De ke daam le le maatee ka khilaunaa
Posted on: December 27, 2025
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Today’s song is from the social film Naya Kadam-1958.
“Naya” is one of the popular title words of the filmmakers in Hindi films. As many as 40 films were made, having the starting word as Naya- from Naya Aadmi to Naya Zamana, during the period of 1935 to 2009. Not to be left behind, even films having titles starting with Nayi, Nayee or Nai, there were as many as 29 films !
Film Naya kadam-1958 was not a very successful film in 1958, as the year was replete with many entertaining films. It was directed by S.P.Kalla. His life story is like many other film people who, though successful in their vocation in the film industry, try their hand at producing a film and it becomes their nemesis costing them the ultimate- their life !
Sooraj Prakash Kalla or S P Kalla was a resident of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. In the early 50s he was having a nice job in the state Secretariat in Jaipur. He was a good writer of songs. During his service tenure, once he visited Bombay casually and then stayed back here only, leaving the lucrative steady job, to enter the film industry as a lyricist.
His first film was ‘Lanka Dahan’-52, in which he wrote all 8 songs. Due to his easy and meaningful Lyrics he started getting film after film. After about 7 more films – Hanuman janma-54, Harihar Bhakti-56, Astik-56, Shyam ki Jogan-57, Naya kadam-58, Gauri Shankar-58 and Ye kadam nahi rukenge-68, he turned to Film direction and succeeded in this too.
Some of the films he directed were, Aastik-56, Naya kadam-58, and Shyam ki Jogan-57. He also did a small role in the film Kailashpati-62.
Having won laurels here he became a Producer and that proved to be his nemesis. He lost everything he had earned. Family life became miserable and all friends deserted him. Finally he separated from his family and went back to Jaipur. There he got two Rajasthani films for direction. Then he got some serials and video films. Some of his serials on TV were ‘ Samay ki Dhara’ and ‘Teesmar khan’,which were popular.
He became an alcohol addict and closeted himself in a small room, where he ended his own life on 10-5-2007.
There were 2 Music Directors – Pt. Shivram krishna and Narayan Dutt. Both were talented but did not get the support of Luck, which is required (along with talent, of course), to succeed in the film industry. Today’s song is composed by Shivram krishna.
Pt. Shivram Krishna was born at Jodhpur on March 22, 1927. He started learning music at the age of 8 under the tutelage of his father Master Tulsidas, who worked with Marwar Record Company, Jodhpur from 1934 onwards. He was later employed in the court of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, Umed Singh as a singer/musician. It was the name and fame of Khemchand Prakash that inspired him to try his luck in films. At the age of 16, he went to Lahore where he worked under Pandit Amarnath and Master Ghulam Haider for around three years, only to return to Jodhpur at the time of partition. From the year 1948 till 1950 he worked as a music director with His Masters Voice in Lucknow, and then made his way to Mumbai in 1951.
At Mumbai, Pt. Shivram was given his first break by V. Shantaram, who signed him for two of his films – Teen Batti Char Raasta (1953) and Surang (1953). The music of both the films was appreciated and the films became silver jubilee hits. Besides these, V. Shantaram gave him two more films in 1960 – ‘Phool Aur Kaliyan’ and ‘Kaale Gore’, the first winning the National Award for Best Children film, while the second remained unreleased. He used the voices of V. Shantaram’s daughters Charusheela and Madhura in children’s films.
Following the success of his initial films, Pt. Shivram caught the attention of Dhirubhai Desai and Nakhshab Jarchavi, who signed him for their next films, Oonchi Haveli (1955) and Raftaar (1955) respectively. The songs of these two films were also quite successful. Then came Sati Ansuya (1956), another film by Dhirubhai Desai that started the trend and literally sealed his fate as a composer of mythological films. Barring Naya Kadam (1958), a social drama, and Rangeela Raja (1960), a stunt film, and the two children films by V. Shantaram, all the films he got after Sati Ansuya were religious/ mythological films. In all, out of the 23 films he composed for, as many as 14 were religious/ mythological films.
Despite composing some good songs for these films, the success he got with his initial films could not be repeated given the limited popularity of such films and similarity in the genre of songs. Barring a few songs from Shravan Kuman (1960), Kan Kan Mein Bhagwan (1963) and Sati Naari (1965), most of the songs are all but forgotten. For ‘Tum Nacho Ras Barse’ by Mahendra Kapoor in Sati Naari, Pt. Shivram won the Swami Haridas Award in 1966.
