Hans Le Gaa Le Ji Behla Le
Posted on: July 29, 2026
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Today’s song is from a social film ‘Rangeeli’ of 1952.
1952 was a year which was going through a lean period for Hindi films. Increased costs of film production, escalating rates of stars and music directors, establishment of star system in place of earlier studio system, increasing taxes, decreasing number of cinema halls etc caused a worry in the film industry. Financiers with black money were making films – in 1952 the number of Hindi films made went up to 105 from 97 of 1951, but dropped again to 98 in 1953. Most films were of lower quality. Because of superior music there were some great films too, but the situation was grave nevertheless.
Some hit films like ‘Aan’, ‘Baiju Bawra’, ‘Daag’, ‘Anand Math’, ‘Yatrik’, ‘Chhoti Maa’, ‘Hangama’ etc. became popular with their music. Other films like ‘Jaal’, ‘Anhonee’, ‘Sangdil’, ‘Maa’, ‘Bewafa’, ‘Aandhiyan’, ‘Vidyasagar’, ‘Ratnadeep’, ‘Nanhe Munne’, ‘Mr. Sampat’ etc were good enough but not so good. Naushad and C Ramchandra were competing acutely for the No. 1 rank and the audiences were gaining in the process, by their delightful music.
The Government suddenly became active, Censor Boards were closed from different regions and it was centralized. The first ever Film Festival in India was held, in which 140 films from more than 20 countries were exhibited. Selected famous films were shown in all 4 Metro Cities. Bimal Roy shifted to Bombay and started his own film company.
‘Rangeeli’ was made in these circumstances by M and T film, Bombay. The Producer was Gulistan and director was Najam Naqvi. The music was by Chic Chocolate aka Antonio Xavier Vaz. He was an arranger and assistant to C Ramchandra for many years. His first film as an MD was ‘Nadaan’ (1951). Today’s film was his second film as an MD. The cast of the film included Rehana, Rajkumar, Yakub, Mumtaz Ali, Balam, Leela Mishra, Eruch Tarapore, Kathana, Omkar Devaskar and many others. Since the film is not available and its booklet too is unavailable, we don’t have any idea about its storyline.
The film is remembered as the debut film for the dashing and dialogue expert actor Rajkumar who was famous for his favorite word ‘Jaani‘. He was a different type of a person and many anecdotes. true or false. are available of his unusual behavior. Though this Rajkumar was a well known actor, his name features in the group of ‘Same Name Confusion’. At one time, there were several Rajkumars were active in films, when this Rajkumar entered the films.
There were 5 Rajkumars in the industry at the same time. The first was Kannada hero Dr. Rajkumar. However, he never worked in any Hindi film, so no confusion about him. The second was the famous dialogue master Rajkumar ‘Jaani‘. Third was Rajkumar Gupta (from Ranchi), who was the main character in popular film ‘Jagriti’ (1954). He never worked again in any film. Fourth was Raj(u) Kumar, a junior artist, who did minor roles, mostly uncredited, in films like ‘Shri 420’ (1955), ‘Jagte Raho’ (1956). ‘Dilli Ka Thug’ (1958), ‘Aaj Aur Kal’ (1963), ‘Ziddi’ (1964)etc. The fifth was Rajkumar (Khatri), who mostly worked in many religious and mythological films.
Rajkumar (real name Kulbhushan Pandit, 8-10-1926 to 3-7-1996), the dashing hero known for his dialogue baazi was born in Loralai, Balochistan, (now in Pakistan) in a Kashmiri Pandit family. In the late 1940s he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai), India, where he became sub-inspector in the police. He married Jennifer, an Anglo-Indian, whom he met on a flight where she was the airhostess. She later changed her name to Gayatri as per Hindu customs. They had three children, sons Puru Rajkumar (a Bollywood actor), Panini Rajkumar and daughter Vastavikta Rajkumar, who made her screen debut in 2006 film ‘Eight: The Power of Shani’. Rajkumar made his acting debut in ‘Raneeli’ and appeared in films like ‘Aabshar’, ‘Ghamand’ and ‘Lakhon Mein Ek’, but it was as Prince Naushazad in Sohrab Modi’s ‘Nausherwan-E-Adil’ (1957) that he became famous. In 1957, he achieved prominence with his brief role as the husband of Nargis in ‘Mother India’. He followed this with the unglamorous role of a mill worker in ‘Paigham’ alongside Dilip Kumar. He was cast with Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor and Balraj Sahni in Yash Chopra’s family drama ‘Waqt’. In Sridhar’s ‘Dil Ek Mandir’, Raaj Kumar played the role of a cancer patient for which he won the Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for movies ‘Dil Ek Mandir’ and ‘Waqt’. He became known for his distinct style of dialogue delivery. His other notable films include ‘Hamraaz’ (1967), ‘Heer Ranjha’ (1971), ‘Lal Patthar’ (1971) and ‘Pakeezah’ (1972). He acted in fewer films by the mid 1970s and became a character actor in the 1980s with films like ‘Kudrat’ (1981), ‘Ek Nai Paheli’ (1984), ‘Marte Dam Tak’ (1987), ‘Muqaddar Ka Faisla’ (1987) and ‘Jung Baaz’ (1989). In 1991, he reunited with Dilip Kumar after 32 years in Subhash Ghai’s ‘Saudagar’.
