Doriye kee odhnee main mal-mal dhoun ree
Posted on: March 26, 2026
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We in this blog tend to be nostalgic about the past. If by some miracle it becomes possible to do time travel and go into the past then most of us will eagerly grab the opportunity.
Let us see we board the time machine and go to 1947. We would find ourselves in a disturbed situation where India is about to gain independence but widespread violence is taking place every where. Let us imagine that we find safe haven in a library. In the library we browse film magazines. When we browse the magazines, we find names of movies and actors that ring no bells. Names of actors ring no bells.
No problem. Let us look at the names of singers in the magazines. We expect to find names of Lata Mangeshkar, Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey etc in the magazines, but we draw blank.
Instead of Kishore Kumar, we find the mention of Kishore Sahu as a leading film personality. Instead of Asha Bhonsle, we find Asha Posley. We think it must be a typo. But no, it is not.
We get disoriented. They we realise that alongwith Time machine, we also have time travel enabled mobile phones with us. Let us send a message back to future and consult our inhouse encylopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh why we are finding Asha Posley instead of Asha Bhosle being mentioned in 1947. A few minutes later, message is received back on our time travelling enabled mobile phone. The message is detailed as we expect and contains lots of information, and a good part of it has not yet happened in 1947, but will happen in future. Here is the message :
ASHA POSLEY – The actress with a misleading name !
There were many actresses with the name Asha. Like the most famous Asha Parekh, not so famous Asha Mathur or Asha Sachdev and in the early era, there was Ashalata ( wife of Anil Biswas), and Marathi actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar too did few Hindi films.
Have you heard of Asha Bhosle ? What a stupid question ! Of course you have heard her name, but she is a singer. OK, then, have you heard the name of ASHA POSLEY ?
No. I am not joking. There WAS an actress by this name ASHA POSLEY, in the 40s in India and in the period 50s to 80s in Pakistan. Her name has become immortal in the history of Pakistani Films, as the First Heroine of Pakistani film ” Teri Yaad”-1948.
She was born as Sabira Begum on 31-5-1927 at Patiala, Punjab. Her father MD Inayat Ali Nath was working with HMV at Delhi. Sabira was formally trained by experts in music and singing. When her father shifted to Lahore, she was offered a contract by Roop K Shorey, who made films in Lahore those days. It was the popular Composer Ghulam Haider who gave her the screen name of ASHA POSLEY.
Her first film was Punjabi film Govandi-1942 which launched the handsome Hero Shyam. Her role in the film was a minor one. She started as a supporting actress. She got a major role in the film Champa-1945 and her first film as a Heroine was Kamli-46-a Punjabi film. Then came Badnami-46,in which Geeta Bali had a small role. Her other Indian films were Paraye bas mein-46. In the film Arsi-47,her hero was Pran and Meena Shorey had also acted in it. Kamla-46, Aai Bahar-46, Pagdandi-47, Ek Roze-47,Barsaat ki ek raat-48, Papeeha Re-48 and Roop Rekha-48. She worked in 11 Hindi films and sang 1 song in the film Pagdandi-47.
After Partition, she opted for Pakistan and migrated along with her father. The Lahore film industry was in a disarray, because most producers, financiers and leading artistes had shifted to India. However a Hindu producer named Dewan Sardari Lall had stayed back in Lahore and he started a new film in Independent Pakistan ” Teri Yaad “. There were 2 other films under production at the same time. Actually, the first film of Pakistan was Director Luqmaan’s ” Shahida “,which had started shooting immediately after Partition, but it got delayed and finally was released only in 1949. The second film was ” Jihad ” by Zahoor Raja, which too got stuck and was released only in 1950.
Thus the actual Third film, ” Teri Yaad ” starring Nasir Khan ( brother of actor Dilip Kumar, who migrated to Pakistan with high hopes but had to return to India as there was no work and also due to ” other ” reasons) and Asha Posley in the lead was completed by Dewan Pictures and became the FIRST released Pakistani Film in 1948 itself. It was released in Prabhat Theatre in Lahore, on the day of EID-7-8-1948. The film was directed by Dawood Chaand and music was by Inayat Ali Nath (father of the Heroine Asha Posley). She sang 4 songs in it. The film was a resounding FLOP.
Asha Posley did Heroine’s role only in 4 Pakistani films and then she turned to supporting, comedy and vamp roles. She acted in 129 films, 76 Urdu and 53 Punjabi films. Her last film was Insaaf-1986. She acted in films, on stage, on TV and also sang on Radio. Famous Pak singer Kausar Parveen, actress Rani Kiran and TV actress Najma Begum were her sisters.
