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Hum do yaar hoshiyaar
Posted on: November 25, 2023
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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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Hindi film audience may be acquainted with Pearl Padamsee (1931 – 24/04/2000) for her good performances in Basu Chatterjee’s films, ‘Khatta Meetha’ (1977) and ‘Baaton Baaton Mein’ (1979). She was also seen in Shyam Benegal’s ‘Junoon’. But more than an actor in Hindi films, she was an eminent theatre personality who, in colloboration with Alyque Padamsee, propped up a vibrant English theatre in Mumbai for over 4 decades.
Born to Jewish-Christian parents, Pearl Padamsee was brought up in Bombay (Mumbai) as a baptised Christian. She completed her schooling in Mumbai and joined St. Xavier’s College where she became the Secretary of the College’s Dramatic Society. With the appointment of her father as the First Commissioner of India in British Fiji in 1948, the family shifted to Suva during which Pearl completed graduation in Anthropology from Australia and returned to India. She ran away from her parents’ house in Mumbai and married a businessman, B S Chowdhry. With him, she had a son, Ranjit Chowdhry (1955 – 2020) and a daughter, Rohini Chowdhry who died in her childhood. Soon after the birth of the daughter, Pearl Padamsee divorced her husband and came back to Mumbai with her children.
In Mumbai, Pearl Padamsee became a part of Theatre Group promoting English plays. She started her stage career as an actor. During her theatre career, she renewed her friendship with Alyque Padamsee who was with her in St Xavier’s College. By now, he had become a prominent advertising and English theatre personality. She acted in many English plays under the direction of Alyque Padamsee. Gradually, she became one of the prominent theatre personality as a producer-director-actor-writer in a number of English plays besides some Hindi plays as well. She also acted in Hindi and English films.
Pearl married Alyque Padamsee, who was in love with her since his college days. A daughter, Raell Padamsee was born to them. Her second marriage with Alyque Padamsee also failed and they got divorced. However, both of them remained good friends and had a good professional relationship until her death in 2000.
One of the important initiatives Pearl Padamsee took during her theatre career was in offering the optional ‘after-school theatre workshop’ to students in stage acting. Among the students she trained as child actors were Shashi Tharoor, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Farid Currim, all from Campion School. Another achievement of Pearl Padamsee as told by Shyam Benegal on the day of her funeral was that she created several generations of actors – Soni Razdan, Rajit Kapur, Cyrus Broacha, Jasmin Bharucha, Victor Bannerjee, Nikhil Kapur, Sabira Merchant, Vijay Crishna, Sharon Prabhakar, Ronnie Screwaala and Hosi Vasunia. Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mohan Gokhale and later, Boman Irani worked with Pearl Padamsee in theatres before they become well-known actors in Hindi films.
Pearl Padamsee passed away on April 24, 2000, due to a cardiac attack. Her son from the first marriage, Ranjit Chowdhry was an actor in Hindi films doing supporting roles. One can remember his performances in ‘Kattha Meetha’ (1977), ‘Baaton Baaton Mein’ (1979), ‘Khubsoorat’ (1981) etc. Raell Padamsee, daughter from her second marriage runs her own theatre company.
Pearl Padamsee’s first association with Hindi films started as a producer and actor with ‘Hungaama Bombay Ishtyle’ (1978). The film was directed by Ayesha Sayani who was also the joint producer of the film. By the way, Ayesha Sayani is the daughter of Hameed Sayani who was the compere, radio programme producer and an advertising man beside occasionally indulging in theatre.
The film’s cast included Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Pearl Padamsee, Keith Stevenson, Mohan Gokhale, Mohan Agashe, Preeti Ganguly, Winnie Paranjpye, Ranjit Chowdhry, Sarita Ringshia and many children. Ameen Sayani was the narrator in the film. It was a Children’s film which was based on a play jointly written by Pearl Padamsee and Ratnakar Matkari.
The film was made with a shoestring budget of Rs.3 lakhs. Most of the actors acted in the film free of cost. The film took more than 2 years to complete mainly because the shooting with the children was possible during their school vacations. Also, the then emerging actors, Amrish Puri and Naseeruddin Shah could participate in the shooting only after getting spare time from their mainstream Hindi films.(Source: The Times of India, January 26, 2018).
The gist of the film’s story is as under:
Jaggudada (Amrish Puri) is a street gangster who runs the pick pocketing business with his sidekick Raju (Naseeruddin Shah) and some street children. There is a rival gang led by Aunty (Pearl Padamsee) and her sidekick, Bundledas (Keith Stevenson). The two sidekicks are labeled by the narrator as ‘chamcha’ of their respective boss.
Aunty plans to kidnap Mani (Sarita Ringshia), the daughter of a rich businessman, Seth Popatlal (Mohan Agashe) and his wife (Preeti Ganguly) in expectation of a hefty ransom. However, her plan gets leaked to Jaggudada who works out a strategy to outsmart Aunty in kidnapping Mani.
