Ajee kahaan gum ho mere liye tum ho
Posted on: August 19, 2026
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Today’s song is the last and final song from a Horror film- Darwaza-1978.
I have been seeing films (Hindi, English, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarathi and Tamil) since the late 1940s and have seen films of almost every genre, but I always avoided watching Horror films. One reason was that the Horror films made in Hindi were of very low quality, poor stories, poorer music and the audience of lower strata of society, generally. Not that the educated people are not fond of Horror films, but their percentage is very less. Such people increased after well known filmmakers started making Horror films.
If you look into the history of Horror films in Hindi, you will find that very few such films were made in the first 2 decades of the Talkie Era. The first such film was Bhutiya Mahal-1932. It was a mix of Horror and comedy. The next notable horror film was made by Calcutta’s Maadan Theatres- Zinda Bhoot in 1937. Unfortunately it was their Swan Song also, because they closed the company after this film. Sagar Movietone made Dynamite in 1938. New Theatres, Calcutta made Sapera in 1939. But the real and successful Horror film made was Mahal in 1949 by Bombay Talkies, with top stars like Ashok Kumar and Madhubala etc. This was a Milestone film in the genre of Horror films.
The crop of Horror films became abundant only after Ramsay Brothers entered this field with their first successful Horror film ‘ Do gaz zameen ke neeche’ in 1972. When it comes to Horror there is no doubt that the Ramsay brothers are the undisputed kings of the genre. Even though there are many horror films that have come out in recent years, the one name that always comes to mind is Ramsay brothers.
The word “Ramsay” was first heard at the Radio and Electric company in Karachi, a radio shop owned by Fatehchand U. Ramsinghani. A name his British clients had difficulty in pronouncing so they gave him a new name, one that would change his life forever.
After the partition Fatechand moved to Mumbai, where he saw the growth of low budget films backed by independent investors and businessmen as an opportunity to get into film production with his sons Kumar, Tulsi, Shyam, Keshu, Kiran, Gangu and Arjun. While they found success with films like Shaheed e Azam Bhagat Singh (1954) and Rustom Sahab (1963), the family faced a major setback with the failure of Ek nanhi munni ladki thi(1970),a major film starring Prithviraj Kapoor and Shatrugan Sinha.
However, Tulsi and Shyam noticed in a screening of the film that the audience was shocked to see Prithviraj Kapoor in grotesque full body costume, they were scared beyond belief. That’s when they decided to make their first horror film Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche (1972).The film eventually became a sleeper hit at the box office, officially establishing the Ramsay brothers. The Ramsay Brothers continued to deliver horror classics. Not only have the Ramsay Brothers played a pivotal role in the development of the independent, low budget horror movie industry, but they have also become an important part of popular culture.
Here are details of Ramsay Brothers. Ramsay Brothers is a pseudonym or brand name used for a family of Bollywood filmmakers, the sons and grandsons of F.U. Ramsay. They are best known for making horror films synonymous with the name “Ramsay Brothers” in India.
The Ramsay family’s actual surname is Ramsinghani and they are a Hindu family hailing from the Sindh province in present-day Pakistan. They belong to a trading caste, and in the early decades of the 20th century, the Ramsinghani family used to run electronics shops (mainly radio sets) in Karachi and Lahore. In 1947, after the Partition of India, they were forced to flee their native land. Penniless and destitute, Fatehchand U. Ramsay (F.U. Ramsay) came with his extended family, including his wife, 7 sons and 2 daughters, to India. They settled in Bombay and Fatehchand, along with his older sons, set up a tiny electronics shop in Lamington Road, thanks to a dealership agreement with the same manufacturer of radio sets and other electronics goods who had been their principal in Karachi. The shop did reasonably well, but the family was large, and income was not sufficient.
Then, as is now, Bombay was the center of showbiz in India. For reasons that are not clearly understood, but perhaps lured by the lottery-like wealth which the film industry brandished, Fatehchand joined a group of other Sindhi refugee businessmen to produce the film Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh (1954). It was a dismal flop, despite featuring a rendition of Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna by Mohammad Rafi. A long hiatus followed, but the lure of films was great and Fatehchand later produced the films Rustam Sohrab (1963) and Ek Nanhi Munni Ladki Thi (1970). Both films flopped and the Ramsays were reeling under huge debts when inspiration struck. In one scene in Ek Nanhi Munni Ladki Thi, Prithviraj Kapoor wears a devil’s mask to carry out a robbery and terrifies Mumtaz. The film didn’t work, but it was noticed that the “monster” sequence was popular with the audience. This encouraged the Ramsays to make Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche (1972), based on a story narrated by Fatehchand’s daughter Asha to her father. The film was advertised in a half-hour, late-night show on radio, which helped it get the “Houseful” board up when it was released. Its success sparked a trend of shoe-string budget movies that were wrapped up in a month with a crew of 15.
