Jogan pritam kee
Posted on: August 22, 2026
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Today’s song is from a “Remake” of a Telugu film in Hindi -Devi-1970.
This film was made in Madras by Olympic Pictures, Madras. It was produced and directed by V. Madhusudan Rao. This was his first foray into Hindi films. Though His name was Veeramachaneni Madhusudan Rao, he was popularly known as Victory Madhusudan Rao in the film industry. He was a producer, director and screenplay writer, mainly in Telugu films. He directed 70 films – Telugu (64), Hindi (4) and Kannada (2).
Today’s film Devi-1970 is a remake of his successful Telugu film “Rakta Sambandham”-1962. His Hindi films are Devi-70,Samaj ko badal daalo-70, Saas bhi kabhi bahu thi-71 and Lav kush-97. His Kannada films were Sneha Sedu-78 and Ondu Hennu Aaru kannu-80. All other language films were remakes of his hit telugu films.
The music was by Laxmikant- Pyarelal for the songs written by Anand Bakshi. The cast of the film was Nutan, Sanjeev Kumar, Rehman, Mopet Sooraj, Farida Jalal, Lalita Pawar, Sulochana, Madan Puri, Manmohan Krishna, Deena Pathak, Mehmood, Aruna Irani and others.
The year 1970 was full of interesting films. This was also the end of B&W films and the start of all colour films. However, the last B & W film Dastak made the beginning of the 1970 film scene. Sanjeev kumar and Rehana gave very natural performances.. The film had a background of the Red Light area. 2 more films of the ” New Wave “made a solid impact. They were Chetana and Anand.
Actually, Hrishikesh Mukherjee wrote the story of Anand for Raj Kapoor, the next choice was Mehmood and then Kishore Kumar. However, Rajesh Khanna insisted on working in this film and gave suitable dates also. He took only 1 lakh instead of his usual 8 lakhs for this film. The rest is history as they say !
A tragedy film Safar was successful. Rajesh Khanna dies at the end. Millions of fans of Rajesh Khanna were unhappy and warned him ‘ not to die in future films hereafter’ ! The other notable films were Kati Patang, The train, Sawan Bhado, Jeevan mrityu, Sharafat, Sachha Jhootha, Aan milo sajna, Khilona, Abhinetri, Hamjoli, Uski Roti, Samaj ko badal dalo etc etc.
Raj Kapoor’s Mera Naam Joker did not run for long. Dev Anand’s Mera naam Johnny and Prem Pujari as well as Manoj Kumar’s Poorab aur Paschim were real winners. All in all, 1970 was a feast for film lovers. Shakeel Badayuni died in April, Zeenat Aman was crowned Miss Asia and Raaj Kumar ‘Jaani’ married Air Hostess Jenny.
The story of the film Devi-1970 was….
A kind hearted and innocent village girl- Devi, meets Dr. Shekhar, who wants to do social work in villages for the masses. They fall in love and get married. This is not liked by Pooranchand, elder brother of Shekhar, who believes in only higher society girls. However he blesses them with a heavy heart. His Mother in Law, Rampyari is staying with them in their house with her daughter Shobha, whom she wanted to get married to Dr. Shekhar, as her elder daughter married to Pooranchand is no more. Rampyari does not like this marriage and hates Devi.
Rampyari wants to throw Devi out of their house, when Shekhar goes abroad for a few months, with the help of Joginder, a well known crook and a blackmailer. They succeed in throwing Devi out of the house with false accusations.
When Shekhar comes back he learns all this and starts believing it. When Devi learns about his return, she comes to meet him, but as his mind is poisoned, he throws her out.
In a few months, Devi delivers a boy- Deepak. Meanwhile Joginder does forgery and loots the property of Pooranchand. He repents and calls the police.
Joginder is also a murderer. Police arrest him and after a good police ‘treatment’, he admits to framing with false accusation and throwing Devi out of the house. Now Pooranchand throws Rampyari and Shobha out of their house. Shekhar brings Devi with joy and is happy to see his son Deepak.
Today’s song is sung by Laxmi Shankar and Usha Iyer Uthup.
Here is some information about Laxmi Shankar….Laxmi Shankar went to the USA, after retiring from Hindi film playback singing. She won several awards,got nominated for Grammy awards, held several shows and taught Classical music to American students. She was held in high esteem in the USA. She died on 30-12-2013 in the USA.
After her death, ‘IndiaWest’ published her obituary, which clearly indicated her achievements and respect she earned in USA-” One of the most influential Indian musicians in America, vocalist Lakshmi Shankar, passed away Dec. 30th evening in Southern California, surrounded by her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and close friends. She was 87.
Shankar was extraordinarily versatile, excelling in Indian classical dance before illness halted her dancing career and she committed herself to vocal music. Shankar was proficient in a wide range of Indian vocal music styles including Carnatic, khayal, thumri, dadra, kajri, Rabindra sangeet and bhajans, and sang in 14 languages.
“Bhajans were her specialty,” her son, Kumar Shankar, told India-West by phone. “As far as I’m concerned, nobody could sing a bhajan like her.”