One day, when Mani is on the way to her school in the car, Aunty and Bundledas kidnap her in the guise of buying her bhelpuri. However, Aunty’s plan is foiled by Jaggudada and Raju who forcibly take Mani in a taxi with the intention of confining her in their hideout. The presence of Police Constable, Sakharam (Mohan Gokhale) who is on a beat duty, spoils Jaggudada’s plan and he had to leave kidnapped girl in the company of the street children.
Though Mani misses her homely luxuries, she is happy with the street children because, for the first time, she has all the freedom to play with street children and roam around with them without the discipline of her strict parents. However, Rosie (Winnie Paranjpye), the eldest of the street children, wishes Mani to be handed over to her parents as she does not want her to be in the pick pocket business.
Seth Popatlal lodges a complaint in the police station on his missing daughter. Sakharam is entrusted with locating the missing girl with his dog, Tiger. Rest of the film is like a merry go round between the rival gangs and Sakharam, trying to outsmart each other which lead to a situational comedy. At last, with the help of the dog, Sakharam locates Mani in the Boot House (in Kamla Nehru Park) with Rosie. Jaggudada, Raju, Aunty and Bundledas are arrested and are put behind bar. Mani is handed over to her parents. The street children are free from the clutches of Jaggudada for doing anti-social activities and they are admitted in a school.
‘Hungaama Bombay Ishtyle’ (1978) had six songs, all written by Kamlesh Pandey and set to music by the legendary film and theatre personality, B V Karanth. These were all the situational songs in the film which carry forward the narrative of the story. The album of the songs were not released on gramophone records.
I am presenting the first song, ‘ham do yaar hoshiyaar’ from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is sung by Nitin Mukesh as per https://muvyz.com/. The song starts with a prelude when Mohan Agashe is seen consoling his wife, Preeti Ganguly as their daughter has been kidnapped. Mohan Gokhale in the role of Police Constable, Sakharam is leaving Mohan Agashe’s house preceded by a police dog, Tiger in search of the kidnapped girl. The lyrics of the song are self-explanatory.
Note: The profile of Pearl Padamsee is mainly based on an article by Garson D’Cunha in ‘Outlook India’, May 8, 2000, an interview of Alyque Padamsee which appeared on Hindustan Times, August 22, 2013, and some snippets from the online sources.
Editor note-The singer of this song is Ambar Kumar.
Video Clip:
Song-Hum do yaar hoshiyaar (Hungaama Bombay Ishtyle)(1978) Singer-
Lyrics
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
apna daanv dikhaane chale hain
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
apna daanv dikhaane chale hain
Popatlal ki ladki ka
ham pata lagaane chale hain
Popatlal ki ladki ka
ham pata lagaane chale hain
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
apna daanv dikhaane chale hain
soongh soongh kar chor pakadte
toone umar guzaari
maine bhi dus saal police mein
khaali jhakh nahin maari
ham donon qaanoon ke dushman se
takraane chale hain
haan takraane chalen hain
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
apna daanv dikhaane chale hain
khabar chhapegi
photo chhapega
khabar chhapegi
photo chhapega
aur inaam milega
main ho jaaunga inspector
tu kutta hi rahega
lekin na ho udaas
ke tu hai
bade kaam ka kutta
khel nahin hona inspector
Sakharam ka kutaa
Sakharam ka kutta
ham donon apni yaari kaa
farz nibhaane chale hain
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
apna daanv dikhaane chale hain
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
ham do yaar hoshiyaar
ham do yaar
Chaand taare jeb mein hain
Posted on: October 15, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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#the Decade of 2001–2010 #
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(“Great Dreams of Great Dreamers are always transcendent” – APJ Abdul Kalam)
Today’s movie starts with the above inspiring words by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
Today 15th October’2023 is 92nd birth anniversary (15.10.1931-27.07.2015) of the great son of this soil – Aerospace Scientist and President of India – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam BR).
Abdul Kalam was born in Rameswaram (Tamilnadu, India). We are all aware of how this great soul started his journey of life and rise to be known as the ‘missile man of India’ with his invaluable contributions he made for the development of ‘space science’ and especially for the ‘development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology’ in our country. He also served as the President of India from 2002 to 2007. He became popular as the ‘People’s President’. Dr Kalam was very fond of children and he always loved to interact with students and spend time with children. He was very keen on shaping the young minds i.e. children and students of this country and he inspired many to achieve their goals in their life.
Dr Kalam remained a bachelor throughout his life. He lived a simple life with integrity and his life has set an example of how great heights can be scaled by a common man with dedication and perseverance and hard work. Religion and Spirituality were very important to him. He has authored several books which are inspiring our new generations and will keep doing so in future too. In 2015 on July’27th when he was delivering a lecture at IIM, Shillong he collapsed and passed away leaving the whole nation in the state of shock and grief. (I still remember that day. I was staying in Nagpur then. It was a very sad day for all).
