Utar aayee akhaade mein tere sapnon kee raanee
Posted on: February 6, 2026
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Today’s song is a complete turn around for my style of writing on old films and music. It is like something “out of syllabus” for me ! Today’s song is from the film Chameli ki shaadi-1986. Usually, I restrict my choices between 30s to the 60s films. But there are some films made after 1970 ( and even some after 2000) which I liked very much. Chameli ki shaadi-1986 is one such film.
Actually I saw my last Hindi film in a theatre somewhere in the year 1975-76. After that I have not visited any Theatre. I have not seen any Multiplex from inside anytime. It does not mean that I stopped seeing films. In the 80s and 90s I saw films on my VCR and later on, on Television. As my age advanced, my patience receded and it was impossible for me to sit before a TV set for 4 hours to watch a movie of 2 1/2 hours and advertisements of 1 1/2 hours. In any case after the year 2000 the kind of films made were certainly not to my taste and I stopped seeing films completely, with some exceptions.
I like and love films made before 1970, but as I always say, “Not all that is made after 1970 is bad , as much as, not all that is made before 1970 is good either ! “. There were few very good and entertaining movies in the last 50 years too. Films like Deewar, Sholey, Satte pe satta, Trishul,Baadbaan, Anand, Khoobsurat, Chitchor, chupke chupke, Rajnigandha and many more ( surprisingly this list will be quite long ! ) were the films which I saw repeatedly and liked them immensely. Almost all films made by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee and Basu Bhattacharya were my first choices. The most recent films I enjoyed seeing repeatedly were Malamal weekly, Pasand apni apni, Hangama and Hera Pheri part 1 and 2 both. Chameli ki shaadi was one such movie which I liked very much and I see it again and again whenever I come across it on TV.
The first comedy film, after the Talkie films started, was made almost immediately. It was made by Ranjit Movietone and the film was “Bhutia Mahal”-1932. We do not know about its plot or any other information , other than what is given in the HFGK. Subsequently many comedy films came. The first ever comedy film which I remember having seen was ” Ek thi Ladki”-1949. I really enjoyed that film. Later on I have seen it several times. Being fond of comedy films, I never missed them. In the 50’s there were several films like Bhagam Bhag, New Delhi, Hum sab chor hain etc etc. During the VCR times, I saw many comedy films-some new, some repeat times. Though I had stopped visiting Cinema halls since the 80’s, most newer comedy films were watched either on VCR or the TV. Film Chameli ki shaadi-1986 is one of the Top Ten comedy films I ever saw.
This Prakash Mehra production film was produced by Ramesh Ningoo and Susheel Gaur and was directed by Basu Chatterjee. Lyrics were by Prakash Mehra and Anjaan. Music Directors were kalyanji- Anandji. The cast was Anil kapoor, Amrita Singh,Om Prakash, Amjad khan,Komal,Pankaj Kapoor, Bharti Achrekar, Anu kapoor, Tabassum etc etc. The film was censored on 22-1-86 and was released on 21-2-86. Chameli ki shaadi aka Chameli’s marriage was an out and out comedy film. Handled skillfully by a Master craftsman like Basu Chatterjee, no wonder it became a Hit and a very successful film commercially.
Let us first take a look at the story of the film Chameli ki Shaadi-1986…..
Charandas is a fledgling wrestler who lives with brother Bhajandas. According to Bhajandas, Charandas should marry and start a family of his own. But Charan is hell bent on becoming a wrestler and is even ready to remain a bachelor until 40 as per the norms of Mastram. However, one day, Charan’s thoughts are challenged when he sees Chameli at Kallumal’s coal depot. He realizes that to marry her, he may have to leave Mastram’s Akhara.
Charan does so and seeks help from Advocate Harish, a close friend of his brother. Harish appreciates Charan’s love and is ready to help him. Charan dares to confess his love to Chameli. On other hand, Anita, Chameli’s best friend is also convinced of Chameli’s true love. The lover duo start meeting secretly. One day, however, the love affair is exposed when a relative of Chameli spots the duo in a restaurant.
The respective families soon take up cudgels against their wards and make it clear that they won’t allow inter-caste marriage. Chameli is kept under house arrest and her parents decide to have her marry one of their acquaintances. Charan learns of this development. Mastram is surprisingly supportive of Charan’s love. He explains that just as bachelorhood is a challenge for would-be wrestlers, a lover should not back out from the challenge posed by the world.
Mastram, along with Charan’s friends, backs the lovers to overcome the obstacles. Here, Champa calls in the help of her rogue brother Chhadam Lal aka Chhadmi against Charan. With the help of Harish and all his friends, Charan chalks out a plan to rescue Chameli from her house. As per the plan, Charan abducts Chameli from her own house, while Harish sees to it that the duo legally get married. Charan and Chameli are initially frightened, but Harish convinces them by telling them that as long as people do not dare to marry outside the caste like them, Indians will never be truly united.
