Kisne mere man ke taar hilaaye
Posted on: October 20, 2026
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Today’s song is from an 80 year old social film Aai Bahar-1946.
The film was made by Ganga productions, Bombay. It was directed by Shankar Mehta – who was a director of Hindi And Punjabi films, during the period 1940 to 1968. His films, as a Director were Pagli-1943, Ragini-1945, Aai Bahar-1946, Chhai-1950, Lara lappa-1953, Rikshawala-1960 and Lava Phutiya-1967.
music was given by 2 MDs -Pt.Amarnath Batish and Anupam Ghatak, but we don’t find individual song credits to each MD, in the HFGK. Lyricist was D.N.Madhok. The cast included Irshad, Ajmal, Om(prakash), Asha(Posley), N.M.Charlie and others.
1946 was an important year in the history of Hindi films. This was the period when the impending Independence of India was on the Anvil and everyone knew that in the year 1947 it would take place. At the same time, when the country was to be divided on the basis of Religion, another Muslim country Pakistan was to come into existence. Many of the muslims in the film industry were excitedly awaiting their departure from India to their Utopia. This would, naturally, create a lot of vacancies in every department of film making. However, there was enough talent available in the remaining India to fill up the void. Hence from the year 1946 itself there were several debutantes. This made the year 1946 an year of Debuts of several new actors, directors, MDs, Lyricists etc etc.
The second World War had just ended, which had created inumerable millionaires, fed on black marketing and illegal trades in the war period. Many of them were keen on investing their ill gotten wealth in the film industry. Thus, there was no dearth of finances in the industry. From 1946 to around the early years of the 50’s, some of these ” novo-rich” persons provided finance. Some even tried their hand at directing films or even acting in it. Let us see what other things happened during this period.
By 1946 to 1950 old towers shook hard to crumble. The studio system almost disappeared. Film industry could now boast of people highly educated, talented and hard working. Even artists with International experience and success like Dewan Sharar, Shakuntala Paranjpye, actor Ranjan, Balraj Sahni etc contributed to Indian films. The old horse of Calcutta-New Theatres broke down and actors, directors and Music specialists from Bengal made a Bee-Line to Bombay, thus making it the strongest ever film centre.
1946 was also an year of consolidation, in a sense that due to the iminent Partition of India on the basis of Religion, agreed upon by Gandhi-Nehru combine, made Muslim artistes and filmmakers plan to pack their bags and move over to the new Utopia across the border. Their vacancies were to be filled up by the waiting second line of actors,directors and MDs. The film industry was to have a complete new look within 1-2 years and the beginning was from 1946. Thus the year was very important.
The year 1946 was a year which saw many changes in the film industry. The II world war had just ended. Rationing and control on many items had created Black marketing. This made many people Millionaires. The extra income started getting invested in Film making. The increased cost of Raw Films made filmmaking 7 to 8 times costlier. A film which was made in about 1 Lakh rupees in 1940, needed 8 Lakhs now. Studio system was waning and artiste rates increased in Lakhs instead of thousands.
In 1945, only74 films were made. This number increased to 153 films in 1946. Further, in 1947, the film industry produced a record number of films – 181, but of course that was due to Partition. The quality of films was sacrificed at the cost of the quantity of films made in 1946. However, some quality films were made in 1946, indicating the changing face of filmmaking.
Film Dharati ke Lal-46 was made by IPTA people and it became the first film to be exhibited in Russia. Neecha Nagar-46 won the Grand Prix award in the French Film Festival. Film Dr. Kotnis ki amar kahani-46 was dubbed in English as ‘ The journey of Dr. Kotnis’. It was shown in the USA and then in the Venice Film Festival. Two musical films- Anmol Ghadi and Shahjahan were made in 1946.
Year 1946 also saw the Debut of several stars and artists ( 35, in different capacities). In fact one can call 1946 as the ” Debut year” of the Hindi film industry. See this….
Nirupa Roy debuted in the film Amar Raaj-46, Nasreen (real name Zareena), daughter of Rafiq Gaznavi and Anwari bai had debuted in her first released film Shahjahan-1946. Geeta Bali debuted with a dance in the film Badnami-46. Geeta Roy sang her first film song in the film Bhakta Prahlad-46. Balraj Sahni debuted in the film Insaaf-46. It was a small role,though.