The Ramsay Brothers have made more than 30 horror films in India, which epitomizes the lower depths of 1980s Bollywood sleaze and gore, but which have secured their place in Hindi cinema’s hall of fame as the pioneers of Indian horror films. They are producers, directors and editors for many famous Hindi horror movies such as Darwaza, Saboot, Guest House, Purana Mandir, Veerana, Purani Haveli, Bandh Darwaza and the TV series, Zee Horror Show.
Their first film, Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche, proved to be a milestone for them and for the Indian horror film industry. At a time when an average Hindi film took about a year and INR 50 lakhs to complete, Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche was shot in 40 days on a budget of Rs 3.5 lakhs. All 7 Ramsay brothers boarded buses with small-time actors, a sparse film crew, their wives and parents and drove to a government guest house in Mahabaleshwar that cost Rs 12 a room – they took 7 rooms. They didn’t spend on sets because they shot on location. They didn’t spend on costumes because these were picked out of actors’ wardrobes. The cameras were all borrowed. All the departments for making the film were taken care of by the 7 brothers. The film ran to full houses in the first week after its release. It made Rs. 45 lakhs at the Indian box office.
The family includes 7 brothers, who made cult horror films mainly in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The brothers are Kumar Ramsay (oldest), Gangu Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay, Arjun Ramsay, Shyam Ramsay, Keshu Ramsay and Kiran Ramsay. The brothers worked together for most of their careers and divided the various departments of filmmaking among them to produce films. Kumar Ramsay wrote the scripts, Gangu Ramsay took care of the cinematography, Kiran Ramsay managed the sound department, Keshu Ramsay handled the production, Arjun Ramsay took care of the editing and both Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay handled the direction. Asha Ramsay and Kamla Ramsay were the two daughters of Fatehchand U. Ramsay, they were the beloved sisters of the 7 Ramsay brothers.
Their 1980s horror films are generally a combination of sex and supernatural entities. Their film Mahakaal in 1993 was also successful and it was a mixture of horror, romance and comedy.
Actor and producer Ajay Devgn and Priti Sinha have acquired the rights to produce a biopic on the Ramsay Brothers. The film is tentatively titled The Ramsay Biopic. The script will be written by Ritesh Shah.( based on information from The Revolver Club, Cinerang by Isak Mujawar, wiki, and my notes.)
An American- Mike Barnum, who is interested in Hindi films is a great fan of C grade films of a variety types like, Murder, Crime, Jungle, Snake,Horror etc. He runs a site exclusively for such films. On this site, he has reviewed 80 Horror films from 1938 to 2010. It is a site worth visiting (www.cinemajaadoo.wordpress.com).
Today’s film Darwaza-1978 was made by the Ramsay Brothers. It was directed by Tulsi and Shyam Ramsay. Music was bySapan Jagamohan. There were only 3 songs in this films. The star cast was Anil Dhawan, Shyamlee, Anju Mahendru, Kumud Tripathi, Sapru, Trilok Kapoor, Randhir, Bhagwa, a new find Gopal Ramsay, 3 Guest artistes and many others.
The story of this film was…..
Thakur Pratap Singh has lost his loved ones due to a curse put on him and his family by a widow, whose son Dharma was unintentionally killed by Pratap Singh long ago. Now Pratap Singh is on his deathbed, tended by his extremely loyal servant Shankar. Pratap Singh calls his friend Professor to his Haveli and asks him to take his son Suraj to one of his friends in Mumbai. Moments later we see that Thakur dies and the Professor and his charioteer Shambhu Kaka are attacked by a gruesome, ghastly, vengeful deformed ghoul. With much valor Shambhu Kaka saves Suraj and screams, but Professor, not so lucky, dies a macabre death.
Time goes by and now Suraj has grown up and is in love with his uncle’s daughter Rachna. After a few romantic sequences they get married. However, not everything goes on smoothly as Suraj is tormented by the haunting memories of the past. He decides to take matters in his hands and heads to the Haveli with Rachna. On the way they encounter an old woman, who scorns Suraj’s decision to go to the Haveli. She tells him that her son Ganga, once a popular village lad, lost his life in the caves behind the Haveli. Suraj dismisses her story and takes his way to the Haveli. Ahead they meet some hoodlums who try to take advantage of Rachna’s solitariness, while Suraj is out to bring water for the fuming car radiator. Suraj arrives just in time and saves Rachna. They are then aided by a local village girl Shaila, who is the jovial daughter of the village headman or Sardar. That night, during their halt, Rachna is attacked by the monster, who topples their car and disappears in the dark. Suraj goes looking for it when he lands up at the Haveli and finds Shankar cleaning bloodstains dotted on the floor. Rachna somehow manages to save her life and soon joins Suraj at the Haveli.
Upon arrival, Suraj is given a warm welcome by the villagers. Sardar tells Suraj that Pratap Singh was his old buddy and laments his death.
