Kuchh Pyaar Diye Jaao, Kuchh Pyaar Liye Jaao
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Today’s song is from a 75 year old mythological film ‘Laxmi Narayan’ (1951).
The film was made by Homi Wadia’s Basant Pictures, Bombay. It was directed by the B and C grade film specialist Nanubhai Bhatt. Music was by another specialist SN Tripathi. Lyricists were BD Mishra and Ramesh Pandey. The cast of the film included Meena Kumari, Mahipal, SN Tripathi, Dalpat, Urmila, BM Vyas, Sulochana, Vasant Rao Pehalwan and many others.
Are you a believer in God ? Well I am. I am a confirmed Theist. I am also a religious person. It is surely not because I have become an old man now, but right from my childhood, I have been a religious person. The atmosphere in our joint family was very conducive to follow the religious path and ways, because of my grandfather and father. Both were experts in Sanskrit. So, it is not the case that old age made me Religious like in the proverb ” सौ चूहे खा कर बिल्ली चली हज को ” ! [Cat proceeds for Haj pilgrimage after killing a hundred rats’
India’s 99.9% population is religious minded, whichever is their religion. Those who say that there is no God are very few. I also like reading religious books and stories and seeing mythological or religious films. One of the reasons also is that I liked the trick scenes and impressive costumes and big sets. I have been seeing these films from a young age .
The decade of the 50s was indeed a decade of religious films. From 1951 to 1960, there were about 120 such films, averaging one religious film every month for 10 years. Those were the times when even big stars did not hesitate to act in mythologicals. Ashok Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Meena Kumari, Durga Khote, Leela Chitnis, Nalini Jaywant , Shanta Apte etc. used to act in religious films without any complex. It was much much later that a few artistes were branded as ”mythological actors’, like Mahipal, Manhar Desai, Trilok Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Prem Adib, Shobhana Samarth etc. There was a fixed and permanent audience for these films. Prakash pictures was famous for making many religious films. But other studios like Prabhat, New Theatres, Ranjit, Sagar, Basant pictures or Wadia Movietone, Bombay Talkies, Filmistan etc too made mythological films. Besides the eye-catching scenes, another attraction of these films used to be its music. Very melodious and memorable bhajans were composed for these films by SN Tripathi, Bulo C Rani, Avinash Vyas, Shankarrao Vyas, Hemant Kumar, Vasant Desai etc. Some of the famous bhajans were sung by Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Geeta Dutt and others.
Culture and religion have a close relationship. The commonest points of Religion, followed by a majority for time immemorial, becomes the culture of the nation. Raas Garba, Ganesh Utsav, Diwali celebrations and Indian Calendar New Year days in respective regions are no more a matter of religion by now. They have become the cultural heritage of the country. A good example is Holi or lighting done on Deepavali or touching the feet of the elder = all these constitute culture, though its roots are traceable to religion.
I feel that today, religion for most people in the world is limited to one’s personal space and I believe, in today’s setup it is also very appropriate to limit the religion to one’s home. One should not get confused between religion and bhakti. Mythological films are based essentially on stories from the holy books, like Ramayana, Mahabharat or the Puranas. Bhakti pradhan films are based on personalities engaged in devotion to their Deity. Thus, films like ‘Narsi Bhagat’ or ‘Sant Tukaram’ are bhakti pradhan films, whereas films like ‘Pawanputra Hanuman’ or ‘Veer Arjun’ are mythological or pauranik (पौराणिक) films. Films on saints like Kabir, Soordas, Tulsidas or Tyagaraja are not mythological, but mythological films are surely religious films.
Mythological or पौराणिक films are those which are based on stories from Puranas. What is a Puraan (पुराण ) ? It is a vast genre of literature about legends and other traditional stories. There are 18 major Puraanas and 18 Up-Puranas (उपपुराण) (minor Puraanas). Puraanas unveil our glorious past encapsulated with great soul stories and provide life morals and guidance.