Today (15 October 2023), on this day, I would like to pay our tributes to Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam here on the blog. For this purpose I was looking for a song and I was going through songs from the movie, that very first come to my mind, ‘Mission Mangal’. However I remember that there was a movie made with the title ‘I Am Kalam’. I was not aware of the story of this movie and had not watched it yet. But when I read about this movie and checked for its songs I decided to present this song which is tailormade for our purpose. The song is picturised showing children school and one by one they are expressing what they want to become in their lives. I think this is the perfect tribute to Dr Kalam. The song is a background song. As mentioned earlier it is from the movie ‘I Am Kalam-2010’.
“I Am Kalam-2010” was directed by Nila Madhab Panda for ‘Smile Foundation Production’. The concept of this movie was also by Nila Madhab Panda. The cast of this movie had Gulshan Grover, debutant Harsh Mayar, Husaan Saad, Pitobash, Beatrice Ordiiex, Namrata Dixit, Garima Bharadwaj, Keshav Sharma, Mina Meer, S.D. Chouhan, Biswajeet Bal, Ashok Joshi, Suresh Acharya, Laxmi (Camel), Rajat Bhalla, Donna Deb and many others. Sanjay Chouhan was the creative producer and writer of this movie. Shantanu Mishra was the producer of this movie. Editing of this movie was done by Prashant Naik.
Here is the brief about this movie as taken from one of the ‘YouTube’ link. I have added the actor’s names to their respective character name in the movie.
Chhotu aka Kalam (Harsh Mayar) is an intelligent boy about 12 years of age from Rajasthan. Born into poverty, he is pawned off by his mother (Mina Meer) to work at a roadside food stall under the somewhat kind owner, Bhati (Gulshan Grover). The mother says repeatedly “School is not in our destiny”. Once, he (Chhotu) sees the then President of India, Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s address on television. He learns that Kalam was a poor boy like him, who sold newspapers. Inspired by a message from President Kalam, that anyone can change his or her destiny by education Chhotu starts studying on his own whenever possible. The movie is about how there is no such destiny and such supposed destinies can be changed by one’s own hard work.
I would like to mention here that this movie is a treat to watch. It is shot in Rajasthan and includes the locations such as ‘Karni Mata Temple’, Bikaner, Dhandusar village, Doongargarh and others. It also has a scene at the location of India Gate (Rajpath, New Delhi). This movie is available online and I think people will enjoy this lot. I would also like to request to those who have already watched this movie to share their experience of this movie. ‘I Am Kalam-2010’ received many awards and honours at various film festivals.
“I Am Kalam” has seven soundtracks including two versions of the today’s song. Lyricist Manvendra, Protique Mojoomdar, Kishore, Salil Vaidya, and Shivji Dholi shared the lyrics writing for this movie. Susmit Bose, Abhishek Ray, Papon and Madhuparna composed the songs of this movie. Background music for this movie was composed by Deepak Pandit.
Today we will listen to a song from this movie which is sung by KK & chorus for the main version and Mansi Bharadwaj & chorus for the children version. Lyrics are by Manvendra and music is composed by Abhishek Ray.
Let us listen to this song and have in our thoughts APJ Abdul Kalam – a great human being, a great scientist and a great Teacher!!!
With this post the movie ‘I AM KALAM -2010’ makes its debut on the blog.
(audio, Singer- KK)
(audio, Singer – Mansi Bharadwaj chorus)
Video
Song-Chaand taare jeb mein hain (I am Kalaam)(2010) Singer-KK/ Mansi Bhardwaj, Lyrics-Manvendra, MD-Abhishek Ray
Chorus
KK+ Chorus
Lyrics
Ho o o o o o
Ho o o o o
Ho o o o
O o o o o o
Ho o o o o
Ho o o o
Chaand taare jeb mein hain
Chhoti chhoti muthhiyon mein
Band hain khushiyaan
Chhoti si duniyaa
Ham hain dilon ke ae
Shahzaade ae
Chaand taare jeb mein hain aen ae
Chhote chhote sapney
Chhote chhote armaan
Chhoti chhoti
Aashaayen hain aen
Chhote chhote sapney ae
Chhote chhote ae armaan
Chhoti chhoti
Aashaayen hain
Panchhi ban ke
Udtey rehte hain
Chaand taare jeb mein hain
Chhoti chhoti muthhiyon mein
Band hain khushiyaan
Chhoti si duniyaa
Ham hain dilon ke ae
Shahzaade ae
Chaand taare jeb mein hain aen aen aen
Ho o o
Titili ke paron pe
Jhilmil si ye kirnen
Jeewan
ke rang
Likh jaati hai ae
Titli ke paron pe
Jhilmil si ye kirnen
Jeewan
ke rang
Likh jaati hai
Ham to
inko chunte rehte hain
Ho o o o o o o
Chaand taare jeb mein hain
Chhoti chhoti muthhiyon mein
Band hain khushiyaan
Chhoti si duniyaa
Ham hain dilon ke ae ae
Shahzaade ae
Naa naa aa
Tara taaraa aa
Naa naa aa
Tara taaraa aa
Aa haa haa
O o o o o o
Ho o o o o
Ho o o o
Ik Bangala Baney Nyaara
Posted on: January 18, 2020
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Songs Repeated in Hindi Films – 15
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And so, we do get to a song in Saigal Sb’s voice song in this series. Memory serving right, I would have preferred to start the series with this song. But oh well. Actually, we do have a Saigal Sb song earlier in this series. But that song – “Babul Mora, Naihar Chhooto Hi Jaaye”, is rerecorded in Jagjit Singh Chitra Singh voices.
