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Mukesh and his Actors – 01
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Well, the Halley’s comet is back on the blog.
So much so that it did not feature in nearly two centuries of latest posts. Reasons? Aren’t they cliches already on the blog?
Incidentally, speaking of the real macro universe comet itself, it last appeared in 1986 and is expected to pass by the pale blue dot next in July 2061. Second week of December this year, it reached the farthest point from the sun known as aphelion, thus beginning its journey towards the inner solar system.
So, the date for sighting arguably the most famous comet is set for July 2061 for earthlings alive then.
Coming back to the blog, we start with a new series Mukesh and his Actors. This has been a task which I had been contemplating for years and remained a non-starter mainly because I could not decide as to which actor, I should take up for the debut post.
Before we start with the post itself and regarding my infrequent appearances on the blog, I thought it would be politic to have a recap of the statistics of my 3 ongoing series on Mukesh. So here is a summary of the articles posted so far.
| Series | No. of Posts |
|---|---|
| Mukesh and his Composers | 30 |
| Mukesh and his Co-Singers | 9 |
| NFS of Mukesh | 3 |
| Mukesh and his Actors | 1 |
A kind of a geometric sequence it is. With dwindling number of Mukesh’s songs to be posted, I don’t think the numbers will change drastically, but let’s see how frequent my appearances occur in the near future. 😊
To take up an actor for this debut post, Raj Kapoor, of course is the most obvious choice. But the sheer numbers and the preparation of a long table would consume a lot of time and thus it was also a reason that I kept procrastinating the series.
Also, I would have personally loved to start the series with Motilal, the man responsible for bringing Mukesh to the fore of cinema world. But all the songs rendered by Mukesh for his discoverer remain covered on the blog.
Mukesh lent his voice to Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Ajit, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Manoj Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Raj Kumar, Feroz Khan, Mehmood, Vinod Khanna and a host of other actors. However, it is extremely difficult to identify the next profound actor for whom Mukesh gave playback. I know many fans would place Manoj Kumar, next on the list.
A strong reason for not having a profound list could be because Mukesh’s numbers for other actors are quite few. Another basis is the fact of immense popularity of the songs that Mukesh sang. So, whether it was well-known or unknown actors, the voice of Mukesh has stood the test of time. Some actors such as Sudesh Kumar in Saranga 1961 remain in active memory only because of the playback that Mukesh rendered.
As I have said earlier, almost all songs of Motilal have been covered on the blog. I say almost as there is always a hope that some or the other untraced/forgotten song may crop up anytime. Quite a few songs of Mukesh remain untraced/unavailable even though there is information available on them.
Since this is a debut post on the series, I thought it would be appropriate to include a table of songs sung by Mukesh for Motilal, notwithstanding the fact that all are already covered on the blog.
So here is a table with a disclaimer in the form of a (#) sign besides the title and its description at the bottom of the table.
| MUKESH’s playback for MOTILAL (#) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Name of song | Movie (Year of release) | Co-singer if any | Composer | Lyricist |
| 1 | Badariyaa baras gayi us paar | Moorti (1945) | Khursheed, Hameeda Bano | Bulo C Rani | Pt. Indra Chandra |
| 2 | Haseenon se haseenon ko | Moorti (1945) | Bulo C Rani | Pt. Indra Chandra | |
| 3 | Maana ke tum haseen ho | Moorti (1945) | Bulo C Rani | Pt. Indra Chandra | |
| 4 | Dil jaltaa hai | Pehli Nazar (1945) | Anil Biswas | Aah Sitapuri | |