The film ‘Laxmi Narayan’ (1951) is based on a story from Vishnu Puraan. It is about how Laxmi and Narayan met and got united. It has the background of ‘Samudra Manthan’ or ‘Churning of the Ocean’. In our Puranaas, there are stories about the ‘Samudra Manthan’. It is believed that Kamala or Laxmi emerged from this churning and Narayan married her. In all, 14 unique, magical and invaluable things came out of the ocean during this ‘Samudra Manthan‘ or ‘Churning of the Ocean’.
For your information here are these 14 objects-
1. Halahal – the poison
2. Varuni – the wine
3. Kamdhenu – the magical cow
4. Airawat – the flying elephant
5. Uchchaihshravas – the 6 headed horse
6. Apsaras – like Rambha, Urvashi, Menaka etc.
7. Kaustubh Mani – a powerful diamond
8. Kalpavriksha – the magical tree
9. Sharanga – the divine bow
10. Chandra – the moon
11. Panchajanya – the divine conch shell
12. Laxmi or Kamala
13. Dhanwantari – the Physician of Gods with a book on Ayurved
14. Amrit – the nectar of immortality
The story of today’s film was….
Arishtanemi, the king of Demons was ruining Mother Earth for his own sadistic enjoyment. He had polluted the waters of the rivers. All the gems were thrown away in the sea and everywhere there was a tale of suffering. At the same time Bhuwanmohini, daughter of Bhrigu Rishi was in the bloom of her youth and many kings and Gods were aspiring to marry her. Indra, the King of Gods and Arishtanemi were two aspirants competing with each other, while Bhuwanmohini herself wished to marry Lord Vishnu, thanks to the praise of the Lord by Narada Muni. Indra took away Bhuwanmohini with him against her wishes.To take advantage of this situation, Arishtanemi started a yagna with Bhrigu as his purohit. From the holy fire of the yagna emerged Vritrasura with whose help Arishtanemi conquered the kingdom of Gods. There Arishtanemi searched for Bhuwanmohini but she had left Indra’s palace and sat alone on the top of a mountain and prayed to the Lord to come to her rescue. Having lost his kingdom Indra prayed to Lord Shankar for help to conquer Arishtanemi.
Lord Shankar told him that only one weapon could kill Vritrasura and that it was to be made from the bones of sage Dadhichi. Indra went to Dadhichi and served him while power-mad Arshtanemi attacked sage Dadhichi only to be burnt down by the sage. Indra got the weapon he wanted and won the battle with Vritrasura. Indra then went in search of Bhuwanmohini but unwilling to surrender to Indra she jumped down into the sea.
When Bhrigu learnt about this mishap he went to Lord Vishnu who was asleep and kicked him in the chest to wake him up. In anger he called out “How can you sleep sound when my daughter died crying out your name ?” Lord Vishnu said, “Don’t worry, O sage. She will come to me when time is ripe for the same. In the meanwhile let me massage your foot which must have been hurt when you struck me”. Later the Gods and the Demons churned the great sea when Bhuwanmohini emerged as Laxmi radiant with wealth and Lord Vishnu accepted her as his consort. This union is famous in the Hindu mythology by the name Laxmi Narayan.
In the 50’s decade, SN Tripathi, music director was a multi-faceted artiste. He was an actor, composer, director and a singer too. He had acted in 83 films, sang 13 songs in 7 films, directed 18 films and gave music to 111 films composing 863 songs in all. He was the MD in all the 18 films, which he had directed, from ‘Ram Hanuman Yuddha] (1957) to ‘Sant Gyaneshwar’ (1981).
Shri Nath Tripathi was born in a Brahmin family of Kashi (Benaras, U.P.) on 14th March 1913. His grandfather Pandit Ganesh Dutt Tripathi was principal of Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Kashi and his father Pandit Damodar Dutt Thakur was principal of Government high school, Kashi. He completed his education from Banaras. He did his B.Sc. from Allahabad. He took classical music training from VN Bhatkhande’s Marris College of Music, Lucknow. He took light classical and folk music training from Maina Devi, Lucknow. He earned himself the degree of ‘Sangeet Praveen‘ from Prayag Sangeet Samiti and ‘Sangeet Visharad‘ from Marris Music College. He went to Bombay and joined Bombay Talkies in 1935 as a violinist. He then joined music director Saraswati Devi as an assistant at a salary of Rs. 100 per month.
