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Main Teri Tu Mera
Posted on: August 13, 2026
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Blog Day : | 6600 | Post No. : | 20500 |
Mohd Rafi – A Journey Divine – 2
(1947)
तेरी आवाज की जादूगरी से
ना जाने किस जहां में खो गया हूँ
इसी आवाज से चौंका था लेकिन
इसी आवाज में गुम हो गया हूँ
जहां में खो गया हूँ
The coincidence that we arrive at today, was indicated to me by Mahesh ji about 10 days back. And after some back and forth explanations, discussions and negotiations, the editors agreed to designate today as a dual century milestone day.
Yes, we arrive at the 6600th day of continuous musical disbursal of Hindi film songs. All numerical analysis and all the performance superlatives can be done and stated, but then that will just be a repetition of what has been told and discussed numerous times in the past. What we are moving towards forward is a glorious ongoing celebration, as always. Neither this ocean of HF music is going to deplete, and nor will the momentum and potential of this musical bandwagon will falter and rest. Miles to go yet, yes, many many more miles to go, but nothing like sleep to pause on the way.
May the journey of this bandwagon be blessed, and may it continue to accumulate the accolades and the bouquets – for the unstinted and the peerless effort anywhere on the world wide web. And come to think of it this way – maybe some will ask this in their minds – what purpose is being served by this endeavor ? Besides of course putting together a massive compilation of Hindi film songs. Well, my answer to that is – this venture, this so appropriately and so truly designated as a labor of love – it is the ongoing honoring of the stalwarts – both big and small, both popular and anonymous, both celebrated and neglected – the stalwarts who spent their lives to feed this oceanic enterprise called the Hindi cinema, and build this vast repository of music. A grandiose legacy that has been bequeathed to this world at large – to entertain, to give an expression to all the human emotions in all their various colors and flavors. Taking the thousand foot view of this enterprise, it is an ongoing humungous project that continues to assimilate, enumerate and generate asseverations of the multitude flavors of human emotions.
Yes, the effort of this bandwagon, led by the fearless leader (who now verily has an enhanced observation vision 🙂 ), is unmatched, is without a peer anywhere on the net. And I am proud and delighted to be part of this effort along with all my comrades in arm, all pitching in with their knowledge and insights into this ocean of music.
6600 days is a huge chunk of life itself. A passage of years that brings on at least two new generations in the human population. And so we continue, to work within this enterprise, crossing generations of time. And to compound the celebration today, we just slid past another massive milestone – the 205th century song to showcased on our blog. But what to say about it – so much has been said before, and I will just be rephrasing the past. But then, one certain thing to be said – that we all doff our caps in salute, and with a minimal pause, the trek continues. As always, the backlog in the pipeline does not allow a breather to relax. Past this 20500th song post, and on to now the next song, the next century song, the next thousandth . . .
I continue, after a gap of some months – the journey to track and catalog the flow of that divine voice that we so lovingly and respectfully call as Mohammed Rafi.
In the previous and first episode that was published as the song “Dupatta Mora Aaj Hi Rang Dijo“, (from film ‘Mansarovar’ of 1946) I had covered first three years of Rafi Sb’s career – from 1944 to 46. With this post I venture into 1947, and see the beginning of this singing voice. With three songs in 1944, then 12 songs in 1945, on to 39 songs in 1946, we come into 1947 and find a recorded list of 28 songs in 16 films, which are listed below.
