6 | Duniyaa mujhko paagal samjhe | 24 Ghante (1958) | Bipin-Babul | Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | |
| 7 | Kaho aake bahaar kare meraa singaar | Chaalis Din (1959) | Asha Bhonsle | Babul | Kaifi Azmi |
| 8 | Main deewaanaa mastaanaa | Chaalis Din (1959) | Babul | Kaifi Azmi | |
| 9 | Tum se hi meri zindagi meri bahar | Apna Ghar (1960) | Geeta Dutt | Ravi | Prem Dhawan |
| 10 | Mausam suhaana hai door kahin chal | Dr Shaitaan (1960) | Geeta Dutt | N Datta | Jaan Nisar Akhtar |
| 11 | Nazron se aaj dil mein samaane | Gambler (1960) | Lata Mangeshkar | Chitragupta | Prem Dhawan |
| 12 | Mera Chimta Bole Chhanak Chhanak | Chattan Singh (1974) | Asha Bhonsle | Kalyanji Anandji | Verma Malik |
| 13 | Dhoti Lota aur Chowpaati | Dhoti Lota aur Chowpaati (1975) | Shamji Ghanshamji | Hasrat Jaipuri | |
| 14 | Is mulaaqaat ka bas mazaa lijiye ae | Jaaneman (1976) | Mohd Rafi, Hemlata | Laxmikant Pyarelal | Anand Bakshi |
Youtube link:
Song-Mera chimta boley (Chattan Singh)(1974) Singers-Mukesh, Asha Bhonsle, Lyricist-Verma Malik, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Both
Lyrics
o mera chimta boley chhanak chhanak chhan chhanak chhanak
mera chimta boley o boley
kabhee na milaana kaheen ankh naal ankh
teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
o teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
ho meree daphlee boley damak damak dam damak damak
ho meree daphlee boley haan boley
dil kee hai baat ise dil mein tu rakh
teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
haan teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
o mera chimta boley
ho meree daphlee boley ae
tere dar pe main aaj sarkaar aaya hoon
ho tere dar pe main aaj sarkaar aaya hoon
arrey barson se bichhda main yaar aaya hoon
main to armaan dil mein hazaar laaya hoon
kehne ko kuchh pehlee baar aaya hoon
tujhe kehne ko kuchh pehlee baar aaya hoon
jawaanee mein kisee pe meharbaanee na karo
jawaanee mein kisee pe meharbaanee na karo
aur deke dil kabhee ye naadaanee na karo
kisee ke hawaale zindagaanee na karo
aur kar do to phir beimaanee na karo
haa kar do to phir beimaanee na karo
yaar kee yaaree pe kabhee karna na shaque
teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
haan haan teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
ho mera chimata boley o boley
kabhee na milaana kaheen ankh naal ankh
teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
ho teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
aaj mere naachne ka dhang dekh le
dhang dekh le
arrey aaj mere naachne ka dhang dekh le
dhang dekh le
roop dekh
roop kee umang dekh le
umang dekh le
roop dekh le
rang dekh le
rang birange dhang dekh le
aur pyaar ke anjaam ka aa
rang dekh le
haaye re rang dekh le
arrey ret mein kabhee na koi phool khilega
oho ret mein kabhee na koi phool khilega
chaltee hawaaon mein na deep jalega
duniya mein paap naheen phooley phalega
is pal karoge
us pal milega
is pal karoge
us pal milega
arrey raha nahi koi bhee durjan aaj tak
teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
haan haan
teree meree baat rahey tere mere tak
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 pm
Good to know about the songs rendered by Mukesh on Premnath. Interestingly, Mukesh sang two different types of songs for Raj Kapoor and Premnath in the same film ,Barsaat.
On Tue, 23 Dec, 2025, 3:00 pm Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of
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