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‘Maaya Memsaab’ (1993) was jointly produced by NFDC, Channel 4 Films, Ketan Mehta and others and was directed by Ketan Mehta. The cast included Deepa Sahi, Farooq Sheikh, Raj Babbar, Shah Rukh Khan, Shreeram Lagoo, Sudha Shivpuri, Paresh Rawal, Raghuvir Yadav, Satyadev Dube, Om Puri, Shrivallabh Vyas etc. The film’s story was based on a classic English novel, ‘Madame Bovary’ (1856) by Gustav Flaubert.
It was Shah Rukh Khan’s first Hindi film which he signed sometime in 1990. But before the completion of the film, Shah Rukh Khan’s other 5 films were already released, and he had already attained the status of a star actor. ‘Maya Memsaab’ was released on July 2, 1993. As of now, the film is available for viewing only on OTT platform where I watched the film. I was not able to fully understand as to what the director intended to convey with film’s unusual ending.
The story is about a young girl who is obsessed with romantic fantasies in relationships enjoying the luxuries of life. In her quest, she gets caught between the illusion (maaya) and the realities of life. In fact, she is incapable of distinguishing between her romantic ideals and the harsh realities of life which eventually leads her downfall. This film can fit into a genre of ‘Romantic Fantasies’. The gist of the film’s story is as under:
Maaya (Deepa Sahi) stays with her father (Shreeram Lagoo) in a palatial house with all luxuries. One day she meets Dr. Charan Das in her house who has come to treat her father following his accidental fall in the house. With his periodical visit to her house, Dr. Charan Das (Farooq Sheikh) and Maya fall in love and eventually get married.
With Dr Das socially committed to his vocation with a middle-class mindset, Maya finds herself alone in the house and soon the boredom creeps in her mind. The marriage does not meet her expectation of romantic fantasies. This leads her to extra-marital affairs – first with Rudra Pratap Singh (Raj Babbar) and later with a young Lalit (Shah Rukh Khan). Her affairs with Rudra Pratap Singh is short-lived.
At first, both Maaya and Lalit have platonic liking for each other which, over a period of time, turns into a passionate love affair between them. She also indulges in buying expensive jewellery, branded clothes and going on luxurious vacations putting her into heavy debt. The creditors are threatening to auction her house for the recovery of money. She has to face the consequences of her actions alone. The discovery of her infidelity by her husband, Dr Das deprives her of the support from him.
At the end, she realises that neither marriage nor the adultery have resulted in the attainment of her fantasy of romance. She also now becomes aware that materialism does not bring the inner happiness. In her desperation for attaining happiness, she drinks a liquid from a bottle which is supposed to bring her happiness as per a road-side quack. The film ends with Maaya missing and police investigating her disappearance.
In the novel, the protagonist drinks poison and dies at end. However, Ketan Mehta seems to have left the disappearance of Maaya at the end of the film, to the audience for their own interpretations. Maya’s wandering through the barren landscape before she goes missing is a metaphor of her barren life. my understanding is that Ketan Mehta may be hinting through this film the philosophical side of the story. Maaya’s actions do indicate her independent viewpoints for the fulfillment of her romantic fantasies (her idealistic romance) which will make her happy. But at the end, she finds all these are illusions (maaya) as materialism and infidelity have failed to give her happiness.
‘Maaya Memsaab’ (1993) has six songs of which one song has three versions. All the songs have been written by Gulzar which have been set to music by Hridaynath Mangeshkar. One song has already been covered in the Blog. All the songs of the film are very melodious. It was, therefore, difficult for me to choose one song for this article. Finally, I have zeroed on a multiple version song, “Ek Haseen Nigaah Ka Dil Pe Saaya Hai”. I have selected this song for its visually impressive cinematic presentation. The song’s melody and orchestration match with the mood and atmosphere of Maaya’s journey of romantic fantasies.
The song has three versions. Version-I song rendered by Kumar Shanu has only two stanzas which is picturised on Farooque Shaikh and Deepa Sahi as a background song. Version-II is picturised on Shah Rukh Khan and Deepa Sahi. Both Versions-I and II songs depict the romantic fantasies of Maaya (Deepa Sahi) in her imaginations. Version-III song is Lata Mangeshkar’s solo which I did not find in the film.
One may observe in Version-II of the song that there is a change in tune in the first two lines of second antara of the song which is different from the tune of the first antara. However, afterwards, the tune of first antara is retained. This is called ‘sanchaari’ in musical parlance. Rabindranath Tagore is said to have used ‘sanchaari’ in some of his compositions. Most of the music directors from Bengal are fond of using ‘sanchaari’. Salil Chowdhury has used ‘sanchaari’ in some of his Hindi film songs like in second antara of O Sajnaa Barkha Bahaar Aayi from ‘Parakh’ (1960).
Kumar Sanu – Version I (Video)
Kumar Sanu – Version II (Video)
Kumar Sanu – Version II (Audio)
Lata Version (Audio)
Song – Ek Haseen Nigaah Ka Dil Pe Saaya Hai (Maya Memsaab) (1993) Singer – Kumar Sanu, Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics – Gulzar, MD – Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Lyrics (from Kumar Sanu Version II Audio)
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jaadu hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jaadu hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai
paaon ke taley kabhi..ee
dil pada miley agar
choom kar uthaaiye
khoob dekh bhaal kar…
khoob dekh bhaal kar
jo koi poochh le to kya
raah se uthaaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jaadu hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai
ay hey
aa ha ha
aha ha
chali gayi jo manchali
pukaarunga gali gali
wo le ke meri zindagi
chali chali
udhar chali
wo roothi roothi rehti hai
bahut bahut manaaya hai
wo roothi roothi rehti hai
bahut bahut manaaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jaadu hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai…
hey hey
hey hey hey
aa aa aaa
ho ho ho
teri neeli aankhon pe
bhanwar bade haseen hain
doob jaane do mujhe
ye khwaabon ki zameen hai
ye khwaabon ki zameen hai
utha do apni palkon ko
ye parda kyun giraaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jaadu hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai….
ay hey
aa ha ha
aha ha
Lata Version
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jaadu hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jaadu hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai
paaon ke taley kabhi
dil padaa miley agar
choom kar uthaaiye
khoob dekh bhaal kar
khoob dekh bhaal kar
jo koi poochh le to kya
raah se uthaaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jadoo hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai
ay hey
aa ha ha
aha ha
teri neeli aankhon ke
bhanwar bade haseen hai
doob jaane do mujhe
ye khwaabon ki zameen hai
ye khwaabon ki zameen hai..ai
utha do apni palkon ko
ye parda kyon giraaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
ek haseen nigaah ka dil pe saaya hai
jadoo hai junoon hai kaisi maaya hai
ye maaya hai
ay hey
aa ha ha
aha ha
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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(कुमार सानु वर्शन II – audio पर आधारित)
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
पाँव के तले कभी
दिल पड़ा मिले अगर
चूम कर उठाइये
खूब देख भाल कर
खूब देख भाल कर
जो कोई पूछ ले तो क्या
राह से उठाया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
ए हे
आ हा हा
आहा हा
चली गई वो मनचली
पुकारूँगा गली गली
वो ले के मेरी ज़िंदगी
चली चली
उधर चली
वो रूठी रूठी रहती है
बहुत बहुत मनाया है
वो रूठी रूठी रहती है
बहुत बहुत मनाया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
हे हे
हे हे हे
आ आ आ
हो हो हो
तेरी नीली आँखों के
भँवर बड़े हसीन हैं
डूब जाने दो मुझे
ये ख्वाबों की ज़मीन है
ये ख्वाबों की ज़मीन है
उठा दो अपनी पलकों को
ये पर्दा क्यों गिराया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
ए हे
आ हा हा
आहा हा
लता वर्शन’
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
पाँव के तले कभी
दिल पड़ा मिले अगर
चूम कर उठाइये
खूब देख भाल कर
खूब देख भाल कर
जो कोई पूछ ले तो क्या
राह से उठाया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
ए हे
आ हा हा
आहा हा
तेरी नीली आँखों के
भँवर बड़े हसीन हैं
डूब जाने दो मुझे
ये ख्वाबों की ज़मीन है
ये ख्वाबों की ज़मीन है
उठा दो अपनी पलकों को
ये पर्दा क्यों गिराया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
एक हसीं निगाह का दिल पे साया है
जादू है जुनून है कैसी माया है
ये माया है
ए हे
आ हा हा
आहा हा
Jise Samjhe The Hum Afsaana Kal Tak
Posted on: July 29, 2023
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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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‘Ek Naya Rishta’ (1988) was produced and directed by Vinod Pande. The star cast included Rekha and Raj Kiran in the lead roles supported by Mazhar Khan, Om Shivpuri, Urmila Bhatt, Nitin Sethi, Surendra Pal, Rabia Amin, Vinod Pande, Allena Luke, Anjan Srivastav, Satish Kaushik, Asha Sharma, CS Dube, Yunus Parvez etc. Mark Zuber made a guest appearance in the film.
The film was started sometime in 1984 as a quickie, having got the required dates from Rekha. The film progressed well. However, due to financial constraint, film got delayed. Sometime in 1985, Vinod Pande suspended the film’s shooting and concentrated on the TV serial ‘Air Hostess’ (1985-86). When he garnered necessary finance, the shooting of the film was resumed in 1986 and was getting ready for its release (source: Illustrated Weekly of India, page 69 – March 30, 1986 issue).
