Mera chehra sunehra gulaab rasiyaa
Posted on: September 24, 2026
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Today’s song is the last and final song from a Stunt film- Rani aur Jaani-1973.
The film was made at Madras by P.N.R. Pictures. It was directed by K.S.R. Das (5-1-1936 to 8-6-2012), a versatile director of 76 Telugu, 20 Kannada and 8 Hindi films. The music was by Satyam and the Lyricist was Hasrat Jaipuri. The initial name of the film was ‘ Do dil do raaste” and even the song records were made with this name, but before submitting the film to Censors, the title was changed to Rani aur Jaani-1973.
The cast of the film was Anil Dhawan, Aruna Irani, Jyoti Laxmi (south), Narndranath, Jagdeep, Sulochan Latkar, Rama Prabha (South), Shetty, Bindu (special appearance) and a large mix of south and Bollywood actors.
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Looking at the cast, the Director and the MD, I was sure that this must be a remake of a South made film. However, to my surprise this was not so. The film was made only in Hindi. Then I realised that for a Remake film, the majority of the actors would have been from the South, but in this film, barring a few, most actors were from Bollywood.
Rani Aur Jaani (1973) is a Hindi action-adventure film directed by K.S.R. It follows a story of revenge, undercover investigations, and family tragedy.
It was an original Hindi-language action film directed by the prolific South Indian filmmaker K. S. R. Das (known for his cowboy and action movies) and produced by prominent Telugu industry figures including Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
Because it was created by a primarily South Indian crew, featured music by Telugu composer Satyam, and starred well-known Southern actresses like Jyothi Lakshmi, Vijaya Lakshmi, and Rama Prabha (alongside Hindi actors Anil Dhawan and Aruna Irani), it carries a heavy Southern cinema flavor, but it is not a remake.
K. S. R. Das did direct a famous 1970 Telugu hit called Rowdy Rani, but that was remade into a different Hindi film titled Rani Mera Naam in 1972.
The story of the film Rani aur Jani-1973 was….
The plot centers around Anu (played by Aruna Irani), whose world is shattered when her father is brutally murdered and her mother is severely assaulted by a ruthless woman named Sonu. Driven by a desire for justice and vengeance, Anu decides to join the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) of the Indian Police.
While working as an investigator, Anu crosses paths with a wealthy and charming man named Saajan (Anil Dhawan). She finds herself deeply attracted to him, and the feeling seems mutual. However, Saajan is hiding a major secret: he leads a complicated double life and is simultaneously seeing another woman.
As Anu digs deeper into her father’s murder, she discovers that a criminal named Bhawani Singh (Narendra Nath) was the one who pulled the trigger. During her investigation, she manages to track down an individual she believes is Bhawani Singh. Seeking confirmation, she brings him straight to her home for her traumatized mother to identify. In a shocking twist, her mother refuses to identify the man and instead scolds Anu for wasting their time.
The situation takes a dangerous turn shortly after, when Bhawani Singh and his criminal accomplice Sonu kidnap Anu’s mother. Anu must use all of her CID training and wits to track down the gang, uncover Saajan’s true identity, and save her mother from the clutches of the villains.
Most of us (including me)are not aware that the Music Director of this film- Satyam, had given music to 10 Hindi films !. Here is his short Bio….
Chellapilla Satyanarayana Sastry (1933 – 12 January 1989), known mononymously as Satyam, was a music composer. He was popular in the Telugu and Kannada film industries from the 1960s to 1980s. Sathyam is best remembered as “Andhra R. D. Burman”. He also composed a handful of Bengali, Bhojpuri, and Hindi films.
Satyam was born in Gunanupuram village, Komarada mandal in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh. He had acted in some plays with popular writer Rajasri and others at Vizianagaram. He later shifted to Madras and worked in the orchestra of P. Adinarayana Rao and T. V. Raju. He worked as an assistant composer in the magnum opus film Suvarna Sundari (1957). He debuted as a music director in the 1963 Kannada film Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddha. His debut film as a full-fledged music director in Telugu cinema was Pala Manasulu (1967), though he was credited as a music director in the 1963 film Savati Koduku under the supervision of T. V. Raju.
