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Today, November 26, 2020 is the 31st Remembrance Day of Chand Usmani (03/01/1933 – 26/11/1989). She excelled in the roles of a suffering woman – as a wife, a sister and later as a mother. Though she was a fan of Hindi films in her teens, she did not think about an acting career in Hindi films. Her first preference was to complete her higher education in keeping with her family tradition. But her fate was written to be an actress.
Chand Usmani (Full name: Chandbibi Khanam Usmani) was born in a well-educated Pathan family in Agra. After completion of her Matriculation examination in 1949, she came to Mumbai on holiday and was staying with her relatives. During her stay in Mumbai, she saw an advertisement of the Kardar-Kolynos-Teresa Talent Contest which she participated just for a fun. She was surprised when she was selected for the participation in the contest. She was more surprised when, in the final round, she was selected as a runner-up in the contest. Producer-director A R Kardar was one of the sponsors and judges for the contest.
Even though Chand Usmani was a runner-up in the contest, A R Kardar was impressed by her presentations in the contest. He offered her the lead role in ‘Jeewan Jyoti (1953) produced by him and directed by Mahesh Kaul. Her lead actor was Shammi Kapoor for whom it was his debut film as well. The film was a box office failure but Chand Usmani’s role of a suffering wife was appreciated by the critiques.
I had watched Chand Usmani’s debut film ‘Jeewan Jyoti’ (1953) a few years back. Her performance in the role of a suffering wife of Shammi Kapoor was so natural that it did not occur to me at that time that this was her first film. With this film, Chand Usmani got type-casted for the role of a suffering wife and a suffering sister in almost all of her subsequent films of 1950s. She was a discarded wife in otherwise light comedy film, ‘Baraati’ (1954), a suffering beloved of Bharat Bhushan and a sister of villain Pran in ‘Amaanat’ (1955), an innocent flower girl in ‘Baap Re Baap’ (1955), a blind girl in ‘Rangeen Raaten’ (1956), Dilip Kumar’s sister in ‘Naya Daur’ (1957) and Rajendra Kumar’s sister in ‘Do Behanen’ (1959).
Some of the melodious songs pictuirsed on Chand Usmani in her films of 1950s in which she had lead/second lead roles are as under:
Film | Song | Singer |
---|---|---|
Jeewan Jyoti (1953) | tasweeren banti hai kiranon se chhanti hain | Asha Bhosle-Shammi Kapoor |
Baaraati (1954) | aa phir se mere pyaar ki kismat sanwaar de | Lata Mangeshkar |
Amaanat (1955) | meri wafaayen tumhaari jafaayen | Asha Bhosle |
Baap Re Baap (1955) | raat rangeeli chamke taare aaja sajanwaa | Asha Bhosle |
Rangeen Raaten (1956) | ham jaage jag soye ri aali | Lata Mangeshkar |
Do Bahenen (1959) | jhuk jhuk jhola khaaye re badariya | Lata Mangeshkar -Mahendra Kapoor |
Chand Usmani’s early films in which she got lead roles did not fare well at the box office except ‘Baap Re Baap’ (1955). She had to switch over to supporting roles by the end of the 1950s and thereafter. Some of her films in the 1960s with supporting roles were ‘April Fool ‘(1964), ‘Haqeeqat’ (1964), ‘Kohra’ (1964), ‘Anita’ (1967), ‘Khilona’ (1970), ‘Pehchaan’ (1970), ‘Khel Khel Mein’ (1975), ‘Kaadambari’ (1976), ‘Yaaraana’ (1981) etc. She got the Filmfare Award for the best supporting actor for her role in ‘Pehchaan’ (1970). From mid-70s through 80s, she did elderly roles.
Chand Usmani had a long and active filmy career till her last, spanning over 3 decades during which she worked in around 125 films. Her last released film was ‘Lohe Ke Haath’ (1990) though a couple of her delayed films were released later than 1990.
In an old interview of her in the TV programme, ‘Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan’, Tabassum had ‘chided’ Chand Usmani that she did not do any ‘acting’ in most of her films because she was in reality depicting her own personality. This may be the reason that in most of her films, Chand Usmani’s performances looked natural and convincing. Even in the midst of acting as a suffering woman, she portrays the role of a warm-hearted person with her innocent smiles. In the same interview, Chand Usmani said that she had two regrets which remained with her throughout in her life. First, she did not complete her higher education and second, she did not get chance to do variety of roles in the films.