Meanwhile, on learning that Chameli is missing, her parents lodge a complaint against Charan. They proceed to the place where Charan and Chameli are going to get married. Meanwhile, Bhajandas also comes with his men to disrupt the marriage. Both the parties have arrived late, as Charandas and Chameli are legally husband and wife now. They vent their ire on Harish, who according to them is responsible for corrupting the duo. Harish takes Kallumal aside and explains that if the marriage is permitted by him, he will garner votes of both the castes in the election because his son in law is the leader of all the young people and also has support from the akhadas.
Convinced by the argument of Harish, Kallumal relents because of being enticed by the illusion of winning the local election. Similarly, Harish tells Bhajandas that an influential Kallumal is sure to win the elections. If Bhajandas accepts the marriage, he will get special perks for his coal business thanks to Kallumal. Besides, he will get coal and cement at a subsidized rate from Kallumal. Bhajandas becomes greedy and relents. In the end, Chameli and Charandas are united with the blessing from both the parties.
Anil Kapoor is not my favourite actor, nor is Amrita Singh. The director Basu Chatterjee, of course, was my favourite. One of the other actors of this film-Amjad khan’s image was etched as Gabbar Singh in my mind. However, in this film he proved his versatility in doing a comic role too. Annu kapoor, Pankaj Kapoor and Bharati Achrekar are known experts and they too chipped in their comedy parts.
Anil Kapoor actually started his career by acting in different languages. His first film was Hamare Tumhare-1979, his other film was a Telugu film-‘ Vansh vriksham’-1980 and a Kannada film ‘ Pallavi Anupallavi’-1983. His career took a positive turn with the film ‘ Mashal ‘-1984. I have seen his films, Mr. India-87, Tezab-88, Ram lakhan-89, Bibi No.1-99 and Nayak-2000. Not many actually, considering his large number of films in Hindi.
As far as Amrita Singh is considered, honestly, I always considered her with masculine features and her marriage with 12 years younger Saif Ali Khan and her conversion was keeping her low in my eyes. I have seen only one of her films and that was Chameli ki Shaadi-1986. She has done a superb job in it. Hats off to Basu Chatterjee, who used all her typical girlish characteristics.
My most favourite scene is when Anil, Amrita and Komal go to a big Hotel for a date. I have seen this video so many times, that I have learnt that YouTube has decided to ban me from seeing it anymore ! Now that the name of Komal has come up here, how many of us know anything about this lovely looking dance expert who was also known as ” Rupini ” ? Here is some information about her which will surprise the readers, I am sure.
Komal Mahuvakar was born in Mumbai in a well educated family. Her father was a Lawyer and mother a famous Dietician, attached to big Hospitals like Leelavati, Breach Candy and Jaslok. While schooling, she learnt classical dancing. She was accidentally spotted by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and he met her parents. He offered Child roles to her in films like Mili-1975, Kotwal Saab-1977 and Khoobsurat-1980. She also worked in films like Des pardes-78 and Saanch ko aanch nahin-1979. She did her first film as a Heroine -Payal ki Jhankaar-1980.
After this she took a new name “RUPINI ” and went Southwards. We know many south indian actresses like Rekha, Hema Malini, Padmini, Shri Devi etc, who made a name in Hindi films. But we do not know much about Bombay girls going south and making a name for themselves. Komal Mahuvakar aka ‘ Rupini’ worked in 35 Tamil films, 10 Kannada films, 5 Malayalam films and 2 Telugu films. She also worked in 19 Hindi films upto 1989. Rest of the time, she was busy working in the South.
She left films in 1996. She married Mr. Raina, a successful Businessman, having a big Bungalow in Chembur, Mumbai. They have 1 daughter – Anisha. Komal and her husband have opened a big Heart Hospital in Chembur. She also started Dance classes for aspirants. Presently she is leading an active life in Mumbai.
The director Basu Chaterjee was one of my favourite directors. I saw almost all of his films. The offbeat themes and his treatment to the content of the story was superb.
Basu Chatterjee ( born 10 January 1930 at Ajmer. Died on 4-6-2020) was a film director and screenwriter. Through the 1970s and 1980s, he became associated with what came to be known as middle cinema or middle-of-the road cinema, with film makers like Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya, whom he assisted in Teesri Kasam (1966). Like them, his films also dealt with light-hearted stories of middle-class families often in urban settings, focussing on marital and love relationships, with exceptions like Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986) and Kamla Ki Maut (1989), which delved into social and moral issues. He is best known for his films Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Chitchor (1976), Rajnigandha (1974), Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Baton Baton Mein (1979) and Shaukeen (1982).
Chatterjee started his career as an illustrator and cartoonist with weekly tabloid, Blitz published in Bombay (now Mumbai) by Russi Karanjia. Here he worked for 18 years, before he changed career paths to filmmaking when he assisted Basu Bhattacharya in Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman starrer, Teesri Kasam (1966), which later won National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Eventually he made his directorial debut with Sara Akash in 1969, which won him Filmfare Best Screenplay Award.
