O Bhabhi Meri Ho, Tu Chautha Paalna Na Baandh Angnaa
Posted by: skapur01 on: July 18, 2026
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Today’s song is from a ‘un-released’ movie from the decade of 1970s. According to the link of this song the year for this movie is mentioned as 1969 and from what the song is all about, I guess this year should be correct for this movie and this song. The title of this movie is ‘Chautha Paalnaa’.
The information about this movie is given in HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980). It only mentions about the banner for this movie which is ‘Education & Social Reform’. The list of the songs has only one song which we are discussing here today. Only one song title is mentioned on this movie-page leaving space indicating possibility of more songs from this movie. The name of the lyricist for is mentioned as Balkavi Bairagi and music composer as SN Tripathi.
From the title of this movie, one can easily guess what the film must be all about. It was in those years of the seventies when India was pushing its family planning program vigorously. I was born in the year 1968. I have vague memories of the hoardings in hospitals and around, about the red triangle or laal trikon (inverted) and the various advertisements talking about “small family is a happy family” or “bachche do yaa teen achchhe” when I was growing. This song seems to be the part of these family planning programs or social awareness (or propaganda?). The lyricist of the today’s song is Balkavi Bairagi who is a known for his affiliations with the Congress Party which was in power in India then.
The song seems to be from the period of end-sixties. The lady singing this song is advising her ‘bhabhi’ that ‘chautha palnaa mat baandh angana’ which means it is still allowing to bear three children minimum. So this movie must be planned around the same period or few years or maybe a decade earlier to push the family planning program. There were also animated short films and various media advertisements too in print media and radio in those years. I am not remembering them all and hence not mentioning them here, though they are available on internet if one tries to search for them.
The issue of population growth might sound irrelevant to talk about today, as nobody (and I mean the government and responsible citizens too), likes to discuss this issue now. But if one gives serious thought to the social ills that have already spread in our society and the social issues and crimes happening around in our society one will realize how the issue of population control needs to be addressed on war footing basis by enforcing laws immediately and strictly. The changing climatic conditions, the natural resources this much population will require, and there depletion proportionate to the ever-increasing population is another important issue if one likes to take it into account and study this issue.
In 2023 our country became the most populated country in the world. It was around April 2023. While some will take pride in what our country has achieved. But coming to think of it that India was the first country in the world to start family planning programs, it will make us ashamed of what we have achieved (?) or where we have reached so far.
Moreover, this subject is never taught in our school curricula, so people are never educated on this subject in our country any more.
If I am correct, I guess that it was the decade of the 1970s only, when there was a concentrated effort on this subject of family planning. (Seniors and knowledgeable readers might be able to throw more light on this subject).
But, now after almost 50-60 years the situation has changed so much that instead of going for family planning some of our states are going to reward for increasing the population and declaring incentives for population growth. And very recently one news channel had mentioned about the falling fertility rate in India and about the changing demography in our country. The study also throws light on how the dropping fertility rate will reduce the young population in our country in the coming future.
Here is a table (with the extracted text) from the ‘Wikipedia’ page which gives details of our census by decade and showing the percentage wise population growth rate where one can notice that the years from 1961 to 2001 had above twenty percent growth of population during those decadal years. It is only in the decade of 2011 or 2001-2010 that population growth rate had a decline after the decade of sixties onwards. (I hope this is near to accuracy and realistic).
India’s population has grown from approximately 361 million in 1951 to over 1.47 billion in 2026. While the population continues to increase, the rate of decadal growth has been steadily declining since the 1981 Census, reflecting a successful demographic transition towards lower fertility rates. The official Census of India tracks population figures every ten years. The decadal census data from 1901 to 2011 outlines this historical trajectory:
Decadal Population of India (1901–2011)
| Census Year | Total Population | Decadal Growth Rate |
| 1901 | 238,396,327 | – |
| 1911 | 252,093,390 | +5.75% |
| 1921 | 251,321,213 | -0.31% |
| 1931 | 278,977,238 | +11.00% |
| 1941 | 318,660,580 | +14.22% |
| 1951 | 361,088,090 | +13.31% |
| 1961 | 439,234,771 | +21.51% |
| 1971 | 548,165,969 | +24.80% |
| 1981 | 683,329,097 | +24.66% |
| 1991 | 846,427,039 | +23.87% |
| 2001 | 1,028,737,436 | +21.54% |
| 2011 | 1,210,854,977 | +17.64% |
Current Context & Recent Projections (2021-2026)
Due to disruptions, most notably the deferment of the 2021 Census, official decadal government statistics are currently sourced through projections. According to estimates from agencies like the Worldometer India Population Tracker, the population crossed the 1.47 billion mark by 2026. The UN and CEIC Data project continued but slowing growth, with the decadal growth trajectory expected to further flatten over the coming decades.
As mentioned above the lyricist for the today’s song is Balkavi Bairagi. He was born as Nand Ramdas Bairagi on 10th February, 1931. He was a prominent Hindi poet and film lyricist and a politician too. He was instrumental in promoting the maalwi language, a dialect spoken in the Maalwa region of Madhya Pradesh. He gave a stage to this dialect and also brought it in Hindi poetry scenario. He was popularly known as ‘Rashtrakavi’ among several who have been hailed with the same title. He passed away on 13th May, 2018. He represented Madhya Pradesh as a member of the higher house in Parliament i.e. Rajya Sabha from 1998 to 2004.
