Jaane kyun mujhe raaton ko
Posted on: March 26, 2026
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‘Apraadhi’ (1974) was a crime drama film which was produced by K L Chitkara and was directed by Jugal Kishore. The cast included Kiran Kumar and Yogita Bali in the lead roles supported by Imtiaz, Jayshree T, Chandrashekhar, Rajan Haksar, Jagdish Raj, Murad, Bhagwan, Maruti, Keshto Mukherjee, Brahmachari, Gopal Sehgal, Mumtaz Begum, Mohan Sherry, Jugal Kishore etc. Yogita Bali had a double role in the film.
The film’s producer-director-actor, Jugal Kishore (C.1920s- 21/06/1979) was known to produce and direct low budget films mainly in the genre of action-crime-thriller films. He was born in Thakurdwara near Palampur in Himachal Pradesh in a poor family. In his young age, he lost his father forcing him to seek employment. Sometime in 1940, Jugal Kishore came to Bombay (Mumbai) in search of employment and got some work in a film studio.
Jugal Kishore got his first film as an actor in ‘Nazraana’ (1942) in a side role. After having worked in about a dozen films in side roles, Jugal Kishore made his debut as a director in ‘Ghulaam Begum Baadshah’ (1956). After directing three more Hindi films and about half-a dozen Punjabi films, Jugal Kishore turned producer with ‘Gul-E-Bakawali’ (1963). He followed it with producing and directing a Punjabi film, ‘Jagga’ (1964) which completed silver jubilee run and won the National Film Award for the best Punjabi film.
Some of other prominent films which Jugal Kishore produced/directed were ‘Laal Bangla’ (1966), ‘Fareb’ (1968), ‘Khoj’ (1971), ‘Munimji’ (1972), ‘Sabak’ (1973), ‘Do Khiladi’ (1976). During his filmy career of about four decades, Jugal Kishore acted in 35 films, directed 19 films and produced 13 films. In most of the films produced and directed by him, Jayshree T and Maruti were in his team of actors. Usha Khanna was the music director for most of his films. In all the films produced by Jugal Kishore, Mohammed Rafi sang at least one song while Lata Mangeshkar did not sing any songs. Among the female playback singers, Suman Kalyanpur was the most prominent playback singer for his films.
‘Daada’ (1979) was his last film as a producer-director and his only Hindi film among the films Jugal Kishore produced and directed which attained the silver jubilee status. But he was not there to celebrate as he passed away on June 21, 1979, and the film was released on July 6, 1979.
Coming back to the film under discussion, the film follows the theme of most of the ‘B’ grade films of 1970s in which the dual between law enforcing agencies and the notorious gangs take place. To pursue the case vigorously, the element of personal vendetta is added. In the film under discussion, police inspector’s sister has been kidnapped and she has committed suicide that prompts Police Inspector to pursue the case as a revenge at the personal level. The film was certified by Censor Board with ‘A’ Certificate probably due to excessive violence it depicted. I watched this film only becuase of the song which I have liked for presnetation with this articcle. Otherwise the film is not worth watching. Therefore, I have confined myself in giving the story of the film with only some details:
A criminal gang led by a person called Redshirt has terrorised the town with a spate of dacoity and kidnapping. He is called Redshirt because he always wear red costume covering his face when he moves with his gang for dacoity. Police Inspector Shankar (Kiran Kumar) is assigned to break the gang and arrest the master-mind of the gang. Redshirt is assisted by his right-hand gang member, Ranjeet (Imtiaz Khan) and Bhagat Singh (Chandrashekhar). While Ranjeet is ruthless, Bhagat Singh is of kind nature and he resents Ranjeet’s action of kidnapping innocent villagers and looting the poor farmers.
One day, Bhagat Singh has a heated arguments with Ranjeet after which he runs away from the gang to inform the police of the gang’s secret hideout. However, before he could reveal full information to the Police Inspector Shankar, he is shot dead in the police station itself. Soon, Shankar receives a phone call from one of the gang members that if he wants his sister’s alive who is in their custody, he should not disclose to the Police Commissioner (Murad) any information given by Bhagat Singh.
