Hans le gaa le mauj udaa le
Posted on: March 11, 2026
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Today’s song is from a social film Nirmal-1952.
The film was produced by R.L.Dembaka and B.C.Pandit. The director was S.Upendra and the music was by Bulo C. Rani. This obscure film had the cast of Purnima, Amarnath, Mirza Musharraf, Shyam Kumar, Cuckoo and others. The 8 songs of this film were all written by Moti, B.A.
Due to the attraction of the film world, many ambitious people came to Bombay and worked here. Not all succeeded, not all became famous and not all got desired work. But when they failed, most artists continued with whatever they were getting. Some of them left the film world and tried some other vocations. However, there are cases where they came, succeeded but did not continue and n went back to their earlier professions. Classical singers and instrument players are a major group who tasted the film world but left it to pursue their first love. Even some actors, though successful, left films and either settled in life or achieved success in other preferred professions.
Some examples are Classical singers like Ram Marathe, Manik Verma, Heerabai Badodekar, D.V.Paluskar, Firoz Dastur etc. who went back to singing. Pt. Ravishankar, Alla Rakha, Pannalal Ghosh, Bismilla Khan etc. went back to their Instrument playing. Many writers, poets, dramatists and other experts also did so.
The Lyricist of this film- Moti B.A. also did this. While in the prime of his career, he left it and went back to his earlier profession of choice – Teaching.
All the songs of film Nirmal-52 were written by Moti, BA. Film Nirmal-52 was a special film for Lyricist Moti B.A., because this was his last film as a Lyricist. Motilal Upadhyaya aka Moti B.A. was born on 1-8-1919 at Devariya,UP. He did his BA in 1938 and MA in 1941, in addition to B.T. and Sahitya Ratna from Banaras University. He was scouted by Ravindra Dave and Sardar Ranjit singh-emissaries of Dalsukh Pancholi,Lahore. At that time he was working as a Journalist. He went to Lahore and stayed there for 2 years, enjoying the company of writers, poets and major stars. He wrote songs for films like ‘Kaise kahoon’-45.
He came to Bombay and started writing songs for films like Subhadra, Bhakta Dhruv, Ek Kadam, Amar Asha etc. He was much in demand, but after Nirmal-52 he decided to go back to his hometown and teach. He taught Logic, English literature and History from 1952 to 1980. He wrote 4 books and won several awards. He died on 18-1-2009 at Devariya.
Some of his films were Saajan, Nirmal, Nadiya ke paar, Sindoor, Rimjhim, Raam Baan, Ram Vivah, Veer Ghatotkach, Rajpoot etc. He wrote 59 songs for only 18 films.
Moti B.A. is one of the very few who left the film world to pursue what he loved-teaching. I can remember another example- Sr. Shashi Kapoor left a lucrative career as a child artiste to pursue his studies in Mathematics. He became a Maths Professor in an American University teaching his favourite subject of Maths.
There is an enigma about lyricist Moti, that though he had done MA, why was he known only as Moti BA ?
One of the songs in this film-a duet- is sung by Geeta Roy and Shyam Kumar. Not much is known about this actor cum playback singer. He was always confused with the more popular Hero Shyam, who was credited for some of his songs also, though Shyam never sang in his career.
Playback singer SHYAM KUMAR (real name Syed Hamid Gul) was born in 1913,in a pathan’s family settled in Poona. Due to his handsome and muscular physique, Master Bhagwan featured him in ‘Sukhi Jivan’-1942,as a Hero. He started singing from the film Namaste-1943. While Shyam kumar acted in 144 films( and 3 unreleased films),he sang 32 songs in the following 18 films-
Namaste,Sanjog,Kanoon,Pehle Aap,Rattan,Sanyasi,Sagar Tarang, Chhamiya, Dillagi,lachak, Bhagwan Shri krishna, Mamta,Nirmal,Chacha Chaudhari, Aan,Gujara, Vijaygarh and Tilasmi Duniya.
Though he was an actor, it is sad for him that none of his songs were ever filmed on him in any film.He always sang for other actors. He sang for actor Shyam in Dillagi,though he too was in the film.
He debuted as a Hero in Bhagwan’s film ‘ Sukhi Jeevan-42’, for which C Ramchandra gave music as MD for the first time for a Hindi film. Besides this film he was Hero in Vijay Garh-54, Rashtraveer Shivaji-62, Jungle Boy-63, Krishnavatar-63 and Char Chakram-65.
He stopped singing from 1962 due to Throat problem,but continued to act in films, till Dus Numbri-1976. After his wife’s death he lived alone and died of Throat Cancer on 22-4-1981.
The story of the film Nirmal-1952, as taken from The Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema is this….
Nirmal (Amarnath) is an honest young man who loves Purnima (Purnima) and gets married to her. He is sent to Calcutta by his office. He goes alone, leaving wife to look after his ailing father. After a few months, when father is very ill, Nirmal leaves for home. Grabbing this opportunity, Champaklal (Shyam Kumar), a colleague in his office, does a fraud and the blame comes to Nirmal. Police arrest Nirmal the day his father dies. The story details how the courageous Purnima goes to Calcutta and proves Nirmal innocent, with the help of some friends.
The area I stay in Mumbai is Versova, which is full of film people. The current crop of film actors and others live in Lokhandwala Complex nearby, whereas Versova is an abode for the old timers. Areas like Seven Bungalows, Four Bungalows, Machhlimaar, Yari Road were the favourite locations for yesteryear artistes, after their retirement. Once upon a time Film stars used to live on Pali Hill, Bandra, Dadar, Pedder Road, Fort, Colaba etc. As the rates of flats skyrocketed, their Bungalows gave way to Housing societies and the crowd started moving towards western suburbs like Andheri, Santacruz, Parle, Goregaon, Borivali, Malad etc.
