Ye kya adaa hai pagle
Posted on: December 23, 2025
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Today’s song is from a stunt film- Chaalbaaz-1958.
The film was produced by Balwant Bhatt and Ram Kamlani. It was directed by the veteran of such films- Nanabhai Bhatt. Music was by the melody maker- Chitragupta. 5 singers sang 7 songs, written by Anjum Jaipuri (2) and Prem Dhavan (5). The cast included Nirupa Roy, Jairaj,Nishi, K.N.Singh, Shammi, Cuckoo, David, Master Bhagwan, Moti (Horse) and Tiger (Dog) etc etc.
The title Chaalbaaz seems to be quite a favourite with filmmakers. Films with the same title were made in 1958, 69, 80, 89 and 2003. In addition there was Chaalbaaz Leader-70 and Chaalbaaz Haseena-2002 also.
The Hindi film industry is a funny place. Here popular actors are immediately typecast and it becomes their identity, whether they want it or not. Once a particular theme becomes a Hit, producers want to make similar films, with the same actor. Thus most leading actors get stamped. Many don’t mind it because they too are comfortable with such types of films.
That is how Dharmendra was in the roles of “He Man” (does this mean all others were “She- Men”?), Amol Palekar as a Middle class simpleton, for a period Dilip Kumar was a Tragedy king, Raj Kapoor a straight forward, simple man, Dev Anand a Playboy, Bharat Bhushan a lover or a singer, Rajendra Kumar almost always a suffering lover…..so on and so forth. Same was true, even the actresses got typedcast like Meena Kumari was a Tragedy Queen, Madhubala, naughty lucky girl etc etc.
The audience categorised the actors for various Genres and roles. Other than these, the artist was not acceptable to them in any other type casting. Can you ever imagine Kanhaiyalal, Nana Palshikar or Rashid Khan in a Millionaire’s role? Can you imagine Nana Patekar as a Romantic, ‘run around a tree’ type lover boy ? Can you visualise Jeetendra in a Mythological film as Lord Shiva ? We can not, even in our dreams, accept them in these roles. Nimmi always had films in which she suffered and wept throughout. People had forgotten how she looked while smiling.
When filmmakers tried to change the type of roles of an actor, he became a failure (even a laughing stock) and he was not accepted in that role. For example, in his early films, Ashok Kumar was known as a shy Lover boy. When he was cast as Satyawan in the film “Savitri”-1937, the audience was shocked and the film failed miserably. Similarly when Ashok Kumar (then 35 year old) acted as Abhimanuu (22 year old) in the film “Uttara Abhimanyu’-1946, he was rejected outright.
Mehboob Khan cast him as King Humayun in the film Humayun-45. In one scene, Ashok Kumar had to run, in a war costume, with a sword. The way he ran was so feminine and pathetic, that the audience used to laugh in the theatre. Thankfully, Ashok Kumar never again acted in any such films till the end. Leela Mishra was famous as a simple village type “Leela Mousi” in almost all films. In the film “Baton baton mein”-79, she was shown as an Anglo Indian Christian woman. To see Leela Mousi in a knee long Frock and to feel her awkwardness in that dress was a painful exercise for the audience.
However, and thank God for this, there were some actors who consciously avoided getting typecast and did a variety of roles. One shining example was Sanjeev Kumar. He was truly a versatile actor and would fit into any Genre with natural ease. After Film Azad-55, Dilip Kumar also shook off the tag of “Tragedy king” and became a real versatile actor enjoying working in different types of roles.
Among Heroines, I can not think of any such actress, who fitted in all Genres and roles, Except One ! Yes, there was one actress who was truly versatile and did a lot of role types – social, historical, Mythological, comedy, tragedy, crime, family, action and stunts too, character roles, daughter in law, mother in law, mother, mujra dancer, religious films – you name it and she had done it. Can you guess the name ?