K A Abbas-Director, Pt.Ravi Shankar-MD, Balraj Sahni as Hero and Damayanti Sahni as Heroine made their Debut in the film Dharti Ke Lal-46. Meena Kapoor sang her first released Hindi film song in the film Eight Days-46. She also recorded her first Hindi film song in the film ‘Door Chalen-1946, which was released later than the film Eight Days-46.
Sudhir Phadke debuted as MD in the film Gokul-46. P L Santoshi as Director, Dev Anand, Rehman, Rehana and Kamala Kotnis debuted as actors in the film Hum Ek Hain-46. Chitragupta did his first film as MD in Lady RobinHood-46. Ram Ganguly became MD with the film Maharana Pratap-46. Abhi Bhattacharya debuted in Hindi film Milan-46.
Chetan Anand as Director, Uma Anand and Kamini Kaushal as actresses debuted in the film Neecha Nagar-46. Hansraj Behl debuted as MD with the film Pujari-46. Madhubala(as Baby Mumtaz) sang her first song in the film Pujari-46. Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote his first Hindi film song in the film Shahjahan-46.
S D Burman as MD and Kishore Kumar as an actor debuted with the film Shikari-46. Snehal Bhatkar as MD in –Rukmini Swayamvar-46. Vinod as MD-in- Paraye Bas mein-46. Indivar as Lyricist in –Double Face-46. Actress Tasneem in Kuldeep-46. Actress Shashi in-Neera aur Nanda-46. Baby Tabassum in- Nargis-46. Nigar Sultana in- Rangbhoomi-46. Cuckoo as Co-Heroine, as Kishori in- Sona Chandi-46.
So, you will find the year 1946 was truly a year of change. The winds of Partition were already blowing and the second line of supplementary artistes was ready to replace the Migrators, after the Partition.
With this background, the film Aai Bahar-1946 was made and released. Aai Bahar (1946) was an emotional, romantic, musical-thriller family drama directed by Shanker Mehta.
The plot revolves around a kind and sweet young woman who lives with her close-knit family. Her parents have a long-standing wish for her to marry a dependable man they chose from her childhood. However, the narrative shifts when she crosses paths with a hardworking and loving man. The two quickly fall in love, and she decides she wants to marry him instead.
The primary conflict arises when an unexpected incident causes a deep rift between the lovers. Despite the separation and the emotional turbulence that follows, fate plays a crucial role in their journey, steering them toward unforeseen consequences and testing the resilience of their bond.
The heroine of today’s film is mentioned as Asha in the HFGK. She was “The actress with a misleading name”. There were many actresses with the name Asha. Like the most famous Asha Parekh, not so famous Asha Mathur or Asha Sachdev and in the early era, there was Ashalata ( wife of Anil Biswas), and Marathi actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar too did few Hindi films.
Have you heard of Asha Bhosle ? What a stupid question ! Of course you have heard her name, but she is a singer. OK, then, have you heard the name of ASHA POSLEY ?
No. I am not joking. There WAS an actress by this name ASHA POSLEY, in the 40s in India and in the period 50s to 80s in Pakistan. Her name has become immortal in the history of Pakistani Films, as the First Heroine of Pakistani film ” Teri Yaad”-1948.
She was born as Sabira Begum on 31-5-1927 at Patiala, Punjab. Her father MD Inayat Ali Nath was working with HMV at Delhi. Sabira was formally trained by experts in music and singing. When her father shifted to Lahore, she was offered a contract by Roop K Shorey, who made films in Lahore those days. It was the popular Composer Ghulam Haider who gave her the screen name of ASHA POSLEY.
Her first film was Punjabi film Govandi-1942 which launched the handsome Hero Shyam. Her role in the film was a minor one. She started as a supporting actress. She got a major role in the film Champa-1945 and her first film as a Heroine was Kamli-46-a Punjabi film. Then came Badnami-46,in which Geeta Bali had a small role. Her other Indian films were Paraye bas mein-46. In the film Arsi-47,her hero was Pran and Meena Shorey had also acted in it. Kamla-46, Aai Bahar-46, Pagdandi-47, Ek Roze-47,Barsaat ki ek raat-48, Papeeha Re-48 and Roop Rekha-48. She worked in 11 Hindi films and sang 1 song in the film Pagdandi-47.
After Partition, she opted for Pakistan and migrated along with her father. The Lahore film industry was in a disarray, because most producers, financiers and leading artistes had shifted to India. However a Hindu producer named Dewan Sardari Lall had stayed back in Lahore and he started a new film in Independent Pakistan “Teri Yaad”. There were 2 other films under production at the same time. Actually, the first film of Pakistan was Director Luqmaan’s “Shahida”, which had started shooting immediately after Partition, but it got delayed and finally was released only in 1949. The second film was “Jihad” by Zahoor Raja, which too got stuck and was released only in 1950.