In an interview published in ‘Amar Ujala’ of August 20, 2020, Vinod Pande has revealed that during an international flight, he watched an English film. From this film, a thought came to his mind as to what would be the reactions of Indians if a man wishes to become a father without getting married. Thus, the story of ‘Ek Naya Rishta’ (1988) was born in his mind with an Indian setting.
The story of the film in short is as under:
Rajiv (Raj Kiran), the only son of an industrialist father (Om Shivpuri), is a spoilt brat and womaniser. He is not interested in a permanent relationship with a woman in his life by way of marriage. Rajiv’s father suddenly dies. As per his father’s will, Rajiv requires to have a child born to him within 18 months after the death of his father to get his large pool of assets bequeathed to him. Since Rajiv has no interest in marriage, he finds a call girl, Aarti (Rekha) who is ready to become the mother to his child out of wedlock. After the child is born, she has to leave him. During her temporary companionship, Raj Kiran provides her with all the luxuries of life including well-furnished sea-facing bungalow with servants and the chauffeur-driven car. The ‘contractual’ relationship slowly turns into a serious one for both Raj Kiran and Rekha without the knowledge of each other during her pregnancy. Eventually, the ‘contractual’ relationship turns into a marriage when the child is born.
The producer-director-story writer of the film, Vinod Pande has an interesting profile. Apart from being a producer-director, he is also an actor, writer, lyricist, and editor. He produced, directed, and acted in his first full length Hindi feature film, ‘Ek Baar Phir’ (1979) which was entirely made in London as he was then based in London. This was followed by ‘Ye Nazdeekiyan’ (1982), ‘Star’ (1982), ‘Sach’ (1989), ‘Akeli’ (1999), ‘Sins’ (2005), ‘Red Swastik’ (2007), ‘Chaloo Movie’ (2011) among others. His film are mostly on the subject of man-woman relationship. He has also made popular TV serials such as ‘Air Hostess’ (1985-86) and ‘Reporter’ (1992-97). He worked as programming head for Sahara TV (1997-2000). He is also the author of three novellas, ‘The Don’s Wife’ (2013), ‘Saanvri: The Story of a Concubine’ (2016) and ‘Destiny’.
Uttar Pradesh born, Vinod Pande (15/08/1940) completed M.A. in Social Work from University of Udaipur. During his college days, he actively participated in plays and stage shows as he was interested in the film industry. In early 1960s, Vinod Pande moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) and got a temporary job as a market researcher. During his spare time, he participated in the plays broadcast on AIR and acted in amateur theaters. He also started getting small roles in Hindi films. By this time, he had got a permanent job as an executive in a travel agency of the Bajaj Group company.
When Vinod Pande was about to secure a few important assignments in Hindi films as an actor, in 1966, he got an opportunity under the ‘Employment Voucher’ scheme of the British Government to migrate to London. He spent about 15 years in London working in the Department of Inland Revenue of the British Government. During his civil service, he was allowed to work as a part-time contract job as a Hindi news reader of the BBC World Service. Because of his experience in AIR, gradually he became a fairly regular Hindi Newsreader and occasional presenter of ‘Current Affairs’ program of BBC World Service. He also got opportunity to interview Hindi film stars and other artists whenever they were on a visit to London. He also enrolled at the British Film Institute to study the works of world’s famous film directors.
Since his full-time civil service job did not give him time to pursue his interest in the film making, Vinod Pande resigned from the job and set up his own advertising agency in London. Apart from making few advertising films, he produced and directed his first documentary film titled ‘London Mein Bharat’. It was about Indian settlers in Southall, a suburb of London. [Information based on an interview of Vinod Pande taken by Vinita Nanda, published in ‘Daily Eye’, October 07, 2009].
‘Ek Baar Phir’ (1979), his first Hindi film made in London became a box office hit apart from the film being critically acclaimed. The success of this film made him to move from London to Mumbai permanently. Another trigger point for his moving to India was that the film was not allowed entry in National Film Awards and other awards in India since it was entirely made abroad. So, he decided to make his future films in India. He has made 9 Hindi films apart from making TV serials and short films.
In the later part of his life, Vinod Pande has kept himself busy in writing novellas, making some short films and running his Youtube channel, ‘Vinod Pande Entertainment’.
‘Ek Naya Rishta’ has 5 songs written by Nida Fazli (3) and Naqsh Lyallpuri (2). All the songs were set to music by Khayyam. I am presenting the first song “Jise Samjhe The Hum Afsaana Kal Tak” from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Bhupinder Singh and Lata Mangeshkar. Lyrics are written by Nida Fazli. It is a background song played almost towards the end of the film and is picturised on Raj Kiran and Rekha in their respective houses.
The background to the song is that Aarti (Rekha) is in advance stage of her pregnancy. Her motherly instinct is not able to digest the fact that she would be separated from her child once born as she has to handover the child to Rajiv (Raj Kiran) and leave the house as per the contract. In the spur of the moment, Aarti leaves the house to an unknown destination without the knowledge of Rajiv. A search for Aarti proves futile. It is at this juncture that the song is played in the background separately in the houses of Rajiv and Aarti with the flashback of their togetherness in the interludes.
The prelude of the song starts with flute music which, to my mind, points to Raag Pahadi-based tune. This raag is generally used when lovers are separated and are longing for reunion. The lyrics of the song sum up the pain of separation. Rajiv is missing her, but he is not sure whether Aarti has similar feelings toward him. Similarly, Aarti has realized how much she missed Rajiv, but she is not sure whether he feels the same about her.
It is unfortunate that a lovely and serene musical composition of Khayyam, rendered by Lata Mangeshkar and Bhupendra Singh on the words crafted by Nida Fazli has remained an underrated song.
Video
Audio
Song – Jise Samjhe The Hum Afsaana Kal Tak (Ek Naya Rishta) (1988) Singer – Bhupinder Singh, Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics – Nida Fazli, MD – Khayyam
Lyrics
(Based on Audio Clip)
jise samjhe the hum afsaana kal tak
jise samjhe the hum afsaana kal tak
wo afsaana haqeeqat to nahin hai
wo afsaana haqeeqat to nahin hai
jo hum se door bhi hain paas bhi hain
jo hum se door bhi hain paas bhi hain
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
jinhen hum chhod aaye zindagi mein
jinhen hum chhod aaye zindagi mein
wahi shaamil hain har gham mein khushi mein
jo apna haal hai diwaangi mein
jo apna haal hai diwaangi mein
udhar bhi aisi haalat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
har ek manzar se ek chehra banaana
har ek manzar se ek chehra banaana
yun hi kaagaz pe kuchh likhna mitaana
kisi ko yaad kar kar ke bhulaana
kisi ko yaad kar kar ke bhulaana
akelepan ki aadat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
fazaayen sooni sooni si hain aise
fazaayen sooni sooni si hain aise
kahin kuchh kho gaya ho apna jaise
hum apne aapko bahalaayen kaise
hum apne aapko bahalaayen kaise
ye baichaini hi raahat to nahin hai
kahin unse mohabbat to nahin hai
ye duniya yun to kehne ko wahi hai
ye duniya yun to kehne ko wahi hai
magar lagta hai ab kuchh ajnabi hai
na jaane kaun si is mein kamee hai
na jaane kaun si is mein kamee hai
hamen un ki zaroorat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
jise samjhe the hum afsaana kal tak
wo afsaana haqeeqat to nahin hai
jo hum se door bhi hain paas bhi hain
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
kahin un se mohabbat to nahin hai
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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जिसे समझ थे हम अफसाना कल तक
जिसे समझ थे हम अफसाना कल तक
वो अफसाना हक़ीक़त तो नहीं है
वो अफसाना हक़ीक़त तो नहीं है
जो हमसे दूर भी हैं पास भी हैं
जो हमसे दूर भी हैं पास भी हैं
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
जिन्हें हम छोड़ आए ज़िंदगी में
जिन्हें हम छोड़ आए ज़िंदगी में
वही शामिल हैं हर ग़म में खुशी में
जो अपना हाल है दीवानगी में
जो अपना हाल है दीवानगी में
उधर भी ऐसी हालत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
हर एक मंज़र से इक चेहरा बनाना
हर एक मंज़र से इक चेहरा बनाना
यूं ही काग़ज़ पे कुछ लिखना मिटाना
किसी को याद कर कर के भुलाना
किसी को याद कर कर के भुलाना
अकेलेपन की आदत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
फ़ज़ाएं सूनी सूनी सी हैं ऐसे
फ़ज़ाएं सूनी सूनी सी हैं ऐसे
कहीं कुछ खो गया हो अपना जैसे
हम अपने आपको बहलाएं कैसे
हम अपने आपको बहलाएं कैसे
ये बेचैनी ही राहत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
ये दुनिया यूं तो कहने को वही है
ये दुनिया यूं तो कहने को वही है
मगर लगता है सब कुछ अजनबी है
ना जाने कौन सी इस में कमी है
हमें उनकी ज़रूरत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
जिसे समझ थे हम अफसाना कल तक
वो अफसाना हक़ीक़त तो नहीं है
जो हमसे दूर भी हैं पास भी हैं
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
कहीं उनसे मोहब्बत तो नहीं है
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The Voice of Mukesh #75
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One hundred years ago today. One of the most revered persona of Hindi film music was born in Delhi. Today, we are celebrating his centenary birth anniversary. More famous for his somber, sad and poignant renditions, he is known as the singer of melancholia. Once even he admitted in an interview, that his own preference is to sing songs of melancholy and sadness, rather than songs of light, comic or romantic mood. Of course romantic moods for him also meant ‘poignant’ for him. As is the song I am presenting in this post today.