Now, the case becomes a personal revenge against Redshirt when his sister who is in captivity commits suicide. Shankar shifts to the town disguising as a Sardar. Fortunately for him, he gets the cooperation from Radha (Yogita Bali) who has disguised herself as Tonga driver. Both have the same aims. Radha wants to take the revenge against Redshirt for killing her father. Both of them operate in the town disguising themselves. Shankar is also assisted by a dancer, Shama (Jayshree T) who has infiltrated in the gang and two police informers – Bhagwan and Gopal Sehgal.
After investigation and interrogating the suspects, Shankar has shortlisted four persons among the suspects one of whom could be the Redshirt – Mahant Badriprasad (Jagdish Raj), Major Vikram Singh (Rajan Haksar), a local poet and writer (Mohan Sherry) and Nawab Ashik Mizaaj (Keshto Mukherjee), They are all under surveillance. From the gang’s side, Shankar gets anonymous threats and sometimes he faces assiasination bids. Radha gets kidnapped by Redshirt as he wants to marry her. Shankar, who has fallen in love with Radha has one more reason to expose Redshirt. After uncovering the many layers of deceptions, Redshirt (Dev Kumar) is finally arrested while trying to sell some smuggled antic pieces to the prospective customers. He is produced before the court where his identity gets disclosed and he is awarded the life imprisonment. While transporting to jail, Redshirt escapes with the help of Ranjeet.
After escape, both Redshirt and Ranjeet go back to their den to collect the loots of the dacoity and run away. However, before that they fight with each other for the share of the loots in which Redshirt is temporary immobilised. By the time, Ranjeet is ready to escape with the loot, Shankar reaches in the den and in the fight, Ranjeet gets killed when he falls from the height. Redshirt sees an opportunity to grab the bag full of the loots but Shankar easily neutralises him. The town is now freed from criminal gang of Redshirt.
The film had four songs written by Hasrat Jaipuri which were set to music by Usha Khanna. All the four songs appear in the film as if they have been ‘installed’ without any context. Two songs have been represented on the Blog. I present the 3rd song, ‘jaane kyun mujhe raaton ko neend naheen aati hai’ rendered by Suman Kalyanpur. The song is picturised on Yogita Bali. Kiran Kumar is also present in his disguised character. The song is composed with unusual western beats.
As mentioned earlier, there is not much context to the song. Before the song appears, Police Inspector, Shankar (Kiran Kumar) disguised as a Sardar is in the town to identify the mastermind behind a spate of dacoity in the town. He takes the Tonga driven by Radha (Yogita Bali) who is also disguised as Sardar. After dropping in the hotel, Shankar goes out for a stroll when he sees Radha (without her disguise) singing the song. After the end of the song and after knowing their reason for disguised appearance, both joins hands to pursue their joint aim to identify the Redshirt, the mastermind of the criminal gang and bring him to justice.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Jaane kyun mujhe raaton ko (Apraadhi)(1974) Singer-Suman Kalyanpur, Lyricist-Hasrat Jaipuri, Md-Usha Khanna
Lyrics:
jaane kyun mujhe
raaton ko
neend naheen aatee hai ae
haan dil ko mere
teree yaad
baar baar sataatee hai ae
ho jaane kyun mujhe raaton ko
neend naheen aatee hai ae
kaise karoon
kaise karoon dil ko bayaan
tu miley to bataaoon
ye tan bhee jaley
ye mann bhee jaley
haan
kaise tujhko dikhaaoon
haan aaja sanam
tujhe meree kasam
ye dhadkan bulaatee hai ae
ho jaane kyun mujhe
raaton ko
neend naheen aatee hai E
paanee mein aen
paanee mein rahkar bhee
jaane kyun hoon main pyaasi
tu hee ise samjhegaa
baat hai ye zaraa see
ye thhandee pawan
meree jaan jalaatee hai
jaane kyun mujhe raaton ko
neend naheen aatee hai
haan dil ko mere
teree yaad
baar baar sataatee hai ae
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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