Bolo bolo re Prabhu jee bolo bolo
Posted on: November 12, 2026
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
This article is is 2000th post in the blog as a guest poster.
| Blog Day : | 6691 | Post No. : | 20684 |
Friends, This is my 2000th post on this Blog.
My first post was published here on 1-10-2012. This works out to 5156 days, giving an average of 1 post for every 2.6 days roughly ! Sure, it was hard work !!. Further, you can add another 207 articles of mine, published on various other Blogs and Sites in this period.
The other day, while searching for something else, I came across my own comment on this Blog, dt.3rd July 2011. It gives the background of my joining this Blog. Here is that precious 15 year old document…..
“Arunkumar Deshmukh July 3, 2011 at 11:19 am
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Sudhir ji,
When I started using Computer about an year back,my sole intention was to listen to old film music from various sites,as suggested by friends. Once I chanced upon a blog discussing Old Hindi Film Music. I decided to visit all such blogs. In this process I visited Atul ji’s blog also.
After sometime I realised that compared to all other blogs I was comfortable here and I was impressed by the way Atul ji conducted his affairs here, so I decided to stick here and give vent to my thoughts, on this blog.
I must confess that I am very happy with my decision.” etc etc
Even today, I am very happy with this Blog. There are many reasons. This Blog gave me an opportunity to blossom in my virtual second innings. I got very good new friends. It helped me forget my loneliness in life. Atulji and Sudhirji have been very helpful, appreciative and encouraging. There were invitations from a few other similar Blogs to become a regular contributor, but I declined. Now my name is associated with this Blog.
I get pleasure from spending 4-5 hours a day in writing work. I started writing books. Basically, it was a collection of my work here and there. But due to the pressure of book writing, I added many new chapters too. I never intended to make money. It was never that aim. Infact, I Don’t even keep an account of how much money came to me from books. I totally believed and had faith in my Publisher, who managed the accounts. Money does come but it’s not the main thing. It is the pleasure of giving your knowledge to others before it disappears with you !
The Get Togethers from time to time are another Gift I relish. I enjoy them. It’s a joyous time to spend with good friends having similar tastes. I am not sure how long I will be able to write articles. As the age (presently I am running in my 87th year) advances further, it starts affecting the mind. So far so good. In this matter, I don’t think too much. My policy is ” चलते रहो, जबतक चल सकते हो ” !
I take this opportunity to thank Atul ji, Sudhir ji and all other friends who have given me Love, Respect and a reason to be in this field. Before I close my heart-sharing, I must confess one thing. In the last 14 years of my 2000 articles, I have never written or sent any lyrics to Atul ji, along with the song and the write up. Lyrics of all my 2000 posts have been written by Atul ji, on my behalf, without mentioning this even once. He has been so kind and helpful to me ! Thank you is a small word for this.
Today’s song is from a religious film Bhakta Raj-1943. The producer and the Director of this film was Jayant Desai, for his own banner Jayant Desai productions. Music was by C.Ramchandra, for the songs written by D.N.Madhok. The cast included Vishnupant Pagnis, Vasanti, Kaushalya, Mubarak, E.Billimoria, Kantilal, Nurjehan Sr. and others.
Though the story of this film or even the film is not available now, we know that this is a story of a pious and religious person who faces many difficulties but overcomes all of them. The main lead was done by Vishnupant Pagnis, who became famous for his role as Sant Tukaram in a Marathi film of 1939 and had earned accolades internationally !
Vishnupant Pagnis was born in a small place Chikodi, near Kolhapur, on 1-11-1892, in a lower middle class family. After formal education, he was assisted by Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur state to join a Drama company at the age of 10 years. He sang naturally, without any training from an expert. He was a popular artiste doing female roles, till his entry in films. He shifted to work in various drama companies including “Lalit Kaladarsh” of Mama Varerkar- a name connected with many Marathi and Hindi films of that time. In 1913, he floated his own company ‘ Jagchitradarsh ‘, only to wind up after two years in 1915. He continued working in dramas and doing female roles, for which he was famous in those times.
After a few years, he left drama acting. In 1920, he worked in a silent film, Surekha Haran. In this film V Shantaram had also acted. After this he worked as a Music Teacher in Municipal school at Girgaum in Bombay. After his wife died, he lived with his friend Petkar. They started a Gold Jewellery shop “Pagnis Petkar and Mandali” in Girgaon.
When Prabhat Film company planned to make Sant Tukaram, a search was undertaken for the main role and the main female role. This was in early 1936 and he was selected for the role of Tukaram, while a worker in the Prabhat company-Gauri – was selected as his wife. The Director duo of the film- Damle and Fattelal- were not happy about his selection, because his name was associated with female roles. But this became his strong point for the film in which he portrayed a soft, kind and loving Tukaram. He did the role so well that the film Sant Tukaram became an International Hit, in addition to running to full houses in Non Marathi areas like Madras Presidency, covering Andhra, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka and also in Bengal and Punjab. He became an actor in great demand for Saint films. After the film Sant Tukaram, hundreds of people used to crowd in his shop at Girgaum to pay respects and touch his feet as Tukaram. He also always dressed like Tukaram thereafter !
Vishnupant Pagnis worked in 4 more such films, namely Sant Tulsidas-39, Narsi Bhagat-43, Bhakta Raj-43 and his last film Mahatma Vidur-43. He also gave music to 2 films, Sant Janabai- 38 and Sant Tulsidas-39 (Marathi). These two and Mahatma Vidur were also made in Marathi language. His most famous film Sant Tukaram was released in Hindi only in 1948, but without his songs, because he had died on 3-10-1943. The MD- Snehal Bhatkar sang his songs in the Hindi version.