Remembering the memorable singer KL Saigal Sb – it is 73 years today, since this Divine Voice departed from this mortal world. The singer has gone away, his voice, the sound captured in the songs recorded by him, are still alive.
The re-use film is ‘Do Raaste’ (1969) and this song is used as a backdrop in two places in the film. In both scenes, the song is being played from a 78 rpm record on an old styled gramophone. Almost the entire cast of the film gets presented in the two short clips. We see Balraj Sahni, Veena, Kamini Kaushal, Rajesh Khanna, Junior Mehmood and Jayant in the first clip. There is a lady actor sitting with Kamini Kaushal in the first part – is she Kumud Bole? Also, the baby girl with Junior Mehmood – I have seen her in other films also, but I am unable to put a name to her face. Then in the second clip, in addition to the above listed cast, we also have Prem Chopra, Bindu and Mumtaz. And yes, it is Krishnakant who gazes back at us from his perch in the portrait on the wall.
In its time, ‘Do Raaste’ was a popular hit film. Rajesh Khanna was the rising star at that time, plus the music of the film became very popular. Times were when a middle class joint family homes, were presented on screen quite realistically so. The story of the film is a typical loving family scenario, and then we have unhappiness and strife intervene – a new lady joining the household and sows the seeds of step-brotherly misunderstandings. The divide goes to extremes, before things get reformed and patched up. And then it is a joint happy family all over again.
This song appears twice in the film, once at the beginning, when everything is in a relaxed mood, and the household is the blessed ‘nyaara bangla’. And then, this song is presented again close to the end of the film, when all misunderstandings have been removed, and whole family reunites and returns once again to the ‘nyaara bangla‘.
In both the scenes, the song is being played on an old gramophone, which is manually operated. It has a big sound horn attached, as we remember from the old HMV logo. Ah, the pleasures of pure sounds from the 78 rpm records – no electronics, just a very authentic reproduction of the original sound as stored in electric impulses on the shellac. The wonders that were, without the later technologies and advancements. No creation of sound reproduction technology can even come close to the sound of a 78 rpm record playing on an HMV 102 machine – hand cranked, not even electricity to power the turntable. It continues to be a marvel of that age, which is also exemplified by another unique accomplishment – single mike recording with orchestra and multiple singers. The marvels of modern acoustic technology pale in comparison.
The song also brings back the memories of the heady days in the year 2011, going across the months of May through September. The blog was a ‘song-a-day’ platform for Saigal Sb songs. By the time we ended, we had brought on board all the Hindi/Urdu songs of Saigal Sb, which are available in public domain. The mind just cannot believe it is already more than 8 years ago that we went on that exhilarating journey. The joy of getting that done was surely a wondrous taste. But then I also think with some melancholy – that no more Saigal Sb songs are to be posted on our blog. Today’s post in this series is a device that makes us remember and revisit this miracle of nature that was – the voice of Saigal Sb. I take back my words – I would prefer to use ‘is’ instead of ‘was’. I am sure you will agree – for the voice continues to be with us. That peerless, unmatched, incomparable voice, that can only be replayed now.
Our dear Arun ji has mentioned in his previous post – “Door. . . Bahut Door” from yesterday – it was Raj Khosla’s (producer director of ‘Do Raaste’) own childhood memories that probably brought this song into the film. His father loved KL Saigal songs that would often play the records at home on an old gramophone. Those memories were relived by Raj Khosla himself, as he directed ‘Do Raaste’. Wonderful revival, wonderful renewal, wonderful memory stimulant. Thanks Raj Khosla ji, and thanks to Arun ji for bringing in this connect.
The original credits of this song are – lyrics by Kedar Sharma and music by RC Boral. Singing voice of course, is the inimitable Saigal Sb. Listen yet once again to this wondrous original voice – a benefaction of God Himself.
