Ek ladkee to kya mere jaisee to kya
Posted on: September 12, 2026
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Today’s song is the last and final song from the film Mere Armaan Mere Sapne-1963.
The film was made by Lalit Kala Mandir, Bombay. It was directed by Arvind Soni and the music was by old horse N. Datta, for the songs written by Rajendra Krishna. The cast of the film included Pradeep Kumar, Ashim Kumar, Jayashree Gadkar, Kumari Naaz, Sumitra Devi, Padma Devi, Pran, Asit Sen, Agha, Manmohan Krishna, Badri Prasad etc etc.
The film was a mediocre one with nothing new in the story-written by Binoy Chaterjee who also wrote the screenplay. Dialogues were by Vishnu Sharma. The story of the film was a defused affair with nothing exciting, new or interesting.
Here is the story…..
Kumar(Pradeep Kumar) is a brilliant student with a bright future,who is slated to marry Prabha(Jayashri Gadkar) a rich man’s daughter.But suddenly,Kumar’s father(Badri prashad) dies but not before taking a promise from Kumar to look after his younger brother Arun(Ashim Kumar).
Arun is not interested in studies and flirts with Shanti(Naaz).Kumar helps him and Shanti encourages him and he passes with Ist class.Before he is sent to city for further education,he is engaged to Shanti.
Arun joins Kumar’s old college where he meets Vilas(Agha) an old classmate of Kumar.Vilas once saves him from ragging and takes him out to the city streets where Vilas meets Kalpana(Sumitra devi) who is a society girl. Arun is attracted to her. Kalpana is originally a good girl but gets into clutches of Pran(Pran) and is spoiled.One day, Jogeshwar(Asit sen)sees Arun with Kalpana,goes to the villege and tells his mother(Padma Devi),who dies with the shock.Kumar is also angry and goes to city to meet Arun.Meanwhile,being a good girl basically,Kalpana throws Arun out of her house. Pran is angry and he murders Kalpana. Kumar reaches there only to find her dead body. He is arrested and tried in court by the Govt.Pleader whose wife is his old flame Prabha. Prabha meets him in lock up,gets all the truth and defends him in the court. Kumar is released,as Pran is caught by the police with proof.
Kumar and Arun return to the Village and Arun marries Shanti.
Now, compare this story with the interesting and uncommon stories of films in 1963. The year was celebrated as the Golden Jubilee year of the Indian Cinema (1913 to 1963). One of the best films of 1963 was Shehar aur Sapna, which depicted the shattered dreams of a newly married couple in today’s cities. The film won the president’s Gold medal.
Another excellent film was Bandini, based on the novel by the famous Bengali novelist Charu Chakraborty. The director Bimal Roy made the film a wonderful poem of extraordinary acting by Nutan, depicting a story of a Prisoner woman. Though an Art Film, it was a grand commercial success too !
Sunil Dutt’s film Mujhe Jeene Do showed life of a Dacoit, just like earlier films Jis desh mein Ganga behti hai and Ganga Jamuna. Film Gumrah presented an unusual subject of marriage and extra marital life. It showed the right path for married couples. Sunil Dutt’s 3rd film this year was Ye raatse hain Pyar ke, based on the real life story of the Nanavati Murder case.
Other fine films were Dil ek Mandir, Meri soorat teri aankhen, Taj Mahal, Mere Mehboob, Dil hi to hai, Tere ghar ke samne, Sehra, Phir wohi dil laya hoon, Rustom Sohrab, Parasmani – the first film of Laxmikant- Pyarelal as Music Directors, who created an unbeaten record of maximum films in next 3 decades (519 films and 2870 songs) ! The English -Hindi film House Holder by Shashi Kapoor was an excellent film too.
In this year, IMPAA celebrated its Silver Jubilee along with the Golden Jubilee of Indian Cinema. Satyajit Rai won the Award for Mahanagar in the Berlin Film Festival and Suchitra Sen won the Best actress award in Moscow Film Festival.
The Hero of today’s film Pradeep Kumar was a fortunate actor. He was the first choice to play Prince/King in numerous Hindi films. His talwar-cut moustache, broad shoulders, receding-into-his-temples coiffure, peaches-and-honey complexion, and regal bearing made him fit the role of an amorous aristocrat like a made-to-order crown.
Pradeep was the kind who could smoke a hookah with the same élan as while puffing State Express cigarettes when he played the modern lover.
Pradeep Kumar aka Sital Batabyal was born on 4 January 1925. Pradeep bided his time till he was 17 years old before he announced his decision to pursue an acting career. Despite his father’s disapproval, Pradeep began acting on stage. During one of his performances, renowned filmmaker Debaki Bose spotted him and cast him in a Bengali film, Alaknanda (1947).
Encouraged, Pradeep moved to Mumbai and found a job in the bustling Filmistan Studio. He brushed up on his Hindi and learnt Urdu in a bid to make an impression in his first Hindi film, Anand Math (1952). The film, set in the 18th century, had strong nationalistic overtones and co-starred Prithviraj Kapoor and Geeta Bali. The Vande Mataram number from this film became a cult success.