At one point in his life, he had this zeal for and was enamored by being successful as a singer-actor. But that was not to be his destiny. Yes he has appeared in some films early in his career, and then during the first half of the decade of 1950s. one sees a real serious and dedicated effort to become a singing star. And this he did, to the detriment of his career as a playback singer, to the disappointment of many in the industry. This, despite the fact the in the mid to late 1940s, he had gained recognition, success and a standing as one of the top playback singers of that time.
The remaining part of the story is quite well known. Stepping back into the mold of the playback singer, by mid 1950s he re-initiated his participation in the industry as a playback singer only. But unfortunately, the industry and the playback singing within that, had moved on. Sadly he could not recover the ground that was lost. He was able to return into the fold and was able to make a place for himself once again in the top tier of the male playback singers’ coterie. However, it will forever remain one of the unanswered queries of life – what if? What if Mukesh had not squandered away 5 to 7 years of his life in an effort to become a singer-actor success story? One will never know.
I bring on board another wonderfully poignant and unheard song from his later years in the career. This song is once again, from an unreleased film from early 1970s. Thankfully, some recording was done and it survives.
The film is ‘Nirlajj’. It is listed in the Geet Kosh as one of the proposed but incomplete/unreleased film of the decade of 1970s. Almost no other information about this film has survived. The name of the banner is listed as MS Films. The names of the songwriter and music director have survived, as the recordings were thankfully published as EP and SP records under the label of Polydor. Two songs are identified. One is a solo by Lata ji, and the second is this tender and touching solo song by Mukesh. One more piece of information that is available in the Geet Kosh is the alternate name for this film, which is ‘Ek Raahi, Do Raaste’.
The song is an effort to comfort and convince the beloved, that one desires to love her to such a depth, that she may forget all the woes and tribulations of her own past. The words written by Naqsh Lyallpuri are very sensitive, very appropriate, and very touching. The words include the promises of love, the expectation that his love would be accepted by the beloved, and the request for her to open up and share the vagaries of her past.
Let’s listen to this sensitive lyrics, in the voice that has the true ability to give meaningful expression to these tender lines.
Song – Meri Aarzoo Hai Tumhen Itna Chaahoon (Nirlajj) (UR) (1970s) Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – Naqsh Lyallpuri, MD – Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics
meri aarzoo hai tumhen itna chaahoon
meri aarzoo hai tumhen itna chaahoon
ke um beeti baaton ka gham bhool jaao
tumhen raas aa jaaye meri mohabbat
zamaane ke saare sitam bhool jaao
meri aarzoo hai tumhen itna chaahoon
meri aarzoo hai
koi zakhm dil ka na mujh se chhupaao
koi zakhm dil ka na mujh se chhupaao
mujhe dard ki dastaan keh sunaao
jo khamosh rehne ki kha li hai tum ne
khuda ke iiye wo kasam bhool jao
meri aarzoo hai tumhen itna chaahoon
ke um beeti baaton ka gham bhool jaao
meri aarzoo hai
ye tanhaaiyaan zindagi chheen lengi
ye tanhaaiyaan zindagi chheen lengi
tumhen chain ki saans lene na dengi
wo yaadein jo har waqt dil ko jalaayen
wo yaadein sabhi e sanam bhool jao
meri aarzoo hai tumhen itna chaahoon
ke um beeti baaton ka gham bhool jaao
tumhen raas aa jaaye meri mohabbat
zamaane ke saare sitam bhool jaao
meri aarzoo hai tumhen itna chaahoon
meri aarzoo hai
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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मेरी आरज़ू है तुम्हें इतना चाहूँ
मेरी आरज़ू है तुम्हें इतना चाहूँ
के तुम बीती बातों का ग़म भूल जाओ
तुम्हें रास आ जाये मेरी मोहब्बत
जमाने के सारे सितम भूल जाओ
मेरी आरज़ू है तुम्हें इतना चाहूँ
मेरी आरज़ू है
कोई जख्म दिल का ना मुझसे छुपाओ
कोई जख्म दिल का ना मुझसे छुपाओ
मुझे दर्द की दास्तां कह सुनाओ
जो खामोश रहने की खा ली है तुमने
खुदा के लिए वो कसम भूल जाओ
मेरी आरज़ू है तुम्हें इतना चाहूँ
के तुम बीती बातों का ग़म भूल जाओ
मेरी आरज़ू है
ये तनहाइयाँ ज़िंदगी छीन लेंगी
ये तनहाइयाँ ज़िंदगी छीन लेंगी
तुम्हें चैन की सांस लेने ना देंगी
वो यादें जो हर वक़्त दिल को जलायें
वो यादें सभी ए सनम भूल जाओ
मेरी आरज़ू है तुम्हें इतना चाहूँ
के तुम बीती बातों का ग़म भूल जाओ
तुम्हें रास आ जाये मेरी मोहब्बत
जमाने के सारे सितम भूल जाओ
मेरी आरज़ू है
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Mukesh and his Composers – 26
There are many songs of Mukesh which I avoid listening too often. For every time I listen to them, I like to savour the magic in his voice afresh. Some of such songs are “Aansoo Bhari Hain Ye Jeevan Ki Raahen“, “Jaane Kahaan Gaye Wo Din“, “Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaaye“, “Ye Mera Deewaanapan Hai” and a host of many other songs. I know that the sample of above quoted songs are quite familiar and well-known, but then there are dozens of songs in the 40’s and 50’s which have additional flavor and uniqueness in them. It is extremely difficult to describe in words what effect the mind and soul experience on listening to such songs. Mukesh did sing them for situations in the film. What remains today of these movies is mainly the vocal impulses of his melodious voice.
Thus, when Avinash ji sent me lyrics and details of yet another Mukesh song, my mind raced to another such song because of the name of Sikkim state in the title. The song I recalled is from the film ‘Road To Sikkim’ (1969). I have already listened to it four times as I write this post. Just grab your headphones and enjoy the trance that this song generates – “Tum Jahaan Ho Wahaan Kya Ye Mausam Nahin“. This is the only Mukesh song from the film and needless to say, it has already been covered on the blog. In fact, it is the only song from the movie to be covered so far. It again gives us an indication of the popularity of the songs sung by Mukesh. Many films of yesteryear are now known only because of the songs he has sung in them.
In today’s post we are discussing another film called ‘Romeo In Sikkim’ released 6 years later in 1975. I reproduce below, the details provided by Avinash ji who has also provided the lyrics for this song.
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Film Details provided by Avinash ji
‘Romeo In Sikkim’ (1975) was directed by Hari Kishan Kaul for Radhika Films, Bombay. It had Shyam Pradhan, Ameena Kareem, Kundan, Rajan Haksar, Shyam Kumar, Dev Kishan, Raj Kamal, Om Prakash, Nazima, Polson and others. KN Singh, Junior Mehmood, Appi Umrani, Seema Kapoor and Hari Kishan Kaul had guest appearances in this movie.
Geet Kosh mentions four songs for this movie while also indicating the possibility of more songs for this movie. Mahendra Mishra, Shaily Shailendra and Sanam Gorakhpuri are the lyricist and Vishwanath is music composer. wsSuman Kalyanpur, Mukesh, Rafi and Usha Mangeshkar had given the playback.
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In my quest to find more info of the film on the net, I came across this blog sikhim.blogspot which provides very good information about some aspects on making of the film. Here is the link for the particular article – Romeo in Sikkim ; Sikkim’s first Hindi film (1975). I reproduce below the lines that the author states in the above post regarding Mukesh.
After 37 years of the first release of Romeo in Sikkim, the only thing that remains popular is that immortal song, “Jiska Sapana”.
It is this immortal song that I have taken up for today’s post. It’s a fast-tracked romantic song; not exactly Mukesh’s forte but it he pulls it quite well. Shaily Shailendra is the lyricist for this particular songand Vishwanath is the composer for the song. As per Mukesh Geet Kosh (2nd edition) it’s the only song that Mukesh has sung for composer Vishwanth.
I made a few queries on RMIM regarding the composer and also Sudhir ji sent me a couple of links to explore more on the composer. From the feedback on RMIM group and also my own efforts it appears this was the only film that he scored music for. There is another movie called Hanuman Vijay 1974 with Ajay Vishwanth as the composer. He seems to be a different person.
And then, there is detailed wiki page on the duo of Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. This music director duo mainly worked for South Indian films. They composed music for one Hindi film – ‘Naya Aadmi’ (1956) which is already covered on the blog. This film apparently had 3 songs composed by Madan Mohan too. This duo had a break-up in 1965-1966 after which they also worked independently where in Viswanathan used his name as MS Vishwanathan.
Well, quite a digression. The obvious reason being same name confusions. I request knowledgeable readers to correct me if any of my content regarding the various composers is incorrect.
So, finally onto to this song by Mukesh. This is not an unheard song, but surely it is one of his lesser heard songs. And as is the case with all his lesser heard songs, this one too is a gem.
[Editor Note: Mukesh was born on 22nd July, 1923. We are less than one month away from the birth centenary of this peerless singer, to be celebrated on this coming 22nd July. This post is the first one in a short series leading up to this celebration, In this series, we will be publishing some of his rarest of rare songs. So please stay tuned.]