Juhu and Lokhandwala are still Hot spots for the elite stars, but the other artists preferred developing locations like Versova etc. When I first came to live in the seven bungalows area, I never knew that old-time comedian Bhudo Advani lived in the same society. At that time I was not into writing about old films. In a year’s time, Bhudo Advani died here. As is Bombay’s custom, I went to see their family, along with other neighbours. Rajkumari-the singer also stayed in this area, and also Mukri. But I came to know all this rather too late.
When I first interviewed Ramesh ji, Bhudo Advani’s son, he told me that their family friend Mirza Musharraf’s daughter also stayed nearby. I took her address and reached her house. Her husband did not allow me to meet her, as they were Muslims. When I explained what I wanted, he expected some money. I told him that this is my hobby and I do not do this for money, he was very skeptical. However after my persistent visits to him, he relented.
Her husband, Mr. Khan,a production manager of Feroze Khan, later gave me some information on Mirza Musharraf Agha.
The name of MIRZA MUSHARRAF may not ring any bells in the newer generation, as he was a comedian in the 1930s and 1940s-till the late 1960s.
During the 1930s and 1940s there were quite a few real comedians, who regaled audiences with their humour. Comedians like V.H.Desai, Ghory and Dikshit (the jodi like Laurel and Hardy), Mirza Musharraf, Bhudo Advani, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Yakub (he had travelled to 15 countries including UK and USA,before joining films) and Gope, Fatty Prasad and Durga Mota were much in demand for comic roles in films. With time, one by one, then all went into oblivion, giving way to newer sets of comedians like Bhagwan, Sunder, Radhakishen, Mukri, I.S.Johar, Majnu,etc.
Artists fading away is a natural phenomena, but out of the above comedians, as per one story, the end of Durga Mota was very pathetic and touching. Durga Mota or Durga Prasad was very fat and this fatness which fetched him name and fame in the industry also became the cause of his death. In 1947, there were riots everywhere. Durga was in Lahore. He wanted to come back to India like thousands of others. He came to Lahore station and boarded the train. Just then a frenzied mob came to the station and started killing the passengers. People ran helter skelter and saved themselves, but due to his fatness Durga Mota could not run and he was slaughtered on the station of Lahore itself.
Mirza Musharraf Hussain was born in a sophisticated educated family. He was very fond of writing Lyrics. He came to Bombay to write film songs and was employed by General films. Those days educated persons were eagerly employed by film studios. First he worked in small roles in Qazak ki Ladki-37, Prem Yatra-37 etc. He first wrote Lyrics for A.R.Kardar’s film “Baghbaan”-1938.
During shootings Kardar required an artist and Mirza was called up to fill up the slot,as per the studio norms. Mirza had no dialogues, but he exhibited excellent use of facial expressions and comic timing. This actually killed his dream of becoming a lyrics writer, because after that he was made a comedian and he got several films. As a comedian, Mirza worked from 1937 to 1979, working in over 120 films. His last film was Aulia-e-Islam-1979. He also directed a film called Dolti Naiya-1950. He sang in 4 films-Gharib ka lal-39, Piya Milan-45, Paak Daman-57 and Capt. Kishore-57. Of course in most songs he got only a few lines to sing.
When he was at the peak of his career, a happy producer gave him a Bungalow at Versova free to him for living. Though Versova was then quite far off and sparsely populated, Mirza lived there like a king. The marriages of both of his daughters took place there.
Mr.Sanjeet Narwekar-the famous Film historian/journalist writes in his book, The story of Hindi Film comedy, about Mirza ” His specialty was interspersing his Hindi dialogues with English words-quite a curiosity in the pre-independence days. He was almost a permanent with V.M.Vyas and played cameo roles in a fairly long career.” According to Saadat Hasan Manto in his book, stars of another sky -whichever film he acted he used to be the darling of the Heroes. He was particularly liked by Kardar, K.Asif and Rafiq Ghaznavi.
He died somewhere in the early 80s.
Here is a song from the film Nirmal-1952, sung by Shamshad begum. Enjoy….
Song- Hans le gaa le mauj udaa le (Nirmal)(1952) Singer- Shamshad Begum, Lyricist- Moti B.A., MD- Bulo C. Rani
Lyrics
haay
Hans le gaa le mauj udaa le ae ae
hans le gaa le mauj udaa le
ho o o
naheen pachhtaana padega
hoy
Hans le gaa le mauj udaa le
ho o o
naheen pachhtaana padega
duniya kaisee pyaaree pyaaree
aangan kiskee nyaaree nyaaree
jee bhar loot maze deewaane
pyaare maano baat hamaaree
ajee maano ye baat hamaaree
sab kuchh chhodee
?? ik din
ho o
chale jaana hee padega
hans le gaa le mauj udaa le ae ae
chanchal naina chhail chhhabeelee
dekho kalee kalee chatkeelee
sab ke dil par jaadoo kartee
bach ke rehna
chanchal naina chhail chhhabeelee
dekho kalee kalee chatkeelee
sab ke dil par jaadoo kartee
meree soorat bholee bhaalee
ajee soorat ye bholee bhaalee
bhole bhaale ?? tumko
ho o o
nain milaana padega
hans le gaa le mauj udaa le ae ae
koi khoye koi paaye
koi roye koi gaaye
moorakh hai wo
jo duniya ko
apne dil kee fariyaad sunaaye
sunaaye
mere dil ke galee mein iik din
ho o o
sab ko aana padega
hans le gaa le mauj udaa le
ho o o
naheen pachhtaana padega
hans le gaa le mauj udaa le ae
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