Song – Ik Bangala Baney Nyaara (Do Raaste) (1969) Singers – KL Saigal, Lyrics – Kedar Sharma, MD – RC Boral
Lyrics
ek bangla baney nyaara
ek bangla baney nyaara
rahe kunba jis mein saara
ek bangla baney nyaara
ek bangla baney nyaara
sone ka bangla, chandan ka jangla
sone ka bangla, chandan ka jangla
vishvakarma ke dvaara
vishvakarma ke dvaara
sone ka bangla, chandan ka jangla
vishvakarma ke dvaara
ati sundar pyaara pyaara
ek bangla baney nyaara
ek bangla baney nyaara
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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इक बंगला बने न्यारा
इक बंगला बने न्यारा
रहे कुनबा जिस में सारा
इक बंगला बने न्यारा
इक बंगला बने न्यारा
सोने का बंगला चंदन का जंगला
सोने का बंगला चंदन का जंगला
विश्वकर्मा के द्वारा
विश्वकर्मा के द्वारा
सोने का बंगला चंदन का जंगला
विश्वकर्मा के द्वारा
अति सुंदर प्यारा प्यारा
इक बंगला बने न्यारा
इक बंगला बने न्यारा
Jahaan Ho Pyaar Ka Mausam
Posted on: July 19, 2019
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It is the 8th year of my association with our Blog. I do not remember the date but it was in the month of July 2011 when I found this musical Blog. I began my formal association with the Blog by posting my first comment sometime in the last week of July 2011. It was much later I came to know that the Blog had then just completed its third birth anniversary.
Congratulation to Atul ji and his bandwagon for completing today the 11th year of the Blog. Over a period of time, our Blog has transformed into a cooperative movement to propagate Hindi film and non-film music especially of the vintage and the golden periods.
My interest in Hindi film music began during the early days of Binaca Geet Mala which used to be broadcast on Radio Ceylon every Wednesday. But it was during the late 1960s that I developed interest in the nitty gritty of Hindi film songs. I became the collector of 78 rpm gramophone records of popular as well as the then rare songs mostly of films released during 1940s to 1960s. However, by 1972-73, I had become disillusioned with my hobby for number of reasons, the main reason being the undesirable practices of a few of the record collectors and sellers.
During 1990s to 2000s, I was virtually cut off from the Hindi film music of the golden era as even my record player became irreparable and the India-made new ones were not available. The radio had become almost redundant. During this phase, I used to regularly watch TV programmes on Doordarshan (for Chitrahaar), Channel [V] and MTV. At that time, I started liking Hindi pop songs (Indipop). Those were the days when Hindi pop songs had become very popular to the extent that they were competing with Hindi film songs in terms of sales of the song albums. Among the Hindi pop singers, Alisha Chinoy, Sunita Rao, Sweta Shetty, Phalguni Pathak, Palash Sen, Diler Mehndi, Lucky Ali, Sonu Nigam and many others became very popular. The popularity of Hindi pop songs attracted some of the already well-established artists like Asha Bhonsle, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Shubha Mudgal, AR Rehman, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Javed Akhtar etc. who got associated with Indipop.
After my final retirement from the service in June 2009, I again got interested in Hindi film music. It was during this phase when I came across this Blog and my interest in the Hindi film music was revived. But the most important contribution of the Blog for me was that my hobby of listening Hindi film songs got expanded to cover non-film songs and research in Hindi films and the music. The Blog has become a learning curve for me insofar as Hindi films and non-films music are concerned.
On the occasion of the 11th birth anniversary of our musical Blog, I have chosen one of my favourite indipop songs of the new millennium. The song is ‘Jahaan Ho Pyaar Ka Mausam’ (2002) rendered by the all-girls VIVA Band consisting of Seema Ramchandani, Pratichee Mohapatra, Neha Bhasin, Mahua Kamat and Anushka Manchanda. The song is written by Javed Akhtar which is set to music by Jatin-Lalit.
The song has a very thought provoking mukhda which has a universal appeal:
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
jahaan meethi ho sab logon ki zubaan
haan
mujhe aise nagar hai jaana
main aisa nagar dhoondh loongi kahin na kahin
When I heard this song recently after a long gap, it immediately struck me that the mukhda of the song was very apt for our Blog. For me, our Blog is the place where there is an atmosphere of love, union of hearts and minds. And where everyone speaks in a language of respect.
I should give some background about the song under discussion. In 2002, Channel [V] decided to promote pop stars in India. They started the first Indian version of the International Popstars Talent Show in 2002 in which 5 girls got selected. They formed a band named as VIVA. Their first album, VIVA produced by Times Music and Channel [V] was released in June 2002 which had 8 songs, including the song under discussion. All the songs were written by Javed Akhtar but they were set to music individually by Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, Jatin-Lalit, Sandeep Chowta, Raju Singh, Kersi Lord and Ashtosh-Dhruv. The album received a very good response and in the first year itself, sales of albums crossed 5 lakhs.