Some of his memorable hit songs in Telugu are Ye Divilo Virisina Parijatamo, Gunna Mamidi Komma Meeda, O Bangaru Rangula Chilaka, Kalise Kalla Lona, Tholi Valape Teeyanidi, Aaraneekuma Ee Deepam Karthika Deepam, Gaali Vanalo Vana Neetilo.
His grandson Sri Vasanth is also a music composer who worked for films like Sudigadu (2012). In memory of Satyam, a musical night was organized by Bay Area Telugu Association and Chimata Music in California, United States, in 2009.
Tribute to Music director Satyam was organised by Sreeramulu entertainment, Andhra club in association with singer Sarada Akunuri USA in Chennai in 2015, where Satyam’s wife Suguna and his brother’s son Trinathrao were graced the event.
in 2020, Singer Sarada Akunuri organized a Tribute concert to music director Satyam in association with Yuvakalavahini in Hyderabad. Satyam’s grandson, music director Vasanth attended the event along with director Sri Kodandaramireddy garu. director Sri Yvs Chowdary, music director Sri K.M. Radha Krishnan and singer Anand Gedela. He gave music to these 10 Hindi films….Rani Aur Jaani (1973), Alakh Niranjan (1975), Jhony Meraa Yaar (1973), Lady James Bond (1972), Gunah Ki Raat (1979), Mahashakthi (1980), Inspector Rekha,(1973), Apna Farz (1973), Khoon Ki Holi (1979) and Kaun Sacha Kaun Jhutha (1972).
In many Hindi action films of Crime genre, you must have seen a tall, muscular, mean looking, bald actor, always from the villain’s gang. His name was Shetty ! He was one of the cast of this film, as it was a stunt film.
When he appeared on screen, people shuddered. He had a strong body, cold eyes and a serious expression on his face. This is the image that runs through the mind when we remember Shetty. He was popular as ‘Ganja Shetty’ (bald Shetty). A fight scene sans Shetty was not complete in those days of 1970’s. But Shetty worked far more behind the screen than he ever did on screen. He was the busiest and most successful fight and stunt director of his time. He contributed in some way or the other to 700 films in 25 years which is a record in itself. During this time, Shetty fractured his bones more than 40 times during the filming of stunt scenes of various films.
Born in 1938, in Mangalore near Mysore, Muddu Babu Shetty did not like studies at all. But the main concern of his father, who was a poor farmer, was that Shetty should earn some money so that the family could get some financial relief. One day, his father sent the nine-year-old Shetty to Mumbai with an uncle. He was confident that Muddu would find some work in the city. It was 1947. After a while, Muddu got a job washing utensils in a Punjabi Dhaba situated on Lamington Road.
At the age of 16, Muddu Babu got the job of a waiter in the canteen of Tata Oil Mill in Sewri. His salary was 12 rupees a month. In the evenings, the workers of Tata Oil Mill used to do boxing. Muddu Babu also started to learn boxing. The manager of the canteen used to admire Muddu’s behaviour and agility in the ring. He encouraged Muddu to box. After some time, Muddu Babu won the boxing championship of Tata Oil Mill. The very next year, he won the Mumbai boxing championship as well. Now, his salary was ₹75 a month. His father was happy and relieved to know that Muddu was making progress in his life.
One day, actor and stuntman Baburao Pahelwan and actor, director and producer Bhagwan came to see the boxing championship match. Babu Rao was so impressed with Muddu’s performance that he offered him work in films. The next day, Muddu reached Jagriti Studios where a fight scene between Muddu Babu and Babu Rao Pahelwan was shot. For this job, Muddu received ₹200. He could not believe his fortune. And it was at that time that Muddu decided to work for films. He made Azim Bhai his teacher who was a great stunt director of that time. He learnt horse riding and fencing under Azim Bhai’s guidance. He started using the name Shetty for himself. During this time, he also continued taking part in boxing matches and remained Mumbai’s champion for eight long years.
In the 1950’s, he worked as a dummy for many heroes in fight scenes. In 1955, he got the opportunity to work as stunt director for the film ‘Munimji’. In the same year, he appeared on screen in ‘Tatar Ka Chor’. ‘Tumsa Nahi Dekha’ (1957), ‘Detective’ (1958), Taxi Stand (1959) and ‘Qaidi Number 911’ (1959) are some of the films in which Shetty acted and was seen on screen. At that time, Shetty’s teacher Azim Bhai, Master Ghani, Baburao Pahelwan and Master Sando were the leading stunt directors. But young Shetty was also making a strong impression on the filmmakers as a stuntman and director. His popularity was such that a film ‘Tum Salamat Raho’ with him as the protagonist was launched. His heroine in the film was Persis Khambatta. But filming stopped midway due to some problems.
