Ye jo dil maangte hain bade daghaabaaz hain
Posted on: October 8, 2026
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Today’s song is the last and final song from a Stunt cum Crime film-The Killers-1969.
The film, produced by Sangam films, Bombay, was directed by the owner of the banner- Maruti (aka Marutirao Parab). It had music by a one time popular Music Director O.P.Nayyar. Songs were written by S.H.Bihari(4) and Aziz Kashmiri (2). The cast included Dara Singh, Helen, Shaikh Mukhtar, Anwar Hussain, Bhagwan, Bele Bose, Amar, Leela Chitnis etc etc.
Try to imagine Amitabh Bachhan in the role of Bhagwan Vishnu or Amjad Khan as Narad, or Helen in the role of Sati Savitri or worst- Leela Mishra as a Cabaret Dancer. Oh, what happened ? You fainted ?
Something similar happened to me when I first read the story of today’s film, when I saw the International Wrestler Dara Singh in the role of a C.I.D. Officer ! To see Dara Singh all the time fully dressed (never in his other films of those times) and looking sophisticated ( but the Pehelwan look on his face was unmistakable !) was not only a surprise but also like seeing Taj Mahal turned into a Udipi Hotel !
Anyway, 1969-the year of this film- was when in the month of January itself I got married, so I did not/could not see many films of my choice and I missed this film. Till today I have not seen this film in full, to maintain Dara Singh’s original image in my mind. Here is a detailed story of this film, narrated by our Sadanand Kamath ji, after he saw this film….
” Police Commissioner (Paul Sharma) is disturbed by a spate of murders that has taken place, all victims being the loyalists of the deposed king of Vijaygarh. One more loyalist, Professor Ghosh (Amar) is also on his way to Mumbai, and he could also be the target of the killer.
Ajay Ghosh (Ajit), the son of Professor Ghosh receives his father at the airport and hugs him. At that very moment, Professor Ghosh collapses. A passerby, Vikram Singh (Sheikh Mukhtar) comes to his rescue and gets him admitted to a hospital. But in reality, Vikram Singh has kidnapped Professor Ghosh to get from him a letter of secret treasure of the ex-king of Vijaygarh. However, Professor Ghosh says that he has given that letter to his son, Ajay.
At Vikram Singh’s den, Shimpy (Ajit) , a look alike of Ajay, is enjoying the midst of club dancers, one of them being Kitty (Helen), a confidant of Vikram Singh. Shimpy gets a new assignment from Vikram Singh to get the secret letter from Ajay. He goes to Ajay’s house and in a scuffle, Shimpy accidentally gets seriously injured. Before his death, he reveals to Ajay that he had come to collect the secret letter. By the time Ajay is soliciting further information from him, Shimpy is dead. Ajay decides to become Shimpy, being his look alike, to reach Vikram Singh which will lead him to his father’s whereabouts.
The Police Commissioner is angry with his officers with the abduction of Professor Ghosh and the murder of his son, Ajay (in reality, Shimpy). He decides to assign the investigation of a series of murders to CID officer, Rajesh Verma (Dara Singh) who is known by his code name, Agent Q. He is holidaying in Delhi. He takes the flight to Mumbai. This information is relayed to Vikram Singh, who puts his henchmen to trail him after reaching Mumbai. However, Rajesh reaches the Police Commissioner’s office after successfully fighting with Vikram Singh’s henchmen.
Meanwhile Vikram Singh thinks that the secret letter must be with Ajay’s fiancée, Savita (Savita). He orders his henchmen to abduct Savita and bring her to Vijaygarh where he is currently stationed. On the other hand, Rajesh goes to Savita’s house to shift her with the secret letter to a secured place as her life is in danger from Vikram Singh’s men. However, Vikram Singh’s henchmen abducts Savita to Vijaygarh by making Rajesh unconscious. Rajesh, after regaining consciousness, finds the letter which he reads containing details of the secret which have been stored in a form of a note in an idol kept in a museum in Vijaygarh. Rajesh travels to Vijaygarh in a train in which Ajay, Shimpy and Kitty also travel. Kitty becomes friendly with Rajesh while Shimpy is searching Rajesh’s briefcase in his train’s coupe without any success.