| Saawan Kee Ghata Dheere Dheere Aana | Aage Badho | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Khursheed | Sudhir Fadke | Amar Verma |
| Desh Mein Sankat Aaya Hai, Ab Kuchh Kar Ke Dikhlaana Hai | Aap Ki Sewa Mein | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, G M Saajan, Chorus | Datta Davjekar | Mahipal |
| Main Teri Tu Mera, Dono Ka Sang Sang Ho Basera | Aap Ki Sewa Mein | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Mohantara Talpade | Datta Davjekar | Mahipal |
| Meri Aankhon Ke Taare, Ye Phool Suhaye Haaye Piya | Aap Ki Sewa Mein | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Datta Davjekar | Mahipal |
| Jab Baithe Baithe Dil Bhar Aaye Aur Lab Se Nikle Haaye | Dak Bangla | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Naresh Bhattacharya | Deena Nath madhok |
| Duniya Mein Meri Aaj Andhera Hee Andhera | Do Bhai | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Sachin Dev Burman | Raja Mehndi Ali Khan |
| Do Din Ginti Ke, Umariya Beeti Jaaye | Do Dil | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Gobind Ram | Deena Nath Madhok |
| Tu Bhi Reh Main Bhi | Ek Kadam | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Shamshad Begum | Prakash Nath Sharma | – |
| Wo Apni Yaad Dilaane Ko Ek Ishq Ki Duniya Chhod Gaye | Jugnu | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Chorus | Firoz Nizami | Asgar Sarhadi |
| Yahan Badla Wafa Ka Bewafayi Ke Siwa Kya Hai | Jugnu | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Noor Jahan | Firoz Nizami | Shakeel Badayuni |
| Das Na Jaayen Tujh Ko Zulfen Kaaliyan | Malika | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Allah Rakkha Qureshi | Tanveer Naqvi |
| Meri Dilruba, Mere Paas Aa | Malika | 1947 | Mohd, Rafi, Allauddin Khan | Allah Rakkha Qureshi | Tanveer Naqvi |
| Maya Man Ka Rog Hai Moorakh Maya Man Ka Rog | Rishta | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Mohammed Shafi | Vehashi Jaunpuri |
| Hum Banjaare Sang Hamare Dhoom Macha Le Duniya | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lalita Deolkar, Chorus | C Ramachandra | Moti |
| Hum Ko Tumahara Hee Aasra, Tum Hamare Ho Na HO | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | C Ramachandra | Moti |
| Kis Ko Sunaaun Haale Dil… Hum Ko Tumhara Hee Aasra | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Lalita Deolkar | C Ramachandra | Moti |
| Main Hoon Jaipur Ki Banjaran Chanchal Mera Naam | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Lalita Deulkar | C Ramachandra | Qamar Jalalabadi |
| O Babu, Aji Babu, Gali Meri Teri Chaand Chamka Dekho | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | C Ramachandra | Qamar Jalalabadi |
| Sambhal Sambhal Ke Jaiyo Ho Banjaare, Dilli Door Hai | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lalita Deolkar, Chorus | C Ramachandra | Ram Murty Chaturvedi |
| Imtihan Jab Aata Hai… Ae Jee mat Poochho Baat, College Albeli | Samaaj Ko Badal Dalo | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Arun, Mannadey | Khemchandra Prakash | – |
| Chali Saajan Ghar Jaaye, Aaj Dulhaniya Kes Sanwaare | Shadi Se Pehle / Juve Ka Nateeja | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Paigankar / Karnaad | Pt Mukhram Sharma |
| Chalo Ho Gayi Taiyar, Zara Thehro Jee | Shadi Se Pehle / Juve Ka Nateeja | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar | Paigankar / Karnaad | Pt Mukhram Sharma |
| Nainon Se Naina Mila Le | Shahkaar | 1947 | Mohd Rafi & Rajkumari | K.Dutta | Arzoo Lucknavi |
| Ae Duniya Hai Sab Prem Kee, Tu Prem Kiye Ja | Shahkar | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Shamshad Begum | K Dutta | Aarzoo Lakhnavi |
| Jeevan Hai Anmol Musafir, Jeevan Hai Anmol | Shanti | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | B S Thakur | Shakeel Badayuni |
| Tohe Jaana Hai Toh Hanste Hanste Jaana | Shanti | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | B.S.Thakur | Shakeel Badayuni |
And beginning to track his progress from year to year, I prepare the following table, which will get updated as we progress from one episode to the next.