Lakshmi Shankar was born June 16, 1926, in the eastern Indian city of Jamshedpur, and first trained as a child in Bharatnatyam. Later on, she was accepted into the prestigious music institute founded by Uday Shankar in Almora, in what is now Uttarakhand.
While working under Shankar, she mastered the Manipuri, Kathakali and ballet styles, and it was there that she met her future husband, Rajendra Shankar, Uday’s brother. The two were married in 1941, and went on to settle in Mumbai, where Lakshmi’s career grew as an actress and dancer, also branching out into playback singing for regional films. In her career she sang 27 songs in 18 Hindi films, starting from Neecha Nagar-46 to Aarop-74.
In the early 1950s, she was struck with pleurisy, a condition that leads to painful inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs. “She could not dance,” explained Kumar. “She had breathing problems, and weight gain.”
But instead of giving up the arts, Lakshmi Shankar decided to put her talent on course in a different direction. In an interview with Traditions Engaged, she explained, “I know the meaning of what I am singing, which is a very big thing in music. When I sing I see the expression and the movement of the words and feel them as a dancer would.”
Lakshmi Shankar had a musical epiphany when she discovered ghazals and other north Indian music forms, and soon started studying with Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan of the Patiala gharana. Her new affection for Hindustani music led her to collaborate with sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar(brother to Uday and Rajendra), for whom she assisted in many projects for ballets, films and festivals. It was a family affair, with her son Kumar handling sound checks for their performances.
Through her work with Ravi Shankar, Lakshmi’s talent was able to reach a global audience. She made numerous recordings with Western artists, including on the soundtrack to Richard Attenborough’s film “Gandhi,” and in 1974 she toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe with George Harrison and Ravi Shankar as the lead singer for George Harrison’s groundbreaking “Music Festival from India.”
Among the many honors she received, her 2008 Grammy nomination for “Dancing in the Light” was a milestone, but Shankar also received a Durfee Foundation grant to teach Indian music to American students; a Kalpana Chawla Award for “Woman of the Year”; a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bengali Association of New York; and an award for “Uplifting the World with Music” from Sri Chinmoy.
Kumar Shankar explained that a private memorial will be held Jan. 6 in the San Fernando Valley, and a more public memorial will take place at this year’s Ravi Shankar Foundation music festival. A statement from the Shankar family reads: “She had a heavenly voice which would melt any heart. She was a kind and beautiful soul. We will miss her. “
Lakshmi’s children, Kumar and Vijayshri (who passed away in 1995), were blessed to grow up in a household where nonstop music filled every day, explained Kumar. “She would practice for hours and hours each day … we were surrounded by music all the time.”
Knowing that her loss will also be felt by countless music lovers around the world is small comfort for Kumar. “I have mixed feelings,” he told India-West. “I knew it would happen. But it’s overwhelming.” Hats off to this worthy soul who did monumental work in spreading Indian culture in advanced countries.
Today’s song is a special song. It was provided to me by the kind hearted, helpful Record/song collector Syed Jafer Shah ji. The song was kindly uploaded by our own Sadanand Kamath ji. I have not seen this film, but Sadanand ji sent me the information on this song after he watched it. Quote
” The song is there in the film, which is picturised on Aruna Irani. Mehmood is surprised to see her as a devotee as well as a dancer, hence 2 singers. Unfortunately a video clip of the song is not available.
” The song in the film has three parts – first, Aruna Irani sings as a devotional song; in the second she sings and performs Carnatic dance. However, in the third part, the English song with western dance seems to have been deleted from the film’s VCD. One can notice after the end of the Carnatic dance that a girl in western attire comes on the screen and the scene is abruptly cut. This indicates that this part was there in the film. In the record version, only the first and the last parts are included but omitting the second part. Usha Iyer (Uthup) sings the English part of the lyrics in the record version which is deleted in the VCD.”
Thank you, Sadanand ji. With this song, all songs of film Devi-1970 are covered and the film is YIPPEED. Enjoy the mixed song….
Song- Jogan Pritam kee (Devi)(1970) Singers – Laxmi Shankar,Usha Iyer (Usha Uthup), Lyricist- Anand Bakshi, MD- Laxmikant PyarelalLyrics:
aaa aaa aaa aaa aahaa aa aaa aaa
jogan pritam kee
ajee haan pritam kee
jogan
haan haan haan
jogan pritam kee
mera naam hai
haan haan haan
jogan pritam kee
mera naam hai
pritam kee pooja haan aan
pritam kee pooja mera kaam hai
haan haan haan
jogan kee ?? mera naam hai
ek piya se naata jod liya hai
saara jagat maine chhod diya hai
haathon mein mere tere naam kee maala
dhyaan tihaara subaha shaam hai
haan haan haan
jogan pritam kee
ajee haan pritam kee
jogan
haan haan haan
jogan pritam kee
mera naam hai
you are my mitthu
I am your mitthi
how come she is writing you a chitthi
you are my mitthu
I am your mitthi
how come she is writing you a chitthi
go ahead and ??
??
this can go on and on
you are my mitthu
I am your mitti
how come she is writing you a chitthi
you are my mitthu
I am your mitthi
how come she is writing you a chitthi
go ahead and ??
??
this can go on and on
yeah so be it
go man
go man go
aa so
??
aa ha ha
aa ha ha
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