| 5 | Jawaani ye bharpoor | Pehli Nazar (1945) | Naseem Akhtar | Anil Biswas | Aah Sitapuri |
| 6 | Pehli nazar ka teer | Pehli Nazar (1945) | Naseem Akhtar | Anil Biswas | Aah Sitapuri |
| 7 | Tae kar ke badi door ki | Pehli Nazar (1945) | Anil Biswas | Aah Sitapuri | |
| 8 | Hamaare sainyyaan daaru pee ke | Do Dil (1947) | Rajkumari | Pt Govindram | D N Madhok |
| 9 | Jiyaa beimaan | Do Dil (1947) | Pt. Govindram | D N Madhok | |
| 10 | Kaaghaz ki meri naav | Do Dil (1947) | Suraiyya | Pt. Govindram | D N Madhok |
| 11 | Le matki aa jaa raadha ri | Do Dil (1947) | Pt. Govindram | D N Madhok | |
| 12 | Maati kaa but bhaa gayaa | Do Dil (1947) | Suraiyya | Pt. Govindram | D N Madhok |
| 13 | Pyaar jataa ke | Do Dil (1947) | Pt. Govindram | D N Madhok | |
| 14 | Badaraa ki chhaaon tare | Lekh (1949) | Suraiyya | Krishan Dayal | Qamar Jalalabadi |
| 15 | Lut gayaa din raat ka aaraam | Lekh (1949) | Krishan Dayal | Qamar Jalalabadi | |
| 16 | Ye kaafila hai pyaar ka | Lekh (1949) | Asha Bhonsle | Krishan Dayal | Qamar Jalalabadi |
| 17 | Berukhi bas ho chuki | Hamaari Beti (1950) | Geeta Roy | Snehal Bhatkar | Randheer |
| 18 | Dil ka milna mushqil hai * | Hamaari Beti (1950) | Snehal Bhatkar | Pt. Phani | |
| 19 | Kisne ye kisne | Hamaari Beti (1950) | Geeta Roy | Snehal Bhatkar | Randheer |
| 20 | Mohabbat bhi jhoothi | Hamaari Beti (1950) | Snehal Bhatkar | Pt. Phani | |
| 21 | Aise mein koi chham se jo | Hanste Aansoo (1950) | G M Durrani | Ghulam Mohammad | Shewan Rizvi |
| 22 | Maine sapna jo dekha hai | Hanste Aansoo (1950) | Rajkumari | Ghulam Mohammad | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 23 | Mohabbat kisko kehte | Hanste Aansoo (1950) | Shamshad Begam | Ghulam Mohammad | Shewan Rizvi |
| 24 | Qismat mein yahin likha tha | Hanste Aansoo (1950) | Ghulam Mohammad | Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| 25 | Rakhaa hua nishaane pe | Hanste Aansoo (1950) | Lata | Ghulam Mohammad | Shewan Rizvi |
| 26 | Zindagi khwaab hai | Jaagte Raho (1956) | Salil Chaudhary | Shailendra | |
| 27 | Zindagi khwaab hai, tha hamen bhi pata ** | Chhoti Chhoti Baaten (1965) | Anil Biswas | Shailendra | |
# Due to unavailability of adequate information and video proofs, it is not known for sure if Mukesh provided playback for Motilal for all the songs in the above table. Motilal’s presence in the aforesaid films as an actor is however well established.
* Multiple version song
** Not included in the film
There are heroes, heroines, stars, superstars etc. and then there are Actors.
Actors, in their true sense are very few. Motilal was one such popular and natural Actor.
His very presence on the screen was acting in itself. Such was the aura he carried on the screen.
The story of how he brought Mukesh into the world of cinema is well documented on the blog and elsewhere. For two decades, Mukesh gave playback to about 26 odd songs for Motilal.
More than 95% of all the songs are from the first decade of Mukesh’s life as actor and playback singer. We all know the struggles of Mukesh as an actor, composer, producer and ultimately the popularity he gained as a playback singer.
In the above table, even though Moorthi was released before Pehli Nazar, it was the fame that the solo from Pehli Nazar that installed Mukesh on the pedestal of playback popularity. The legendary Kudan Lal Saigal stating that he does not remember singing the song is not a piece of recorded history. But, given the style and utmost facsimile of rendering it should not be surprising if Saigal saab had indeed quoted such a thing. I have often stated that this will remain the biggest compliment that Mukesh ever received in his career.
Moving on, I have already discussed the immense popularity of the triad from Moorthi at S. No 1 It is said that in those days people used to foregather outside hotels etc. to listen to this song.
Mukesh’s duet with Naseem Akhtar at S. No 6 is a personal favourite of mine. The confidence in the voice of Nassem Akhtar while she conveys her feelings and the sort of timid responses from a newcomer to singing makes up for interesting listening.