Song – Tum Hi To Ho Jiska Sapna Maine Dekha Tha (Romeo In Sikkim) (1975) Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – Shailey Shailendra, MD – Vishwanath
Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
tum hi to ho o
jiskaa sapnaa aa
maine dekhaa tha
tum hi to ho
jiska sapna
tum hi to ho
jiskaa sapnaa
maine dekha tha
jaane kab se
tum ko apna
maine samjha tha
tum hi to ho
sabhi kuchh mila tha lekin phir bhi
kuchh to kami thee meri khushi mein
dekha jo tumko dil ne ye jaana
tum hi nahin thee meri zindagi mein
tum hi nahin thee meri zindagi mein
tum hi nahin thee meri zindagi mein
tum hi to ho o
jiska sapna
maine dekha tha
tum hi to ho
ab to baahon mein aa jaao
chhod bhi do tum ye sharmaana
seekh liyaa hai kab se tum ne
khud bhi tadapna aur tadpaana
khud bhi tadapna aur tadpaana
khud bhi tadapna aur tadpaana
tum hi to ho
jiska sapna
maine dekha tha
jaane kab se
tum ko apna
maine samjha tha
tum hi to ho
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
जाने कब से
तुमको अपना
मैंने समझा था
तुम ही तो हो
सभी कुछ मिला था लेकिन फिर भी
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी खुशी में
देखा जो तुमको दिल ने ये जाना
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी ज़िंदगी में
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी ज़िंदगी में
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी ज़िंदगी में
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
तुम ही तो हो
अब तो बाहों में आ जाओ
छोड़ भी दो तुम ये शरमाना
सीख लिया है कब से ये तुमने
खुद भी तड़पना और तड़पाना
खुद भी तड़पना और तड़पाना
खुद भी तड़पना और तड़पाना
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
जाने कब से
तुमको अपना
मैंने समझा था
तुम ही तो हो
Tumhen Jamghata Aashiqon Ka Milega
Posted on: June 20, 2023
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Hullo Atuldom
“Logon Ki Zubaan Par Apna Naam Hai Pehla” – this post of mine spoke of how I made it to the Gangout of like-minded HFM lovers who also go by the name ‘Atulites’ of ‘Atuldom’. How Sudhir ji set the ball rolling in the beginning of May and after numerous back-n-forth messages (at that time I was not a party to the discussions) June 2nd was fixed as the date for the Gangout. I was happy that I could attend the Gangout & be a part of the enthusiastic group that is highly knowledgeable about all things related to music – not necessarily only Hindi Films, especially finding new information & saving it up for posterity.
Our in-house Encyclopedia ji has lots of information saved up as hand-written notes which he is sharing regularly on this blog as also a few other sites on-line, so we can say he is digitalizing available knowledge. Then Sudhir ji – he is helping Atulji in uploading information-laden posts & also taking back-up of all the material available on this blog onto a hard-drive which contains all the songs & posts available on the blog up until that date – meaning the hard drive has 17800 posts which accompany the 27000 songs with all versions that are present on the blog. (This in addition to whatever it takes to be gainfully employed.) Just two examples, there are others in this bandwagon.
Like Avinash ji has said two years ago, in his post for the song “Main Nikla O Gaddi Le Ke“. Atul ji is the ‘engine’ that is driving this train – the blog. The coaches of the train or the ‘wagons’ of the bandwagon are the team members who are on this exciting journey of exploring & discussing HFM & some non-film music too.
I noticed a few more things on the day of the Gangout. Atul ji is a good listener; doesn’t speak much. It is the best way to gather knowledge. No wonder his posts are full of statistics, news & gives updated background on whatever topic he writes on. He listened attentively when Bakshish ji spoke about how he became a huge bhakt of the legend KL Saigal. He was with us barely for 4 and a half hours which I personally felt was too little. I would have liked to hear him speak his mind too. I was waiting for his ‘Atulisms’ (a term coined by our Raja ji). May be next time.
Since after the Gangout, I have been looking for a song that would describe the feeling of Gang vis-a-vis Atul ji. And I don’t why the word jamghat was fixed in my head as a possible word in the song. I know jamghat doesn’t mean group (mandli), it means a crowd. But I still kept looking for a song that had that word. I sent out ‘help’ message to Avinash ji. I must thank Avinash ji for pointing to today’s song.
The song does showcase what Atulites feel for Atul ji :-
tumhe jamghata aashiqon ka milega
magar koi mujhsa nahi milega
Meaning ‘you will find admirers all round but none like me‘.
Personally, I would like to change a few words in the mukhda of today’s song
aapko jamghata aashiqon ka milega
magar atulites sa nahi milega
After Avinash ji sent me the YouTube link to the song I looked up for details of the song. I found that it was from an absolutely obscure film ‘Padosi Ki Biwi’, that came in 1988. The name of the film itself would have been a put off and I am sure the movie would have sank without a trace as the title sounds like that of a ‘C’ grade movie. The film was directed by Mohan Bhakri and produced by Chandresh U. Doshi. Looking up for details about Mohan Bhakri came up with facts that he is related to Manoj Kumar, Lekhraj Bhakri etc. i.e. he is cousin to Manoj Kumar and nephew to Lekhraj Bhakri. I also found that Mohan Bhakri has directed some forgettable films like ‘Khooni Murda’ (1989), ‘Kabrastaan’ (1988) etc.
Then I looked for the star cast – Deepak Parashar, Asha Sachdev, Pooja Saxena, Jawed Khan (not the Javed Khan who got famous in the 1986 TV serial ‘Nukkad’), Raza Murad, Satish Kaul, Madhu Malhotra etc were part of this film. Usha Khanna was the music director & Hasrat Jaipuri was the lyricist. The song today is in the voices of Anwar and Anuradha Paudwal; such greats wasted in this type of film was my personal thought. I dared not look for the synopsis of the film.
Before we get to the song, let me reiterate what I have said in my post on this date last year-
Thanking Atul ji for taking us along with him on this grand journey of music & knowledge sharing. Thanking his also for giving us this platform and encouraging novices like me into writing out our thoughts. As always, I wish he gets more time with his family, pets, friends, music and the blog.
Wishing Atul ji – A Very Happy Birthday, and Many Many Happy Returns of this Special Day.
Audio
Video
Song – Tumhen Jamghata Aashiqon Ka Milega (Padosi Ki Biwi) (1988) Singer – Anwar, Anuradha Paudwal, Lyrics – Hasrat Jaipuri, MD – Usha Khanna
Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
[Note: Lyrics are based on the audio clip. The video clip has one less antara.]
tumhen jamghata aashiqon ka milega
magar koi mujh sa mila na milega
ho oo oo
tumhen jamghata aashiqon ka milega
magar koi mujh sa mila na milega
oo oo oo
tumhen mehfilen aashiqon ki milengi
magar koi mujh si mili na milegi
tumhen mehfilen aashiqon ki milengi
magar koi mujh si mili na milegi
tum jahaan bhi jaaogi
sab hi tumko chaahenga
apna sar jhukaayenge
pyaar bhi jataayenge
tum to aisa roop ho
har jawaan aayega
dhal gaya shabaab to
chhod ke wo jaayega
oo oo oo
na hongi wo aahen
na honge wo aansoo
dikhaawe ki wo sirf aahen bharenge
tumhen jamghata aashiqon ka milega
magar koi mujh sa mila na milega
tum ho meri aarzoo
tum ho meri justju
tum ho meri aabroo
tum ho mere rubaru
tum na dil ko todna
saath ye na chhodna
tum ko pyaar ki kasam
munh na mujhse modna
oo oo oo
tumhen chaahne waale laakhon milenge
magar koi mujh si mili na milegi
tumhen mehfilen aashiqon ki milengi
magar koi mujh si mili na milegi
koi mujh sa dhoondh ke
dikhaaiye dikhaaiye
tum pe jo bhi mar mitey
aisa le ke aaiye
tum kaho to jaan doon
ik ishaara kijiye
imtihaan pyaar ka
lijiye ji lijiye
oo oo oo
salaam e mohabbat tumhen sab karenge
janaaza na dekhogi lekin marenge
tumhen jamghata aashiqon ka milega
magar koi mujh sa mila na milega
tumhen mehfilen aashiqon ki milengi
magar koi mujh si mili na milegi
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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तुम्हें जमघटा आशिक़ों का मिलेगा
मगर कोई मुझ सा मिला ना मिलेगा
हो ओ ओ
तुम्हें जमघटा आशिक़ों का मिलेगा
मगर कोई मुझ सा मिला ना मिलेगा
ओ ओ ओ
तुम्हें महफ़िलें आशिक़ों की मिलेंगी
मगर कोई मुझ सी मिली ना मिलेगी
तुम्हें महफ़िलें आशिक़ों की मिलेंगी
मगर कोई मुझ सी मिली ना मिलेगी
तुम जहां भी जाओगी
सब ही तुमको चाहेंगे
अपना सर झुकाएँगे
प्यार भी जताएँगे
तुम तो ऐसा रूप हो
हर जवान आएगा
ढल गया शबाब तो
छोड़ कर वो जाएगा
ओ ओ ओ
ना होंगी वो आहें
ना होंगे वो आँसू
दिखावे की वो सिर्फ आहें भरेंगे
तुम्हें जमघटा आशिक़ों का मिलेगा
मगर कोई मुझ सा मिला ना मिलेगा
तुम हो मेरी आरज़ू
तुम हो मेरी जुस्तजू
तुम हो मेरी आबरू
तुम हो मेरे रूबरू
तुम ना दिल को तोड़ना
साथ ये ना छोड़ना
तुमको प्यार की कसम
मुंह ना मुझसे मोड़ना
ओ ओ ओ
तुम्हें चाहने वाले लाखों मिलेंगे
मगर मुझ सी कोई मिली ना मिलेगी
तुम्हें महफ़िलें आशिक़ों की मिलेंगी
मगर कोई मुझ सी मिली ना मिलेगी
कोई मुझ सा ढूंढ के
दिखाइए दिखाइए
तुम पे जो भी मर मिटे
ऐसा ले के आइये
तुम कहो तो जान दूँ
इक इशारा कीजिये
इम्तिहान प्यार का
लीजिये जी लीजिये
ओ ओ ओ
सलाम ए मोहब्बत तुम्हें सब करेंगे
जनाज़ा ना देखोगी लेकिन मरेंगे
तुम्हें जमघटा आशिक़ों का मिलेगा
मगर कोई मुझ सा मिला ना मिलेगा
तुम्हें महफ़िलें आशिक़ों की मिलेंगी
मगर कोई मुझ सी मिली ना मिलेगी
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This is the 17300th post on this blog.