Next day, Rajesh goes to the museum in search of an idol in which the secret letter of Professor Ghosh is kept. He gets hold of the letter but it contains some cryptic message, ‘killer’. Vikram Singh and his henchmen try to get the secret letter from Rajesh, but he hoodwinks them by traveling in a taxi. He gets to know from the taxi driver that an earlier passenger has visited Champa Bai’s house to get some information on a secret treasure of the ex-king of Vijaygarh. Rajesh decides to meet Champa Bai (Lalita Kumari) who reveals to him that one person had come to her to know the secret of the treasure of the ex-king of Vijaygarh. She says that once upon a time, she was the favourite of the ex-king of Vijaygarh and that secret is lying in a talisman of her son, Ranjit who works in a circus owned by Vikram Singh.
Rajesh rushes to the circus and is surprised to find Kitty. Rajesh takes her into his confidence and tells her that Vikram Singh, for whom she works, is a notorious person indulging in anti-social activities and murders. She says that she has no other option as her father is in his custody. Rajesh assures her that if she leaves Vikram Singh and joins him in neutralising Vikram Singh, he can help her to live a normal life. She agrees and gives him the whereabouts of Ranjit. At the same time, she cautions him that Vikram Singh and his men would recognise him. So, she suggests him to become a circus artist. A circus show is going on in which Kitty gives her dance performance along with circus artists which includes Rajesh in the guise of a joker. The audience includes Vikram Singh and his henchmen.
Vikram Singh gets suspicious about Kitty’s behaviour which suggests that she has fallen in love with Rajesh. To prove her loyalty to Vikram Singh, in his presence, she telephones Rajesh to meet her house. Vikram Singh orders his men to arrest Rajesh when he goes to meet Kitty. After overcoming the life-threatening adventure while driving, Rajesh meets Kitty and gets angry with her that she has deliberately invited him to get him trapped. She assures him that she really loves him and what she has done was under pressure from Vikram Singh.
So far, Rajesh has got the information about the secret treasure on a piecemeal basis. It is only Professor Ghosh who would be able to solve this puzzle by joining its loose ends. Kitty suggests that he should get himself abducted by Vikram Singh’s men so that he can reach the whereabouts of Professor Ghosh. A trap is laid by which Kitty informs Vikram Singh that Rajesh is visiting a ruined house in search of the secret treasure. Vikram Singh puts his men under Shimpy to get Rajesh abducted. He is put in the prison where Professor Ghosh is also locked up.
A mystery call comes to Vikram Singh who tells him to bring Professor Ghosh to him at a ruined palace where a stone idol is kept to get it opened to know the secret of treasure. Vikram Singh, Shimpy and Professor Ghosh visit the ruined palace to meet the mystery caller, the killer. Kitty gets Rajesh freed from the prison who goes to the ruined palace. The mystery caller tells Vikram Singh to send Professor Ghosh to him to get the stone idol opened. Rajesh reaches the ruined palace and during the fight, Shimpy, now Ajay joins Rajesh and together they eliminate Vikram Singh and ‘The Killer’. Ajay unites with his father, professor Ghosh and Kitty joins Rajesh for a happy ending.
The surprise element in in the film was the unusual role of Dara Singh as a secret agent, something like the role of Jeetendra in ‘Farz’ (1967). Probably, the success of ‘Farz’ (1967) may have inspired director, Maruti to develop the character of Dara Singh on that line. For the first time, I watched Dara Singh in immaculate western attire and dancing with girls. But he is no ‘jumping jack’ like Jeetendra. Ajit had a double role in this film.” Thank you, Sadanand ji.
