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Today (11 December 2023) is the 101st birth anniversary of Dilip Kumar (11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021). He was the first superstar of Hindi movies, even though this term was not coined during his time. Those who later became known as superstars were often influenced by the acting style of Dilip Kumar.
Dilip Kumar made his debut in Hindi movies with “Jwaar Bhaata”(1944).
“Jwaar Bhaata”(1944) was directed by Amiya Chakravarty for Bombay Talkies, Bombay. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Agha, Shamim, Dilip Kumar, Mridula Rani, K N Singh, Mumtaz Ali, Arun Kumar Ahuja etc in it.
“Jwaar Bhaata”(1944) had ten songs in it. Six songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the seventh song from “Jwaar Bhaata”(1944) to be covered in the blog. This song is sung by Parul Ghosh, Arun Kumar Mukherjee and female chorus. Pt Narendra Sharma is the lyricist. Music is composed by Anil Biswas.
I have not been able to get several words in the lyrics. I request our readers with keener ears to help decipher them.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
Song-Man mein piya aur van van dhoondhe (Jwaar Bhaata)(1944) Singers-Parul Ghosh, Arun Kumar Mukherjee, Lyrics-Pt Narendra Sharma, MD-Anil Biswas
Chorus
Lyrics
hey ae ae
sarson peeli dhaan sunahle
sarso peeli dhaan sunahle
sajan mora saanwariya ho
sajan mora saanwariya
sajan mora saanwariya ho
sajan mora saanwariya
man mein piya aur van van dhoondhe
man mein piya aur van van dhoondhe
nain bhaye baawariya ho
nain bhaye baawariya
nain bhaye baawariya ho
nain bhaye baawariya
ho o o
?? aayee
hey ae ae
ho o o
nirmohini prabhaat bhi aayee
hey ae
ankhiyan to ban gayi re badariya aa aa aa aa aa
ankhiyan to ban gayi re badariya aa aa aa aa
saajan tor dagariya ho
saajan tor dagariya
saajan tor dagariya ho
saajan tor dagariya
man mein piya aur van van dhoondhe
man mein piya aur van van dhoondhe
nain bhaye baawariya ho
nain bhaye baawariya
nain bhaye baawariya ho
nain bhaye baawariya
ho o
palchhin gin gin beet gaya din
beet gaya din
kaaj milan ke kar le ae
hey kaaj milan ke tu kar le suhaagin
o o
jeewan ban ke kunj kunj mein
ho ho o o
baajegi baansuriya
bajegi bansuriya gori
baajegi bansuriya
baajegi bansuriya ho baajegi baansuriya
man mein piya aur van van dhoondhe
man mein piya aur van van dhoondhe
nain bhaye baawariya ho
nain bhaye baawariya
nain bhaye baawariya ho
nain bhaye baawariya
ae hey ae hey ae
sarson peeli dhaan sunahle
sarson peeli dhaan sunahle
aa ha ha
sajan mora saanwariya ho
sajan mora saanwariya
ae hey ae hey ae
sajan mora saanwariya ho
sajan mora saanwariya
hey ae
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 80
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This date ten years ago (viz 13 August 2012) saw seven songs from seven different movies getting covered in the blog.
Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 6429 | Kaahe jiya dole ho kaha nahin jaaye | Anokhi Ada(1948) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6430 | Ek do teen chaar | Muqaddar(1950) | 7 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 6431 | Chalo ab kehna maan jaao | Baaraat(1960) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6432 | Aayee birha ki raat mora tadpe jiyaa | Nav Durga(1953) | 6 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 6433 | Sun ree sakhi more sajna bulaaye | Naagin (1954) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6434 | Keh do jee keh do chhupaao na pyaar | Kismat Ka Khel (1956) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6435 | Morni ne seekhaa | Jaag Uthaa Insaan(1984) | 2 songs covered out of 5 |
We can see that four movies (out of seven) whose songs were covered ten years ago on this date have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with three movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (13 August 2022).
‘Muqaddar’ (1950) is one of the eliible movies.
‘Muqaddar’ was produced by Ashok Kumar and Savak Vacha and directed by Arvind Sen for Bombay Talkies, Bombay. The movie had Nalini Jaywant, Sajjan, Kishore , Gogia Pasha, Iftekhar, Sampson, Radhakrishan, Sofia, Nana Palsikar, Neelum, Maya, Krishnakant, Gunjan, Shakti, Shekhar, B.Mukherji, Mazumdar, Rajni, Radha, O.P.Goyle etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it. Seven songs have been covered so far.