In Hindi cinema after Sohrab Modi, it was Rajkumar whose dialogues were popular. He was famous for his favorite word ‘Jaani‘. The other day,while going through the discussions on RMIM group on Google I found an interesting question,”Why Raaj kumar is called Jaani, when he never used this word in his film dialogues ?”. On checking thoroughly, one finds that it was only in the film ‘Saudagar’ and ‘Tiranga’ that Rajkumar had used the word Jaani, only once each. That’s all. Then why does this word become his identity ? The answer is, this word was used by Rajkumar in private conversations and interviews very frequently, that is why !!
He kept his personal life in close wraps. He believed in keeping personal and professional lives separate. He sent his children to boarding schools to keep them away from films, to get the best education, and not to become like other star children. He had built a bungalow on Worli sea face and no one except his family was ever allowed inside. Whenever he left for work, a bunch of high pedigreed dogs used to see him off till the gate and welcome him on his arrival. He loved his dogs very much. He used to say “Insan kutta ban sakta hai lekin kutta Insaan nahi ban sakta. Ye bahut achhi baat hai“. [“A man can become a dog, but a dog can never become a man. That is a good thing.]
In any filmi party, he used to carry his own bottles. He never ever asked any special favours or concessions from any producer. He was very punctual and one hour afternoon siesta was a must every day. This used to be one of the conditions in his work contracts with the producers. He acted in 70 films in a career spanning more than 40 years. His first film was ‘Rangeeli’ and the last film was ‘Bakwaas’ (1995). His famous dialogue baazi, started with the film ‘Waqt’ (1965).
He died of throat cancer at the age of 69 on 3 July 1996.According to Puru Rajkumar in his interview to Farhana Farook, his father suffered from Hodgkins disease for which he had chemotherapy. The last two years were bad with the nodes recurring in the lungs.
Not many people know anything about the Music Director Chic Chocolate.
Chic Chocolate (1916 – May 1967) born Antonio Xavier Vaz, was a Goan trumpeter who led a jazz band at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay and was one of Bombay’s best known jazz musicians. He was also a Hindi film music composer and played trumpet in various soundtracks. Chic was born Antonio Xavier Vaz in Aldona in 1916. He learned music at his local parochial school and, despite the wishes of his mother who wanted him to earn a “respectable” living as a mechanic, he followed his dreams of a life playing music.
Influenced by Louis Armstrong, Chic styled himself after his great jazz hero. Chocolate’s trumpet playing and ‘scatting’ technique were a tribute to Armstrong. His stage presence has been recognized as dramatic, with accounts reporting that he would fall on one knee, while raising his instrument to the stars, during the band’s crescendo. Chocolate earned the sobriquet, the ‘Louis Armstrong of India’, as he not only played jazz like an African American, but also possessed a similarly dark complexion.
By the mid 1940s, after had played in Rangoon and Mussoorie, Chic had established himself as a popular Bombay jazz musician. He started out with a group called the Spotlights and by 1945 had formed his own outfit, Chic and the Music Makers, beating out 12 other bands to win a contract at Green’s Hotel, which was owned by the Taj Mahal Hotel. A newspaper article from the time described Chic Chocolate’s band as ‘Bombay’s Topflight Band’. Chic Chocolate occasionally led a two-trumpet barrage at the Green’s Hotel with Chris Perry.
Like many Goan musicians of the time, Chic Chocolate played jazz live at night but his days were spent in the film studios, recording and arranging soundtracks for movies. He had a short career as a music composer in Bollywood movies. In 1951, he began his career as a music director with the movie ‘Nadaan’, which had a popular track list, including songs like Talat Mehmood’s “Aa Teri Tasveer Bana Lu” and Lata Mangeshkar’s “Sari Duniya Ko Pichhe Chodkar“.
Chic Chocolate was an integral part of composer C Ramchandra’s team. Ramachandra is popularly credited with introducing swing into Bollywood with tunes such as “Gore Gore O Baanke Chhore” from ‘Samadhi’ and “Shola Jo Bhadke” from ‘Abela’. However the credit for these songs is due to Chic Chocolate. Their collaboration in the 1952 film ‘Rangeeli’ included the song “Koi Dard Hamara Kya Samjhe“, sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He is remembered for his work with Naasir in the 1956 film ‘Kar Bhala’, and he also collaborated with Madan Mohan. Chic was the assistant music director for the film ‘Bhai Bhai’.
Chic’s lives as jazz man and film musician sometimes merged. He had a cameo appearance in the film ‘Albela’, along with his band in a song sequence dressing them in frilly Latinesque costumes. Chic capitalised on the film’s success by dressing his band in those costumes in future live performances.