Chand Usmani was acquainted with Mukul Dutt, when she was working in Bimal Roy’s ‘Prem Patra’ (1962) for which he was Assistant Director to Bimal Roy. Subsequently, they got married. Mukul Dutt directed box office hit films like ‘Aan Milo Sajna’ (1970), ‘Raaste Ka Pathhar’ (1972), ‘Chhalia’ (1973), etc. However, he could not carry the success as director in his subsequent films. He also intermittently worked as lyricists in many Bangla films during 1965-2002.
Chand Usmani died of cancer on November 26, 1989 at the age of 56 leaving behind her son and the husband.
On the occasion of 33rd Remembrance Day of Chand Usmani, I am presenting a song, ‘matwaali muraliya baaji re aadhi raat’ which is picturised on her in the film ‘Zindagi Aur Hum’ (1962). The song is rendered by Lata Mangeshkar on the words of Pandit Shivkumar which is set to music by Roshan.
I like the picturization of the song which gives me a feel of a real rural atmosphere. Just observe how natural Chand Usmani looks while throwing grains to pigeons.
In the beginning of the song under discussion, actors who appears on the screen are Naina, Dinesh and thereafter Nalini Jaywant. When prelude music is played, the song heard in the background is the theme song of the film which is intermittently heard in the background in low sound. The tune of the song under discussion is melodic and both the prelude as well as the interlude music are in keeping with the devotional mood of the song.
With this song, all the six songs (including a two-part song) of ‘Zindagi Aur Hum’ (1962) have been covered in the Blog.
Video Clip:
Song-Matwaali muraliyaa baaji re aadhi raat (Zindagi Aur Hum)(1962) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Pt Shiv Kumar, MD-Roshan
Lyrics
matwaali muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
matwaali
matwaali muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
soyi thhi main apni atariya
soyi thhi main apni atariyaaa
sapne mein dekhi pi ki nagariya
soyi thhi main apni atariyaaa
sapne mein dekhi pi ki nagariya
chaunk padi ho
chaunk padi aadhi raat
muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
matwaali
matwaali muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
soyi gaam soyi gaam ki galiyaan
soyi gaam soyi gaam ki galiyaan
soyi sangee soyi rangreliyaan
soyi rangreliyaan
soyi gaam soyi gaam ki galiyaan
soyi sangee soyi rangreliyaan
soyi rangraliyaan
dhoom machi ho
dhoom machi aadhi raat
muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
matwaali
matwaali muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
le gayi sudh budh chheen muraliya
kar gayi mann ko leen (?) muraliya
jaadu bhari ho
jaadu bhari aadhi raat
muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
matwaali
matwaali muraliya baaji re aadhi raat
Baaj rahi kis oar muraliya
Posted July 30, 2018
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Blog Day : | 3664 | Post No. : | 14534 |
“Police” (1944) was directed by Shanti Kumar for Prakash Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Prem Adib, Ratnamala, Jeewan, Ranjana, Shahnawaz, Amirbai Karnataki, Badri Prasad, Baby Tara, Shakir, Athavale, Laxman, Alaknanda, Kesri etc in it.
The movie had thirteen songs in it. One song has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Police”(1944) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Amirbai Karnataki. Ramesh Gupta is the lyricist. Music is composed by Pannalal Ghosh.
Amirbai Karnataki acted in the movie, so under normal circumstances, one can conclude that the song was picturised on herself. I notice that Amirbai Karnataki and Parul Ghosh sang lots of songs in the movie, so Amirbai Karnataki may or may not have sung all her songs for herself, unless she played a lead role in the movie. I request our knowldgeable readers ro throw light on the matter. I have assumed that the song was picturised on herself.
I have not been able to get a few words right in the lyrics. i request our readers with keener ears to help fill in the blanks/ suggest corrections as applicable.