| 1944 | 3 | 3 |
| 1945 | 12 | 15 |
| 1946 | 39 | 54 |
| 1947 | 28 | 82 |
Listening to this voice in all its different colors, emotions and renditions, the thought goes out to the quality of expression of this voice. I am sure all of us must have come across and viewed the few handful videos live interviews of Rafi Sb. Viewing these videos and hearing him speak, a wondrous thought comes to mind. Listening to his voice in these informal conversations, one is struck by the relaxed soft tones of this voice – so unhurried, so humble. One almost has to strain one’s listening to catch his words. And then the wonder appears in the mind – is this really the voice that has been recorded as “Bhagwaan, Bhagwaan. . . O Duniya Ke Rakhwaale”, or “Baar Baar Dekho, Hazaar Baar Dekho”, or the cresendoing notes of “. . . Inteha Ye Hai Ke Bande Ko Khuda Karta Hai Ishq” in the qawwaali “Na To Karvaan Ki Talash Hai”, and few thousand other sound and emotional variations that we are so used to hearing since childhood. Seriously, it is really a stretch of imagination to equate this humble soft voice in the live interviews, with the wondrous, and sometimes thunderous, variations of rendition that Rafi Sb has produced and presented from within himself. And I keep wondering – is this the same person.
Well, more observations on this topic in the next episode. I am already so drastically late with this post, that I curtail my thoughts – to be continued later.
Today’s song in from the 1947 film ‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’.
‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’ is a production from the banner of Chandrama Pictures, and is directed by Vasant Joglekar. The eight songs of this film are penned by Mahipal, yes the same Mahipal that we are more familiar as the actor. The music composition is by Dutta Davjekar. The interesting thing to note is that this is the film in which Lata Mageshkar has sung plaback in Hindi films for the first time.
Rafi Sb’s voice, in this song, sounds so familiar and so mature already. Very similar to the voice we are so used to listening in the songs of 1950s and 60s. Listen and judge for yourself.
Song – Main Teri Tu Mera (Aap Ki Sewa Mein) (1947) Singer – Mohantara Talpade, Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics – Mahipal, MD – Dutta Davjekar
Mohantara Talpade + Mohammed Rafi
Lyrics
ho ho ho oo
ho ho ho oo
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera
chhod ke mujhko
kidhar chale
o kidhar chale
bichhde door huye
bichhde door huye
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera
aawo
aawo jhoolte chalen kinaare
aawo
aawo jhoolte chalen kinaare
paani mein ho mahal hamaare
paani mein ho mahal hamaare
lehar lehar mein dol dol kar
naache pawan jhakora
lehar lehar mein dol dol kar
naache pawan jhakora
aa ha ha
main teri
(aa ha ha)
tu mera
(aa aa aa aa)
donon ka sang sang ho basera
mann ki rani
mann pe chhaao..oo
mann ki rani
mann pe chhaao
prem hilore laao
prem hilore laao
ghir ghir kaale baadal aaye
aao maine haath badhaaye
ghir ghir kaale baadal aaye
aao maine haath badhaaye
sajan daal de aaj yahaan
meethe sapnon ka ghera
sajan daal de aaj yahaan
meethe sapnon ka ghera
aa ha ha
main teri
(aa ha ha)
tu mera
(aa aa aa aa)
donon ka sang sang ho basera
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हो हो हो ओ
हो हो हो ओ
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
छोड़ के मुझको
किधर चले
ओ किध चले
बिछोड़े दूर हुए
बिछोड़े दूर हुए
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
आवो
आवो झूलते चलें किनारे
आवो
आवो झूलते चलें किनारे
पानी में हों महल हमारे
पानी में हों महल हमारे
लहर लहर में डोल डोल कर
नाचे पवन झकोरा
लहर लहर में डोल डोल कर
नाचे पवन झकोरा
आ हा हा
मैं तेरी
(आ हा हा)
तू मेरा
(आ हा हा)
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
मन की रानी
मन पर छाओ..o
मन की रानी
मन पर छाओ..o
प्रेम हिलोरे लाओ
प्रेम हिलोरे लाओ
घिर घिर काले बादल आए
आओ मैंने हाथ बढ़ाए
घिर घिर काले बादल आए
आओ मैंने हाथ बढ़ाए
सजन डाल दे आज यहाँ
मीठे सपनों का घेरा
सजन डाल दे आज यहाँ
मीठे सपनों का घेरा
आ हा हा
मैं तेरी
(आ हा हा)
तू मेरा
(आ आ आ)
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
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This article is the 19500th song post in the blog. This article is the 3400th song of Mohammad Rafi in the blog as a playback singer.
