Laagale hindolwa amwaa ke daar
Posted by: Atul on: March 6, 2026
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‘Kanyadaan’ (1965), the first Maithili film was produced by S H Munshi and was directed by Phani Majumdar. The star cast included Gopal and Lata Sinha in the lead roles, supported by Mahua, Tarun Bose, Chand Usmani, Kanu Roy, Asit Sen, Dulari, Padma Khanna, Arati, Tuntun etc. Nabendu Ghosh wrote the screenplay and noted Hindi writer Phanishwar Nath Renu wrote the dialogue.
The film’s producer, S H Munshi who was from Jahanabad (Bihar) has produced ‘Kaafila’ (1952), ‘Sohag Sindoor’ (1953), ‘Baap Beti’ (1954) and ‘Toofaan Mein Pyaar Kahaan’ (1966). He died during the making of his film, ‘Dagdar Babu’ (started sometime in 1970s and shelved in 1980s) directed by Nabendu Ghosh with Dharmendra, Jaya Bhaduri and Utpal Dutt among others when film was about 80 percent complete. The film was based on Phanishwar Nath Renu’s novel, ‘Maila Aanchal’.
I came to know about the film’s lead actor, Gopal, in an article written in Maithili language which appeared on ‘Mithimedia’ dated May 24, 2024. Gopal, who now stays in Malad has given an interview as to how he got connected to Bhojpuri, Magahi and Maithili films while his intention was to become a hero in Hindi films. In the events, he became the lead actor in Magahi film, ‘Bhaiyya’ (1961), in Bhojpuri film, ‘Naihar Chhutal Jaaye’ (1964) and in Maithili film, ‘Kanyadaan’ (1965). But Hindi films eluded him in his entire filmy career as his first Hindi film, ‘Maila Aanchal’ in which he was to act in a lead role got shelved. After many years, the film was revived under the new title, ‘Dagdar Babu’ (1980, shelved) with Dharmendra and Jaya Bhaduri which also got shelved.
Ebrahim Alkazi, a well-known theatre director and one of the most revered drama teacher while watching Patna University’s Inter-college drama competition was impressed with the acting of Gopal and had suggested him to shift to Mumbai. So, in early 1960, he came to Mumbai and met producer, S H Munshi, a fellow Bihari who gave him the job of Accountant in his production office. During this period, he came into contact with director, Phani Majumdar who took him as his assistant. At that time, Producer S H Munshi decided to produce under his banner, Nalanda Productions, the first Magahi film, ‘Bhaiyya’ (1961) under the direction of Phani Majumdar. Gopal was taken as a lead actor along with Tarun Bose. Next, he got to get a prominent role in Bhojpuri film, ‘Naihar Chhutal Jaay’ (1964). Once again producer, S H Munshi decided to produce the first Maithili film, ‘Kanyadaan’ (1965) with Gopal as a lead actor with Lata Sinha. With these three films, Gopal hesitated to accept small roles in Hindi films. As a result, he did not act in any Hindi films throughout his filmy career.
Coming back to the film under discussion, ‘Kanyadaan’ (1965) is based on Harimohan Jha’s novella of the same name which was written in 1930 in a series of articles which appeared in a Maithili magazine. Later, it was published as a novella in Maithili and Hindi languages in 1933. An English version of the novella was published as ‘The Bride’ in 2023. The story depicted the Mithila society in the colonial period specially with particular reference to the wedding system in which the child/teenage bride and grooms got married without meeting each other until on the marriage day. In the novella, 13-year-old Maithili girl is selected during the matchmaking for an urban boy educated in Hindi and English who is fond of reading English books and watching Hindi films. He is tricked into marrying the girl. After the marriage, the boy who was dreaming about getting married to an educated girl who could speak Hindi and English and having some hobbies like playing tennis and music, finds his wife illiterate. What is more disappointing for him is that she is not as glamourous as Hindi film star, Devika Rani. So, after the marriage, the boy runs away and the bride is heartbroken. In the end, both the girl and the boy are reformed, the girl gets self-educated and the boy decides to lead a movement against child marriages, propagation of girls’ education etc.
I have recently watched the film on a video sharing platform and to me it appears to be either incomplete or the scenes of the film are disjointed in VCD. In some parts, the audio quality is bad. Even though the film is predominantly in Maithili dialect, the film’s lead actor delivers his dialogues in Hindi because he has studied in Banaras and he is not well-versed with Maithili despite belonging to the Mithila region. The film’s story tells about of an ill-matched marriage between an English-educated graduate man, C.C. Mishra (Gopal) and an uneducated village girl Buchia (Lata Sinha). The gist of the story of the film is as under:
The film begins with a typical Maithili household in which Revati Raman (Tarun Ghosh) and his educated wife (Chand Usmani) stays with his parents. Because of her higher intellects, the relation between daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law becomes a source of constant minor frictions. Revati Raman has a 13-year sister, Buchia (Lata Sinha) for whom the process of searching for a suitable groom has started in a marriage market (Sabhagachhi). Buchia is matched with the groom, C C Mishra (Gopal), an English educated graduate from Banaras. Revati Raman is elated without knowing that Mishra is completely alienated from his cultural and social norms of Mithila region. Mishra expects his bride to be well educated, has interest in sports, music and poetry and glamourous. Hence he requests Buchia’s father to allow him to meet his bride for few minutes before marriage, But the request is politely turned down as this is not the custom.