When Basu Chatterji debuted with the much acclaimed Sara Akash, he not only announced the arrival of a new kind of cinema, rooted in the regular lives of ordinary people, he also etched 1969 as the year that marked the beginning of the Indian New Wave cinema. Together with Mani Kaul’s Uski Roti and Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome, Sara Akash took Indian films to the next level, taking a close look at the conflicts, aspirations, emotions and relationships of people who were next door, not larger than life.
Sara Akash based on first part of Rajendra Yadav’s debut novel Sara Akash (The Infinite Cosmos, 1951), explored the internal conflicts of a newly-wed couple in a traditional middle class joint family in Uttar Pradesh and how they grapple with the new challenges of domestic life they were not prepared for. The film was entirely shot on location giving it a greater feel of actual reality. Chatterji himself identified with the milieu as he had been brought up in Mathura. His own inspirations, especially Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves and the films of France and Sweden were reflected in his style of story-telling – to narrate as it happened, with no frills attached.
Some of his best films are Rajnigandha (1974), Baton Baton Mein, Chhoti si Baat, Shaukeen, Swami, Apne Paraye, Dillagi, Chitchor, Khatta Meetha and Ek Ruka Hua Faisla. He also directed Dev Anand in Man Pasand, Rajesh Khanna in Chakravyuh and Amitabh Bachchan in Manzil but these films did not do well. He has also directed many Bengali films like Hothat Brishti, Hochcheta Ki & Hothat Shei Din. He has directed 37 films in Hindi. He has even acted in one film Jalwa-1986. ( credited also).
He directed the TV Series Byomkesh Bakshi and the popular Rajani (TV series) for Doordarshan.
He was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival in 1977. Chatterjee is a member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television. He had his retrospective as part of Kala Ghoda Art Festival Mumbai in February 2011. He died on 4-6-2020 in Mumbai.
His daughter Rupali Guha is also a film director. Her first Hindi film “Aamras”, released in September 2009, is a coming of age film involving four schoolgirls. Rupali’s next, a Bengali film “Porichoi” with Prosenjit Chatterji, deals with estranged father-daughter relationship. She also produces TV serials under the Filmfarm banner. Her serials include Tumhari Disha, Rakhi Bhai Behen ka hai Pyaar, Dil se diya Vachan & Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se for ZEE TV, Kashi for NDTV Imagine & Uttaran for COLORS.
Let us now enjoy today’s video song, sung by Asha Bhosale….
Song- Utar aayee akhaade mein tere sapnon kee raanee (Chameli Ki Shaadi)(1986) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- Prakash Mehra, MD- Kalyanji AnandJi
Lyrics
are aa aa
utar aayee akhaade mein
tere sapnon kee raanee
utar aayee akhaade mein
tere sapnon kee raanee
arre dam hai to
arre dam hai to aa
kar le
pyaar mein pahalwaanee
utar aayee akhaade mein
tere sapnon kee raanee
ho o
panja ladaa ke na maaroon re tujhko
naina milaa ke main maaroon
rasiya re
naina milaa ke main maaroon
pyaar ka aisa daanv lagaaoon
dangal ka bhoot utaaroon sar se
dangal ka bhoot utaaroon
mil jaayegee
ho mil jaayegee
mittee mein
yahaan teree jawaanee
utar aayee akhaade mein
tere sapnon kee raanee
ae
aa naa
hahahahaha
ho o
pee ke yahaan bhang
aa sang mere
toofaan mein tu bhee utar jaa
rasiya re
toofaan mein tu bhee utar jaa
ye ishq sholon ka dariya hai to kya
aa doob ke paar kar ja
pyaare
aa doob ke paar kar ja
paar tujh ko
ho par tujh ko laga degee
teree prem deewaanee
utar aayee akhaade mein
tere sapnon kee raanee
o o sajna
o o sajna
maine yahaan sej phoolon kee sajna
tere liye hai sajaai
ho o
saare zamaane ko thokar lagaa ke
tujhse lagan hai lagaai
maine tujhse lagan hai lagaai
arre aa bhee ja
are aa bhi jaa meree baahon mein
chhod de aana kaanee
utar aayee akhaade mein
tere sapnon kee raanee
arre dam hai to aa
kar le
pyaar mein pahalwaanee
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February 6, 2026 at 6:34 pm
Guruji
This is your 3rd post for “Chameli Ki Shaadi”. And 3 songs from the film are present on the blog. That means 3/3 to you.
And I know ur love of this genre of films.
Also, I have seen both Baby Komal & Baby Khushboo in Hindi films & their adult roles in made in South films.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:57 pm
Peevesie’s Mom ji,
your observations are correct.
No wonder,a multilingual person like you has known the duel personality actresses.
Thanks for your comments.
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