Thus the actual Third film, “Teri Yaad” starring Nasir Khan ( brother of actor Dilip Kumar, who migrated to Pakistan with high hopes but had to return to India as there was no work and also due to ” other ” reasons) and Asha Posley in the lead was completed by Dewan Pictures and became the FIRST released Pakistani Film in 1948 itself. It was released in Prabhat Theatre in Lahore, on the day of EID-7-8-1948. The film was directed by Dawood Chaand and music was by Inayat Ali Nath (father of the Heroine Asha Posley). She sang 4 songs in it. The film was a resounding FLOP.
Asha Posley did Heroine’s role only in 4 Pakistani films and then she turned to supporting, comedy and vamp roles. She acted in 129 films, 76 Urdu and 53 Punjabi films. Her last film was Insaaf-1986. She acted in films, on stage, on TV and also sang on Radio. Famous Pak singer Kausar Parveen, actress Rani Kiran and TV actress Najma Begum were her sisters.
Like many migrated artistes, even Asha Posley spent her last days in penury and anonymity. She died on 26-3-1998 at Lahore.
Today’s song was sung by Munawwar Sultana. She was a Pakistani singer. There was another Munawwar Sultana. She was Indian actress. The actress never sang and the singer never acted, but there was “Same Name Confusion” in these two.
Munawar Sultana was a film playback singer of Pakistan active in the 1950s. She never acted in any film. She was born on 8-11-1924 at Lahore.She started her career in the mid-1940s as a radio and film playback singer. She used to take music lessons from the renowned music director Ghulam Haider. She started singing in Hindi films. She sang 25 songs in 14 Hindi films. The films were Shukriya-44,Dhamki-45, Behram Khan-46, Aai Bahar-46, Pagdandi-47, Mehendi-47, Intezar ke baad-47, Ek roz-47, But Tarash-47, Rooprekha-48, Reet-40’s(UR), Patjhad-48, Chup chup ke-48 and Barsat ki ek raat-48.
After independence of Pakistan in 1947, Lahore film industry had to rebuild itself because most of the Hindu film studio owners decided to migrate to India and they left Lahore, Pakistan. Music Director Ghulam Ahmad Chishti, Munawar Sultana and Inayat Hussain Bhatti are mostly credited with bringing the dead music industry of Lahore back to life again.She also worked with music directors Rashid Attre,Safdar Hussain besides Ghulam Haider and Baba Chishti to produce many super-hit film songs in the 1950s.
She continued to work at the Radio Station,Lahore and recorded many popular Punjabi folk songs there as well. Munawar Sultana was known for her melodious voice among the Pakistani public.In the late 1950s. She married the then Station Director of Radio Pakistan, Lahore-Ayub Roomani.
Her marriage coupled with arrival of new playback singers-especially Zubaida Khanum and Naseem Begum ended her singing career. She started focusing more on her family life and kids. She died on 20 May 1995 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Here is today’s song, sung by Munawwar Sultana (singer). Enjoy….
Song- Kisne mere man ke taar hilaaye (Aayi Bahaar)(1946) Singer- Munawwar Sultana (singer), Lyricist- D.N.Madhok, MD- Pt.Amarnath
Lyrics :
Kisne mere dil ke taar hilaayekisne mere dil ke taar hilaaye
kyun labon pe ae ae
kyun labon pe
ghadee ghadee
nikley haay re haay
kisne mere dil ke taar hilaaye
kisne mere dil ke taar hilaaye
wo bedardee kya jaane
kya dard paraaya hota hai
wo bedardee kya jaane
kya dard paraaya hota hai
raat ko takiye pe sar rakh ke
koi bhala kyun rota hai
raat ko takiye pe sar rakh ke
koi bhala kyun rota hai
kyun labon pe ae
kyun labon pe
ghadee ghadee
nikley haay re haay
kisne mere dil ke taar hilaaye
kisne mere dil ke taar hilaaye
ab subah shaam
mere dil mein koi
bal khaay ke milaaye
ab subah shaam
mere dil mein koi
bal khaay ke milaaye
yoon dhadkan ban ke
jhhat se aa baithhe
mere dil se nikle
haay re haay
kisne mere dil ke taar hilaaye
kisne mere dil ke taar hilaaye
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