Song-Baaj rahi kis oar muraliya (Police)(1944) Singer-Amirbai Karnataki, Lyrics-Ramesh Gupta, MD-Pannalal Ghosh
Lyrics
Baaj rahi kis oar muraliya
baaj rahi kis oar
baaj rahi kis oar muraliya
baaj rahi kis oar
jeewan naiyya dagmag doli
jeewan naiyya dagmag doli
uthhi ghata ghangho or or
jeewan naiyya dagmag doli
uthhi ghata ghanghor
chali pawan lahraati gaati
chali pawan lahraati gaati
naach uthha man mor
muraliya baaj rahi kis oar
baaj rahi kis oar muraliya
baaj rahi kis oar
sun murli singhaasan dola
sun murli singhaasan dola
goonj uthhi chahun oar
sun murli singhaasan dola
goonj uthhi chahun oar
sansaari ka jeewan dola
sansaari ka jeewan dola
bhai suhaani bhor
muraliya baaj rahi kis oar
baaj rahi kis oar muraliya
baaj rahi kis oar
dharti(?) naacho
meera naache
suni ghani chitchor
dharti(?) naacho
meera naachi
suni ghani chitchor
surdas kshe ?? naache
surdas ?kahe ? naache
lagi prem ki dor
lagi prem ki dor
muraliya baaj rahi kis oar
baaj rahi kis oar muraliya
baaj rahi kis oar
Bansi na baja re jiya na tadpa re
Posted June 7, 2018
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Blog Day : | 3611 | Post No. : | 14403 |
“Jaadugar Daaku”(1962) was directed by Chandrakant for Joy Films, Bombay. This movie had Jairaj, Jabeen, Maruti, Bela Bose, Madhumati, Ram Mohan, Samson, Babu Raje, Shree Bhagwan, Helen, tiwari, Tuntun, Ratnamala, Mridula, Uma, Anwari Bai, Moolchand, Dubey, Ajeet, Ghani, Mohammad ali, Babubhai, arvind, Mulla, Pahalwan etc in it.
The movie had six songs in it. One song is covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Jaadugar Daaku”(1962) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Lata. Prem Dhawan is the lyricist. music is composed by S N Tripathi.
Only the audio of this rare song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of the song.
Bansi na baja ra jiya na tadpa re (Jaadugar Daaku)(1962) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics
o o o
o o o
o o o
o o
o o
o o o
bansi na baja re
jiya na tadpa re
teri har taan pe
nikle meri jaan
haaye
bansi na baja re
jiya na tadpa re
teri har taan pe
nikle meri jaan
o o o
o o o
o o o
o o o
sun sun ke dhun teri main daudi daudi aaun re
sun sun ke dhun teri main daudi daudi aaun re
masti mein dil jhoom uthhe
besudh si ho jaaun re
tera pyaar tadpa ke ban baitha anjaan re
nikle meri jaan
haay
bansi na baja re
jiya na tadpa re
teri har taan pe nikle meri jaan
haaye
bansi na baja re
jiya na tadpa re
teri har taan se nikle meri jaan
o o o
o o o
o o o
o o o
ye pehli pehchaan teri
jaane kya rang laayegi
ye pehli pehchaan teri
jaane kya rang laayegi
kis anjaane manzil par ye dhadkan le jaayegi
main bhi hoon deewaani dil bhi hai naadan re
nikle meri jaan
haaye
bansi na baja re jiya na tadpa re
teri har taan pe nikle meri jaan
haaye
bansi na baja re jiya na tadpa re
teri har taan pe nikle meri jaan
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Blog Day : | 3558 | Post No. : | 14270 |
“Holiday in Bombay”(1963) was directed by P L Santoshi for Yugchhaaya, Bombay. This movie, described as a “social” movie, was an entertaing comedy movie in fact. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Vijaya Chaudhary, Rajendranath, Naseem Bano, Dhumal, P Kailash, Ulhaas, Randheer, Sulochana Chatterji, Rajan Haksar, Jeewankala, Ram Kumar, Renu Makkad, Heera Sawant, Kundan, B B Bhalla, D Dilip, Nazeer Kashmiri, Hublikar, Laxmi Chhaaya etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it. Six of these songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the seventh song from “Holiday in Bombay”(1963) to appear in the blog. HFGK is silent about the identity of the singers as well as the lyricist.
Listening to the song, it is clear that the song is sung by Rafi, Balbir and chorus. Video of the song is available which shows that this song is lip synced by Shashi Kapoor and Rajendranath in a get together situation. This song is supposedly a Lord Krishn bhajan but it is actually an “expression of love” song sung by our hero and his side kick for their respective love interests.