VIVA Band got split within two years of its formation despite unprecedented success of its two albums. Probably, the girls in the band could not handle their sudden fame. Later, all of them pursued their solo careers in music and the related fields.
I had watched the video of the song under discussion umpteen times on TV during 2002-03. I always liked it for its meaningful lyrics and comparatively soft musical interludes than some of other Indipops.
For those who had watched the video of the song on TV in early 2000, it will be a nostalgic experience.
Audio
Video
Song – Jahaan Ho Pyaar Ka Mausam (NFS – VIVA) (2002) Singer – Seema Ramchandani, Pratichee Mohapatra, Neha Bhasin, Mahua Kamat, Anushka Manchanda, Lyrics – Javed Akhtar, MD – Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics
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jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
jahaan meethi ho sab logon ki zubaan
haan
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
jahaan meethi ho sab logon ki zubaan
haan
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
jahaan meethi ho sab logon ki zubaan
haan
mujhe aise nagar hai jaana
main aisa nagar dhoondh loongi
kahin na kahin
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
jahaan meethi ho sab logon ki zubaan
haan
mujhe aise nagar hai jaana
main aisa nagar dhoondh loongi
kahin na kahin
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
baaton mein ho ghul gayi
saare geeton ki jaise narmiyaan
aankhon mein ho yun khushi
moti bhari hon jaise seepiyaan
jahaan goonje prem shehnaai
jahaan zindagi le angdaai
jahaan har ghadi khushi ki ho daastaan
jahaan goonje prem shehnaai
jahan zindagi le angdaai
jahan har ghadi khushi ki ho daastaan
haan
mujhe aise nagar hai jaana
main aisa nagar dhoondh loongi
kahin na kahin
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
rou rou rou rou rou
rou rou rou rou
rou rou rou rou
aisa ho nagar jahaan
chimni ka dhuaan phaila na ho
raahon mein hawaaon ka
aanchal zara bhi maila na ho
jahaan thande thande ho saaye
jahaan haule haule neend aaye
jahaan khwaab khwaab lagta ho har sama
jahaan thande thande ho saaye
jahaan houle houle neend aaye
jahaan khwaab khwaab lagta ho har sama
haan
mujhe aise nagar hai jaana
main aisa nagar dhoondh loongi
kahin na kahin
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
jahaan meethi ho sab logon ki zubaan
haan
mujhe aise nagar hai jaana
main aisa nagar dhoondh loongi
kahin na kahin
jahaan ho pyaar ka mausam
jahaan sab dilon ka ho sangam
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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ऊ ऊ ऊ ऊ ऊ
ऊ ऊ ऊ ऊ
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
जहां मीठी हो सब लोगों की ज़ुबान
हाँ
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
जहां मीठी हो सब लोगों की ज़ुबान
हाँ
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
जहां मीठी हो सब लोगों की ज़ुबान
हाँ
मुझे ऐसे नगर है जाना
मैं ऐसा नगर ढूंढ लूँगी
कहीं ना कहीं
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
जहां मीठी हो सब लोगों की ज़ुबान
हाँ
मुझे ऐसे नगर है जाना
मैं ऐसा नगर ढूंढ लूँगी
कहीं ना कहीं
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
बातों में हों घुल गई
सारे गीतों की जैसे नर्मियाँ
आँखों में हो यूं खुशी
मोती भरी हों जैसे सीपीयाँ
जहां गूँजे प्रेम शहनाई
जहां ज़िंदगी ले अंगड़ाई
जहां हर घड़ी खुशी की हो दास्ताँ
जहां गूँजे प्रेम शहनाई
जहां ज़िंदगी ले अंगड़ाई
जहां हर घड़ी खुशी की हो दास्ताँ
हाँ
मुझे ऐसे नगर है जाना
मैं ऐसा नगर ढूंढ लूँगी
कहीं ना कहीं
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
रू रू रू रू रू
रू रू रू रू
रू रू रू रू
ऐसा हो नगर जहां
चिमनी का धुआँ फैला ना हो
राहों में हवाओं का
आंचल ज़रा मैला ना हो
जहां ठंडे ठंडे हों साये
जहां हौले हौले नींद आए
जहां ख्वाब ख्वाब लगता हो हर समा
जहां ठंडे ठंडे हों साये
जहां हौले हौले नींद आए
जहां ख्वाब ख्वाब लगता हो हर समा
हाँ
मुझे ऐसे नगर है जाना
मैं ऐसा नगर ढूंढ लूँगी
कहीं ना कहीं
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
जहां मीठी हो सब लोगों की ज़ुबान
हाँ
मुझे ऐसे नगर है जाना
मैं ऐसा नगर ढूंढ लूँगी
कहीं ना कहीं
जहां हो प्यार का मौसम
जहां सब दिलों का हो संगम
Ham Dilli Dilli jaayenge
Posted on: January 23, 2019
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Today (23 january 2019) is the birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose, one of the most admired freedom fighters of India.