Do Dil (1947) starring Suraiya had 3 each solos and duets by Mukesh.
Number 10 is a beautiful sad duet, which Mukesh mastered in his later years.
Lekh (1949) had 2 beautiful duets and 1 sad solo. When I first got smitten to the voice of Mukesh in late eighties, I remember running from one cassette shop to another in search of the solo. Ultimately, I had to get it recorded and copied on a blank cassette paying a hefty amount. Those were the days when the joy of eventually possessing a favourite song and playing multiple times knew no bounds.
I always visualize Dev Anand on the screen for the duet at S. No 14. This could be because of the popular duet of Mukesh with the same Suraiya in Vidya 1948. 😊
However, there was no Dev Anand in Lekh (1949) and it must have been pictured on Motilal himself.
The other duet from Lekh with Asha Bhosale is historically important as it was the first time that the two singers came together.
The next two films Hamaari Beti and Hanste Aansoo released in 1950 had a total of 9 songs with various co-singers. Many of these songs are also immensely popular to this day. For multiple version song at 18, I request readers to see the comment of our Nitin ji on the blog. So very apt.
Thereafter, it was only after 6 years that Mukesh sang his well-known drunkard song in Jaagte Raho (1956) for Motilal. This was the last playback of Mukesh for the actor.
At 27, I have retained the soulful rendition Zindagi khwaab hai, tha hamen bhi pata, even though it was not part of the released film and obviously not picturized on Motilal. The other song of this movie was Mukesh’s duet with Lata and was picturized and sung for Moti Sagar in the film.
The solo, it is said was specially created and dedicated as a homage by Mukesh to Motilal who passed away before the film was released. It is also said that Mukesh himself scored the music for the particular song and never took credit for it. It was Mukesh sincerely thanking Motilal from the bottom of his heart for everything that Motilal meant to him both in his personal life as well as professional career.
The lines,
chandd din thhaa basera hamaara yahaan
ham bhi mehmaan thhey
ghar toh uss paar thhaa
gives me goosebumps every time, I listen to them for the genuine and honest intensity of the rendering.
Moving ahead, I have a two-page detailed filmography of Motilal collected from a Hindi or Marathi magazine decades back. Incidentally, the author of the article is our own Harish ji, the compiler of Mukesh Geet Kosh. However, I am unable to find any details on the singers who have given playback for Motilal or the songs that he may have himself sung as he mainly worked in the era where playback was slowly evolving. Even for most of the songs in the above table, videos are not available. Readers can also associate that most of these numbers have been unearthed by our Sudhir ji for our listening pleasure. However, even his posts are sans videos of the songs as they are simply not available/difficult to trace or lost forever.
I request readers to provide any information that they may have regarding the songs of Motilal not only for Mukesh but for other playback singers as well.
I have already shared the two-page article/filmography of Motilal on various whatsapp groups. If anyone else is interested I will be more than happy to share.
With this, I end my chapter on Mukesh songs for Motilal, however the post is incomplete as a song has to be featured. So, lets move on.
Mukesh in his early years gave playback for famous singers like Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar etc. But these numbers are few and all are already covered on the blog.
To make a debut on the series, I was long contemplating Amitabh Bachchan for whom Mukesh sang a few songs including immensely popular ones from Kabhi Kabhi.
However, during the contemplating period, all songs on Big B were slowly covered on the blog and I was left with none.
So, what am I up to in this post? Well read on.
Before we come to the song for the post, it would be prudent to again have a glance at all the songs that Mukesh rendered for Big B and so here is the detailed table.