Here is the eighth song from ‘Muqaddar’ to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Arun Kumar Mukherjee. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by James Singh.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Madhur pyaar ka taar kabhi ye toote naa (Muqaddar)(1950) Singers-Asha Bhosle, Arun Kumar Mukherjee, Lyricist- Bharat Vyas, Music-Jamesh Singh
Asha Bhosle + Arun Kumar Mukherjee
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
madhur pyaar ka taar
kabhi ye tootey naa aa aa
kabhi ye tootey na aaa
tera mera saath
kabhi ye chhootey na aa
kabhi ye chhootey naa aa
madhur pyaar ka taar
kabhi ye tootey na aa
kabhi ye tootey naa
ghir ghir aayengi ghataayein kaari kaari
aur nanhi nanhi boondiyaan barsengi
khol ke kiwadiyaan palkon ki
meri hirni si akhiyaan tarsengi
khol ke kiwadiyaa palkon ki
meri hirni si akhiyaan tarsengi
bann gayi jo taqdeer baalmaa
bann gayi jo taqdeer
kabhi ye roothhey naa aa aa
kabhi ye roothhey naa aa aa aa
tera mera saath
kabhi ye chhootey naa aa
kabhi ye chhootey naa aa
madhur pyaar ka taar
kabhi ye tootey na aa aa
kabhi ye tootey na aa
mann hai magan
laagi tujhpe lagan
ye milan ki ghadi na bhulaana jee
akhiyaan milaake
mere dil mein samaake
hilmil ke bichchad naa jaanaa jee
akhiyaan milaa ke
mere dil mein samaake
hilmil ke bichchad naa jaanaa jee
sapnon ka sansaar baalmaa
sapnon ka sansaar
haaye koyi lootey naa aa
haayye koyi lootey na aaa aan aa
teraa meraa saath
kabhi ye chhootey naa aa
kabhi ye chhootey naa aa
madhur pyaar ka taar
kabhi ye tootey na aa aa
kabhi ye tootey na
teri meri preet ki kahaani hai puraani
anjaani hai ye duniyaa kyaa jaaney
jisne diyaa na dil
jisne liyaa na dil
dil ki lagee woh kya pehchaaney aey ae aen
jisne diyaa na dil
jisne liyaa na dil
dil ki lagee woh kya pehchaaney
roothhey ye sansaar baalmaaa
roothhey ye sansaar
sajan meraa roothey naa aan aa
haayye koyi roothey naa aaan aa
tera meraa saath
kabhi ye chhootey naa aa
kabhi ye chhootey naa aa
madhur pyaar ka taar
kabhi ye tootey na aan aa
kabhi ye tootey na aa aa
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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मधुर प्यार का तार
कभी ये टूटे ना
कभी ये टूटे ना
तेरा मेरा साथ
कभी ये छूटे ना
कभी ये छूटे ना
मधुर प्यार का तार
कभी ये टूटे ना
कभी ये टूटे ना
घिर घिर आएंगी घटाएँ कारी कारी
और नन्ही नन्ही बूंदियाँ बरसेंगी
खोल के किवाड़ियाँ पलकों की
मेरी हिरणी सी अखियाँ तरसेंगी
खोल के किवाड़ियाँ पलकों की
मेरी हिरणी सी अखियाँ तरसेंगी
बन गई जो तक़दीर बालमा
बन गई जो तक़दीर
कभी ये रूठे ना
कभी ये रूठे ना
तेरा मेरा साथ
कभी ये छूटे ना
कभी ये छूटे ना
मधुर प्यार का तार
कभी ये टूटे ना
कभी ये टूटे ना
मन है मगन
लागि तुझसे लगन
ये मिलन की घड़ी ना भुलाना जी
अखियाँ मिला के
मेरे दिल में समा के
हिलमिल के बिछड़ ना जाना जी
अखियाँ मिला के
मेरे दिल में समा के
हिलमिल के बिछड़ ना जाना जी
सपनों का संसार बालमा
सपनों का संसार
हाय कोई लूटे ना
हाए कोई लूटे ना
तेरा मेरा साथ
कभी ये छूटे ना
कभी ये छूटे ना
मधुर प्यार का तार
कभी ये टूटे ना
कभी ये टूटे ना
तेरी मेरी प्रीत की कहानी है पुरानी
अनजानी है ये दुनिया क्या जाने
जिसने दिया ना दिल
जिसने लिया ना दिल
दिल की लगी वो क्या पहचाने
जिसने दिया ना दिल
जिसने लिया ना दिल
दिल की लगी वो क्या पहचाने
रूठे ये संसार बालमा
रूठे ये संसार बालमा
सजन मेरा रूठे ना
हाय कोई रूठे ना
तेरा मेरा साथ
कभी ये छूटे ना
कभी ये छूटे ना
मधुर प्यार का तार
कभी ये टूटे ना
कभी ये टूटे ना
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.
