Aahe thhaa wo bhee kya zamaanaa
Posted on: July 6, 2026
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“Aaj Ka Mahatma” (1976) was produced by Kundan Kumar and Sharad Kumar and directed by Kundan Kumar for Kundan Films Bombay.
The movie had Randhir Kapoor, Rekha, Ranjeet, Bindu, Manmohan, Manmohan Krishna, Kumud Chugaani, Purnima, Shetty, Keshav Rana, Abhimanyu Sharma, Keshto Mukherjee etc, with friendly appearances by Sanjana, Dilip Dutt, Manorama, Rajan Haksar, Jeevan. The movie also had Anand Joshi, Kirti Kumar, Rajan Kapoor, Narbada Shankar, A.N.Malhotra, Bhagwan Sinha, Deepak, R.Yadav, Dijendra Banerjee, Ramesh Deo etc in it.
“Aaj Ka Mahatma” (1976) had four songs in it. Three songs have been covered in the past.
Here are the details of the song that have been covered so far:-
| Blog post No | Song | Date of post | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14132 | Kombda ba baanoo aashiq jhaala | 7 March 2018 | Lata Mangeshkar | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Post by Satyajit Rajurkar. Song picturised on Bindu |
| 16327 | Tum aise kahaan tak chhupoge raaja jaani | 19 April 2021 | Lata Mangeshkar | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Song picturised on Rekha |
| 19176 | Chaandnee chaand se hotee hai sitaaron se naheen | 19 July 2025 | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Song picturised on Randhir Kapoor and Rekha. The only duet song in the movie |
The first song was presented by Satyajit Rajurkar jee who also gave the story of the movie as well as his experience of watching this movie. He, staying in Hyderabad passed his school and joined Junior College and watched this movie in the intervening period. From the comments, it is seen that Dr Pradep Kumar Shetty did likewise pass his school and joined junior college in the neighbouring state of Karnataka. He did notwatch the movie but recalls listening to the songs of this movie on radio, a luxury that was taken away from him when he joined the hostel of his college where radios were banned.
In that comment, Dr Shetty wondered if Lata Mangeshkar had sung many songs for Bindu. Prakashchandra, our inhouse expert of these matters, reeled off a list of several such songs.
The second song was covered by me as part of my series of Lata Mangeshkar yearwise breakup of songs. This song was presented in the 30th part of that series that ran for 63 parts.
The third song was presented by me on 19th july 2025 on the occasion of Blog’s birthday. In this writeup I recalled the fact that this song was noted down by me in my song diary that also had the scorecard of the 1976 test match played between India and West Indies, where India won scoring 406 runs in the fourth innings.
When I think about it, 1976, when all this happened was 50 years ago. Half a century has elapsed from that time. 😲
There are only four songs in this movie,and the movie itself is a forgottenmovie, but it is of nostalgic value to a few regulars of the blog.😊
Satyajit Rajurkar jee had given the story of this movie which coveing the first song. Here is his take on the movie:-
Randhir and Ranvir Verma are twins. Randhir is straightforward, while Ranvir is a petty criminal. These petty thefts add up, and soon the police arrest Ranvir, and he is sentenced to prison. In prison, Ranvir incurs the wrath of a gangster, Tony, and is killed. Randhir undertakes to find the killer, and gets himself arrested, and imprisoned to get to see who the killer is. After getting out from prison, Randhir plans to avenge his brother’s death, without knowing that he himself could endanger his very life, as well the life of his girlfriend, Mala. The song “Chandni chand se hoti hai, sitaron se nahin, pyar bhi ek se hota hai hazaron se nahin…” is still popular.
Here is the fourth and final song of the movie. It is sung by Kishore Kumar. It is picturised as a villain’s den song as far as I can tell, where Randhir Kapoor is disguised as a Sheikh. Rekha is seen giving a cabarat dance. Youngsters, who have seen Rekha in her post “Ghar”(1978) avatar may wonder how Rekha was doing these kindsof roles. She was immature and she was goingtheway of Faryal, that is what movie reviewers of those days opined about Rekha. Fortunately, Rekha gained maturity, reinvented herself in 1978 and never looked back since. Randhir Kapoor sadly could not do likewise and after a few more movies lie this his career was over.
Picturisation of this song also shows Keshto Mukherjee and Bindu, among others.
Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
With this song, all the four songs of “Aaj Ka Mahatma”(1976) are covered in the blog. This movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Incidentally, this movie is the 200th movie whose title begins with A that has been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Aahe Thhaa wo bhee kya zamaana Khuda Ki Qasam(Aaj Ka Mahatma)(1976) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyricist-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Lyrics:
yaad hai din yaar se milne kee
jab aatee thhee raat
arre jagte rahte thhe do dil
aur so jaatee thhee raat
haaye
hijr ke shiqwe karte
rote rote hans padte
der tak deewaanon kee see
baaten karte rahte hum
aahe thha wo bhee kya zamaana aa aa aa
khuda ki kasam
aahe thha wo bhee kya zamaana aa aa
khuda ki kasam
sabse to unkee thhee pehchaan door kee
hamse thha dostaana aa aa aa
khuda kee kasam
arre hamse thha dostaana aa aa aa
khuda kee kasam aahe thha wo bhee kya zamaana aa aa aa
khuda kee kasam
na poochho
haaye haaye na poochho
kee aafat kee thhee ek nishaanee
hamaaree nazar
aur kisee kee jawaanee
hamaaree nazar
aur kisee kee jawaanee
mulaakaat ko
har jatan kar gujarte
magar dil dhadakte zamaane ke dar se
magar dil dhadakte zamane ke dar se
andheree galee oonchee neechee dagar r r
haaye
churaaye badan aur bachaaye nazar
har har kadam thokaren khaa ke chalna
arre lagta thha kya suhaana aa aa aa
khuda kee kasam
are lagta thha kya suhaana aa aa aa
khuda kee kasam
aahe thha wo bhee kya zamaana aa aa aa
khuda kee kasam
hey
u u
u u
u u
idhar aa
haaye haaye idhar aa haseena
tujhe hum bataayen
yahee husn thha
aur yahee thhee adaayen
yahee husn thha
aur yahee thhee adaayen
isee zulf kee chhaanv mein jee chuka hoon
thhey aise hee lab
jinka ras pee chuka hoon
thhey aise hee lab
jinka ras pee chuka hoon
wo soorat abhee tak yaad hai ae ae ae
jispe mera ishq barbaad hai
koi bhula de magar mere waaste
are mushqil hai bhool jaana aa aa qq
khuda kee kasam
are mushqil hai bhool jaana aa aa qq
khuda kee kasam
aahe thha wo bhee kya zamaana aa aa qq
khuda kee kasam
haan khuda kee kasam
haan khuda kee kasam
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