After 1960, Shetty was once again flooded with film offers. They came from the Kannada film industry as well. For the films ‘An Evening in Paris’ and ‘Night in London’, Shetty shaved his head. This look of his was so much liked by the audience that he had to appear on screen with shaved head only and the audience started calling him ‘ganja Shetty’. His only flaw was his faulty Hindi accent. It was this reason why he could not get the role of a main villain in Hindi films. But he continued working for a long time in hit films like Lalkaar, Kalicharan, Shalimaar, Don, Fakeera, Shankar Dada etc. There was a time when he worked in 50 to 60 films simultaneously.
Around the late 70s, something happened that sealed the fate of Shetty and his two families. Shetty was shooting for a film called Bombay 405 Miles (1980), starring Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha and directed by Brij Sadanah (Kamal Sadanah’s father). In one of the action scenes, a boy named Mansoor was playing the stunt double for Shatru. A petrol bomb was supposed to explode near him. Unlike today, safety measures were rudimentary and injuries were commonplace. But this got particularly messy. The bomb was flung at Mansoor but before he could jump away, the bomb hit his body and went off. Mansoor died on the spot.
Shetty was pretty close to his coterie of stuntmen and fighters, they were like his sons. He felt responsible and went into mourning. Alcoholism took over and he spent most of his days at the bottom of bottles.
In his last days, the various injuries which he suffered during the fight scenes started troubling him. He found himself unable to perform adventurous and daring fight scenes. During his last days, his second wife, Vinodini, who was a Kathak dancer, had to run the household by taking dance classes. Muddu Babu Shetty, who was once a formidable and courageous villain, became helpless and vulnerable and bid farewell to the world on January 23, 1982. Muddu Babu Shetty aka M.B. Shetty aka Fight Master Shetty passed away, almost penniless.
He had two sons and two daughters by his first wife Vinodini. One of them, Hriday Shetty grew up to be a director, debuting with the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Plan. He also had a son with his other wife Ratna. This son became a massively successful film director, even more successful and popular than his father. Rohit Shetty. And like his father, he works with stuntmen and ensures they are employed (safely) in all his films.
Here is the last and final song from today’s film, sung by Asha Bhosle. This makes the film YIPPEED !
Song- Mera chehra sunehra gulaab rasiya (Raani Aur Jaani)(1973) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Satyam
Lyrics :
mere sarkaar chale aaye yahaanaaj kee raat
mere armaan huye kitne jawaan
aaj kee raat
mera chehra sunehra gulaab rasiya
mere jaisa kahaan hai shabaab rasiya
mujhe aata hai
mujhe aata hai tarsaana aa aa
mujhe aata hai tarsaana
jalta badan jaise agan
ui ui ui
mera chehra sunehra gulaab rasiya
mere jaisa kahaan hai shabaab rasiya
mujhe aata hai tarsaana aa aa
mujhe aata hai tarsaana
shama kee raah mein
parwaane aaye jaate hain hum unko pyaar kee
madira pilaaye jaate hain
yahaan sharaab se
ae ae ae ae
yahaan sharaab se
insaan banaaye jaate hain
pee le pee le nazar kee sharaab rasiya
mere jaisa kahaan hai shabaab rasiya
mujhe aata hai
mujhe aata hai tarsaana aa aa
mujhe aata hai tarsaana
arre
jalta badan jaise agan
ui ui ui
tere baghair meree shaam koi shaam naheen een
tujhee se kaam hai
duniya se koi kaam naheen
tujhe na apna
aa aa aa aa aa aa
tujhe na apna bana loon to mera naam naheen
pyaar mera bada laajawaab rasiya
mere jaisa kahaan hai shabaab rasiya
mujhe aata hai
mujhe aata hai tarsaana aa aa
mujhe aata hai tarsaana
haaye
jalta badan jaise agan
ui ui ui
mera chehra sunehra gulaab rasiya
mere jaisa kahaan hai shabaab rasiya
mujhe aata hai tarsaana aa aa
mujhe aata hai tarsaana aa
tarsaana
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