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Today’s song is from the film Mulaqat-1947.
The film was made by Taj mahal pictures.It’s all 11 songs were written by Munshi Dil Lucknowi and the film was directed by the Lyricist himself. Actually, ” Munshi ” means a Clerk, a writer, a literary assistant or a Language Teacher. How this Munshi directed the movie is a wonder. But then in the Hindi film industry, you find many such odd, unimaginable things. This was not his first directorial venture. He had already tried his hand at film-“Abla ki Shakti’-1940 and after this film, he again directed a film “Do Bhai”-1954. As a Lyricst, he write 126 songs in 16 film which included films like Iqrar-42,Naqgad narayan-43 ( a remake of Marathi film ” पैसा बोलतो आहे”), Sohni Mahiwal-46 and Laila-54. After this he migrated to Pakistan.
In Hindi, films are repeated in different ways like….
1. Same Titles – Commonest type, but not necessary that the film content will be the same. Hundreds of titles are repeated from Twice to more than 5 times. The maximum repetitions’ honour goes to the title ” INSAF “. Films with this title were made as many as 7 times. Funnily, there was at least one “Insaf” movie in each decade for 70 continuous
years ! They were made in 1937, 1946,1956, 1966,1973, 1987 and 1997. What Luck !
2. Same story – Different Titles…like Actor, Damaad and Albela – all made in 1951. Aurat teri yehi kahani-1954 and Aurat Teri kahani-1988. Many others.
3.Remakes….a) Hindi to Hindi – Aurat and Mother India, Abodh and Uphaar, Panghat-Chitchor and Main Prem ki diwani hoon, Hamare Tumhare and Khatta Meetha, Mala and Amar, Grihasthi and Ghar Basake dekho, Malkin and Biradari etc.
b) Other languages to Hindi like Marathi, Bangla, Tamil, Telugu etc. Chandralekha, Bahar, Ladki, Many films from New Theatres, Calcutta.
c) Dubbed films like Jaisimha to Jaisingh. Many films fall in this category nowadays, especially from the south.
There are many such remakes and the lists would be too long. This only proves that a popular theme/story is worth remaking a film. Why does this happen? Are there a shortage of stories ?
In 2004, a book called “Why we tell stories’, written by Christopher Booker was published. It is a book having more than 700 pages-728 pages to be exact. The book says “There are only 7 (Seven) basic plots in the whole world. They are recycled again and again in Novels, movies, Plays and Operas. These are
1.Overcoming the Monster
2.Rags to riches
3.The quest
4.Voyage and return
5.Rebirth or identical persons.
6.Comedy and
7.Tragedy .
After this book was published, there was chaos and criticism started. ‘New York Times’ also jumped in. The author coolly replied to all points and stuck to his statements. If we look at Hindi films, I personally feel that what the author has said is true in our case. Only thing is that our film stories are always a clever mixture of all or some of the above themes.
Today’s movie Mulaqat-47 was also a repeat title film. Films on this title were made in 1947, 1993 and 2002. This was a film with Muslim social background. The cast of the film was Naseem Banu, Prem Adib, Rama Shukla, Mumtaz Ali, Majid, Najma, Shah Nawaz and many others. The story of the film was –
Nasir (Prem Adib) is a school teacher. He and Saeeda fall in love and think of getting married. Saeeda loses her father and orphan Saeeda has to live with her Uncle and Aunt, who ill-treat her. fed up os this treatment she wants to commit suicide under a train, but is saved by a passing by Nawab Saheb (Shah Nawaz). He takes her home and decides to keep her there with them. He has a daughter who is Nasir’s student. Through her, the lovers come together again and decide to get married soon.
Meanwhile Mukarram (Rama Shukla), the vagabond son of the Nawab returns home. promising to mend his ways, he stays there. Now he too wants to marry Saeeda. The Nawab asks her. Under the burden of his help, she can not say ‘No’. The marriage is fixed.
Just one day prior to marriage, the town Police come and arrest Mukarram for a murder, which he had committed and take him away. The nawab is heartbroken. His daughter tells him about Nasi and Saeeda’s love affair. Nawab immediately calls Nasir and arranges his marriage with Saeeda. The End.
Shahnawaz Khan, known only as Shahnawaz, was born on 18-9-1906 in Hyderabad Deccan. His father was a Major in Hyderabad’s Nizam Army. During his school education, he used to act in dramas. After Matriculation, he joined the Govt. Service in Hyderabad state. He was, however, keen on joining films and dramas. After 5 years, he left the job and started a Motor car business. In that connection, he would visit Bombay often and try his luck at different studios. Finally, his efforts bore fruit and he got a Villain’s role in film Bharat ka laal-36, in which he was listed as S.Nawaz. It was a stunt film made by the Kadam brothers (Harischandra rao and Chandra rao Kadam), with Master Bhagwan as the Hero.