In the next two years, Pradeep’s career escalated to the top with two hugely successful musical hits — the Bina Rai-starrer Anarkali (1953) and the Vyjayanthimala-starrer Nagin (1954). While Anarkali revolved around the eternally popular legend of Mughal Prince Salim’s passionate affair with a commoner Anarkali, Nagin was a reed-slim romance between two lovers belonging to rival snake-catching tribes.
The songs of both films (Nagin had as many as 12) had audiences transfixed. Pradeep’s lessons in fencing for Anarkali and his gamble of letting a python play on his wrist for Nagin paid off.
Pradeep’s regal demeanour won him legions of fans. He went on a signing spree (in 1956, he had 10 releases) and inked deals with V Shantaram (Subah Ka Tara) and Raj Kapoor (Jagte Raho).
All the top-notch heroines of the 1950s — Nimmi (Jayshree), Nargis (Adalat), Nutan (Heer), Meena Kumari (Bandhan) — were paired with Pradeep.
After Rajhath (1956), the actor tried desperately to make a hit pair with the beauteous Madhubala. They did as many as five other films together — Yahudi Ki Ladki (1957), Gateway Of India (1957), Police (1958), Mahlon Ke Khwaab (1960) and Passport (1961), but Pradeep’s efforts were in vain.
His films with lucky mascot Vyjayanthimala (including his home production Ek Jhalak) did not enjoy even a fraction of the success of Nagin. But his pairing with Bina Rai seemed to have stilled the wings of time. This teaming salvaged Pradeep’s career from the late-1950s dip, first with Ghunghat (1960) and more decisively with Taj Mahal (1963). Even a decade after Anarkali, Pradeep could evoke a regal aura while playing love-struck Mughal royalty. Roshan’s dulcet duet, Paon chhu lene do toh and Jo vaada kiya from Taj Mahal, like an unforgettable promise, continue to haunt radio listeners even today.
Pradeep’s career got a further fillip with Rajshri’s social, Aarti. Meena Kumari and Pradeep played lovers who bond together because of their common desire to serve the poor. But their love story comes under a cloud when a rich, unscrupulous doctor (played by the late Ashok Kumar) is irretrievably drawn towards Meena Kumari. Aarti’s success ensured that Pradeep and Meena worked unceasingly in a series of films. Pradeep once said, “Meena and I made a fine pair and worked very well together, but her husband did not like our friendship.”
He worked with Meena Kumari in seven films; Adil-E-Jahangir, Bandhan (1956 film), Chitralekha, Bahu Begum, Bheegi Raat, Aarti and Noorjehan; and with Mala Sinha in eight films; Naya Zamana, Hamlet, Baadshah, Detective (1958 movie), Fashion (1959 film), Ek Shola, Duniya Na Maane, and Mitti Mein Sona.
He did not get to act in lead roles with the newer heroines of the 1960s such as Sadhana, Saira Banu, Babita or Sharmila Tagore, though he did work with Asha Parekh in Ghoonghat and Meri Surat Teri Aankhen and with Waheeda Rehman in Raakhi (1963). In 1969, he moved to character roles with Sambandh and Mehboob Ki Mehndi, but did not have many visible roles until Jaanwar and Razia Sultan in 1983.
The first Meena-Pradeep film to release on the heels of Aarti was Kidar Sharma’s Chitralekha (1964). Pradeep played the hedonistic Samanta Beejgupta in this period film set in the Gupta period. Despite lavish production values, the stolid support of veteran Ashok Kumar and exquisite penmanship by Sharma and Sahir, the film collapsed at the box office. Kalidas’s love triangle Bheegi Raat, which featured the tried triangle of Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari and Pradeep once again, was an average success. But M Sadiq’s Muslim socials Bahu Begum (Ashok Kumar again) and Noorjehan, both released in the same year, spelt the death knell for the team.
Pradeep, who had not signed a single film with the new breed of successful heroines of the 1960s like Sadhana, Saira Banu and Sharmila Tagore, suddenly found himself without a rudder.
In 1969, Pradeep saw a glimpse of success once again with Sambandh, albeit in a character role. Ironically, Ajoy Biswas, the director of Sambandh, who had provided him with a short burst of fame, caused him a lot of heartburn too. Biswas had a short-lived and unhappy marriage with Pradeep Kumar’s actress daughter, Bina.
Pradeep’s princely persona and impeccable Urdu was relegated to the pages of history for the next decade and more. But the onscreen prince was destined to play an emperor in Kamal Amrohi’s Razia Sultan (1983).
Pradeep Kumar acted in 144 Hindi films. He directed one film-Do dilon ki dastan-1966. He won the Kalakar Award-Lifetime Achievement Award (1999).
The semi-retired Pradeep played the emperor as only he could — forcefully. After all, he had played blue-blooded characters all his life. He lived a life removed from the spotlight for the next 18 years.