The last two Hindi films of Pt. Shivram were Sampoorna Teerth Yatra (1970) and Mahapavan Teerth Yatra (1975), both of which have the unique distinction of featuring what could be the longest Hindi film songs, running 45 and 70 minutes respectively. Both these songs were about the various places of pilgrimage in India and were almost similar in tune and structure. Interestingly, he had also composed two more songs on similar lines in Durga Pooja (1962) and Kan Kan Mein Bhagwan (1963).
Pandit Shivram gave music for various regional languages such as Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Haryanvi, etc. He was the default composer for Rajasthani films all through the 1960s, starting with the first Rajasthani film Babasa Ri Ladli (1961). He also composed for several Marwari and classical music non-film albums. As a proficient Harmonium player, he teamed with tabla-nawaz Ustaad Nizamuddin Khan to produce a classical album. Pandit Shivram was as good a vocal artist as he was a harmonium player. He sang in films like Oonchi Haveli, Rangeela Raja, Sati Ansuya, Badrinath Yatra, etc.
The lyricists Pt. Shivram worked with, were more or less decided by the films he worked in. While he worked with the likes of Asad Bhopali, Shevan Rizvi, Pyare Lal Santoshi, Nakhshab Jarchavi, etc. in his non-mythological films, predominantly ‘Hindi’ writers like Bharat Vyas, Kavi Pradeep, Neeraj, Madan Bharti and Pt. Indra wrote for his mythological films. Pt. Indra and Bharat Vyas were his prime contributors for Rajasthani films.
Pandit Shivram died in February 1980 leaving behind a family of musicians. His daughter Jayshree Shivram is a singer. Two of his sons, Jugal Kishore and Tilak Raj jointly composed for a few Hindi films, debuting with Bheegi Palkein (1983). His third son, Naveen Shivram had started his musical career with giving music for the serial Apnapan in 1999 and went to compose for a few small time Hindi films and some Rajasthani film and non-film albums as well. Another son, Mukesh, was also a composer and is no more. ( Information on Shivram, based on urgetofly.com and my notes.).
The cast of the film was Balraj Sahni, Sulochana (Latkar), Lalita Pawar, Nazir Hussain, Daisy Irani, Master Bhagwan (The number of films he acted in , is one of the highest-474), Baby Naaz, Roopmala, Razia (elder sister of actress Suraiya Zulfi), Kamal Mehra and many many more.
Hundreds of actors came and went away. Some were famous for Stunt scenes,like Fearless Nadia,John Cavas, Master Bhagwan, Baburao Pehelwan, Master Vithal etc. Some were famous for their masculine Handsomeness, Like B.Nandrekar, Chandra Mohan, Prithviraj Kapoor, Dev Anand etc. Some were famous for their Dialogue delivery,like Sohrab Modi, Gajanan Jagirdar,Raaj Kumar etc. Few actors were known as Lucky actors ,like Karan Dewan, Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar etc, but when the question of natural acting came, only few names are remembered, like Motilal, Ashok Kumar, Omprakash and BALRAJ SAHNI.
In the early days of movies, when not many educated people came into films, Balraj-a double MA in English and Hindi joined the films. In the conventional way he was not a handsome person, but his superior acting prowess compensated for that. In an industry which is a ‘show business’, he was never counted amongst the Top grade stars, though critics and learned viewers always found him excellent. You can never imagine a Raj Kapoor or a Dev Anand in a film like Seema or Kabuliwala, nor can a Dilip Kumar fit into ‘Do Bigha Zameen’. For such roles Balraj was matchless. After the film Do Bigha Zameen, he and Nirupa Roy became India’s most loved, poor and uneducated, good natured and simple couple for many subsequent films.
Due to this, Balraj never got any romantic or Glamorous roles. However, to earn his daily bread, he compromised and worked in several B grade movies, like Black Cat-59, opposite a Non actress Minu Mumtaz ! Film Naya Kadam was a social film stressing the need to teach the children the right things, from childhood. Excessive pampering not only spoils the child but also makes the parents repent when it is too late. In this film,Balraj was paired with Lalita Pawar. The film was directed by S P Kalla, who also wrote a few songs in the film.
The story of the film was……
This is the story of a mother and her son. The story of a mother who in blind wave of affection, completely blighted the life of her son and wrecked the peace and happiness of her home. . Kishen ( Balraj Sahni) an ordinary clerk but an upright god fearing man, was in constant disagreement with his wife Radha ( Lalita Pawar)over the way in which she was bringing up their children Raju and Leela.