SN Tripathi assisted Sarswati Devi in ten films from 1935 to 1938. He made his debut as a singer actor in Ashor Kumar Devika Rani starrer, ‘Jeewan Naiya’ (1936). When World War II broke out in 1939, Franz Osten was detained by the British Government and was sent to Deolali. The reins of direction came in the hands of NR Acharya, Amiya Chakarverti and Gyan Mukharjee. It was NR Acharya who recommended SN Tripathi to Dhiru Bhai Desai to take him as independent composer in his film ‘Chandan’ (1939). The first song Tripathi recorded as a composer was “Nanha Sa Dil Deti Hoon Pardesi Preet Nibhana” a duet sung by himself and Raj Kumari.
Sarvottam Badami had known Tripathi since Bombay Talkies days. He signed him for his mythological film ‘Uttara Abhimanyu’ (1946) starring Shanta Apte and Sahu Modak. SN Tripathi created some splendid songs in Rabindra sangeet’s style, “Laaj Bhare In Naino Mein Sakhi” , “Mere Mann Jaag Utha Anurag”, “Door Desh Ka Ssandesh Preet Ka”, and “Mere Mann Mandir Mein Mere Devta Aao”.
SN Tripathi had a strong bond with the Wadia brothers (JBH and Homi). He gave music for them in a dozen films. Homi Wadia directed ‘Shri Ram Bhakt Hanuman’. In the film SN Tripathi played the title role of Hanuman. Later, Tripathi played the same role of Hanuman in several films. Mukesh sang for the first time in this film. “Hey Khag Mrig Hey Madhukar Shreni” and “Beet Chali Barkha Ritu Seete Sudh Na Mili Tumhari“. After ‘Ram Bhakt Hanuman’ Tripathi started getting more mythological films such as ‘Ganesh Mahima’ (also titled ‘Shri Krishna Viwah’), ‘Naag Durga’, ‘Naag Panchmi’, ‘Ram Hanuman Yudha’, ‘Vishnu Puraan’, ‘Naag Mere Saathi’ etc.
By the 50s, mythological films were replaced by historical and period films. SN Tripathi was in great demand. He gave soulful music in several films. One such film was Homi Wadia’s ‘Hatimtai’ (1956) starring Jairaj and Shakeela. . There is an interesting story related to Tripathi’s music in this film Nizam of Hyderabad went to see ‘Hatimtai’ in a theatre along with his family members. When the song “Parwar Digaar e Alam” (Rafi) appeared on the screen, the Nizam was overwhelmed. He requested the manager to play this song once again. The film was stopped and the same song was played twelve times. Another evergreen duet was “Jhoomti Hai Nazar, Jhoomta Hai Pyaar” (Rafi/Asha).
His film ‘Janam Janam Ke Phere’ (1957) needs special mention. The film had Nirupa Roy and Manhar Desai in the lead. Like ‘Hatimtai’ it was a smashing musical hit of that year. The everlasting song of the film “Zara Samne To Aa O Chhaliye” (Rafi/Lata) was number one in Binaca Geet Mala. Other hits were “Tan Ke Tamboore Mein” (Manna Dey), “Tu Hai Ya Nahin Bhagwan” (Rafi/Lata/Manna Dey) and “Aayi Mohan Milan Ki Bela” (Shamshad/Rafi) in garba style and title track “Janam Janam Ke Phere” (Rafi).
SN Tripathi in his long career of 50 years (1938-1985) gave music in 111 films. One of his career’s best musicals was ‘Rani Roopmati’ (1959). It had a number of super hit compositions. Another musical triumph of SN Tripathi was Jairaj, Nirupa Roy starrer ‘Lal Qila’ (1960) with the backdrop of the First War of Independence in 1857. Rafi sang his two immortal ghazals – “Na Kisi Ki Aankh Ka Noor Hoon” and “Lagta Nahin Hai Dil Mera Ujde Dayar Mein“. SN Tripathi didn’t use any orchestra in these ghazals.