The uploader has mentioned Anjaan as the lyricist and I have gone with that.
Music is composed by N Datta.
I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify the various actors who are visible in the picturisation of the song.
Song-Ratnaare matwaare raswaare kajraare nainwaa tihaare(Holiday in Bombay)(1963) Singers-Rafi, Balbir, Lyrics-Anjaan, MD-N Datta
Both
Chorus
Lyrics
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
ratnaare matwaare
raswaare kajraare
nainwa tihaare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
ehe ratnaare matwaare
raswaare kajraare nainwa tihaare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
jab tu nikle apne ghar se
jab tu nikle apne ghar se
man mora dekhan ko tarse ae
man mora dekhan ko tarse
bacha najariya saare nagar se mud mud mohe nihaare
aha
ratnaare matwaare
rasware
kajraare
nainwa tihaare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jadu mohpe daare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
bansuri tihaari
bansuri tihaari
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
bansuri tihaari
bansuri tihaari
manhaari tanhaari raswaari ati pyaari bansuri tihaari
jaadu mohpe daare
kaanha jaadu mohpe daare
jaadu mohpe daare
kaanha jadu mohpe daare
oy ratnaare matwaare
raswaare kajraare
nainwa tihaare jaadu mohpe daare
gor jaadu mohpe daare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
anjaane mein aa bas gayi tu
anjaane mein aa bas gayi tu
roop se tan man ko kas gayi tu
roop se tan man ko kas gayi tu
naagan ban dil ko das gayi tu
ab tu hi zahar utaare
haay haay
ratnaare matwaare
raswaare kajraare nainwa tihaare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
jaadu mohpe daare
gori jaadu mohpe daare
ratnaare matwaare
raswaare kajraare
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
bansuri tihaari
bansuri tihaari
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
bansuri tihaari
bansuri tihaari
manhaari tanhaari
raswaari ati pyaari
bansuri tihaari
jaadu mohpe daare
kaanha jaadu mohpe daare
jaadu mohpe daare kaanha
jaadu mohpe daare
Muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
Posted March 19, 2018
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in 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.
Blog Day : | 3531 | Post No. : | 14182 |
Today’s song is from film Taj Mahal (1941).
In the last few months, I have written articles on films of the early cinema i.e. from the decade of the 1930s. In these articles, I have introduced few unknown or less known heros and heroines of those times, to our readers. Some of these are Vijay Kumar, Ram Singh, Shankar Rao Vazare, Gul Hamid, Prakash and heroines like Menaka, Radha Rani, Meera Mishra, Meera Devi etc. Today also we will learn about yet another less known hero of the silent and early talkie films – Master Khalil Ahmed.
From the lot of the “brought forward” actors and actresses from the silent to the talkie films, two heros were the true super stars. Master Khalil and Master Vithal. Since they had started their careers from the silent era of the 1920’s, they did not go beyond the 1940’s, when their competition increased and the newer breed of heros took over with ease!
Though world’s first first feature film, originally presented as a talkie ,’The Jazz Singer’, released in October 1927, it took about 4 years more for talkie films to come to India. When it did come in March 1931, there was tremendous enthusiasm amongst the film makers. Initially, however, there was scepticism in the minds of well established silent film makers. Famous film makers like Dadasaheb Phalke and even V Shantaram are on record having expressed their views that talkie films will not survive. However, the same people later on, not only supported the talkie, but V Shantaram became one of the best proponents of Hindi talkie films. Even Dada Saheb Phalke ended his career by making his only Talkie, ‘Gangavataran’ in 1937. (Leela Mishra had acted in it.)
The coming of sound to films changed the film making for ever. Till then what was a fragmented production activity, slowly became an industry. Earlier, silent films were made at a cost of 8 to 10 thousand rupees. Now the talkie needed 15 to 25 thousand per film. Automatically, the hobbyists and poorer film makers disappeared. So did the acting crew who could not speak Hindi fluently or sing a song.