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What is going on today? I am sure this question is worrying the minds of quite a few if not many or all regulars of this blog. Atul ji seems to be in a big hurry today. Seven posts already since his first good morning call at 5 am. Aha, so getting to the century number it seems. Yeah, ok, that’s it, he wants to complete the century, and make the century post today. But why? What is the tearing need? Is there a birthday not known to anybody? Is it a special day for someone on the bandwagon or in the industry? The anniversary page has no listing for today. ये क्या हो रहा है? क्या चल रहा है?
So yes, a mystery has been created by today’s blog activism. Already 7 songs on the board, and of course, the century strike is still to come. Well, here now. 😀
Ok so let me reveal the story in the background. This mystery scramble started less than 24 hours ago. About 5 days back, Atul ji and I exchanged some messages and decided that this century milestone will be an Asha Bhosle special. Some very interesting numbers are co-inciding. So we agreed to search and locate some special and rare song for this event. It took me about day to zero in on the song. I told Atul ji about it, and he agreed. So we planned to make the century post with this song.
So far, we were not in a scramble. Taking it easy, one or two posts a day, maybe get to the century milestone by 5th Jan or so. That suddenly changed last evening. Around 6.40, I got a message from Atul ji. He asked me whether we can make the century post tomorrow, i.e. today, 31st December. And he also shared the reason. As soon as I heard that, I was excited too. We agreed for the scramble, and the scramble happened.
Okay, okay – sorry for the long prelude. I will explain. First, the Asha Bhosle angle. We are coinciding two century milestones for her with this post. I wonder if the regulars have noticed that we have not be posting any Asha Bhosle songs for the past few days. Well, the reason is that Asha ji is at 2999th song on this blog, before this one. So this becomes her 3000th song being showcased here.
Ah, but wait, there is more. Asha ji is also at 1499th solo song with us. So this is now her 1500th solo on the blog. That makes today’s post a dual century milestone for her.
Before her, the two stalwart singers who have crossed these milestones are of course Lata ji and Rafi Sb. Lata ji is currently at 3829 songs overall, and 2479 solos. Rafi sb is at the second place with 3222 songs overall and 1511 solos.
Now coming to the date, and the reason for the scramble. This is a piece of co-incidental information that Atul ji dug out yesterday. Most likely he was looking at the ten year challenge data for the BTYC 2022 series. So all it takes to guess this angle is to look at the songs posted ten years ago on 31st December 1912. The last song of that day, the New Year’s Eve of 2012, was the 7300th song on the blog. And so now, I am sure the numbers will fall in place in the minds.
Exactly ten years ago, were exactly ten thousand songs before this post. Ten years – ten thousand songs, that is a very telling achievement. Just for comparison, let’s see what came before that. From 19th July, 2008 to 31st December 2012, it is a few days less than 4 and a half years. In that period, we clocked 7300 posts. OK, so the comparison is nowhere balanced. The first 4.5 years come at an average of 1622 songs per year. And the next ten years come at an average if 1000 songs per year. That is quite a difference, which portrays the drop in the pace of posting over the years.
But in my mind, there is another very crucial observation to be made. Just in the fact of sustenance. In the known world of online blogging and entertainment and music, our blog most likely stands out as being the most consistent, the most sustained and the most continuing presence online – among the blogs that are run and managed by an individual or a small group. Yes there are other blogs that continue to thrive and continue to be regular, but they are mostly with corporate or external support and sponsorship. I am sure we all are aware of many blogs related to Indian Cinema and Hindi film songs, that we have visited over the years, but then with time, majority of them have lost steam, or slowed down. There is definitely a fatigue factor associated with this activity too. Sustaining the effort to continue is a big factor. And then, to ensure this sustenance on a day to day basis – I am confident to claim that our blog is without a peer across the wide internet.
So that is the story behind the eight posts that have been pulled together at a scramble within less than 24 hours.
Another coincidence I would like to mention here. Asha ji also figures in the 7300th post ten years ago. The song in that post is “Mohabbat Ka Haath Jawaani Ka Palla” from the 1958 film ‘Howrah Bridge’. The song is a duet by Rafi Sb and Asha ji. As noted in that post, that was the 300th duet song of this pair. Before this we were not noting and announcing century milestones for duet songs. It started with the post 7300.
And so, Asha ji then a centurion, and today too, Asha ji is a centurion.
Coming to the song in this post today. When Atul ji had sent me a query about some very special song of Asha ji for this milestone post, my mind went to this song, and for some very good reasons.
The song itself is very obscure and a rare discovery. As are many of the creations of the music director Sajjad Husain. Yes, the music for today’s song is from the mind of this genius music director, who was not given his due by the industry. The reasons can be discussed and debated, but the quality and the composition of his music cannot be. Par excellence is what comes to mind when we talk of this maverick music director.
The film is ‘Mera Shikar’ from 1973. After his 1963 venture with ‘Rustom Sohrab’, he was lost in the mists of forgotten anonymity for all of ten years. Then we see his name in this obscure and less heard of film that comes in 1973. An then it also disappears without a splash. Other than the fact that it is recorded in the Censor Board registers, and on account of that, it also appears in the Geet Kosh, no one had heard of or mentioned this film for many decades. With the coming of the internet, as access to many obscure things became easier, the aficionados started searching for lost and obscure songs of lesser heard music directors and singers and lyricists.
The difficulty with this film is that a. no gramophone records at all were made and b. the film itself is not available.
The songs of this film were presumed lost for a long time. And then they were discovered. On a spool tape. So now at least the songs are available, albeit it has been a difficult and anonymous journey.
A total of three songs are listed and identified for this film. One of the songs, in the voice of Rafi Sb, is already showcased on our blog – “Teri Mehfil Mein Aaye Hain”. This song was posted more than eleven years ago on 17th June, 2011. The other two songs have not become available online, although they have been with private collectors for some time now. I first got these songs from my dear friend Girdhari Lal ji of Jodhpur. Then later, these songs also came to me once again thru another dear friend, Zafar Shah of Delhi. When the discussion for this post started, and my mind came to this song, I checked with Zafar Bhai, and he indicated that this song is already uploaded by him on his YouTube channel about six months ago. And so we have this song now available, to be played today as the 3000th song and 1500th solo song of Asha ji.
A vintage Sajjad creation, this song has such an endearing and yet intriguing melody. The verse lines are short and Sajjad Sb has knitted them into his music very beautifully. When we agreed to do this song for this post, I have since then heard this song repeatedly tens of times. And I am not getting tired of listening to it again and again. The rhythm and the arrangements are simply enchanting.
And then of course, the rendition by Asha ji. All I can say is – just listen to the song. And I think you will be bowled over, as I am.
The lyricist – Shakeel Nomani (or Numani) is once again a lesser known personality in the film world. He was a writer and wrote in newspapers and magazines in Urdu, Hindi and English. His name appears as the songwriter in a few films in 1950s and 60s. He wrote all the songs for four films – ‘Panchaayat’ (1958), ‘State Express’ (1961), ‘Daku Maan Singh’ (1971) and ‘Mera Shikar’ (1973). In addition he has written songs in ones and twos for the following films – ‘Sair e Paristan’(1958), ‘Lady Robinhood’ (1959), ‘Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere’ (1960), ‘Tu Nahin Aur Sahi’ (1960), ‘Flight To Assam’ (1961), ‘Reporter Raju’ (1962), and ‘Magic Carpet’ (1964). Besides writing songs, he has also appeared as an actor in about 20 films. Our blog carries 16 songs already of this lesser known writer.
Shifting gears again – it is the closing hours of the year 2022. Tomorrow will be a new day and the beginning of a New Year. For some time now, I have wondered occasionally, what does a New Year mean. As the day dawns and the sun rises, it will be a day no different than today, or any other day that we have lived through. And when we talk of New Year, there are so many occasions during the 12 months that New Year is celebrated by different societies, different groups of people on different dates. Any way, apologies, I will not continue with my tangential musings.