After the success of these movies SN Tripathi gave another musical hit ‘Sangeet Samrat Tansen’ in (1963). It was based on the life of legendary singer Tansen in the court of Akbar. It had raag based compositions “Jhoomti Chali Hawa” (Mukesh) in Raag Sohni. Rafi and Manna Dey sang Shiv Stuti number “Hey Natraj Gangadhar Shambo” in Raag Jogia. Unfortunately the film got a lukewarm response at the box office.
Like his erstwhile assistant Chitragupt, he too gave music in Bhojpuri film ‘Bidesiya’ (1963). In all, he gave music in ten Bhojpuri films. In the 60s and 70s, the music scenario had gone through a sea change. New composers had captured the music scene. SN Tripathi kept on giving music even towards the late 70s and early 80s. He recorded his last song in ‘Mahasati Tulsi’ (1985).
SN Tripathi died on March 28, 1988 at the age of 66 .
[I thank the following sources for reference – downmelodylane.com, an article by Shri Sharad Dutt on millenniumpost.in, ‘Film Sangeetkar’ by Prof. Yadav, ‘Dhunon Ki Yatra’ by Pankaj Raag, ‘Swar Sagar’ by Swapnil Porey, wikipedia, muVyz and my notes for making up this post.)
Here is a song from today’s film, sung by Geeta Roy and chorus. Enjoy….
Video
Audio
Song – Kuchh Pyaar Diye Jaao, Kuchh Pyaar Liye Jaao (Laxmi Narayan) (1951) Singer – Geeta Roy (Dutt), Unidentified Female Voice, Chorus, Lyricist – BD Misra, MD – SN Tripathi
Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
kal ki hai ye baat sakhi ri
khili hui thi raat
aise mein nainon ne paayi
sapnon ki saugat
phir kya hua
khoi thi main apni dhun mein
pahunch gayi main door gagan mein
door gagan mein
wahaan chaand taaron ki toli
khel rahi thi aankh micholi
khel rahi thi aankh micholi
tab kya dekha
jab kirnon ke roop mein
hansi chaandni raat
kaha chandrama ne tabhi
us se itni baat
kya
kuchh pyaar liye jaao
kuchh pyaar diye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
kuchh pyaar liye jaao
kuchh pyaar diye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
upvan mein panchhi sabhi
gaate hain ye geet
jag mein jeene ke liye
yahi anokhi reet
kya
kuchh pyaar liye jaao
kuchh pyaar diye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
kuchh pyaar liye jaao
kuchh pyaar diye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
ritu ki raani saaj kar
aaj basanti vesh
gup chup gup chup de rahi
mujhe naya sandesh
kya
kuchh pyaar liye jaao
kuchh pyaar diye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
kuchh pyaar liye jaao
kuchh pyaar diye jaao
hans hans ke jiye jaao
gori pyaar kiye jaao
Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
कल की है ये बात सखी
खिली हुई थी रात
ऐसे में नैनों ने पाई
सपनों की सौगात
फिर क्या हुआ
खोई थी मैं अपनी धुन में’’
पहुँच गई मैं दूर गगन में
दूर गगन में
वहाँ चाँद तारों की टोली
खेल रही थी आँख मिचोली
खेल रही थी आँख मिचोली
तब क्या देखा
जब किरणों के रूप में
हंसी चाँदनी रात
कहा चंद्रमा ने तभी
उससे इतनी बात
क्या
कुछ प्यार लिए जाओ
कुछ प्यार दिए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
कुछ प्यार लिए जाओ
कुछ प्यार दिए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
उपवन में पंछी सभी
गाते हैं ये गीत
जग में जीने के लिए
यही अनोखी रीत
क्या
कुछ प्यार लिए जाओ
कुछ प्यार दिए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
कुछ प्यार लिए जाओ
कुछ प्यार दिए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
ऋतु की रानी साज कर
आज बसंती वेश
गुप चुप गुप चुप दे रही
मुझे नया संदेश
क्या
कुछ प्यार लिए जाओ
कुछ प्यार दिए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
कुछ प्यार लिए जाओ
कुछ प्यार दिए जाओ
हंस हंस के जीये जाओ
गोरी प्यार किए जाओ
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