Vishnupant Pagnis did the immortal role of Tukaram in his first film and then lived the role throughout his life, though he did 4 more films in the same Genre of Saint films.His name became famous not only in India but also in other countries, when this film was hailed as “one of the 3 Best films in the world”at the Venice Film Festival, where it won accolades.
Records of his Bhajans from this film created records ( we too had these records in our house in the 40s.) Even today this film is shown and discussed in the film Institutes of many countries.Many books, essays and articles are published on this film. His performance as Tukaram has become a major reference-point in debates about Indian performance idioms: e.g. Kumar Shahani’s essay The Saint Poets of Prabhat, 1981; Geeta Kapur’s Mythic Material in Indian Cinema, 1987 etc etc.
Another intersting artist was Vasanti. Vasanti Vinayakrao Ghorpade (16 February 1922 – 29-9-2024) also known as Vasanti was a singer & an actress, born in Kolhapur. Her father’s sister Tanibai was a famous classical singer. Married to Bapusaheb Kagalkar, Tanibai was active in films till 1931 in Kolhapur. Her aunt Tanibai Kagalkar was a financer in Baburao Painter’s Maharashtra Film Company in Kolhapur. Vasanti was initially trained by Pandit Vaman Rao Sadolikar and Ustad Bamman Khan in Kolhapur. Her first film as a child artist is V. Shantaram’s Dharmatma (1935) and as an adult artist Amar Jyoti (1936) and Duniya Na Mane (1937), in which she also sung songs, which became very popular. Amar Jyoti was selected for the Venice International Film Festival.
Vasanti was trained by Pandit Vamanrao Sadolikar and Ustad Bamman Khan. V. Shantaram was her neighbour. He saw her and offered a role in films. She first acted in Dharmatma (1935) as a child artist. Then came Amarjyoti (1936) & Duniya Na Mane (1937). Her songs in these films were popular. She left Prabhat in 1939 and joined Ranjit. She was so popular that she was called Shirley Temple of Hindi films.
Vasanti Vinayakrao Ghorpade was the first child artist and also child singer of Marathi talkie movies. She was a beautiful woman with charming face, talented singer & actress of Marathi & Hindi cinema.
In 1939, Vasanti left Prabhat Films of V. Shantaram and joined Ranjit Movietone at a Monthly salary of ₹. 1500 per month and acted under their banner in Sant Tulsidas (1939), Musafir (1940), Diwali (1940), Achhut zindagi (1940), Beti (1941) & Dukh Sukh (1942). She also sung songs in these movies.
She also acted and sung songs in Aap Ki Marzi (1939), Bhakt Raj (1943) and Kurbani (1943). She acted in 15 films and sung 56 songs for 14 films in Hindi and 140+ songs in Marathi films under the music direction of C. Ramchandra, Sudhir Phadke, Snehal Bhatkar, G. N. Joshi and others. Vasanti also sung a few non filmi songs.
In the year 1944 Vasanti was signed for a movie Meena opposite Devanand (debut movie), unfortunately it could not be released.
In the year 1944 she got married to Indubhai Patel of Hyderabad & settled in Bangalore in Karnataka. They have a daughter Meena and three sons Ajit, Nitin & Amar. She was his second wife.
Bachchon Ka Khel (1946) was her last film, in which she had sung three songs. Interestingly, in this movie Meena Kumari appeared as an adult actress.
Vasanti did Sant Tulsidas & Aapki Marzi (1939), Musafir, Diwali & Achoot-(1940), Beti (1941), Sukh Dukh (1942), Bhaktaraj & Kurbani (1943), Meena & Bhagya Laxmi (1944) and Bachhon Ka Khel (1946). She sang 56 songs in 14 films. She did not sing in Bhagya Laxmi-(1944) and Meena-(1944), but sang in Holi (1940). Her last film was Bachhon Ka khel (1946),which was the first film of Meena Kumari, as an adult.
In 1944, during the shooting of film “Bhagya Laxmi” (1944), she married the already married Indubhai Patel and settled in Bangalore. After her husband’s death, she shifted to Hyderabad and lived there happily, with her 3 sons and a daughter. Later she shifted to Poona. She died on 29-9-2024.
Here is a song from today’s film, sung by Vishnupant Pagnis, Vasanti and chorus. Enjoy….
Song- Bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo (Bhaktraj)(1943) Singers-Vishnupant Pagnis, Vasanti, Lyricist-D N Madhok, MD-C RamchandraBoth
Lyrics:
Bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolobolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
Main tihaara
main tihaara
tu ?? holo
main tihaara
tu ?? holo
bolo bolo bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
?? aaye
?? aaye
bhatkat re
darshan naheen paaye
bhatkat re
darshan naheen paaye
darshan naheen paaye
darshan naheen paaye
bhatkat re darshan naheen paaye
bhatkat re darshan naheen paaye
nain kee oat mein chhupane waale ae
nain kee oat mein chhupane waale ae
apnee sharan humko lo
humko lo
apnee sharan humko lo
humko lo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
chaaron oar more ghor andhera
chaaron oar more ghor andhera
tere bina Prabhu koi na mera
tere bina Prabhu koi na mera
Prabhu koi na mera
Prabhu koi na mera
tere bina Prabhu koi na mera
tere bina Prabhu koi na mera
ye ankhiyaan moree bhayee andhiyaaree
ye ankhiyaan moree bhayee andhiyaaree
man kee ankhiyaan kholo
kholo kholo
man kee ankhiyaan kholo
kholo kholo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
bolo bolo re Prabhu jee morey bolo
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