The composer for the today’s song is SN Tripathi who has given this intriguing composition which keeps growing on one and one craves listening to it more and more. Here is a brief about SN Tripathi as mentioned by our in-house encyclopedia Shri Arunkumar ji in one of his posts. He had given a detailed biographical sketch of . Tripathi in his post. I have extracted a brief from his post here.
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 Yuddh’ (1957) to ‘Sant Gyaneshwar’ (1981). 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.
He was an actor, singer, composer, story and screenplay writer and filmmaker. He was a man of many parts and talents. Many creative artistes have achieved greatness and immortality in the Indian film industry but only a few have displayed the range of versatility that SN Tripathi did with such consummate ease. His main field of endeavor were the much-neglected, much scorned mythological films to which he brought an aura of credibility thanks to his scholarship and painstaking research. Of course, much more would be required before SN Tripathi’s immense contribution to the Indian film industry can be assessed properly. Shri Nath Tripathi was born in a Brahmin family of Kashi (Benaras, U.P.) on 14th March 1913. SN Tripathi died on March 28, 1988 at the age of 66.
The singer of the today’s song is Asha Bhonsle. And she has sung it with such passion, and naturally being a female and the plight of the Indian women in those days seem to have reflected in her singing and in her voice. It is a nice hummable song.
After listening to this song carefully, some questions come to my inquisitive (?) mind
We often treat our Hindi cinema as the mirror of our society and so the lyrics of this song and overall intention and feelings behind this song also bring some questions about our society and prevailing social conditions then …
We normally consider India as a patriarchal society then why the responsibility is passed to the females only? In this song the lady singing is very intelligently passing on the responsibility to prevent the ‘fourth child’ on the woman only i.e. her bhabhi.
She mentions her brother as deewana, pagla, and she further adds that he is not even sayaana and she dares to ask ‘who says he is sayaana?
So, were the girls in those days still more responsible than men, and ahead of them – in the decades when there were no such slogans like “beti padhaao or beti bachaao“? The girls were still ahead of boys as they have been in the recent years or decades?
The lyrics also throws light upon the plight of the common Indian woman in that period as to how they have to suffer carrying pregnancies and keep producing more and more children. May be our country was not educated to that level of using birth prevention and birth control methods or the population then was not aware of where they were heading to?
The song also has a reference to China whose population was more than us. The protagonists says
ek do ya zyaada se zyaada bhabhi teen
ho kaahe basaati hai angana mein cheen?
That was in 1970s and today we have already overtaken China in terms of the highest populated country in the world…
Think, ponder and enjoy the song. Gen Z is the buzzword nowadays in all topics related to our social life and they are the future of this country who needs to decide which way and how to go? We might not be there to see how it has taken shape finally
And the results so far
Song – O Bhabhi Meri Ho, Tu Chautha Paalna Na Baandh Angnaa (Chautha Paalna) (1970)(UR) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Lyricist – Balkavi Bairaagi, MD – SN Tripathi
Lyrics
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho o
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
arey beek jayega ye bhabhi
teraa kangna aa
arey beek jayega ye bhabhi
teraa kangna aa
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho o
bhaiya to mera
deewana hai bhabhi
bhaiya to mera
deewana hai bhabhi
arey kisne kaha wo
sayaana hai bhabhi
mere bhaiya ke sapnon ki
raani hai tu
par us se to zyaada
sayaani hain tu
us pagley ki
ho us pagley ki
baaton mein mat lagna
arey beek jayega ye bhabhi
teraa kangna aa
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
o o o o o o
ek kahe buaa aa
aur ek phoophi ee
ek kahe buaa aa
aur ek phoophi ee
arey teesre ka jhagda
baaki hain yoon bhi ee
socha tha ladega
to mar jaaungi
main rooth bhi gayi to
pighal jaaungi
bada mushqil hai
haaye bada mushqil hai
mere hi haath rangna aa
arey bik jayega
bhabhi ye tera kangna
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
tu chautha palnaa aa
mat baandh angna
tu chautha palnaa aa
mat baandh angna
arey bik jayega
bhabhi ye tera kangna
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
ho o o o o
aayi to chanda se
gori thi tu
jab aayi to chanda se
gori thi tu
arey doodh dhoolee
resham ki dori thi tu
yoon dori mein gaanthi naa
daal bhabhi
tere darpan ko hoga
malaal bhabhi
bada mushqil hai
ho bada mushqil hai
darpan se roop tthagna
arey bik jayega
bhabhi ye tera kangna
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
o o o o o
ek do ya zyaada se
zyaada bhabhi teen
ek do ya zyaada se
zyaada bhabhi teen
ho kaahe basaati hai
angna mein cheen
tu kaahe basaatee hai
angna mein cheen
ho tu bhi sukhi
aur ye bhi sukhi
kumhlaaye naa meri
surajmukhi
teri bagiyaa ko
ho teri bagiya ko
patjhad se door rakhna
arey bik jayega
ye bhabhi tera kangna
tu chautha palnaa
mat baandh angna
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
o bhabhi
o bhabhi
o bhabhi meri ho
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