After this, he never went back to Hyderabad. Then came his films Daulat-37, Toofani khazana-37, Rangila Mazdoor-38, Jungle king-39, Sardar 40 etc etc. In 1940, he joined Bombay Talkies and worked in films. He was apparently in Devika Rani’s camp. He was seen in Punarmilan-40,Bandhan-40, Jhoola-41, Naya Sansar-41, Kismet – 43 and Hamari Baat-43.He also worked in Masterji-43, Police,Parakh and Anban-44, Zeenat, Bhaijan and Humayun-45 and few more films. In all, he did 35 films in India. In 1948, Shahnawaz migrated to Pakistan. He was welcomed there. He did 41 films in Pakistan (32 Urdu and 9 Punjabi). Some of his films were quite famous, like Aansoo-50, Sassi-54, Ayyaz-60 etc.
Shahnawaz died in Karachi on 18-6-1971. His last released film was Nek Parween-75.
There are two small actors. Here is some information about them, since they migrated to Pakistan after this film.
Majid’s name was Abdul Majid Syed. He was born at Farrukhabad in U.P. in 1915. His father was an Overseer. After matric in 1929, he started his business of Leather in Akola, Maharashtra. in 1935, actor, director and producer Nazeer of Hind pictures, introduced him to S.K.Daryani and he got a small role in Sher ka Panja-36 and Sangdil samaj-36. However, from film Bulldog-37, he got side roles and lead roles in films like Gentleman daku-37, insaaf-37, Rajkumari-38, Masterman-38, Zamana-38, Mud-40, Saubhagya-40, Swami-41, Swaminath-42, he also acted in more films like Najma-43, Babar-44 and Zeenat-45.
In all he did over 100 films till 1947. After Partition, he migrated to Pakistan with Nazeer and Swarnalata. In Pakistan he did just 7 films. He died on 24-9-1959.
Najma was born at Lahore on 1-12-1928. Her father was a businessman. Her real name was Naseem. Since there was already one famous actress Naseem, she changed her name. She first worked in ‘Kunwaara baap’ (1942) and ‘Uljhan’ (1942) Then came ‘Nai Zindagi’ (1943), ‘Dr Kumar’ (1944), ‘Piya Milan’ (1945)’ ‘Naseeb’ (1945) and Mulaqat-1947. Then she got married, left films and migrated to Pakistan.
Today’s song is a duet by Arunkumar Mukherjee and Binapani Mukherjee. The music was by Khemchand Prakash. Enjoy….
Song- Kaale kaale baadal mein gora gora chaand (Mulaaqaat)(1947) Singers- Binapani Mukherjee, Arunkumar Mukherjee, Lyricist- Munshi Dil Lucknowi, MD- Khemchand Prakash
Both
Lyrics
Kaale kaale baadal mein
Kaale kaale baadal mein
Kaale kaale baadal mein
gora gora chaand
jalwa dikhaa kar chala bhi gaya
haay
jalwa dikhaa kar chala bhi gaya
haay chala bhi gaya
ho chala bhi gaya
Kaale kaale baadal mein
gora gora chaand
jalwa dikhaa kar chala bhi gaya
haay
jalwa dikhaa kar chala bhi gaya
haay chala bhi gaya
ho chala bhi gaya
kuchh ro bhi gaya
kuchh gaa bhi gaya
kuchh ro bhi gaya
kuchh gaa bhi gaya
koi bijli giraa kar chala bhi gaya
haan koi bijli giraa kar chala bhi gaya
haay chala bhi gaya
ho chala bhi gaya
aaya thha koi ee ee ee ee
aaya thha koi
?????? liye huye
fariyaad lab par
aankhon mein
toofaan liye huye
mehfil ko phoonk dene ka
saamaan liye huye
apni mehfil ko
apni mehfil ko
apni mehfil to
gaati ki gaati rahi
apni mehfil to
gaati ki gaati rahi
koi aansoo bahaa kar chala bhi gaya
haan koi dukhda sunaa kar chala bhi gaya
haay chala bhi gaya
ho chala bhi gaya
Kaale kaale baadal mein
gora gora chaand
jalwa dikhaa kar chala bhi gaya
haay chala bhi gaya
Saanwariyaa re saanwariyaa
Posted on: October 7, 2021
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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.
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‘Anjaan’ (1941) was produced under the banner of Bombay Talkies and was directed by Amiya Chakraborty who made his debut as a director with this film. The star cast included Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar in the lead roles supported by Girish, P F Pithawala, V H Desai, Gulab, David, Fatty Prasad, Yusuf Suleiman, Master Suresh, Baby Madhuri, Rewashankar, Arun Kumar etc. For Devika Rani, it was her ‘comeback’ film after her last film ‘Durga’ (1939) and after the death of her husband, Himanshu Rai in 1940.