It is a block time of 12 months that get a new number tomorrow. Different thoughts and different people will associate different expectations and measures and resolutions and plans with this next block of 12 months. And so, wishing all good luck and happiness with all their expectations and plans in the coming year. Also wishing good health to everybody, and a contented peace of mind to go along with it.
Let’s bring on 2023.
Listen to the mesmerizing sounds of the mandolin play, as only one master of mandolin could play. That is Sajjad Husain. Listen to lilting rendition by Asha ji, as she tells about expectations and desires that rise in the mind when one is in love with another. . .
teri chaahat mein jeeyen
teri hasrat mein maren
hai ye armaan. . .
Listen to this wonderful creation – and wonder sometimes, why was this master musician always relegated to the sidelines.
Amen.
Song – Teri Chaahat Mein Jiyen, Teri Hasrat Mein Maren (Mera Shikar) (1973) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Lyrics – Shakeel Numani, MD – Sajjad Husain
Lyrics
haan . . .
ho o o
teri chaahat mein jiyen
teri hasrat mein maren
hai ye armaan
o meri jaan
o meri ja..aan
oo oo
teri chaahat mein jiyen
teri hasrat mein maren
hai ye armaan
o meri jaan
o meri ja..aan
saaqiya jaam badha
saaqiya jaam badha
hum bhi hain tere deewaane. . .
lab pe hain tere afsaane. . .
hum bhi hain tere deewaane. . .
lab pe hain tere afsaane. . .
ho oo oo
justju teri rahe
aarzoo teri rahe
hai ye armaan
o meri jaan
o meri ja..aan
jaaneman dekh zara
jaaneman dekh zara
toote na dil ka paimaana. . .
tujhse hai rang e maikhaana. . .
toote na dil ka paimaana. . .
tujhse hai rang e maikhaana. . .
oo oo oo
yun na kar hum pe sitam
teri ulfat ki kasam
hai ye armaan
o meri jaan
o meri ja..aan
dil ne di aisi sada
aa aa aa
dil ne di aisi sada
aa aa aa
aayegi manzil aayegi
laayegi khushiyaan laayegi
aayegi manzil aayegi
laayegi khushiyaan laayegi
ho oo oo
saamna ho to kahen
teri nazron se piyen
hai ye armaan
o meri jaan
o meri ja..aan
oo oo oo
teri chaahat mein jiyen
teri hasrat mein maren
hai ye armaan
aa aa aa
o meri jaan
aa aa aa
o meri ja..aan
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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हाँ॰ ॰ ॰
हो ओ ओ
तेरी चाहत में जिएं
तेरी हसरत में मरें
है ये अरमां
ओ मेरी जां
ओ मेरी जां॰ ॰ ॰
ओ ओ
तेरी चाहत में जिएं
तेरी हसरत में मरें
है ये अरमां
ओ मेरी जां
ओ मेरी जां॰ ॰ ॰
साक़िया जाम बढ़ा
साक़िया जाम बढ़ा
हम भी हैं तेरे दीवाने॰ ॰ ॰
लब पे हैं तेरे अफसाने॰ ॰ ॰
हम भी हैं तेरे दीवाने॰ ॰ ॰
लब पे हैं तेरे अफसाने॰ ॰ ॰
हो ओ ओ
जुस्तजू तेरी रहे
आरज़ू तेरी रहे
है ये अरमां
ओ मेरी जां
ओ मेरी जां॰ ॰ ॰
जानेमन देख ज़रा
जानेमन देख ज़रा
टूटे ना दिल का पैमाना॰ ॰ ॰
तुझसे है रंग ए मयखाना॰ ॰ ॰
टूटे ना दिल का पैमाना॰ ॰ ॰
तुझसे है रंग ए मयखाना॰ ॰ ॰
ओ ओ ओ
यूं ना कर हम पे सितम
तेरी उल्फ़त की क़सम
है ये अरमां
ओ मेरी जां
ओ मेरी जां॰ ॰ ॰
दिल ने दी ऐसी सदा
आ आ आ
दिल ने दी ऐसी सदा
आ आ आ
आएगी मंज़िल आएगी॰ ॰ ॰
लाएगी खुशियाँ लाएगी॰ ॰ ॰
आएगी मंज़िल आएगी॰ ॰ ॰
लाएगी खुशियाँ लाएगी॰ ॰ ॰
हो ओ ओ
सामना हो तो कहें
तेरी नज़रों से पिएं
है ये अरमां
ओ मेरी जां
ओ मेरी जां॰ ॰ ॰
ओ ओ ओ
तेरी चाहत में जिएं
तेरी हसरत में मरें
है ये अरमां
आ आ आ
ओ मेरी जां
आ आ आ
ओ मेरी जां॰ ॰ ॰
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Today 19th of August 2022 is the third ‘Remembrance anniversary’ of the legendary music director Mohammed Zahur “Khayyam” Hashmi Saab, whom we fondly know as Khayyam Saab.
He was born on 18th February 1927 in a village Rahon in the District of Jalandhar – Punjab.
From Jalandhar he came to Delhi and from Delhi to Lahore to Mumbai again back to Lahore and finally to Mumbai to start his career in Hindi Films in 1948. He started his musical career as a Singer first, singing a duet in the movie ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1947) with Zohrabai Ambalewali. And later got his first assignment to compose music for the movie ‘Heer Ranjha’ (1948).
As per the statistics given in the book ‘Khayyam – The Man – His Music’, researched, compiled, and edited by Vishwas Nerurkar and Bishwanath Chatterjee, since 1948 to 2007 Khayyam Saab composed music for 55 movies (released) for 321 songs. As many as 17 movies where he composed music for 60 songs were not released for various reasons. Some of them were shelved and were not completed.
He had also given music to 194 non-filmy songs composed for various albums including patriotic songs and others. He also composed music for 8 TV serials composing 45 songs.
On our blog we have so far covered 201 songs composed by Khayyam Saab.
As a tribute to him today I am presenting a song from the movie ‘Tere Shahar Mein’ (1986) in which Khayyam Saab was the music director.
‘Tere Shahar Mein’ was directed by for Sagar Sarhadi for Mahesheka Films Pvt Ltd., Bombay. It was produced by SS Broca. It had Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Dipti Naval, Marc Zuber and others.
This movie had four songs composed by Khayyam Saab. Two songs were written by Naqsh Lyallpuri. Bashar Nawaz and Amir Minai had penned one song each. [Source for this detailed information is the book ‘Khayyam- The Man-His Music’ by Vishwas Nerurkar and Bishwanath Chatterjee.]
I guess that this movie was not released at all. Because very less information is available about the movie and video of the songs or others is not available. The ‘Hindi Filmography – 1986-2000’ mentions only the names of the Producer, Director, and Music Director for this movie title.
But luckily audio of the songs from this movie is available. I came across today’s song only few months back and loved it very much. The song is a gem of song but very less heard.
Today’s song is sung by Singer Bhupinder Singh.
Lyricist for this song is Bashar Nawaz. Incidentally yesterday, 18th August was his birth anniversary. Here is a brief about him taken from ‘Wikipedia’.
Bashar Nawaz (18 August 1935 – 9 July 2015) was one of the prominent progressive Urdu Poet, critic, and lyricist, who penned the song “Karoge Yaad To” in the film ‘Bazaar’ (1982). He picked up the ‘Pulotsav Samman’ and ‘Ghalib Award’ for his contribution to Urdu literature.
He had written lyrics for a few Hindi films such as ‘Bazaar’, ‘Lorie’ and ‘Jaan e Wafa’. Ghulam Ali, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd Aziz, Asha Bhosle, Talat Aziz, Bhupinder, and Mehdi Hasan among others have given voice to his ghazals.
He also wrote 13 episodes of the TV serial ‘Amir Khusro’, which was telecast on Doordarshan in 1983. Bashar also penned 26 episodes of the musical opera ‘Saare Jahan se Accha Hindustan Hamara’, which was broadcast by All India Radio. He scripted a serial on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, which was televised on Doordarshan in 2000.
Nawaz’s poems have been translated into Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi, and Kannada and published in journals and anthologies. As many as ten of his poems have been translated into English by Zaheer Ali. Anwar Saeed from Pakistan has made special mention of Bashar Nawaz in his book ‘Short History of Urdu Literature’. His ghazals and poems have been included in almost all the anthologies of best Urdu poetry from 1960 onward, said noted Urdu poet Khan Shamim. On 9 July 2015, Bashar Nawaz died at the age of 79 in Aurangabad (Maharashtra).
Let us now listen to the today’s lovely song sung by Bhupinder Singh and composed by Khayyam Saab. Lyrics are written by Bashar Nawaz as mentioned above.
With this song the movie ‘Tere Shahar Mein’ makes its debut on the blog.
Our tributes to Khayyam Saab !!!
His immortal compositions will live forever and will continue to mesmerize the coming generations with the magic of his music !!!