NIRUPA ROY ! Yes, she was a versatile actress. To prove my point, I repeat here what I had said about her a few years back. Nirupa Roy (4-1-1931 to 13-10-2004) was an enigma of Hindi Cinema. An ordinary lower middle class housewife turned into an actress due to the need to survive. Funny thing was that it was her husband who had visited the studio to get a job as an actor and the studio selected his wife instead ! Nirupa Roy who acted in over 250 movies has been variously branded as a Goddess of Mythological films, a suffering wife of a poor farmer, a troubled housewife of social films, an acclaimed quintessential mother of Bollywood and even a Stunt film actress !
She has been a Heroine in 110 films, a mother in over 50 films,has been a Goddess in 50 Mythological films, a suffering wife in over 30 films and a Stunt girl in about 8 films. She sang Bhajans, romantic songs, Comedy songs, qawalis, sad songs and peasant folk songs on the screen.
She changed her Heroes like “Badalate hue saathi”. She did 18 films with Trilok Kapoor ( 50-65), 12 films with Balraj Sahni ( 53-72), 16 films with P.Jairaj ( 53-78), and 21 films with Ashok Kumar ( 56-89). She was Amitabh’s mother in 12 films and stunt Girl in 8 films. She even wrote a popular film song for the film Samrat Chandragupta-58 ( Mujhe dekh chand sharmaye – Lata).
The Director of the film Chaalbaaz was Nanabhai Bhatt ( 12-6-1915 to 24-4-1999). He was her director in many films,because he directed mostly Mythological and stunt films only. Nanabhai was born as Yashwant ( pet name – Batuk) at Porbandar. Since he was the younger one he was called Nanabhai ( opposite to Motabhai-elder brother). This name continued till the end. His father was a doctor. After matriculation, he went to Mumbai in 1934, where his elder brother Balwant Bhatt was working. Balwant started with Imperial,shifted to Sagar and now was with Prakash pictures of Vijay and Shankar Bhatt. he got Nanabhai a job as Sound Recordist.Soon he graduated to Production Executive.He also wrote several screenplays.
In 1942 he directed “Muqabala”, for Homi Wadia, as Batuk Bhatt. Homi Wadia became his good friend. When Homi established his own Basant Pictures, Nanabhai joined him and directed his “Hunterwali ki Beti”-43, with Nadia again. He also did Mauj, Jee Haan, Chaalis Karod etc. He directed about 50 films of various genres like Stunts, Mythologicals,crime, social, costume etc.
Nanabhai’s first wife was Hemlata. He also married Shirin Banu, his Heroine of few films. To circumvent the Bigamy law, he married her in a Temple and that too in the presence of Hemlata ! He had 3 children from Hemlata and 6 from Shirin. Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt are from Shirin. His children and grandchildren married in different religions.Thus his big family was an example of Secularism ! In addition to 9 children Nanabhai also produced 20 films under his own Deepak Pics and Gautam Chitra !
FILMOGRAPHY OF NANABHAI BHATT: 1942: Muqabala; 1943:Hunterwali Ki Beti; Mauj; 1945: Chalis Karod; 1946: Maa Baap Ki Laaj; 1947: Meerabai; 1949: Shaukeen; Veer Ghatotkach; Sudhaar; 1950: Hamara Ghar; Janmashthami; Veer Babruwahan; 1951: Lakshmi Narayan; Daman; Lav Kush; Ram Janma; 1952: Apni Izzat; Baghdad; Sinbad the Sailor; 1954: Toote Khilone; Watan; 1956: Kismet; 1957: Mr X; Ustad; 1958: Chaalbaaz; Son of Sinbad; 1959: Bazigar; Daaka; Kangan; Madam XYZ; Naya Sansar; 1960: Lal Qila; Police Detective; Zimbo Comes to Town; 1961: Teen Ustad; 1962: Baghdad Ki Raatein; Rocket Girl; 1963: Aalapiranthavan; Bhootnath; Cobra Girl; 1964: Samson; 1965: Adhi Raat Ke Baad; Bekhabar; 1966: Shankar Khan; 1967: Arabian Nights; 1968: Jung Aur Aman; 1974: Jeevan Rekha; 1975: Balak Aur Janwar; 1976: Dharti Mata; 1981: Gajara Maru; 1982: Jaya Parvati Vrat.( Thanks to Harish Raghuwanshi ji and Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema for some information.)
