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Hullo all in Atuldom
11th October. A day when all fans of the star of the millennium go on overdrive to wish him on his blog page, Facebook page, Twitter handle etc. He also has kept pace with these new age phenomena and is very active on these social networking sites, either himself or through his well-paid staff. I am no different, I also wish him on his twitter and blog page (in existence for the last 10 years), and wait for a day in my life when I may get a chance to see him in person- my family thinks I am crazy, never mind that 🙂 . (The closest I have come to standing with him is when I visited Madame Tussauds in London, in 2015). So is the case with our blog, I try to write a post every year for this date.
Happy Birthday to you Dear Amitabh Bachchan.
What do I write about this actor that has not been said before. He is, in absolute sense of the term, not a great actor and its about time we should admit it. But he has a quality called persistence that helped him in the initial stages of his career; when he didn’t give up even after a string of flops before ‘Zanjeer’ (1973) and ‘Deewar’ (1975) happened. He has another quality – eye for detail. I have heard from a friend of mine (she used to be an assistant to Prakash Mehra in the 80s) about how during the filming of ‘Jaadugar’ (1989) he used to check every bit of his costume and take care of continuity from one scene to another. One other quality that he has is valuing time and it has been said by many of his co-stars how they were forced to turn up for shoots on time when Amitabh was their co-actor.
In the recent episode of ‘Rangoli’ on Doordarshan I heard how his style of wrapping a handkerchief around his hand and of pushing his hand into his trouser pockets came about. It is a known fact that Amitabh Bachchan is very accident prone and on Diwali, in 1983 or 84, a sparkler or some firecracker burst in his hand and he had the burn scar for some time (this was widely reported in the newspapers back then), this was also the time when he was shooting for “Inquilaab” and “Shaarabi” and these are the movies where he puts his hand into his trousers. Another example to show that he valued time and didn’t ask for a break in the shoot to recover from the scars.
He has been ever grateful to people who stood by him in his worst times be they producers, directors, actors anyone. I suppose these are some qualities that have helped sustain his charisma all through these 50 years in Bollywood. Wow! 50 years and still active!!
No more from me about my favourite actor.
He made a great team with Manmohan Desai and gave us movies which, though not-entirely logical or believable, were extremely entertaining. If in ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ (1977) Manmohan Desai rescued Amitabh’s mother from the clutches of Jeewan and Ranjeet with the help of a snake, in ‘Mard’ (1985) it was a tiger. In addition, the tiger guides the mother (the eternal ‘Maa’ – Nirupa Roy) towards a waiting boat, pulling her by the ‘pallu’ as if it were a pet dog on a leash. The icing on the cake is the scene when ‘Maa’ bows before the tiger, and it raises its paw to bless her. Man Desai also improved upon Amitabh’s famous ‘Deewar’ scene of remonstrating before the Lord Almighty – he made him sing a song to ‘Maa Sheronwaali’ in ‘Mard’, threatening Her with dire consequences if he cannot or does not meet his mother. And sure enough, by the time the song ends, his mother manages to reach the temple. Thank god for Manmohan Desai’s imagination and Amitabh believing in him.
It is Navaratri time and there is a lot of religious fervour happening all round. In all the states of South India, we have ‘Bomma Kolu‘- Bomma means dolls and Kolu is the artistic arrangement of these on seven tier stands which people display in their homes for nine days, have guests over for haldi-kumkum etc. Western India celebrates the festival with Mata ki Aarti followed by Garba and Dandiya. The festival is called ‘Durga Pooja‘ in Eastern India and there are sarvajanik pandals (temporary worshipping places) where idols of the Mother Goddess with her sons – Ganesh and Kartikeya and other devis – Lakshmi and Saraswati, are installed. And North India has the Navratri with Devi Pooja as well as Ram Leela, the staging of the play based on the life story of Lord Ram. All in all, an enjoyable festival culminating with Dussehra on the 10th day. Happy Navratri to all.
The song with this post is the Mata ki Bhent (song in worship of the Mother Goddess) that Amitabh sings in ‘Mard’. Playback singer is Shabbir Kumar with Anu Malik being the music director and Indeewar the lyricist.
A few more points about the song – how did anyone allow the tangewala (Amitabh) to light the camphor in his palm? Does lighting the camphor on kumkum covered palm protect the palm from getting burnt? Please note the reaction of the temple pujari (priest) when Amitabh tries to poke himself with the trishul. Is anyone allowed to anoint an idol with blood?
Let us enjoy this masaaledaar song. 🙂
Happy Birthday Amitabh Bachchan.