Another ‘first’ for the film ‘Anjaan’ (1941) was that R D Mathur, the US trained photographer who was assistant to Josef Wirsching, the German cinematographer of Bombay Talkies, made his debut as a Cinematographer for the film. He got this opportunity as Josef Wirsching, being a German, was jailed in India during the World War-II. R D Mathur earned his name as an ace cinematographer for his works in films such as ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960) and Razia Sultana’ (1983). He also completed the cinematography work for ‘Paakeezah’ (1971) after the sudden death of the film’s cinematographer, Josef Wirsching.
Since the inception of the film productions by Bombay Talkies in 1935, Saraswati Devi and Ramchandra Pal used to be the music directors of all the films of Bombay Talkies released till 1940. ‘Anjaan’ (1941) was the first film of Bombay Talkies for which instead of Saraswati Devi or Ramchandra Pal, the music direction of the film was entrusted to Pannalal Ghosh, who had shifted from Kolkata to Mumbai in 1940 with his wife and playback singer, Parul Ghosh.
Pandit Pannalal Ghosh (24/07/1911 – 20/04/1960), the renowned flautist, who was the pioneer in introducing the flute as the musical instrument in the Hindustani classical musical concerts, had to start his initial musical career in the film industry in Kolkata at the age of 17 when he lost his father. He started with playing flute during the exhibitions of the silent films. When the sound films came into being, he became the music assistant, first to Kazi Nazrul Islam and thereafter to R C Boral when he joined the New Theatres as a musician. He had assisted R C Boral when for the first time, playback singing Indian films was introduced for ‘Dhoop Chhaaon’/Bhagyachakra’ (1935).
Pannalal Ghosh’s association with the film industry was mainly to earn money to take care of his family. His interest was to become a Hindustani classical musician with flute as his musical instrument. He formally became the ‘gadabandh’ disciple of Ustad Khushi Mohammed Khan and after his death, the disciple of Pandit Girija Prasad Chakraborty. Besides working for New Theatres, Pannalal Ghosh regularly participated in the programmes of the All India Radio, Kolkata as a flautist.
In early 1940, Pannalal Ghosh shifted his base to Mumbai along with his family as he felt that there was no recognition to his work in Kolkata. In Mumbai, he followed the same strategy – working in the films for sustenance and pursuing his interest in Hindustani classical music. He immediately got his first assignment as a music director for Kikubhai Desai’s film ‘Sneh Bandhan’ (1940). This was followed by ‘Anjaan’ (1941), ‘Basant’ (1942), ‘Sawwal’ (1943), ‘Duhaai’ (1943), ‘Bhalaai’ (1943), ‘Police’ (1944), ‘Beesvi Sadi’ (1945) ‘Aadhar’ (1945) etc.
However, Pannalal Ghosh could not get satisfaction with his work because of the way the Hindi film industry worked. During this time, Ustad Allauddin Khan of Maihar Gharana, the exponent of multiple musical instruments like sarod, sitar, flute, Veena etc. was staying in Mumbai. Pannalal Ghosh became his disciple at a time when he was already started giving public concerts. ‘Aandolan’ (1951) was his last film as a music director.
From 1955-60, Pannalal Ghosh took up the job as a Composer and Director of All India Radio, Delhi Vadhya Vrinda (Orchestra) and stayed in Delhi with his family. His connection with Hindi films was limited to playing flute as and when music directors called him to Mumbai. The best exmaples of his flute recitals can be found in the song main piya teri tu maane ya na maane from ‘Basant Bahaar’ (1956) and in the song mohe panghat pe nandlal chhed gayo re from ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960).
I have always thought that the flute was a tiny musical instrument – may be not more than 12-18 inches long. I realised that it was not so when I when I saw the photographs of Pandit Pannalal Ghosh and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia playing with their long flutes. The credit for elongating the flute’s normal length to as high as 32 inches goes to Pandit Pannalal Ghosh with an extra 7th hole so that the tiny folk instrument becomes capable of playing Hindustani classical music in various raags. Over a period of time, flute has become one of the concerts’ music instruments along with other music instruments. Probably, Pandit Pannalal Ghosh was the first Hindustani classical musician to play the solo flute in public concerts.
Pandit Pannalal Ghosh died of a massive heart attack on April 20, 1960 when he was 48. He has left a large number of his disciples to keep his legacy alive.