The village extremist Shakal’s, younger brother of Dharma, and Goga dislike the friendly attitude of Sardar towards Suraj and arouse Suraj for a fight. A violent duel ensues between Shakal and Suraj with Suraj’s decisive victory. Meanwhile, Rachna happens to discover Shambhu Kaka’s corpse and takes to her heels to tell Suraj. However, when they return the dead body is nowhere to be seen. Shakal wants to settle scores with Suraj (for Pratap Singh’s atrocities) for the untimely death of his brother Dharma and his mother. His wife Reshma tries to persuade Shakal to leave the dog-eat-dog attitude but Shakal is blinded by revenge and believes that killing Suraj would do justice to the souls of his deceased mother and brother. At night Reshma goes to the Haveli to make Suraj understand about the impending peril he and Rachna could face. At the Haveli she finds Shankar sneaking out of a hidden door. With much curiosity Reshma opens the door (unbeknownst to anyone else) and finds that the door opens to a dungeon. Several minutes later, we see Reshma dead and Shankar digging a grave for her. Afterwards Shakal finds Reshma’s bracelet near the grave and Goga blames Suraj for her death. Enraged Shakal kills Shaila as he does not want the Sardar to know about Reshma’s death.
Meanwhile, Goga and his men raid the Haveli and torment Rachna. Rachna somehow escapes but ends up at the dungeon. Goga and his men are killed by the monster and Rachna witnesses their horrendous deaths. Suraj and the village men reach the dungeon and find a scared Rachna and the dead bodies of Goga and his henchmen. They also see a cloaked figure who is revealed to be none other than Pratap Singh. Suraj takes Pratap Singh to the Haveli and it looks like Pratap Singh is living a vegetable life after having lost his memory, eyesight and hearing ability. Shakal frames Suraj and his father by showing Shaila’s corpse to Sardar and puts the blame on them. Sardar orders Shakal to kill the culprits and Shakal thus gets a chance to quench his blood thirst. With several villagers, Shakal goes to the Haveli and demands an eye-for-an-eye and tooth-for-a-tooth justice. Finally Shakal breaks into the Haveli and ends up in Pratap Singh’s room. Where he starts whipping Pratap Singh only to find out that Pratap Singh is the monster. The monster throws Shakal out of the window killing him and also kills Shankar in front of Suraj and Rachna. While dying Shankar informs Suraj that the Trident in the temple of Kaali Mata is the only way to stop the monster. Suraj and Rachna somehow manage to move out of the Haveli but are stopped by the villagers waiting outside it. Meanwhile, the monster comes out of the Haveli and the villagers who are surrounding the Haveli start running towards the temple. The monster tries killing the Sardar in the temple when Suraj kills the monster with the trident (Trishul). The ceiling of the temple collapses on the monster who returns to his human form before dying. Suraj and all the villagers come to know that the monster was none other than Thakur Pratap Singh. Holding his last breath Pratap Singh reveals that due to his evil deeds the curse turned him into the monster and that is the reason why he did not want his son to be here. In the end, Thakur dies in Suraj’s arms.
Today’s song is the last and final song of the film. It is a YIPPEE SONG. It is sung by Asha Bhosle. Enjoy…..
Video
Audio (longer and good quality)
Song- Ajee kahaan gum ho mere liye tum ho (Darwaaza)(1978) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- Naqsh Lyallpuri, MD- Sapan Jagmohan
Lyrics (Based on audio link):
Aeae
kahaan gum ho
ajee kahaan gum ho
mere liye tum ho
ajee kahaan gum ho
ho mere liye tum ho
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ajee kahaan gum ho
mere liye tum ho
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
aaj bhadkegee
aag seene mein
yoon na aahen bharo o
pyaar milta hai
pyaar karne se
raaz ye jaan lo o
aaj bhadkegee
aag seene mein
yoon na aahen bharo o
pyaar milta hai
pyaar karne se
raaz ye jaan lo o
dostee ka chalan
seekh lo o
jaaneman
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ajee kahaan gum ho
mere liye tum ho
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
aaj duniya mein
aish karne ke
saare saamaan hain aen
ek saathhee kee
hum ko chaahat hai
hum pareshaan hain aen
aaj duniya mein
aish karne ke
saare saamaan hain aen
ek saathhee kee
hum ko chaahat hai
hum pareshaan hain aen
kya bura
hai agar
tum bano
humsafar
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ajee kahaan gum ho
mere liye tum ho
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ke mausam
jawaanee ka hai chaar din
ajee kahaan gum ho
mere liye tum ho
lala lalla laa laa
lala lalla laa laa
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August 20, 2026 at 8:03 pm
The lady- Shyamli- who is lip syncing this song- is she the same one who acted in “Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye” as Prem Kishan’s girl friend? Not much is known about her. What other films did she act in? Where did she vanish?
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August 20, 2026 at 8:05 pm
G.O.K.
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