Chic died in May 1967 in Mumbai, aged 51. Shortly after, Chetan Anand’s ‘Aakhri Khat’ was released. The bluesy song “Rut Jawan Jawan” featured several close-ups of Chic Chocolate playing his trumpet solos from the bandstand. Chic had lived with his wife, Martha and his children in an apartment in Colaba.
Like Chic Chocolate, many instrument players from Goa joined the Hindi film music world. Many of them became assistants or arrangers for major music directors, in due course. Some well known names from among them were Anthony Gonsalves, Chris Perry, Frank Fernando, Sebastian D’souza, Shridhar Parsekar (all from Goa), Enoch Daniels, Shyamrao Kamble, Anil Mohile, Bal Parte etc etc.
Being with leading composers for quite some time, some of these arrangers developed a desire to become music directors themselves. Few of them even tried their hand at composing music to some films independently. Most of them failed miserably and soon returned to their vocation again. There are , however, some cases where the one time assistants or arrangers became famous and successful independent Music Directors. In fact, most MDs were assistants in the beginning of their careers to gain knowledge and experience.
Now something about the director Najam Naqvi. Najmul Hasan Naqvi, born on 11-4-1913 at Moradabad (UP). He was working in Bombay Talkies doing odd jobs as continuity man and even as an actor in ‘Achhut Kanya’ (1936). He was a very hardworking person. The whole episode of Devika Rani’s elopement with handsome actor Najmul Hassan had become a matter of embarrassment for the continuity man; working in the same studio. His name too was Najmul Hasan. Because of the same name, this innocent chap, who had nothing to do with the elopement drama, had to suffer staring eyes and hush hush whisperings within the studio and the film circle of Calcutta ! After this episode he changed his name to a shorter edition – Najam Naqvi.
He worked in the direction department and his first film as an independent Director was ‘Punrmilan’ (1940). He went on directing films like ‘Raja Rani’ (1942), ‘Tasveer’ (1943), ‘Naya Tarana’ (1943), ‘Panna’ (1944), ‘Prithwiraj Sanyogita’ (1946), ‘Nateeja’ (1947), ‘Parayee Aag’ (1948), ‘Actress’ (1948), ‘Nirdosh’ (1950), ‘Rangeeli’ (1952) and last film ‘Samrat’ (1954). In 1955, Najam Naqvi migrated to Pakistan and directed 7 films from ‘Kunwari Bewa’ (1956), ‘Naghma e Dil’ (1959), ‘Dil e Nadaan’ (1960), ‘Qaidi’ (1962), ‘Ek Manzil Do Rahein’ (1962), ‘Ek Tera Sahara’ (1963) and lastly ‘Payal Ki Jhankaar’ (1966). Najam Naqvi died on 26-1-82 at Lahore. Due to the same name, many sites including IMDB mix up the filmography of these two artistes.
Here is a duet from today’s film ‘Rangeeli’, sung by Shamshad Begum and GM Durrani with chorus. Enjoy….
Song – Hans Le Gaa Le Ji Behla Le (Rangeeli) (1952) Singer – Shamshad Begum, GM Durrani, Lyricist – Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD – Chic Chocolate
Unidentfied Male Voice
Shamshad Begum + GM Durrani
Chorus
Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laaaa
hans le gaa le
ji behla le
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laaaa
hans le gaa le
ji behla le
tra lall lall lall lall laa
do din ki zindgani
phir na aaye jawaani
do din ki zindgani
phir na aaye jawaani
hoyyy
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laaaa
hans le gaa le
ji behla le
tra lall lall lall lall laa
jawaani udd jayegi phurr
haa
jawaani udd jayegi phir tu haath malenga
arrey phir tu haath malenga
arey naak pe chashma
haath mein lakdi
yun chelnga
yun chelnga
yun chelnga
haa haa haa
yun chelnga
khul jaayenge dil ke taale
ji bhar ke mauj udaa le
khul jaayenge dil ke taale
ji bhar ke mauj udaa le
hoyyy
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laaaa
hans le gaa le
ji behla le
tra lall lall lall lall laa
o dilbar khannum wai wai
tum par qurbaanam wai wai
o dilbar khannum wai wai
tum par qurbaanam wai wai
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baheen pasaar ji
gulnar ji
gulnar ji
wai wai
wai wai wai wai wai
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gulnar ji
gulnar ji
wai wai
wai wai wai
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laaaa
hans le gaa le
ji behla le
tra lall lall lall lall laa
[Anokhe Bol]
aayenga phir aayenga
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aayenga phir aayenga
aisa kya
<??> phir hum aayenge aayenga aayenga
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tra lall lall lall lall laa
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tra lall lall lall lall laa
do din ki zindgani
phir na aaye jawaani
do din ki zindgani
phir na aaye jawaani
hoyyy
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laa
tra lall lall lall lall laaaa
hans le gaa le
ji behla le
tra lall lall lall lall laa
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July 29, 2026 at 11:12 am
Excellent write up, especially unknown aspects pertaining to Chic Chocolate.
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July 29, 2026 at 11:23 am
Thanks.
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