The story of ‘Anjaan’ (1941) as under:
Indira (Devika Rani) is employed by Ranima (Gulab), the widow of the landlord as governess to look after her two children. Ramnath (Girish) is the Estate Manager to Ranima who loves Indira and to get her on his side, he is ready to turn to the villainous acts. Indira falls in love with Dr. Ajit (Ashok Kumar) who often visits Ranima for her medical check-up. Now, this turns into a love triangle. The more love between Dr Ajit and Indira blossom, the more villainous Ramnath turns. Ramnath falsely accuses Indira of secretly visiting to Ajit’s house in the night about which he complains to Ranima. Indira gets her services as governess terminated.
After hearing from Ajit about the wrong doings by Ramnath, it is too much for Ranima for her already weak heart leading to the further deterioration of her fragile health. Ajit administers her injection to revive Ranima but in vain. She is dead. Ramanth finds a good excuse to implicate Ajit on the charge of the murder of Ranima.
The news of the alleged murder by Ajit unnerves Indira as Ramnath tells her that he is going the lodge the murder charges against Ajit. She agreed to marry Ramnath provided he lets Ajit free from the murder charges. Hereafter, she avoids meeting Ajit which creates misunderstanding in his mind about Indira. He decides to leave the place for the city. Ajit decision to migrate to the city is too much for Indira. She decides to meet Ajit at the railway station to tell him the truth. After listening her, Ajit tells her to wait for his return from the city.
Ramnath comes to know about the double crossing by Indira. He lodges the charge of murder on Ajit who is arrested in the city. To prove the motive for the murder of Ranima, Ramnath removes some costly jewelries and declares as missing, pointing finger on Ajit. In the trial in the session court, Ajit argues himself. The judge is impressed by his arguments. But the evidences are all against Ajit. However, it is the two children of Ranima whose evidences clinche the judgement in favour of Ajit. Ramnath is handed over to the police and Ajit gets Indira.(With inputs from the review of the film which appeared in the September 1941 issue of ‘Filmindia’ magazine).
The film had 10 songs of which 8 songs have been covered on the Blog as under:
| Songs | Date of Posting | Singers |
|---|---|---|
| Aayi paschim se ghata naunihaalon jaago | 02/03/2015 | Devika Rani |
| Main to tumse bandhi rahoon | 11/12/2015 | Devika Rani |
| Mere jeewan ke pathh par chhaayi ye kaun | 20/10/2020 | Ashok Kumar-Devika Rani |
| Chhalko chhalko na ras ki gagariya | 20/01/2021 | Rajkumari |
| Kheencho kamaan kheencho | 26/01/2021 | Ashok Kumar-Suresh-Rewashankar |
| Pyaare pyaare sapne hamare Triple version song | 06/02/2021 | Ashok Kumar-Devika Rani-Suresh-Rewashankar |
I am presenting the last and the final song ‘saanwariya re saanwaria’ which has two versions – a duet sung by Arun Kumar Mukherjee and Susheela and a solo sung by Arun Kumar Mukherjee towards the end of the film. The song is written by P L Santoshi which is set to music by Pandit Pannalal Ghosh. The audio clip of the song is longer by one stanza. Hence the lyrics of the song is based on the audio clip.
My guess is that Arun Kumar Mukherjee sings in both the versions of the song on himself. From the side profile of his face during the singing, I notice some resemblance of Ashok Kumar on his face who was his maternal cousin. In the star cast, the name of Arun Kumar is mentioned.
With this two-version song, all the song of ‘Anjaan’ (1941) have ben covered on the Blog.
Acknowledgement: Some of the information on the early life of Pandit Pannalal Ghosh has been sourced from pannalalghosh.com.
Audio Clip (Duet):
Video Clip (Duet):
Video Clip (Male Solo):
Song-Saanwariya re saanwariyaa (Anjaan)(1941) Singers-Arun Kumar Mukherjee, Susheela, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-Pannalal Ghosh
Both
Lyrics(Based on Audio Clip)
saanwariya re saanwariya
saanwariya re saanwariya
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
saanwariya re saanwariya
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
ek nagariya ham donon ki
ek dagariya aa
ek nagariya ham donon ki
ek dagariya aa
chal re chal re saanwariya
saanwariya re sawariya
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
raah kanteeli door thikaana aa
raah kanteeli door thikaana
phir bhi hamko chalte jaana
raah katili door thikaana
phir bhi hamko chalte jaana
beet jaaye chaahe saari umariya
beet jaaye chaahe saari umariya
chal re saanwariya
haan
chal re chal re saanwariya
sawariya re sawariya
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
main tera rahoon tu meri rahe
main tera rahoon tu meri rahe
haan saanwariya re saanwariya
saanwariya re saanwariya
main tera rahoon tu meri rahe
jaise din ke saath ujhera rahe
main tera rahoon tu meri rahe
haan saanwariya re saanwariya
saanwariya re saanwariya
aabaad rahe ham tum donon
aabaad rahe ham tum donon
aabaad hamaara dera rahe
bajta rahe ye iktaara
bajta rahe ye iktaara
madhur preet ki baansuriya
madhur preet ki baansuriya
chal re saanwariya
haan
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
saanwariya re saanwariya
saanwariya re saanwariya
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
chal chal re chal re saanwariya
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Today’s song is a rare song( difficult to get) from film Bhanwara-44, starring K L Saigal.