The marriage takes place in bride’s village. On the marriage night, while Buchia’s face is still covered, Mishra enquires about her education, interest in sports, music, poetry etc. She answers negatively. Finally, when he sees her face, he finds her unglamourous. On the marriage night itself, Mishra quietly runs away to Banaras leaving Buchia in distress. It is about one year since they got married but Mishra has not yet taken Buchia to Banaras. All efforts by Revati Raman and his father turn futile when they meet Mishra in Banaras who blames them for tricking him into an ill-matched marriage. Buchia tries to commit suicide by drowning in the river but her sister-in-law (Chand Usmani) saves her. On return from Banaras, Revati Raman decides to train Buchia in Hindi, English, music and dance and playing tennis which is resented by his conservative mother. But with the support of his wife, Revati Raman gets Buchia fully trained by taking her to Banaras as in a village set-up these things will be frowned upon.
In Banaras, Mishra has fallen in love with a daughter of a lawyer (Kanu Roy) for whom he works. He finds her well educated and has interest in sports and literature. But within this modernity, she also sings devotional songs in the evening which is a surprise for him. When Mishra indirectly proposes her through a poem, she rejects and tells him that he is a married man and he should go back to his wife.
As I have mentioned earlier, the VCD of the film ends abruptly giving an impression of an incomplete film. If I go with the assumption that the film was adapted true to the novella, the film may have ended with Mishra heading a movement in the village against child marriages and propagates education of girls, gender equality, abolition of dowry system etc. Buchia gets educated and trained in music, sports etc.
As was in the novella, the film also takes a middle view between traditions and modernity and the lawyer’s daughter in the film present a balancing perspective.
In the VCD of the film, I counted six songs, two of which were in Hindi. There is a possibility that the full film might have a couple of more songs. The songs were written by Vindhyavasini Devi and Gohar Kanpuri which were set to music by Vindhyavasini Devi and Dulal Sen. However, individual accreditation of lyrics as well as the music director is not available. My own guess is that the folk Maithili songs in the film were written by Vindhyavasini Devi while two Hindi songs in the film were written by Gohar Kanpuri and set to music by Dulal Sen. I am not sure as to who was the music director for the song under discussion. It is not known whether the film’s songs were released on gramophone records.
I present the first song from the film, a Maithili song, ‘laagele hindolavaa amawaa ke daar’ to appear on the Blog, written by Vindhyavasini Devi. The song is rendered by Usha Mangeshkar and Kamal Barot who sing for Lata Sinha and an unidentified actress, respectively. It is a ‘jhoola’ song of rainy season. There is not much of a context in the story except that the while, 13-yaer Buchia’s (Lata Sinha) marriage is on the finalisation stage, she is enjoying her childhood with a friend unmindful of what is in the store for her after her marriage.
Video Clip:
Song-Laagale hindolwa amava ke daar (Kanyadan)(Maithili)(1965) Singers-Usha Mangeshkar, Kamal Barot, Lyricist-Vindhyawasini Devi, MD-Vindhyawasini Devi
Both
Lyrics:
laagale hindolava amawaa ke daar
barse badraa
laagale hindolava amawaa ke daar
barse badraa
laage barsaave sakhee ras ke phuhaar
kaare kaare badra
laagale hindolava amawaa ke daar
barse badraa
gagan garje jham ke barse
bih se rasik bayaar badraa
gagan garje jham ki barse
bih se rasik bayaar badraa
chapala chamke megh gaave malhaar
barse badra
chapala chamke megh gaave malhaar
barse badra
laage barsaawe sakhee ras ke puhaar
kaare kaare badraa
laagale hindolavaa amawaa ke daar
barse badraa
chamke chaplaa chhamke kaundhe
jahan jo atik singaar badra
chamke chaplaa chhamke kaundhe
jahan jo atik singaar badra
utaral pawan karath so bahaar
barse badraa
utaral pawan karath so bahaar
barse badraa
laage barsaawe sakhee ras ke puhaar
kaare kaare badraa
laagale hindolava amawaa ke daar
barse badraa
boond jhahare praan hahare
karay rasik prahaar badraa
boond jhahare praan hahare
karay rasik prahaar badraa
jhahari jhahari khase motin ke haar
harse badraa
jhahari jhahari khase motin ke haar
harse badra
laage barsaave sakhee ras ke puhaar
kaare kaare badraa
laagale hindolava amawa ke daar
barse badraa
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