Song-Bhoole bisre kayi afsaane sunaane aaya (Tere Shahar Mein)(1986)(UR) Singer-Bhupinder Singh, Lyrics-Bashar Nawaz, MD-Khayyam
Lyrics
bhoole bisre kayi afsaane sunaane aaya aa aa
bhoole bisre kayi afsaane sunaane aaya aa aa
baad ik umr ke phir chaand sirhaane aaya aa
baad ik umr ke phir chaand sirhaane aaya aa aa
bhoole bisre ae
koyi dastak si huyi
phir mere darwaaze par
koyi dastak si huyi
phir mere darwaaze par
phir koyi dard e muhabbat ko jagaane aaya aa
phir koyi dard e muhabbat ko jagaane aaya aa
baad ik umr ke phir chaand sirhaane aaya aa aa
bhoole bisre ae
mehki mehki si hain aen
kuchh aaj fazaayein dil ki ee
mehki mehki si hain aen
kuchh aaj fazaayein dil ki ee
phool hi phool koyi jaise
bichhaane aaya aa
phool hi phool koyi jaise
bichhaane aaya aa
baad ik umr ke
phir chaand sirhaane aaya aa aa
bhoole bisre ae
rang aanchal mein ae ae
nigaahon mein sitaare lekar
rang aanchal mein ae ae
nigaahon mein sitaare lekar
phir se raahon mein koyi
deep jalaane aayaa aa
phir se raahon mein koyi
deep jalaane aayaa aa
baad ik umr ke
phir chaand sirhaane aaya aa aa
bhoole bisre ae
koyi jhonkaa hai wo khushboo ka
jo sehn e dil mein
koyi jhonkaa hai wo khushboo ka
jo sehn e dil mein
ik musaafir ki tarah raat bitaane aaya
ik musaafir ki tarah raat bitaane aaya
baad ik umr ke
phir chaand sirhaane aaya aa aa
bhoole bisre kayi afsaane sunaane aaya aa aa
bhoole bisre ae
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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भूले बिसरे कई अफसाने सुनाने आया
भूले बिसरे कई अफसाने सुनाने आया
बाद इक उम्र के फिर चाँद सिरहाने आया
बाद इक उम्र के फिर चाँद सिरहाने आया
भूले बिसरे
कोई दस्तक सी हुई
फिर मेरे दरवाज़े पर
कोई दस्तक सी हुई
फिर मेरे दरवाज़े पर
फिर कोई दर्द ए मुहब्बत को जगाने आया
फिर कोई दर्द ए मुहब्बत को जगाने आया
बाद इक उम्र के फिर चाँद सिरहाने आया
भूले बिसरे
महकी महकी सी हैं
कुछ आज फ़ज़ाएं दिल की
महकी महकी सी हैं
कुछ आज फ़ज़ाएं दिल की
फूल ही फूल कोई जैसे
बिछाने आया
फूल ही फूल कोई जैसे
बिछाने आया
बाद इक उम्र के
फिर चाँद सिरहाने आया
भूले बिसरे
रंग आँचल में
निगाहों में सितारे ले कर
रंग आँचल में
निगाहों में सितारे ले कर
फिर से राहों में
कोई दीप जलाने आया
फिर से राहों में
कोई दीप जलाने आया
बाद इक उम्र के
फिर चाँद सिरहाने आया
भूले बिसरे
कोई झोंका है वो खुशबू का
जो सहन ए दिल में
कोई झोंका है वो खुशबू का
जो सहन ए दिल में
इक मुसाफिर की तरह रात बिताने आया
इक मुसाफिर की तरह रात बिताने आया
बाद इक उम्र के
फिर चाँद सिरहाने आया
भूले बिसरे कई अफसाने सुनाने आया
भूले बिसरे
[sehn सहन – an open space in the interior, like an inner courtyard]
[sehn e dil = सहन ए दिल – the space within the heart]
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This Week, That Year – 11
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10Jul – 16Jul, 2012
Wow wo
Those were the days, I am sure Atul ji would be remembering with relish. Or may be, he may himself not be believing the pace that was the norm in those days, This week, 10 years ago saw a whopping 46 songs posted. That works out to be an average of a tad over 6.5 songs per day. Ah yes, those were days.
And talking about ‘those were the days. . .’, I came across this very interesting exchange in the comment section of the first song of that week. The post was number 6206, the first one to be posted on the 1453rd day of the blog. The featured song is “Na Wo Hamse Judaa Honge” from the 1949 film ‘Dulaari’. A reader, identifying himself as simply MZ, posted this comment.
My first comment on this site.
You would be lucky to get 10 good songs in a year these days but in the forties and fifties, you could get 10 good songs in a movie such as this one. Just think of Naushad’s movies like Rattan, Anmol Ghadi, Andaz, Babul, Dulari, Uran Khatola, Deedar, Dastaan, Baiju Bawra, Shabab etc and it is staggering how he could come with so many gems in one movie.
Also going through your site, I see that in 1949 the following all time great musicals released – Shair, Paras, Namoona, Dulari, Mahal, Barsaat, Andaz, Bazaar, Lahore ,Badi Bahen, Dillagi, Chandini Raat, Shabnam, Patanga, Ek thi Ladki, Zevrat, Chakori, Jal Tarang, Raat ki raani, Laadli.
How I envy those who lived during those times !!!
To this, Atul ji had responded,
Those were different days indeed.
Ah yes, surely, indeed those were different days. 46 songs in a single week. . .
I return to the numbers game and the review of the postings from that week. The following table contains the day by day information of the posts from that week.
| Blog Ten Year Challenge (2012-2022) Series | |||||||||
| Sl. No. | Movie Name | Year | HFGK NoS | ASAD NoS | Possible UT | Deb/Yip | Milestone | Film Status | Pending |
| 10-Jul-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | Dulaari | 1949 | 12 | 12 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 2 | Taatar Ka Chor | 1955 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Yc | 1 UT | ||
| 3 | Salaam e Mohabbat | 1955 | 4 | 1 | 1 | D | Pending-c | 2+ 1 UT | |
| 4 | Dr Shaitaan | 1960 | 6 | 6 | GPC – 400 (Sudhir) | Yippeee’d | |||
| 5 | Lady Killer | 1968 | 7 | 1 | 1 | D | Pending-c | 5+ 1 UT | |
| 6 | Sankoch | 1976 | 4 | 2 | D | Pending | 2 | ||
| 7 | Laila Majnu | 1976 | 10 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 11-Jul-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | Chandralekha | 1948 | 11 | 7 | Pending | 4 | |||
| 2 | Dulaari | 1949 | 12 | 12 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 3 | Ghaayal | 1951 | 11 | 5 | D | Pending | 6 | ||
| 4 | Kailashpati | 1962 | 16 | 3 | D | Pending | 13 | ||
| 5 | Road To Sikkim | 1969 | 8 | 1 | 1 | D | Pending-c | 6+ 1 UT | |
| 6 | Painter Babu | 1983 | 7 | 3 | D | Pending | 4 | ||
| 12-Jul-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | Biraaj Bahu | 1954 | 6 | 6 | D | Yippeee’d | |||
| 2 | Dulaari | 1949 | 12 | 12 | Y | Yippeee’d | |||
| 3 | Aayi Milan Ki Bela | 1964 | 7 | 7 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 4 | Chhoti Chhoti Baaten | 1965 | 6 | 7 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 5 | Talaash | 1969 | 8 | 8 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 6 | Khaamoshi | 1996 | 8 | 2 | D | Pending | 6 | ||
| 7 | Bin Phere Hum Tere | 1979 | 4 | 4 | D | Yippeee’d | |||
| 13-Jul-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | Andhera | 1943 | 11 | 2 | 1 | D | Pending-c | 8+ 1 UT | |
| 2 | Chaandni Raat | 1949 | 10 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 3 | Bhaagam Bhaag | 1956 | 10 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 4 | Gunaahon Ka Devta | 1967 | 7 | 7 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 5 | Laila Majnu | 1976 | 10 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 6 | Sabse Bada Rupaiyya | 1976 | 5 | 4 | Pending | 1 | |||
| 7 | Faulaad | 1963 | 6 | 6 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 14-Jul-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | Kangan | 1939 | 12 | 6 | Pending | 6 | |||
| 2 | Jaadu | 1951 | 9 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 3 | Chaandni Chowk | 1954 | 12 | 12 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 4 | Ghazal | 1964 | 7 | 8 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 5 | Yaatrik | 1952 | 12 | 8 | 6 | Yc | 6 UT | ||
| 6 | Malhaar | 1951 | 9 | 9 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 7 | Vallaah Kyaa Baat Hai | 1962 | 8 | 8 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 8 | Dekh Kabira Roya | 1957 | 10 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 15-Jul-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | Anokhi Ada | 1948 | 12 | 15 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 2 | Daara | 1953 | 7 | 3 | D | Pending | 4 | ||
| 3 | Inaam | 1955 | 7 | 4 | D | Pending | 3 | ||
| 4 | Sasuraal | 1961 | 8 | 8 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 5 | Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya | 1966 | 10 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 6 | Pyaar Ka Mausam | 1969 | 9 | 7 | Pending | 2 | |||
| 16-Jul-12 | |||||||||
| 1 | Chaandni Raat | 1949 | 10 | 10 | Yippeee’d | ||||
| 2 | Bewafaa | 1952 | 9 | 7 | Pending | 2 | |||
| 3 | Hanste Aansoo | 1950 | 11 | 6 | Pending | 5 | |||
| 4 | Bindiya | 1955 | 10 | 1 | D | Pending | 9 | ||
| 5 | Imaan | 1974 | 5 | 1 | D | Pending | 4 | ||
In these 46 posts, three films were repeated. Two films are from 1949 – ‘Chaandni Chowk’, two songs, and ‘Dulaari’, three songs. The third movie repeated that week is the 1976 film ‘Laila Majnu’, two songs, This works out to be 42 different films that got showcased that week.