I have been writing on old films and its music since more than 6 years now, but I have never written on any song of a film featuring Saigal and his songs. I had never planned it that way. Actually, I am also a fan of Saigal. Probably it so happened that I found that there were “better’ people to write on Saigal and I coolly left it at that. Our Sudhir ji has done great justice to Saigal songs- film and Non film- with his detailed and emotional articles. These were lapped up by our readers and praise was heaped on every article of his on this topic. Comments on those songs are a testimony to this.
Now there are no Saigal songs left in any film uncovered nor are there any of his popular films without full coverage of all songs. However, few films have few other non K L Saigal songs still to be covered. Today’s song is one such song. This song is a rare song, opines Sadanand ji – the uploader of this song.
K L Saigal (11-4-1904 to 18-1-1947) started his film career with Muhabbat ke aansoo-32 and ended it with Parwana-1947. Most of his career was pursued in Calcutta, primarily with New Theatres and at the end of his life, he did 7 films in Bombay. 2 films each had music by Khemchand Prakash and Lal Mohammed, and 1 film each by Gyan Dutt, Naushad and Khursheed Anwar.
Film Bhanwara-44 was a quickie made by Ranjit within a span of just 9 days, using up the balance period days of Saigal’s contract with Ranjit. The film was directed by his old friend Kidar Sharma. The film had music by Khemchand Prakash. The songs were written by Kidar Sharma, Swami Ramanand and Pt. Indra. The cast of the film was Saigal, Arun Ahuja, Kamla Chatterjee, Monica Desai, lala Yaqub, Brijmala, Kesari etc etc.
Arun Ahuja was a favourite of Sagar, Mehboob and Ranjit. His real name was Gulshan Singh Ahuja-born on 26-1-1918. He was a science graduate from Lahore in 1937. Director Mehboob was interviewing candidates for his new film. From among the shortlisted 100 candidates, Mehboob was impressed with the personality of Arun Ahuja and he was selected to be one of the Heros in film Ek hi Rasta-1939, made by Mehboob for Sagar Movietone. In this film Arun even sang a duet with Maya Banerjee. The film was so successful that Arun became a Hit Hero overnight. Next came Civil marriage-40, Bhole Bhale-40 and his life’s best film Aurat-40
In 1942, while doing film Savera with a new comer Nirmala, he fell in her love and they got married. Arun went on doing roles in about 30 films in his career till his last film Aulad-54. He had produced a film, which was a total flop. He had heavy loss and had to sell off his Bungalow in Bombay and go to a chawl in far off suburb-Virar to live in a rented flat. Arun had 3 daughters and 2 sons- actor/producer Kirti kumar and superstar Govinda. To maintain family, his wife acted and sang in stage shows till her last. Arun Ahuja died on 4-7-1998.
Film Bhanwara had a one film old Heroine Monica Desai- who was called from Calcutta by Kidar Sharma. He knew her well earlier,from Calcutta.
Monica Desai was a famous Indian actress during 1930’s and 40’s. She was the daughter of Dr. Umedram Lalbhai Desai and Satyabhama Devi, a well-known musician of the early 20th Century. Her father was a Gujarati, and her mother hailed from Bihar. Her father who was a reputed Doctor of that period died in the year 1930.
Monica Desai first worked for Bangla movie ‘Nimai Sanyasi’ which released in the year 1940. She was an actress who represented the era of upcoming character actresses like Leela Mishra, Ram Dulari, who made debut along with her and later ruled the Indian screen.
Monica Desai acted under the direction of Phani Majumdar and Kidar Nath Sharma. She did not concentrate much on acting as she got married to Phani Majumdar, a pioneering Indian film director, who worked in Hindi cinema. Phani Majumdar is known for Meena Kumari’s classic film ‘Aarti’ (1962), and ‘Oonche Log’ (1965). Monica Desai had a sister named Leela Desai, who was a renowned actress in Hindi and Bengali cinema. Leela Desai has even acted in the film ‘Kapal Kundala’ (1939) directed by Phani Majumdar. After completion of the venture, Phani Majumdar married Monica Desai.