One finds that suddenly, there was a deluge of talented, creative and enterprising people from various professions and different backgrounds to take up the challenges of this new industry. The changing society in India is partly responsible for this deluge. Due to education and attraction to cities, many people were rapidly getting uprooted from their traditional occupations and they were looked forward to these opportunities. For example a motor mechanic Sarvottam Badami became a sound recordist (and later, a director too) and a traditional carpenter like S Fattelal became the great set designer in Prabhat films. An ordinary poster painter, Baburao Painter became a director. Many such examples are available. The deluge was made up of producers, directors, sound recordists, writers, lyricists, singers, technical staff and of course the actors and actresses.
Among the first generation of heroes, namely Khalil, Sandow, Sohrab Modi, Master Nissar, Chandramohan, Prithviraj Kapoor, Motilal, Ashok Kumar, Master Vithal, Jal Merchant, Bilimoria brothers and Saigal emerged as the main players. Among actresses Mehtab, Bibbo, Kajjan, Gauhar, Sitara, Sita Devi, Zubeida, Cooper sisters, Sabita Devi, Leela Chitnis, Durga Khote, Devika Rani, Naseem, Jamuna, Kanan Bala etc. became popular.
Master Khalil Ahmed (variously mentioned as Khalil, Master Khalil, and Khalil Ahmed) was the first ever star of the silent era as well as talkie films from 1920 to 1940s. Born in 1903, he became a hero in Kohinoor’s ‘Gul E Bakavali’ (1924), opposite Zubeida. He was the first handsome and macho hero of those times. He acted with all top heroines of his time. Some of his 30 silent films are, ‘Kaala Naag, ‘Kulin Kanta’, ‘Lanka Ni Laadi’, ‘Cinema Queen’ etc.
He featured in his first talkie film, ‘Draupadi’ (1931), made by Imperial, opposite Ermeline. Then came ‘Daulat Ka Nasha’ (1931), ‘Bharati Mata’ (1932), ‘Niti Vijay’ (1932), Do Rangi Duniya’ (1933) and ‘Saubhagya Sundari’ (1933). In 1934 Khalil went to Calcutta on the invitation of East India Films. His first film in Calcutta was ‘Kismet Ki Kasauti’ (1934). Then he joined Tollywood Studio (Madon Theatres). Here his first film was ‘ Gaibi Gola’ (1935), in which Baby Noorjehan made her debut as a child star.
He was in great demand in Bombay also, so Khalil started doing films in Calcutta and Bombay, by frequently travelling between the two cities. This caused a lot of stress on him, but he always kept his commitments. During this period, he also got married and got children. He settled in Calcutta and travelled often to Bombay to do films there.
Khalil did different roles, including Hindu Gods. He never changed his name. in those days very few Muslim actors kept their real names. Incidentally, during his peak time, there were two more artists named Khalil. One was Khalil Aftab, who was a lyricist and he acted in film ‘Dard E Dil’ (1934) and ‘ The Mill’ (1934) (this latter film was banned and was released later in 1936 as ‘ Ghareeb Parwar’). The other actor was Khalil Khan, who had acted in film ‘Deepak Mahal’ (1940). In all, Khalil acted in 27 Talkie films. He died quite young, on 28-11-1941, at Calcutta. Too much travelling and stress must have taken its toll on him. He was only 38 year old. he left behind one wife with 5 children.
Khalil did 13 films in Calcutta – ‘Kismet Ki Kasauti (1934), ‘Gaibi Gola’ (1935), ‘Miss Manorama’ (1935), ‘Jawaani Ka Nasha’ (1935), ‘Divine Sacrifice’ (1935), ‘Raj Dulari (1936), ‘Bulbul e Iran’ (1936), ‘Parivartan’ (1936), ‘Adarsh Mahila’ (1937), ‘Aflatoon’ (1937), ‘Karmaveer’ (1938), ‘Abla Ki Shakti’ (1941) and ‘Merchant Of Venice’ (1941).
In Bombay, he did 14 films in Bombay – ‘Draupadi’ (1931), Daulat Ka Nash’ (1931), ‘Bharati Mata’ (1932), ‘Niti Vijay’ (1932), ‘Do Rangi Duniya’ (1933), ‘Saubhagya Sundari’ (1933), Typist Girl (1935), ‘Shaitan Ka Paash’ (1936), ‘Khudai Khidamadgar’ (1937), ‘Kiski Pyaari’ (1937), ‘Hamara Desh’ (1940), ‘Pyaar’ (1940), ‘Waayada’ (1940) and ‘Taj Mahal’ (1941).