The distribution by decade preference is as follows,
1930s – 1
1940s – 9
1950s – 15
1960s – 13
1970s – 6
1980s+ – 2
As always, the distribution is obviously weighed down in the decades of 50s and 60s.
That week, fifteen films had made their debut, and one film – ‘Dulaari’ from 1949 was Yippeee’d. Ah well, three songs of that film during the week.
Of the 42 films that were featured that week, 21 films have since been Yippeee’d. Of the remaining 21 films that are still pending, the film ‘Taatar Ka Chor’ from 1955 is waiting for one last song, but that one appears to be untraceable. So this film is tagged as Yc – conditionally Yippeee’d.
A major milestone reached that week was the 400th guest post by yours truly. The post for the song “Main Hoon Atom Bomb” from the 1960 film ‘Dr Shaitaan’, published on 10th July that year, was my 400th post on the blog.
Today I present one more song of the unreleased film ‘Salaam e Mohabbat’ from the 1950s. This film had made its debut 10 years ago on 10th of July. The song posted was the iconic Talat Mehmood rendition of “Main Tujhko Agar Ik Phool Kahoon”. The song coming on board today is another enchanting melody by the music director duo Bipin Babul. The words are from the pen of Anjum Jaipuri and the singing voice is Sudha Malhotra.
As I was searching for the song to go along with with this post, I came across this wonderful song. It has been sitting in my collection all the while but I am hearing it for the first time today.
Yes, those were the days. Those were the days that not only the top rung music directors produced great songs in their films, even the lesser known and lesser heard music directors like Bipin Babul came up with enchanting melodies. Melodies that were lost to the listening public – unreleased films and released but unsuccessful films otherwise.
Those certainly were the days. And it is for this reason that period is called the Golden Age of the Hindi film song – melody was surely ruling the minds of the creators of songs of that era.
Listen to this song, and wonder. . .
Song – Husn Ko Teer Chalaana Hai Khuda Khair Kare (Salaam e Mohabbat) (1950s)(UR) Singer – Sudha Malhotra, Lyrics – Anjum Jaipuri, MD – Bipin Babul
Chorus
Lyrics
husn ko teer chalaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
kiska dil aaj nishaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
husn ko teer chalaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
dil ke machle huye armaan nazar aate hain
aaa aaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaa
dil ke machle huye armaan nazar aate hain
aaj har mauj mein toofaan nazar aate hain
aaa aaaa aaaaa
aur us paar bhi jaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
husn ko teer chalaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
ab to uthti nahin aankhon se ye palkon ki naqaab
aaa aaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaa
ab to uthti nahin aankhon se ye palkon ki naqaab
muskuraane lage tanhaai mein hothon ke gulaab
aaa aaaa aaaaa
ab adaaon ka zamaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
husn ko teer chalaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
zulf bikhri hui zanjeer na ban jaaye kahin
aaa aaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaa
zulf bikhri hui zanjeer na ban jaaye kahin
kisi masoom ki taqdeer na ban jaaye kahin
aaa aaaa aaaaa
aaj har cheez fasaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
husn ko teer chalaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
kiska dil aaj nishaana hai
khuda..aa khair kare
khuda khair kare
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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हुस्न को तीर चलाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
किसका दिल आज निशाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
हुस्न को तीर चलाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
दिल के मचले हुये अरमान नज़र आते हैं
आ आss आsss आsss आs
दिल के मचले हुये अरमान नज़र आते हैं
आज हर मौज में तूफान नज़र आते हैं
आ आss आsss
और उस पार भी जाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
हुस्न को तीर चलाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
अब तो उठती नहीं आँखों से ये पलकों की नकाब
आ आss आsss आsss आs
अब तो उठती नहीं आँखों से ये पलकों की नकाब
मुस्कुराने लगे तन्हाई में होठों के गुलाब
आ आss आsss
अब अदाओं का ज़माना है खुदा खैर करे
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
हुस्न को तीर चलाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
ज़ुल्फ बिखरी हुई ज़ंजीर ना बन जाये कहीं
आ आss आsss आsss आs
ज़ुल्फ बिखरी हुई ज़ंजीर ना बन जाये कहीं
किसी मासूम की तक़दीर ना बन जाये कहीं
आ आss आsss
आज हर चीज़ फ़साना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
हुस्न को तीर चलाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
किसका दिल आज निशाना है
खुदा॰॰आ खैर करे
खुदा खैर करे
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4680 | Post No. : | 16360 |
This post is coming two days late. Talat Sb’s anniversary of passing away was two days ago (9th May). In preparation and delayed, this post remembers Talat Sb, the velvet voiced wonder who is one of the mainstays of the fond memories of the golden age of Hindi film music – an era when melody was the queen.
A rare and opportune gathering of talented stars, singers, music makers and writers once came together at the coordinates of a place called Bombay (now Mumbai). Fortune has a timing of its own, and blessed are those who witnessed this gathering, and also those who continue to enjoy their creations and their histrionics. An august assembly that pulled together in 1940s, it continued gathering momentum along with the fervor of the newly independent India.
But as all good things, this assembly waned and started to fade away after three decades of having held spellbound a young nation, with a full spectrum of emotional flavors. The resonance of those times still rings in the ears and flows with the wind and water of this land. The echoes still entertain, still charm and engross multiple generations of music lovers.
Introduction to Talat Sb is not necessary. But the memories are. And more importantly, it is the celebration of the memories that is essential. Celebrities and performers abound in every generation, every century. But the history remembers only them who are remembered by later generations.
Searching for a song from his earlier films, I chanced to find this one which has not yet been posted on our blog. The film is ‘Ratnadeep’ from 1952. As I check the lists, I find that the film has 8 songs listed in the Geet Kosh. Of these, 5 songs are already showcased on our blog. Talat Sb has sung three songs for this film. Two are duets with Geeta Dutt, and one solo. The two duets are already present here. I bring on the solo song of Talat Sb today.
The film ‘Ratnadeep’ is a production of Chitramaya, Calcutta (now Kolkata) and is produced and directed by Debaki Kumar Bose. The film is based on the famous novel of same name by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay (1873-1932). Prabhat Kumar was a barrister by profession and later a professor of law at University of Calcutta. He started writing while still studying at school, and his poems were published in Bangla magazines. He became famous for his short stories which looked at life using a light-hearted lens. As an author he has published more than 100 short stories and 14 novels. ‘Ratnadeep’ is the most well known of his novels.
The cast of actors of this film is listed as Anuva Gupta, Manju Dey, Molina Devi, Chhaya Devi, Tangamani, Harini, Bakul Ghosh, Abhi Bhattacharya, Pahadi Sanyal, Niteesh Mukherji, Tulsi Chakravarty, Kamal Mishra, Raj Kumar Soni, Sudheer Chakraborty, Gokul Mukherji and Gauri Shankar.
Music for this film is composed by Robin Chatterji. Two songs of this film are traditional verses, one by Vidyapati and another by Meerabai. The remaining six songs have been penned by Pt Madhur and Pran Mahendra. However, the sharing of songs between these two lyricists is not known. So the tag for lyricist is indicated as ‘Unattributed’.
This is a true vintage Talat song – the perfect voice picked by the music director to render it. The words in the song tells about unfulfilled love, expressing aspirations and longing for things that could have been. The words are lovely, and the rendition by Talat Sb touches the strings of the heart inside.
Listen and enjoy this lesser known, lesser heard wonderful song of Talat Sb.
Song – Agar Dil Ke Taaron Pe Main Chhed Sakta (Ratnadeep) (1952) Singer – Talat Mehmood, Lyrics – [Unattributed], MD – Robin Chatterjee
Lyrics
agar dil ke taaron pe
main chhed sakta
nai zindagi ka naya sa taraana
agar dil ke taaron pe
na manzil ki chaahat
mere dil mein hoti
na manzil ki chaahat
mere dil mein hoti
meri pyaas ulfat ke
naghmon mein khoti
mere naqsh e paa hi
mere naqsh e paa hi
bataate thikaana
agar dil ke taaron pe
main lehron ke haa..aathon mein
patwaar de kar
jo baste hain dil mein
unhen saath le kar
bahut door saahil se
le jaata kashti
na wo rehte wo
aur na main meri hasti
na wo rehte wo
aur na main meri hasti
magar haa..aaye
adhoora rahega apna fasaana
nai zindagi ka naya sa taraana
nai zindagi ka naya sa taraana
agar dil ke taaron pe
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Hindi Script Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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अगर दिल के तारों पे
मैं छेड़ सकता
नई ज़िंदगी का नया सा तराना
अगर दिल के तारों पे
ना मंज़िल की चाहत
मेरे दिल में होती
ना मंज़िल की चाहत
मेरे दिल में होती
मेरी प्यास उलफत के
नग़मों में खोती
मेरे नक़्श ए पा ही
मेरे नक़्श ए पा ही
बताते ठिकाना
अगर दिल के तारों पे
मैं लहरों के हा॰॰थों में
पतवार दे कर
जो बसते हैं दिल में
उन्हें साथ लेकर
बहुत दूर साहिल से
ले जाता कश्ती
ना वो रहते वो
और ना मैं मेरी हस्ती
ना वो रहते वो
और ना मैं मेरी हस्ती
मगर हा॰॰य
अधूरा रहेगा अपना फसाना
नई ज़िंदगी का नया सा तराना
नई ज़िंदगी का नया सा तराना
अगर दिल के तारों पे
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