Monica acted with Prithviraj Kapoor in her career, in film Gauri. ‘Gauri’ was an Indian Bollywood film that was the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 1943 and this established Monica Desai as an actress. Later, she featured in a film ‘Devdasi’ as a heroine that was also top seven grossing film at the Indian box office in 1945. She appeared in the film ‘ Chitralekha’ which was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1941, in this movie, she portrayed the character of Yasodhara.
This film also was a debut film for actor Bharat Bhushan, who later achieved fame with ‘Baiju Bawra’ (1952). Monica Desai had also acted with a legendary actor and singer K. L Saigal.
Monica worked in only 9 Hindi films- Qaidi-40, Chitralekha-41, Bhakta Surdas-42, Gauri-43, Bhanwara-44, Lakharani-45, Devdasi-45, Rangeen Zamana-48 and Vikram Shashikala-49.
The screenplay and direction of Bhanwara-44 was by Kidar Sharma. This was a social comedy film. Saigal was never known for comedy acts. In fact, it was a new experience for him, since this was only a comedy dominated love story without any sad songs-hallmark of Saigal’s popular songs,done by him so far.
Saigal shifted to Bombay in December-1941 for two reasons. One- Ranjit had offered him a very lucrative offer ( One lakh per movie, according to one source) and secondly most of his friends like Prithviraj kapoor, K N Singh, Kidar Sharma etc had shifted to Bombay. Further, the atmosphere in New Theatres was nowadays polluted and vitiated with Ego clashes, financial difficulties and new entrants to replace the vacancies. Saigal was uncomfortable with all this.
In Bombay, Saigal met all his old friends and he had a gala time with them. In 1944 itself he went back to Calcutta to complete film ‘My Sister’. Then again he went in 1945 to do film ‘Kurukshetra’. This was perhaps his last visit, as he became very busy in 45 and 46 in Bombay. In early 1947, in his visit to his hometown, Saigal breathed his last, luckily amidst his family members.
Bhanwara-44 was a story of two friends- Pancham (Saigal) and Rikhab (Arunkumar Ahuja), who come to Bombay in search of employment. The chawl where they stay,in single room tenements, has a pair of sisters, Indu(Monica) and Bindu(Kamla Chaterji). Indu happens to work as a teacher in the same place where Pancham is working as a Music and singing teacher. They fall in love. His friend Rikhab loves Bindu but is too shy to express his love. In this, he is assisted by his neighbour friend Pehelwan (Lala Yaqub). With his help, Rikhab develops a great body and finally wooes his ladylove. At the end, both the couples unite happily. The film was full of comic sequences, particularly with Arun Ahuja and Bindu. All in all, it was a hilarious movie.
The film had 11 songs. 7 songs are already discussed here. The remaining songs are difficult to get as they are not uploaded on the Net yet, Record collectors, of course, have them. Today’s song is also one such rare song. It is a duet of Amirbai and Arunkumar Mukherjee.
This song can be considered an example of an unusual coincidence. It is like Shyamkumar singing for Shyam in Dillagi. This song is an example of an even rare coincidence. This song finds one Arunkumar (Mukherjee) singing for another Arunkumar (Ahuja)…..and a third Arunkumar
(Deshmukh) writing about it !
Song- Mann ki baazi haar chuke to preet ki baazi jeet (Bhanwra)(1944) Singers- Amirbai Karnataki, Arun Kumar Mukherji, Lyrics- Kidar Sharma, MD- Khemchand Prakash
Both
Lyrics
Mann ki baazi haar chuke to
preet ki baazi jeet
Mann ki baazi haar chuke to
preet ki baazi jeet
jeet mein haar
haar mein jeet
jeet mein haar
haar mein jeet
ye preet ki ulti reet
preet ki ulti reet
saajan ki har baat niraali
ee ee
ee ee
saajan ki har baat niraali
ee ee
ee ee
chitwan ki
ee ee
chitwan ki har aas niraali
ee ee
ee ee
ee ee
chitwan ki
ee ee
chitwan ki har aas niraali
ee ee
ee ee
ee ee
khel raha hai aankh michauli
aankh michauli
michauli
michauli
aankh michauli
michauli
michauli
khel raha hai aankh michauli
man se man ka meet
jeet mein haar
haar mein jeet
jeet mein haar
haar mein jeet
ye preet ki ulti reet
preet ki ulti reet
phir aayin ghanghor ghataayen
aen aen
phir aayin ghanghor ghataayen
aen aen
mor papeehe shor machaayen
ae ae ae ae
mor papeehe
mor papeehe
mor papeehe
shor machaayen
phooli nahin samaati kaliyaan
sun bhanwron ke geet
phooli nahin samaati kaliyaan
sun bhanwron ke geet
jeet mein haar
haar mein jeet
jeet mein haar
haar mein jeet
ye preet ki ulti reet
preet ki ulti reet
man ki baaazi ee
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