One of the producers,Balwant Bhatt, was Nanabhai’s elder brother.
The story of the film was….
This is the story of the princess of a kingdom, who is very proud and selfish. She wanted her people to contribute for her crowning ceremony. Her army collected money from the people by force. A young son of a blind headman of a nearby village comes to Princes to complain against the army. He is arrested and hanged as a rebel.
Roopa (Nirupa Roy) , his sister, is shocked and wants to take revenge. She dons a male costume and a hood and attacks the army people, snatching money from them and distributing it to the people. She is soon declared as a rebel and becomes a wanted criminal.
Roopa and the Princess love the same young man-Randhir (P.Jairaj). Displeased with the Princess for her cruelty, Randhir leaves her court and joins Roopa and her fight against the army. He too is declared a rebel. They both are arrested by deceit and sentenced to death. Meanwhile the friends of Randhir and Roopa infiltrate the jail, liberate Randhir and Roopa.
There is a final showdown when the princess and the army are attacked. A sword fight between Roopa and the princess takes place. No need to guess what will happen next. It happens the same way and the end is sweet. Randheer becomes the King and Roopa becomes his Queen.
Here is today’s song, sung by Geeta Dutt. Enjoy….
Song- Ye kya adaa hai pagle (Chaalbaaz)(1958) Singer- Geeta Dutt, Lyricist- Anjum Jaipuri, MD-Chitragupta
Female Chorus
Lyrics
ye kya ada hai pagle
naina jhukaaye nikle
na dushmanee
na dostee
arre kuchh to aaj kar le
ye kya ada hai pagle
naina jhukaaye nikle
na dushmanee
na dostee
arre kuchh to aaj kar le
ye kya ada hai pagle
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
begaanapan pe tere
nikle hai dil se haaye
hum aise hain ya waise
keh de jo dil mein aaye
begaanapan pe tere
nikle hai dil se haaye
hum aise hain ya waise
keh de jo dil mein aaye
ulfat naheen
nafrat sahee
rishta koi to kar le
ye kya ada hai pagle
naina jhukaaye nikle
na dushmanee
na dostee
arre kuchh to aaj kar le
ye kya ada hai pagle
hai aaj dil mein mastee
kal kee kise khabar hai
har saans keh rahee hai
ye zindagee safar hai
hai aaj dil mein mastee
kal kee kise khabar hai
har saans keh rahee hai
ye zindagee safar hai
phir hum kahaan
phir tu kahaan
is raah se guzar le
ye kya ada hai pagle
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
mehfil mein teree aa ke
jaage hain dil ke armaan
ho jaaye ab to zaalim
jeene ka koi saamaan
mehfil mein teree aake
jaage hain dil ke armaan
ho jaaye ab to zaalim
jeene ka koi saamaan
bheegee faza
thhandee hawa
kehtee hai pyaar kar le
ye kya ada hai pagle
naina jhukaaye nikle
na dushmanee
na dostee
arre kuckh to aaj kar le
ye kya ada hai pagle
2 Responses to "Ye kya adaa hai pagle"
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 pm
Good Evening,
This is a lovely song
Grateful to you for sharing this jewel.
Blessings,
Uma🙏
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December 23, 2025 at 6:25 pm
The movie also has a memorable solo by Mohd Rafi (Mile Khaak Mein Naujawan Kaise Kaise) and a beautiful Lata-Rafi duet (Duniya Hai Aisi Chaalbaaz), amongst other songs.
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