| MUKESH’s playback for AMITABH BACHCHAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Name of song | Movie (Year of release) | Co-singer if any | Composer | Lyricist |
| 1 | Ib tum paas na aanaa | Raaste ka Patthar (1972) | Asha Bhonsle | Laxmikant Pyarelal | Anand Bakshi |
| 2 | Main har dum kisi ko dhoondhta hoon | Raaste ka Patthar (1972) | Asha Bhonsle | Laxmikant Pyarelal | Anand Bakshi |
| 3 | Raaste kaa patthar kismat ne mujhe | Raaste ka Patthar (1972) | Laxmikant Pyarelal | Anand Bakshi | |
| 4 | Behna o behna teri doli | Adalat (1976) | Kalyanji Anandji | Gulshan Bawra | |
| 5 | Hamka aisa waisa naa samjho | Adalat (1976) | Amitabh Bachchan | Kalyanji Anandji | Gulshan Bawra |
| 6 | Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein * | Kabhi Kabhie (1976) | Khayyam | Sahir Ludhianvi | |
| 7 | Main pal do pal kaa shaayar * | Kabhi Kabhie (1976) | Khayyam | Sahir Ludhianvi | |
*Multiple version song
So, in all, there are only 3 films with 7 songs. 6 and 7 are multiple version songs which feature Mukesh. So, the count can be considered as 9 also.
The first of the 3 films, Raaste ka Patthar (1972) had two duets with Asha Bhosale and one popular solo which incidentally was a title song.
Adalat 1976 had a solo and another song with Big B himself rendering a few words thus making it a virtual duet.
Mukesh’s duet with Amitabh Bachchan! Now, that’s some kind of a song.
Coming to the last film of the duo, (Kabhi Kabhi, 1976), seriously, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when one comes across this film.
Of course, apart from the moment doe-eyed Rakhee raises her head with her lustrous hair strewn across her left shoulder whilst Big B is rendering Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shaayar on the stage
Or her satiny hair descending on the face of Big B whilst Mukesh is singing
yeh gesuon ki ghani chhaaon hain meri khaatir
indeed, it’s the songs that Mukesh rendered for Big B for the film that spontaneously come to the mind.
Mukesh’s playback perfectly matched the baritone voice of Amitabh dialogue delivery to the T.
Such was the impact of the Mighty Mukesh’s voice right from Motilal to Amitabh Bachchan. From 1940, when he sang for himself on screen to 1976, the year he passed away, the golden voice mattered.
Mukesh also won his fourth and last Filmfare award for the title song of this film.
Finally, coming to the song for the post itself, it is not lip-synced by Amitabh Bachchan but he very well features in the song along with Sharmila Tagore. This aspect is known as some video links on YouTube are available albeit containing snippets of the song. It appears to me that the song features as some sort of refrain throughout the movie. I request knowledge readers to throw more light of this song in the film.
The film is ‘Faraar’ (1975) produced by Alankar Chitra and directed by Shanker Mukherjee. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar et.al. the actor on the screen singing Mukesh’s solo has been identified by our Prakash ji as probably Kishore Namit Kapoor.
The complete audio of the song is available, but strangely the video is difficult to trace on the net. Prakash ji remembers theatre version of the film containing the full video of the song. I have requested our Sudhir ji also to help. I thank our Sadanand ji who brought to my notice that this song was yet to feature on the blog and thus “reserving” it for my new series.
12 posts of mine have appeared on the blog this year, averaging a post a month. Though the number is less, its better off compared to the paltry 3 and 2 in 2021 and 22 respectively.
I intend to increase the number in the coming year by having shorter writeups. 😊.
I take this opportunity to wish the editors, contributors and all readers A very happy and prosperous New Year 2024
May we all continue to enjoy and multiply our mirth of songs and films on the blog.
[Author’s Note: The table containing Mukesh’s songs for Motilal is already with the disclaimer. When this list was shared on a whatsapp group, Mr. Param Arunachalam ji was kind enough to respond that there are a few more Motilal films containing Mukesh’s songs but he too is not sure if they were indeed playback for Motilal. Some examples cited by him are “Arshon Pe Sitara Hai” (‘Beete Din’, 1947), “Na Na Tum Hampe Hanso Na Piya” (‘Mera Munna’, 1948), a couple of songs from ‘Sartaj’ 1950 etc.