One year ago, I had written a detailed writeup about his escape from his house arrest. That writeup was accompanied by the song Jodi tor daak..tanha raahi apni raah chalta jaayegaa.
Writing that article was quite a emotional roller coaster ride for me, because I tried to imagine all the meticulous planning of that escape, including the successful execution of the plan.
In the process, I watched snippets of the movie “Bose The forgotten Hero”(2004) which contains this song.
Lyrics of that song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala. One year later, he sent the lyrics of another song from the movie to be posted on this occasion with a request of a writeup by me because I have seen the movie. No, I have not seen the movie. I have only seen parts of it, because I cannot bear to see the full movie even though I know that it is a movie and the scenes depicted in the movie happened over seven decades ago.
So, my writeup is not based on my watching the movie, rather it is based on my impressions on Subhash Chandra Bose.
It seems to me, and many people would agree that his contributions towards the independence movement has been vastly underrated and attempts have been made to consign his contribution to just a few lines. We have been fed the history that non violent agitations led by Mahatma Gandhi won us our freedom.
When I try to think about it now, it does not seem to add up. If non violent agitations gave us freedom, then what explains the violence that took place during the partition ? Why the proponents of these non violence agitations agreed to the participation of Indian armymen in the second world war and also the first world war before that ? If people in India really followed non violence, then what explains the Indo Pak wars that took place and the terror attacks that are taking place from across the border.
When one tries to look at the reasons for the independence of India, it appears that the reason why India got independence was not Non violent agitations but it was mainly due to the precarious economical situation of Britain.
Britain which used to be the strongest economy in the world till the 18th century found itself being overtaken by USA and Germany by the turn of 19th century. USA was able to cash in because it pioneered new indstries, viz automobiles, motorbikes and aircrafts and became the leading manufacturer of these new technology items. The first world war and later the second world war devastated British economy. After the second world war ended Britain had lost much of its absolute wealth. Its trade reduced to just one third vis a vis its pre war trade. Dollar had become the preferred currency and Britain had shortage of dollars to pay off its wartime debts. As an emergency measure, Britain began to hive off its overseas assets. USA extracted a heavy price from Britain for getting involved in the second world war. Britain had to take a loan of $ 4.33 billions from USA. Winter of 1946-47 broke the back of British economy, with cutrailed economic production and shortage of coal. The situation reeached its worst in August 1947 !
Is it a coincidence that India got its independence in August 1947 ! With the benefit of all the information contained in the above para, it appears that Britain were in no position to be able to hold on to India any longer. Even if there were no agitations, violent or otherwise, Britain woould have left India sooner or later.
It appears to me that holding on to the Indian empire was becoming more and more prohibitively expensive for Britain. It would seem to me that “Non violent” agitations were not the only thing Britain had to worry. They also had to worry about the real possibility of disenchantment in the natives who manned Indian Army. The contribution of Subhash Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Fauz, which actually participated in world war II cannot be underestimated.
The end of the war saw a large number of the troops of Azad Hind Fauz repatriated to India where some faced trials for treason at Red Fort in Delhi. Instead of acting as a deterrent,as hoped by the British, these trials became a galvanising point in the Indian Independence movement. The Bombay mutiny in the Royal Indian Navy and other mutinies in 1946 are thought to have been caused by the nationalist feelings that were caused by the INA trials. Many historians believe that these events played a crucial role in hastening the end of British rule in India.
After independence, Gandhian freedom fighters were given the status of freedom fighters but Azad Hind Fauz members were denied this privilege. Nevertheless, the Azad Hind Fauz remains a popular and passionate topic in Indian culture and politics.
India became politically independent on 15 august 1947. It wold take decades and decades of slog with lots of troubles enroute, before Indian fortunes would begin to look up and they would shrug off the tag of a begging bowl nation and subsequently a nation considered the fastest growing major nation in the world. I would cover this vast topic in another writeup on the occasion of Republic day, which falls three day later.