Audio
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Song – Maa Sheronwaali O Maa Sheronwaali (Mard) (1985) Singer – Shabbir Kumar, Lyrics – Indeewar, MD – Anu Malik Chorus
Lyrics
o maa sheronwaali aaaa aaaaa o maa shaktishaali aaaa aaaa maa meri maa se mila de mujhe mamta ka main waasta doon tujhe dar se na tere jaaonga khaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali o maa shaktishaali maa meri maa se mila de mujhe mamta ka main waasta doon tujhe dar se na tere jaaonga khaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali
maa chup hai beta rota hai aisa jag mein kab hota hai maa chup hai beta rota hai aisa jag mein kab hota hai patthar ke mandir mein reh kar dil bhi kya tera maa ho gaya patthar dil bhi kya tera maa ho gaya patthar teri daya ko jaga doonga ro kar main tujh ko rula doonga pighalegi kab tu pahaadonwaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali
sab ki maata tab tujhe maanu mera dukh pehchaane to jaanu sab ki maata tab tujhe maanu mera dukh pehchaane to jaanu jo na dikhaayi maa ki surat utha le jaaoonga main teri murat utha le jaaoonga main teri murat sab kuchh hai dhanwaalon ka nirdhan ke bas maat pita daulat yeh meri kyun tu ne chhupa li maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali
apne bhakton ki tujhko kasam aaaaaa dil ke sachchon ki tujhko kasam aaaaaaa tere bachchon ki tujhko kasam aaaaaaa na apno ko de ye sazaa o apne bhakton ki tujhko kasam aaaaaa dil ke sachchon ki tujhko kasam aaaaaaa tere bachchon ki tujhko kasam aaaaaaa na apno ko de ye sazaa o maa sheronwaali o maa shaktishaali trishul tera utha loonga charanon pe sar ko chadha doonga rang degi tujhko lahu ki laali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali maa sheronwaali o maa sheronwaali
doori mita de maa se mila de ya meri maa ka roop tu dhar le roop tu dhar le roop tu dhar le oooooo ooooo oooooo ooooo oooooo ooooo
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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माँ मेरी माँ से मिला दे मुझे
ममता का मैं वास्ता दूँ तुझे
दर से ना तेरे जाऊंगा खाली
माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शेरोंवाली माँ शेरोंवाली ओ माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शक्तिशाली
माँ मेरी माँ से मिला दे मुझे
ममता का मैं वास्ता दूँ तुझे
दर से ना तेरे जाऊंगा खाली
माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शेरोंवाली माँ शेरोंवाली ओ माँ शेरोंवाली
माँ चुप है बेटा रोता है
ऐसा जग में कब होता है
माँ चुप है बेटा रोता है
ऐसा जग में कब होता है
पत्थर के मंदिर में रह कर
दिल भी क्या तेरा माँ हो गया पत्थर दिल भी क्या तेरा माँ हो गया पत्थर
तेरी दया को जगा दूँगा
रो कर मैं तुझको रुला दूँगा
पिघलेगी कब तू पहाड़ोंवाली
माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शेरोंवाली माँ शेरोंवाली ओ माँ शेरोंवाली
सब की मात तब तुझे मानूँ
मेरा दुख पहचाने तो जानूँ
सब की मात तब तुझे मानूँ
मेरा दुख पहचाने तो जानूँ
जो ना दिखाई माँ की सूरत
उठा ले जाऊंगा मैं तेरी मूरत उठा ले जाऊंगा मैं तेरी मूरत
सब कुछ है धनवालों का
निर्धन के बस मात पिता
दौलत ये मेरी क्यों तू ने छुपा ली
माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शेरोंवाली माँ शेरोंवाली ओ माँ शेरोंवाली
अपने भक्तों की तुझको कसम आssss दिल के सच्चों की तुझको कसम आssss
तेरे बच्चों की तुझको कसम आssss
ना अपनों को दे ये सज़ा
ओ अपने भक्तों की तुझको कसम आssss
दिल के सच्चों की तुझको कसम आssss
तेरे बच्चों की तुझको कसम आssss
ना अपनों को दे ये सज़ा
ओ माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शक्तिशाली
त्रिशूल तेरा उठा लूँगा
चरणों पे सर को चढ़ा दूँगा
रंग देगी तुझको लहू की लाली
माँ शेरोंवाली
ओ माँ शेरोंवाली माँ शेरोंवाली ओ माँ शेरोंवाली
दूरी मिटा दे
माँ से मिला दे
या मेरी माँ का रूप तू धार ले
रूप तू धार ले
रूप तू धार ले
ओssss ओssssss
ओssss ओssssss
ओssss ओssssss
ओssss ओssssss
This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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