I have based my list on the latest edition of Mukesh Geet Kosh (Vol 2) by Shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji. I did not get the list re-confirmed by him due to his health.Thus, this post will probably remain a page under construction for a long time as we seek more and definite info from knowledgeable readers. As and when more info is available, details will be updated. An honest, serious and sincere effort has been made to kickstart this important series with an apt debut of Mukesh’s song for his mentor Motilal. I request readers to acknowledge the difficulties in having a correct and complete list and help us in making it more accurate. — Mahesh]
Audio (Full)
Video (Partial)
Song-Zindagi kya hai yaadon ki baaraat (Faraar)(1975) Singer-Mukesh, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, Md-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics
zindagi kya hai ae
hmm hmm hmm hm
lalalalala
zindagi kya hai
yaadon ki baaraat
zakhmon ki baaraat
zindagi kya hai
yaadon ki baaraat
zakhmon ki baaraat
kuchh dehke aur kuchh andekhe sapnon ki baaraat
zindagi kya hai
yaadon ki baaraat
zakhmon ki baaraat
kaun kahaan par mil jaaye aur kaun kahaan kho jaaye
kaun kahaan kho jaaye
karwat badle waqt ye aise
kya se kya ho jaaye
kya se kya ho jaaye
gham ke mod pe aakar thahre
khushiyon ki baaraat
zindagi kya hai
yaadon ki baaraat
zakhmon ki baaraat
aisi bhi hotin hai dil mein dard bhari kuchh yaaden
dard bhari kuchh yaaden
dil machale to ban jaati hai honthon par fariyaaden
honthon par fariyaaden
aur duniya ye samjhe
ye hain naghmon ki baaraat
zindagi kya hai
yaadon ki baaraat
zakhmon ki baaraat
zakhmon ki baaraat
zakhmon ki baaraat
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Today, the 11th of October, is the birthday of Amitabh Bachchan, superstar, legend, colossus, role model, vagaira, vagaira, vagaira.
Just to clarify, the vagairas here are not meant to demean Mr. Bachchan in any way. Rather, they are meant to stress the fact that there are so many facets to his personality that I stopped trying to list them, after just a few. So no offence of any sort meant.
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Today (11 october 2015) is the 73rd birth anniversary of Amitabh Bachchan (11 october 1942). From his date of birth, it can be seen that he was born a few months after the Quit India movement. Inspired by that movement, he was initially named “Inquibaab”. He was later renamed Amitabh on the suggestion of Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant who was a close friend of Amitabh’s father, poet Hariwanshrai Bachchan.
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“You see sir, I can walk English, I can talk English, I can laugh English.”
“Aaj khush toh bahut honge tum”
“Main aaj bhi phenke huye paise nahin uthata”
“Sar zameene Hindustan, aa salaam walekum”. (Nahmji I know I may have written the salutation wrong, but I hope my intention has been conveyed)
These are some powerful dialogues of Amitabh Bachchan, who turned 72 yesterday(11 october 2014). He was a horrible dancer when he made his debut in movies. There is this anecdote which keeps playing on the TV channels where Aruna Irani his co actor in “Bombay To Goa” (1971/72) has narrated how Mehmood the maker of the movie had instructed every one not to laugh at any mistakes Amitabh would commit in the dance sequences. She also goes on to appreciate how over the years he managed to shake a leg or two without making a buffoon of himself. Infact a lot of later year actors who try to ape him on the way to stardom and are not comfortable dancers, also ape his dance steps. And there were many of that breed of actors in the late 70s, 80s and 90s.
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This is a brother-sister song about ‘bidaayi’ from the film the film ‘Adaalat (1976). Only one song from this film is posted in the blog i.e. the popular duet Ho tumse door rahke hamne jaana pyaar kya hai.
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Anniversaries of artists often serve as wake up call in this blog. It galvanises me as well as the contributors of this blog into action and many of the well known songs which had not appeared get lined up for inclusion in the blog.
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Main pal do pal ka shaayar hoon
Posted on: October 25, 2010
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“Kabhi Kabhi” (1976) is a movie whose music was quite unlike the music prevalent in Hindi movies at that time. The music of this movie had a retro feel about it and music lovers liked that. The songs of this movie became popular and they in fact have outlived most songs of that era.
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I have listened to this song many a times, and I liked this song very much. Not only I knew that this song was sung by Mukesh, I was also aware that the movie was called “Raaste ka patthar”.
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