He always asserted that the home was the first school of the children and the education that the children received there would shape their destiny. But Radha thought otherwise. She had some very definite views on the subject herself. She believed in indulging and pampering her children. Kishen warned her of the consequences, but Radha paid no heed to his words and when she found her wishes being thwarted,she started persecuting her aged in-laws Shambhu( Nazir Hussain) and Parvati (Sulochana) .
This state of affairs made Kishen very unhappy. desperately he sought ways and means of augmenting his meagre income and thereby restoring the former peace and felicity to his home and health. And one night in a fit of desperation he left his home in search of a more lucrative job, which he found at Bahrain for a contracted period of ten years.
The influx of money brought Radha into her elements. Her blind love for her son Raju alienated everybody else from her favour. Raju had become the centre of her world. His wishes were laws. Little did she realise then the cause she had so fiercely to her breast would one day, in a blind impulse sweep aside everything; near and dear to her That one day life would hand her such a heavy bill of fare which her meagre resources would be hard put to meet. That the house of cards which she was building would come down one day, bringing ruin and destruction around her.
Protected by his mothers indulgences Raju became a confirmed liar, cheat and a thief, and over the period of ten years that his father sweated blood at Bahrain, his education was completed. Raju had become the very epitome of vice. Too late Radha realised the enormity of her acts, but by then the water had passed over her head. Raju had crossed the rubicon.
After ten years of blood sweating and back breaking labour, Kishen returned home with his dreams of a happy home and grown up children who would relieve his ageing shoulders of the burden they had long carried. But that was not to be, what he saw around him were the ruins of his hopes and dreams. But being a man he gathered the trouble in an attempt to rebuild the edifice that his hands had one day fashioned. .
He threw Raju out of his house. When he was arrested by Police,he refused to stand a bail for Raju. Raju as well as his mother now realise what has happened due to pampering. Raju was sentenced to 3 months in jail. Kishen went to prison to meet his son. Raju wept and promised to mend his ways. Kishen told him to start a new life and that he will help him in his efforts. Raju learnt technical skills in the jail and after he came out he started his own small business.
After a few years, Raju improved his business. Now his parents were also happy. The Naya kadam that Kishen took for Raju proved to be the right one.
Today’s song is a rare song, which I got from the noble hearted Zafar Bhai, the well known collector, who always responds promptly and helps me when needed. Thank you, sir ji. The song is sung by actor singer Shailesh Mukherjee. The style of this song reminds us of Kishore Kumar, but it is positively sung by Shailesh only. Enjoy….
Song-De ke daam le le maatee ka khilaunaa (Naya Kadam)(1958) Singer-Sailesh Mukherjee, Lyricist-Shailendra, MD-Shivramkrishna
Lyrics
o o o
chunva aa
munva aa
amla kamla
bimla babloo
tinku minku aao
aake dekh jaao tamaasha ye mazedaar
kaisa khel khele maatee ka khilauna
kaisa khel khele
kaisa khel khele maatee ka khilauna
kaisa khel khele
haaychaltee phirtee dukaan hai ye duniya
haay chaltee phirtee dukaan hai ye duniya
de ke daam le le maatee ka khilauna
kaisa khel khele
naam abdullah ye zaat ke hain bhishtee
poore saathh saal chalee zindagee kee kishtee
kamar jhukee baal pakey par hai vahee mastee
kamar jhukee baal pakey par hai vahee mastee
de ke daam le le maatee ka khilauna
kaisa khel khele
hain naam ke bhagwaan
dil mein hai chhupa chor
khud jaan ke uljhaayee hai
jin mein dikhee dor (?)
pehle naheen thhe aise
jab gaanv se aaye thhe
inko bhee zindagee ne
kuchh khwaab dikhaaye thhe
ek bangla ho ek motor ho
taqdeer meharbaan hum par ho
ik dil ik dil se takkar ho
apna bhee kisee se chakkar ho
phir taaj mein khaana aksar ho
aur gaana bajaana aksar ho
jiya(/) hai agar khwaab to ye khwaab bhee jhoothha hai
mehnat ka magar yaaron
ye phal hee anoothha hai
haathon se ugaaya hai
mehnat se utaara hai
parwaah naheen hum ko
kadwa hai ya meethha hai
de ke daam lele maatee ka khilauna
kaisa khele khele
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