His end was pathetic. Pradeep Kumar’s case is the saddest. He lay seriously ill in the ICU of a Calcutta nursing home, abandoned by his relatives. The hospital was not discharging him, unless the bills were paid. Luckily one Mr. Pradeep Kondaliya, an estate agent, recognised him, despite his grown beard. He paid the huge outstanding bill of the hospital and took Pradeep Kumar to his home, where he passed away after a few days,on 28-10-2001, at the age of 76 years.. He was cremated by his fan. Such is the film industry – cruel and ruthless, where the recognition lasts only till one is successful, and even close relatives desert you in bad times.
He is survived by his daughters Reena, Meena and Beena Banerjee (Beena Bannerjee plays character roles in movies and TV serials including Uttaran), son Debiprasad and granddaughters Tanisha, Suparna, Riya and Hrishita. Beena Banerjee’s son Siddharth Banerjee worked as assistant director in Sajid Khan’s Housefull 2 (2012) and Himmatwala (2013).
(Acknowledgement: adapted from an article ” Ever the Royal” by Dinesh Raheja in Rediff.com dt 2-6-2003 and my notes, HFGK and muVyz. Thanks to all).
Here is the last and final song from today’s film, sung by Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar. This makes the film YIPPEED !
Song- Ek Ladkee to kya mere jaisee to kya(Mere Armaan Mere Sapne)(1963) Singers- Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Lyricist- Rajendra Krishna, MD- N DuttaBoth
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra):
Ek ladkeeto kyaa
mere jaisee
to kyaa
raag rang aur bahaar maangtee hai
ek ladkee
to kyaa
mere jaisee
to kyaa
be-garaz kisee ka pyaar maangtee hai
ho o ho o ek ladkee
to kyaa
mere jaisee
to kyaa
raag rang aur bahaar maangtee hai
ek ladkee
hmmm…mmm…hmmm…mm
mere jaisee
to kyaa
be-garaz kisee ka pyaar maangtee hai
ek ladkee eee eee
kyon na muktsar see zindagee ka gham nichod ley ae
ye fuzool kee zidein muskuraake tod dein/de
achchaa
kyon na muktsar see zindagee ka gham nichod ley ae
ye fuzool kee zidein muskuraake tod den
ye fuzool kee zidein(laughing) muskuraake(laughing) tod de ae
ek ladkee
to kyaa
mere jaissee
to kyaa
husn ishq aur bahaar maangtee hai ae
ek ladkee
ohho o ho o
mere jaisee
to kyaa
be-garaz kisee ka pyaar maangtee hai
ek ladkee ee eee
badee haseen fareb hai
woh aish jiskaa naam hai
na chhoo isey na pee issey
ke zehar kaa ye jaam hai
achchaa
badee haseen fareb hai
woh aish jiskaa naam hai
na chhoo isey na pee issey
ke zehar kaa ye jaam hai
na chhoo isey na pee issey
ke zehar kaa ye jaam hai
ek ladkee
hmmm…mmm..hmmm
mere jaisee
to kyaa
zindagee mein bas qaraar maangtee hai
ek ladkee
oo hho o o ho
mere jaisee
to kyaa
begaraz kisee ka pyaar maangtee hai
ek ladkee ee ee
ye chaar din kee umr kyon naa jhoomke guzaar le aey ae
kisee ka gham khareed ke na kyon isey sanwaar len
o hho o hho
ye chaar din kee umr kyon naa jhoomke guzaar le aey ae
kisee ka gham khareed ke na kyon isey sanwaar ley
kisee ka gham khareed ke na kyon isey sanwaar lein
ek ladkee
hho o ho o o ho
meree jaisee
to kyaa
ye duaayein baar baar maangtee hai
ek ladkee
to kyaa
mere jaisee
to kyaa
begaraz kisee ka pyaar maangtee hai ae
ho o ho o ho o ho
ek ladkee
to kyaa
mere jaisee
to kyaa
raag rang aur bahaar maangtee hai
ek ladkee
to kyaa a
mere jaisee
o ho o hho o
be-garaz kisee ka pyaar maangtee hai
ek ladkee eee
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
September 12, 2026 at 8:01 am
Atul ji,
Asha Bhosle sings for Lakshmi Chhaaya. Usha Mangeshkar sings for Surekha (my guess based on the IMDb’s cast list in which she has been identified as a club dancer).
Please tag the name of Lakshmi Chhaaya.
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September 12, 2026 at 8:53 am
You can as well tag the name of Surekha Pandit (dancer along with Lakshmi Chhaaya). Before the dance starts, their names are announced as Surekha Pandit and Lakshmi Chhaaya by the announcer.
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September 12, 2026 at 9:37 am
Whether this is the same Surekha pandit, who lip syncs for anupama film song dheere dheere machhal(Surekha pandit also appears as Asha parekh ‘s friend’s role in film mere sanam), Am I right?
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