Like many migrated artistes, even Asha Posley spent her last days in penury and anonymity. She died on 26-3-1998 at Lahore.
So much information. We realise that the past is not as rose tinted as we thought it was. We hurriedly jump into our time travel machine and come back to our time.
Asha Posley (31 may 1927- 26 march 1998) was a well known film personality, whereas Asha Bhonsle was a nobody who was struggling to stay afloat in her life. Asha Posley was mainly an actress, but she occasionally sang songs for herself, and she was a decent enough singer. She made her debut in the blog with a song of “Pagdandi”(1947) where he sang a song for herself. This song was Aankh ke paani aankh mein rah .
Asha Posley had made her debut as a Hindi movie actress in “Champa”(1945).
“Champa”(1945) was directed by Barkat Mehra for Shorey Pictures, Punjab. The movie had Manorama, Asha Posle, Hari Shivdasani, Majnu, Salma, Zahoor Shah etc in it.
In the posters of this movie her name figures in the credits after Manorama and before Hari Shivdasani. In all posters, her photograph is the largest. So for all practical purposes she was the biggest attraction in the movie.
Champa had nine songs in it. They were composed by Anupam Ghatak and Lachchi Ram. Singers and lyricists are not mentioned in HFGK for these songs. However, some of these songs have been uploaded online and the uploaders have mentioned the names of singers.
Two songs have been covered in the blog. In one song,Bahaar peene ki aayi hai muskura ke pee singers were not known. The female singer of that song could well be Asha Posley. I request our knowledgeable readers to compare the female voice of this song with the female voice of “Pagdandi”(1947) song and offer their view if the female voice is same in both songs.
The second song of “Champa”(1945) that has been covered in the blog is Man achcha ke nain saajnaa . Singers of this song are known to be Zeenat Begam and Gulrej.
Here is the third song from “Champa”(1945) to appear in the blog. Quite a few uploaders have uploaded this song. Mr Girdharilal Vishwakarma, the well known records collector is one of them. He mentions the singers of this song as Zeenat Begam, Munawwar Sultana (singer) and chorus. Music is coposed by Lachchi Ram.
Only audio of the song is available. There is good chance that Asha Posley lip synced in this sing, either in Zeenat Begam’s voice or in Munawwar Sultana’s voice, with Manorama lip syncing in the other voice.
Today (26 March 2026) is the remembrance day of Asha Posley (31 may 1927- 26 march 1998). On this occasion, we pay our tributes to her by listening to a song from her debut film. It is a song which was most likely picturised on her.
I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on this movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
I have not been able to get a word (or two) right in the lyrics. I request our readers with keener ears to help decipher the elusive word and/ or suggest corrections in the lyrics wherever applicable.
Sonmg-Doriye kee odhnee main mal-mal dhoun ree (Champa)(1945) Singers-Zeenat Begam, Munawwar Sultana(singer), MD-Lachchiram Tomar
doriye ke odhnee main mal-mal dhoun ree
doriye kee odhnee main main mal-mal
mal-mal
mal-mal dhoun ree
balam bhaye pardesee
haay
chham chham
chham chham
chham chham dhoun ree
doriye ke odhnee main mal-mal dhoun ree
nain milaa ke loota
haay
pahghat pe aake loota
haay
morey nain milaa ke loota
haay
pahghat pe aa ke loota
chhalbaliya tere pyaar mein
?? mein laa ke loota aa aa
chhalbaliya tere pyaar mein
?? mein laa ke loota aa aa
doriye ke odhnee main mal-mal dhoun ree
sainyaan torey
haay re sainyaan torey
haay re
sainyaan torey des mein to ankhiyaan hain pyaasiyaan
gorey gorey
haay re gorey gorey
haay re
gorey gorey mukhde pe chhaayee hain udaasiyaan
ab aa ke chhab dikhla ja
kalee ko phool bana ja
ab aa ke chhab dikhla ja
kalee ko phool bana ja
saanwariya morey nainon mein tu sapna ban ke aaja aa aa
saanwariya morey nainon mein tu sapna ban ke aaja aa aa
doriye kee odhnee main mal-mal dhoun ree
jobna kee haay jobna kee
haay
jobna kee bagiya pe chhaayee hai bahaar
ho
nainwa se haay re
nainwa se
haay re
nainwa se phoot pada meethha meethha pyaar ho
nain mila ke loota
haay
panghat pe aa ke loota
haay
mohe nain mila ke loota
haay
panghat pe aa ke loota
chhalbaliya tere pyaar mein
?? mein laa ke loota aa aa
chhalbaliya tere pyaar mein
?? mein laa ke loota aa aa
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