The director of the film was Maruti (Marutirao Parab). Maruti Rao Parab was a comedy actor and father of Comedian Guddi Maruti. Earlier to him there was another actor called Marutirao Pehelwan ( father of Dancer Gopi Krishna), who operated from Silent films to Talkie films till early 40’s. Although they had the same name, these actors did not cause any ” Same Name Confusion”, because they operated one after another – without overlapping their career period. However, I still found that some sites are making a mix up of their Filmography.
His full name was Marutirao Ganpatrao Parab. He was born on 12-2-1927 at Ahmednagar, near Poona. After completing his Matriculation, he came to Bombay to try his luck in film acting. His first few films like Pagli Duniya-44, and Gajre-48 were without his name in credits. He got his credits firmly from the film Albela-51. Then he featured in many many films…Footpath-53, Baap re Baap-55, Baghdad ka chor-55, Chori chori-56, Guest House-59, Opera House-61, parasmani-63, Lutera-65, Ustad 420-69, Shor-72, Kunwara Baap-74, Don-78 etc etc. In the 60’s he mainly worked in Dara Singh films.
He acted in a total 221 films and featured in 34 songs on screen. He also directed 7 films, namely Baghi Shehzada-64, Hum sab ustad Hai-65, Killers-69, Bank Robbery-69, Mangu Dada-70, Kahin aar kahin paar-71 and Hum sab chor hain-73. His last film as an actor was Bandish – 1980. As an actor he was not much satisfied, but film direction gave him joy and satisfaction. After his last film he retired from films. However several films like karate-83 and Naya Bakra-85 got delayed releases. He died peacefully on 12-3-1981.
He had married his co-star Miss Kamal, a small time actress who worked in films like Dashehra-56, Tatar ka chor-55, Garma Garam -57, Darbar-55, Riyasat-56, Akash Pari-58 etc. etc. Their daughter Guddi Maruti had better luck in films than both of them. ( Thanks to a note by Late Rajni kumar Pandya ji, book ‘Eena, meena, deeka’ by Sanjit Narvwekar, HFGK, muVyz and my notes).
Here is the last and final song from this film, sung by Asha Bhosle and Kamal Barot. This makes the film YIPPEED !
Video
Audio
Song- Ye jo dil maangte hain bade daghaabaaz hain (The Killers)(1969) Singers- Asha Bhosle,Lyricist-S H Bihari, MD- O P NayyarAsha Bhonsle + Kamal Barot
Lyrics :
ye jo dil maangte hainbade daghaabaaz hain
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghaabaaz hain
dil inko kaise de den
matlabee yaar hain
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghaabaaz hain
dil inko kaise de den
matlabee yaar hain
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghabaaz hain
aankh michaulee khelne waale
kya jaanen pyaar ko
aankh michaulee khelne waale
kya jaanen pyaar ko
kyun kar apnee god mein le len
kaante bahaar ko
hoy
kya karenge dil ko le ke
paas jinke dil na ho
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghaabaaz hain
dil inko kaise de den
matlabee yaar hain
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghabaaz hain
raat nasheelee ye kehtee hai
chaahat kee raat hai
raat nasheelee ye kehtee hai
chaahat kee raat hai
dil ko magar jis baat ka dar hai
itnee see baat hai
hoy
aaj kee rangeen mehfil
kya bharosa kal na ho
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghaabaaz hain
dil inko kaise de den
matlabee yaar hain
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghaabaaz hain
dil bhee khaalee jeb bhee khaalee
jhoothhe guroor hain
dil bhee khaalee jeb bhee khaalee
jhoothhe guroor hain
dard ka bojha laad ke sar par
peete zaroor hain
hoy
aur phir ye bhee tamanna hai
kisee se pyaar ho
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghaabaaz hain
dil inko kaise de den
matlabee yaar hain
ye jo dil maangte hain
bade daghaabaaz hain
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