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6300 | Post No. : | 19500 |
The previous post published earlier today was post number 19499. Eagle eyed regulars may have also noticed that today was 6300th day for the blog. So, going by past experience, they must be expecting the blog century post today.
They are not wrong, of course. When I noticed that we were approaching 6300th day for the blog, I decided to coincide that with blog century post. That meant I had to slow down from the usual rate of posts (3 to 4 posts a day) for a couple of days.
It is not the first time when blog century post has appeared on such a round hundred day for the blog. 18700th post had appeared on on 6000th day. Earlier 16900th post had appeared on 5000th day of the blog.
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Balam mere ban gaye gentleman
Posted on: December 21, 2024
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This article is the 18700th song post in the blog and 100th song of Sardar Malik in the blog as a music diector.
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6000 | Post No. : | 18700 |
I have mentioned it several times that after posting the century post in the blog, I heave a huge sigh of relief and start relaxing, secure in the knowledge that the next century post was far far away. But the next century post occasion arrives way earlier (it seems to me) than expected. It demonstrates that posting 100 articles is not such a daunting task if one just avoids DOT days and posts one or two articles in a day.
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Today (5 July 2022) is the 5100th day for the blog.
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5100 | Post No. : | 17034 |
Regulars may have noticed lack of activity in the blog on my part for the last ten odd days. From June 25 till June 28, 7 posts were published and all these articles were posted by Sudhir jee. I had specifically requested him on 24 June 2022 that “it will be difficult for me to find time for publishing new posts from 24 june till 27 June. So I request you to uphold the blog flag for these four days.”
Sudhir jee had promised to do the needful, viz ensuring that we had at least one post on each of these days. He ended up publishing four posts on 27 June 2022, prompted by an over-enthusiastic Avinash Scrapwala, who sent many RD Burman write ups on that day for publication. 🙂
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Tohe Nainon Ki Madira Pilaaungi
Posted on: July 5, 2022
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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 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.
The Blog completes 5100 days today.
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5100 | Post No. : | 17033 |
Today’s song is from an obscure film – ‘Vishwamitra’ (1952). I am sure that 99.9% readers must not have even heard of this film ever. Then why did I select a song from this film to discuss? There is a strong reason for it. When I first saw this film’s name in HFGK a few days ago, I noticed the name of the director and the music director and honestly, I was thrilled ! The director was Kala Maharshi Baburao Painter, one of the pioneers of Indian films- both silent as well as talkie. He was also the mentor of many film luminaries who shone later in their lives. All of them had learnt the ABCD of film making at the feet of Baburao Painter. Great directors like V Shantaram and Master Vinayak were the prominent learners under him. Any industry, to develop into a profitable one, requires hard work by the pioneers. This applies totally to the Hindi Film Industry in India.
The original initiators of the film industry were not any rich people, but the industry took the seeds from ordinary, middle class people.They had no riches, but their zeal, dedication, ambition and desire to achieve goals overtook their poverty and they toiled and moiled to raise the required finance for their projects. We all know about the great Dadasaheb Phalke, who staked everything he owned to achieve his goals and became a name to remember forever. In this endeavor, he was not alone. There was one more person from Kolhapur, who took Phalke’s dream much ahead from silent to talkie films. His name is taken today with awe and respect by film historians. He was Baburao Painter. Kala Maharshi Baburao Painter (real name Baburao Krishnarao Mestri) was born on 3rd June 1890 at Kolhapur. The success of Dadasaheb Phalke in making films in India inspired Baburao and his cousin brother Anandrao immensely. They too wanted to make films, but it was not possible in Kolhapur. Phalke had gone to England to learn film making and had brought machinery from England. This was beyond the reach of these poor young men.
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