Khalil acted with most of the leading heroines of his time like, Noorjehan (Sr), Jilloo (Zulekha Ibrahim – she was known by Jilloo Bai in her later career), Kajjan- 6 films, Mushtari – 3 films (She died too young, in her teens only), Miss Rose – 2 films, Violet Cooper – 2 films, Radha Rani, Ram Pyari, Begum Akhtar (she was then known as Akhtari Faizabadi), Sulochana, Ameena, Leela Desai, Indurani, Gulab, Ermelin and Sheela etc. Khalil was very good natured and a popular actor among his co stars and producers.
A Muslim by birth, he performed are variety of roles in films. His initial acting phase included roles of Shri Krishna and Shri Ram. Disenchanted by the communal riots during those times, he gave a speech in the Indian Motion Picture Congress, on 4th May 1939. Baburao Patel’s Film India published this extract from his speech- “I have played Hindu Gods in films. I worked under Hindu producers only. I am disturbed by these riots. I am popular among Hindus and Muslims. We are the devotees of Art and Art has no religion.” Indian Film Industry is perhaps the only industry which is truly a secular one, since its inception. Master Khalil Ahmed was an example of that.
The film has 17 songs listed in the Geet Kosh. 3 songs are already posted. This 4th song is sung by Faqir Mohammed. With this song, he makes a debut on this blog. The film was directed by Nanubhai Vakil. His wife Sarojini was one of the heroines in this film, along with her sister Indurani. This Mohan Pictures presentation had Madholal D Master as its music Director (he was murdered on 18th June 1990, in his flat in Shivaji park, Dadar, Bombay. His murderer was never caught). The film was released in Minerva Talkies, Bombay, after Master Khalil’s death. His name in the credits said “Late Khalil Ahmed”. This was the debut film of Baby Suraiya as a child star. What a coincidence! Master Khalil was the hero in the films in which two legends, Noorjehan and Suraiya made their debut as child stars!
Though the song is sung in old style, the song tune is very sweet. Enjoy.
[Author’s Note: Acknowledgements and thanks – The above write up refers to and has adapted material from ‘Hero-I’ by Ashok Raj, ‘Cinerang’ by Isak Mujawar, Wikipedia, CITWF.com, MuVyz.com, Dr. JP Guha, Calcutta and my own notes.]
Song-Muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye (Taj Mahal)(1941) Singer-Faqir Mohammad, MD-Madholal D Master
Lyrics
muraliya
aa aa aa
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
jag ko preet sikhaaye ae
jag ko preet sikhaaye
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
sukh dukh do hain
prem ke raag
sukh dukh do hain
prem ke raag
ek hai paani
ek hai aag
dhan dhan us premee ke bhaag
dhan dhan us premee ke bhaag
dukh se na jo ghabraaye
dukh se na jo ghabraaye
jag ko preet sikhaaye
jag ko preet sikhaaye
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
jhoom rahi hai
ae ae ae ae
jhoom rahi hai
roop ki bagiya
jhoom rahi hai
roop ki bagiya
bhanwara jiya lehraaye
bhanwara jiya lehraaye
baithha hai maali
aas lagaaye
baithha hai maali
aas lagaaye
vasant ritu kab aaye
vasant ritu kab aaye
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
muraliya prem ka geet sunaaye
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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मुरलिया
आ आ आ
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
जग को प्रीत सिखाये ए
जग को प्रीत सिखाये
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
सुख दुख दो हैं
प्रेम के राग
सुख दुख दो हैं
प्रेम के राग
एक है पानी
एक है आग
धन धन उस प्रेमी के भाग
धन धन उस प्रेमी के भाग
दुख से जो ना घबराये
दुख से जो ना घबराये
जग को प्रीत सिखाये
जग को प्रीत सिखाये
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
झूम रही है
ए ए ए
झूम रही है
रूप की बगिया
झूम रही है
रूप की बगिया
भँवरा जिया लहराए
भँवरा जिया लहराए
बैठा है माली
आस लगाए
बैठा है माली
आस लगाए
वसंत ऋतु कब आए
वसंत ऋतु कब आए
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
मुरलिया प्रेम के गीत सुनाये
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