For now, let us listen to this song of hope. The hopes of securing independence. The hopes of living happily ever after. The song is a chorus song. Jawed Akhtar is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Rahman.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
Video (Partial)
Audio (Full)
Song-Ham Dilli Dilli jaayenge (Bose-The Forgotten Hero)(2004) Lyrics-Jawed Akhtar, MD-A R Rahman
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
Ham Dilli Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Dilli Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Fauji ban ke rehna hai
Dukh dard museebat sahna hai
Ab fauji ban ke rehna hai
Dukh dard museebat sahna hai
Subhash kaa ye kehna kehna hai
Chalo Dilli chal ke rehna hai
Ham Dilii Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Dilli Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Ham goli kha ke jhoomenge
Maut ko badhh ke chumenge
Matawaale ban aazaadi ke
Hum dariya jungle ghoomenge
Goli kha ke jhoomenge
Maut ko badhh ke choomenge
Matawaale ban aazaadi ke
Ham dariya jungle ghumenge
Subhash hamaara haawi hai
Ghulaami ke taalon ki chaabhi hai
Phir kaisa khatraa baaki hai
Khuda bhi hamaara saathi hai
Ham Dilii Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Dilli Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Fauji ban ke jaayenge
Aur Dilii ko sajaayenge
Fauji ban ke jaayenge
Dilii ko sajaayenge
Zaalim firangi qaum kaa
Ham naam-o-nishaan mitaayenge
Ham Dilli Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Dilli Dilli jaayenge
Ham apna Hind banaayenge
Fauji ban ke rehna hai
Dukh dard museebat sahna hai
Ab fauji ban ke rehna hai
Dukh dard museebat sahna hai
Subhash kaa ye kehna kehna hai
Chalo Dilli chal ke rehna hai
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Devnagri Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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हम दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
फौजी बन के रहना है
दुःख दर्द मुसीबत सहना है
अब फौजी बन के रहना है
दुःख दर्द मुसीबत सहना है
सुभाष का ये कहना कहना है
चलो दिल्ली चल के रहना है
हम दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
हम गोली खा के झूमेंगे
मौत को बढ़ के चूमेंगे
मतवाले बन आज़ादी के
हम दरिया जंगल घूमेंगे
गोली खा के झूमेंगे
मौत को बढ़ के चूमेंगे
मतवाले बन आज़ादी के
हम दरिया जंगल घूमेंगे
सुभाष हमारा हावी है
ग़ुलामी के तालों कि चाभी है
फिर कैसा ख़तरा बाकी है
खुदा भी हमारा साथी है
हम दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
फौजी बन के जायेंगे
और दिल्ली को सजायेंगे
फौजी बन के जायेंगे
दिल्ली को सजायेंगे
ज़ालिम फिरंगी कौम का
हम नाम-ओ-निशान मिटायेंगे
हम दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
दिल्ली दिल्ली जायेंगे
हम अपना हिन्द बनायेंगे
फौजी बन के रहना है
दुःख दर्द मुसीबत सहना है
अब फौजी बन के रहना है
दुःख दर्द मुसीबत सहना है
सुभाष का ये कहना कहना है
चलो दिल्ली चल के रहना है
Band Kaliyon Ko Gudgudaayegi
Posted on: July 16, 2017
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‘Shehzaadi’ (1947) is a film about which not much information is available online except that it was produced under the banner of Shalimar Pictures owned by WZ Ahmed and the film belonged to the costume drama genre. I had searched extensively on the internet about the star cast and the director but drew a blank. Earlier, I had even a doubt whether the film was actually released.
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Chale Hawa Purvaai
Posted on: June 18, 2017
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Missing Films of 1960s – 32
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At the beginning of this month, June 1st, I had a personal reminder to myself – passing away anniversary of Khwaja Ahmed Abbas. I was wanting to do a brief remembrance post. Other “things” intervened and the day came and went. Then, it so happened that on the 15th June, there was a set of reminders and requests for the birth centenary celebrations of Sajjaad Husain. Not many “things” intervened that day, and I was able to locate a rare recording of a song from film ‘Dharam’ (1945), as yet unposted, and was able to post the remembrance article in good time. You may remember the title line of that song “Chali Pawan Purvaai, Chali Pawan”.
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“Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se”(1978) was inspired from Eric Segal’s immortal novel “Love Story”.
Majority of movie watchers including me, who watched “Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se”(1978) did not know about the source of inspiration of the movie. The movie was a bo office hit. People wathing the movie liked it for its story and for its music. My own feeling is that the music of this movie may have played the bigger role in ensuring that the movie was a money spinner for Rajshree Productions, the makers of this movie.
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Zindagi aa rahaa hoon main
Posted on: October 13, 2016
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
One thing about life that amazes me is its unpredictability. Let me explain. See when I got the email from Sudhirji in April 2014 informing me about the approaching 10K milestone I had decided to send as many songs as possible to Atul for reaching 10000 as soon as possible. And in right earnest I sent 4 songs over a week in my (personal) “March unto 10000” mission. And I must say Atul was good to me by posting all of them instantly. Then came my unexpected tour of Delhi; and I took a break from my list of romantic songs and sent a Delhi based song. This is one incident that proves that we plan something and we end up doing something else.
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Kaash aisa hotaa
Posted on: August 4, 2016
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Today is the birth anniversary of our beloved Kishore Kumar, lovingly called Kishoreda by many. Had he been alive today, he would have turned 87.
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